Pastor’s Motto this year--- “RENEW, REINVENT AND REINVIGORATE”
(Personally I add Repent and Reform)
Insanity is doing the same thing but expecting different results. Or “Planting corn and expecting beans.”
If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

from Pastor’s sermon on Wed campmeeting
1 Chronicles 13:7
the ox cart represented worshipping God the "pagan way"....right God, wrong way --- Corporately applied??

“You must not worship the LORD your God in their way.”
(Deuteronomy 12:3-4; 29-32)
(Exodus 32:1-7)
(Psalm 106:19-21)

DAVID'S TENT REPRESENTS NT WORSHIP.
.(Amos 9; Acts 15)--David had the right idea, but used the wrong method...at first, until he inquired of the Lord.

“If often surprises people to learn that God is not always pleased when people gather to worship him. We might be inclined to think that God should be thankful for any attention we give him out of our busy schedules. But worship is not about God’s thanking us; it is about our thanking him. And we should not assume that God is pleased with just anything we choose to do in his presence. The mighty Lord of heaven and earth demands that our worship- indeed, all of life- be governed by his word.” ~ John Frame

By His Word, in SPIRIT and in TRUTH; ACCEPTABLY with REVERENCE and AWE,

OK so where do we need to Renew, Reinvent and Reinvigorate ...? --- I think most of us “get it” individually
but what about CORPORATELY???

As we “change,” or “shift” we must not do so in a way that is contrary to anything required by Scripture, and only within the parameters assigned to us by Scripture. We want to examine all that we are doing in the light of Scripture, and when we make such decisions, are we in greater conformity with Scripture’s wisdom or not? Or are we just throwing something up to God hoping He’ll bless it?

THE WEIGHT OF HIS GLORY
As we worship the Lord according to His Word, we reflect His glory into the world. But in the Bible the word glory is more than just a simple matter of brightness; it also carries the idea of weight. The Scriptures teach us about the weight of glory.

As we worship God in this small town, we want to do so in such a way that all the autonomous man-made structures of it are brought to the point of collapse. They cannot bear the weight of God’s glory which we, through our worship, are bringing into our community. Of course, apart from the grace of God, established in the ordinances of His church, we cannot bear that weight either. This means that the ordinances of our own devising must go. What we hold to may not always be what the Bible requires.

And this is why reformations & revivals are always attended with the sound of much creaking and groaning. We have developed our makeshift offerings and liturgies, our platforms and shelves, built out of slender two by twos. The sound of splintering wood should therefore be a delight to us.

God is giving us a kingdom which cannot be shaken. Therefore He shakes down everything which is not part of that kingdom, and He shakes it to pieces. As we worship Him, by His grace alone, we are some of His instruments in that shaking.

(Psalm 97) THE POTENCY OF RIGHT WORSHIP
In Psalm 97, how should we define right worship? The answer is that right worship occurs when the congregation of God approaches Him, sees Him as He is, and responds rightly, as He has commanded—in joy and glad submission. Such worship necessitates turning away from all idols (v. 7), and turning to the holy God who cannot be manipulated. And in this psalm alone, what does right worship do? What effect does it have? What are the results? The earth rejoices (v. 1). All the islands are glad (v. 1). His enemies are consumed with the fire that goes before Him (v. 3). The earth is illuminated by His lightning, and trembles (v. 4). In the presence of the Lord (and in worship we are in the presence of the Lord), the hills melt (v. 5). The heavens preach, and the people see His glory (v. 6). Idolators are flummoxed, confounded (v. 7). The universal call to worship is even issued to the idols (v. 7). Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice (v. 8). The name of God is exalted above every name (v. 9). The saints of God learn to hate evil, and God preserves them from those who persecute them (v. 10). Light and gladness are sown in our hearts (v. 11). His righteous people rejoice, and are grateful when they remember His holiness (v. 12).

Those who serve graven images are confounded (v. 7). Those who worship false gods cannot be anything but confounded. Those who worship the true God falsely are missing the scriptural call as well. But those who worship rightly will inherit the earth.