Word of God forum

Word of God: Filter for our lives

Edited by:

Mike Wegman

Notes by:

Mike Wegman

Michael Barone

Aaron Putney

Alex Sluk

• How should a devout Christian use the Word of God?

-Start with prayer

-Desire for the Spirit to lead

-Desire to meditate on scripture

-Desire for discernment

• Why do we need accountability to read God’s Word?

-Bad training in the world

-Lack of application of what we read

-Matt 12:34 “out of the abundance of our heart we speak”. Lack of a heart’s desire to be close to God and filled with his spirit through his Word.

• Is everything in scripture revealed / available to us today?

-He has given us all we need

-He has not revealed the return of Jesus

• What scripture is best for memorization?

-Memorize passages in your areas of weakness

-Evangelistic scriptures.

• Favorite verse, and why?

Michael: John 3:30

Aaron: 2 Cor 10:5 Eph 3:20, 21

Alex: 1 Cor 2:5

Mike W: Ps 9:10

• When does Christian writing overtake the Word of God?

-When your hearts desire is for literature over the Word.

-When you have more knowledge on literature than the scripture.

-I Cor 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

• How to best use the Word to teach?

-Expository – What does it say, what does it mean, and what should we get from it.

-Read it distinctly

-Neh 8:8 Let the scripture teach first, then the topic

-Teach not just for knowledge, but for application

-Preaching passages and using the topics that God gave us in them.

-Make it exciting, God is not boring.

-Use Biblical examples over secular. Use the Bible stories to illustrate your text.

Worship Forum

Here are some of my notes created from a forum I had with some friends about Worship. This is the condensed version of the points that God really brought to my attention.

Edited by:
Mike Wegman

Notes by:
Michael Barone
Andy Hinds
Alex Sluk
Mike Wegman


Worship – Thanking or praising God for what he is!

• Gen 22:5 1st mention of worship in the Bible
3 Symbolism in this worship:
Type of Christ
Blood Atonement
Resurrection

• What is worship?
“Meditation on God and his Word, that leads to motivation of the heart towards recognizing the glory of God.”
Psalms 23 Meditation on God.
Psalms 66 Consider great things he has done.
Psalm 104 Meditation will be sweet.

• What does it mean to worship in spirit and in truth? John 4:24
Phil 3:3 “Spirit” is heart attitude in worship
John 17:17 “Truth” is biblical definition of worship

• What are forms of worship?
Everything a Christian does should be in an attitude of worship.
I Cor 10:31 whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

• What cultivates good worship
Psalms 23 Meditation on God
Psalms 66 Consider great things he has done
Psalm 104 Meditation will be sweet

• Updated Notes: Andy Hinds

Worship is the ascription of "Worth" to God. We are worshipping God when our attitudes, thoughts and actions are all being carried out in a way that proves that we know that God is Worthy of our everything! That is true worship.