City of Refuge Christian Fellowship

True praise and worship has become one of the most important principles in the Church today.  It is imperative that praise and worship be established in local churches because of the mandate or authoritative command of the Scriptures and the strong move of the Holy Spirit today. 

Man has the capacity to worship the Lord intimately.  Man’s spirit contains three important capabilities:

a.       Conscience----an inward law of divine origin which distinguishes between right and wrong. 

b.      Intuition------the ability to receive truth and guidance apart from reasoning. Revelation from God and the moving of the Spirit are known through the intuition. 

c.       Communion- the ability to worship, adore and praise God in the spirit. Because communion is a God-given desire within the human Spirit, everyone worships someone or something.

 We were created to worship God, but we have struggled with the fact of how to do so acceptably.  As a result, various forms of worship have been developed to which people adhere according to their individual tastes.  Is this what God wants, or is there a biblical pattern for worship? 

There is an acceptable way to worship!  The key is found in:    

Jn 4:24  “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 

If the Spirit is not present, worship becomes an empty, lifeless form.  Worship that is not conformed to the Word of God may become either unbalanced emotionalism or dead ritualism.  God has placed within His Word the how, when, where and why we are to worship Him.  When our worship is guided by the Holy Spirit, centred on Jesus Christ and conformed to God’s Word, then we are worshiping in spirit and truth.

Our worship is "spirit led", and some of the songs that we sing have been birthed in City of Refuge.  God is building our worship team and we have great musicians and singers who are able to flow in line with the Holy Spirit.

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