{"id":6557,"date":"2022-01-21T08:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T13:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6557"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:50:40","slug":"gods-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=6557","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190706_160232-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6375\" width=\"428\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190706_160232-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190706_160232-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/20190706_160232-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  I think guidelines would be helpful today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me: Yes, satan tries to create confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is from the book The Dynamics of Worship by James P. Gills, M.D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One of the obvious contrasts between response to the demonic and response to the Divine is  that the demonic prefers a mindlessness or trance, but God always demands an active mind and will.  Relationship with God in worship is for the entire person&#8211;spirit, soul and body&#8211;and we are invited to be willing and active participants in that experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t get confused.  God is peace, joy, truth.  Satan brings confusion, shame and lies.  There are different spiritual forces around us all the time.  We have to determine what is God and what is not.  Do not fall for satan lies today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I CORINTHIANS 8 : 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: I think guidelines would be helpful today. Me: Yes, satan tries to create confusion. This is from the book The Dynamics of Worship by James P. 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