The Peoples Church

True worship of God should always lead to justice, righteousness, and loving our neighbour! Their behaviour is demonstrating that they are no longer worshipping God!"" Amos starts with Scripture! He takes them back to God’s word! You see, true worship of God is always rooted in Scripture! And true worship of God should always lead to justice, righteousness, and loving our neighbour!

Amos 1 of 8: Today – we will look at what happened prior to the book of Amos – and see how it set the table for what was happening in his time. And then we will look at the Church prior to the period of Colonization – and see how it set the table for what was happening during that period of Church history. Because the first thing we learn from our introduction to Amos – Sin will keep you from this...

Sometimes the thing getting in the way of us knowing Jesus isn’t a lack of truth – but rather the lies about God that we are holding onto!" Could there be areas of your life where you have heard the truth – been taught God’s truth, but you are choosing to be deaf to it? You might be not listening, causing the LIFE which Jesus has to offer to be compromised?

The prophetic promise is given at a time when the faith of God’s people is failing and on the fringes! When the light is dim – and the hope of a future is fragile! When disobedience and darkness is at an all-time high! That’s when God drives a stake in the ground and establishes His prophetic promises! Not when things are good, and righteousness is thriving among the people – but when things are h...

“You see – fear sets in when we lose sight of the Shepherd – but when we can see Him clearly – we can sit at the table in the presence of our enemies – and overcome our fear – because we know that He is with us!” Are there situations in your life where you feel ‘in a valley’ or in the presence of an enemy? Is there fear or anxiety or worry as an undercurrent in your life, or that pops up in your l...

This story is one of the most difficult in the whole Bible for some people to reconcile with their understanding of God and how he interacts with people. But it is here that we get some of our first glimpses into how God wants us to define a heart of worship. "What God was teaching us in this passage – is that He was going to provide a substitute sacrifice – that wouldn’t just take the place of Is...

Jesus brings us into a new kingdom – a new nation – a new family – and a new identity! He grafts us into the activity of God and makes us into a new creation that brings blessing to the nations! And that new family we become a part of is composed of all people who worship Him!" Is Jesus asking you to Let Go of something? How can you go about doing that? How does someone turn their eyes from the th...

Following the formation of a formal altar with the establishment of the Tabernacle and Temple, the altar becomes a place of: worship, encounter, communion as well as atonement (through offerings for sin), and renewed commitment (as practiced by Joshua). …But then it became a place of compromise. Eventually the situation became, in the time of the Kings, to be like this: (1 Kings 18:30) Then Elijah...

How does Noah’s life exemplify this quote from Brett’s sermon: "It’s better to be a friend of God and rejected by the world – than be a friend of the world and rejected by God. Even if it seems like the whole world is walking one way – it doesn’t mean you should follow!"

When our worship isn’t rooted in God – other forces move in as we begin to worship false gods – and we try to soothe ourselves, by making counterfeit gods that in some ways can provide respite. But (they) cannot provide resolution to what’s happening deep inside." If we don’t worship God, we will worship other things. But this worship will create restlessness.

The Heart of Worship 1 of 6: What should you do if you find that your worship is not like Abel’s in some area or is more like Cain’s in certain ways? Do you want to stay that way, or do you want to change by responding to God? How do we bring about change in these areas of our lives? "When God doesn’t bestow His favor – Cain’s reaction isn’t one of conforming to God’s desires – but actually a temp...