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CARRIERS: The Emergence of True Worshippers, A Chayil Collection Volume III

10/20/2021

Excerpt taken from Chapter 2
The Emergence of True Worshippers
In Hebrew, worship is abad and translates as to serve, work, to become a slave or servant to, to obey, to be enslaved, and to continue in service as a bondman. As seen, biblical worship has very little to do with singing, clapping, or dancing, though these acts stream from a heart of worship. Instead, worship is to figuratively bow down and symbolizes the act of willfully giving oneself over to another—living in a continued state of surrender as a vassal or servant; one who is submitted to and subordinate to another. In Romans 12:2 (NLT), Paul agrees: "And so, dear brothers and sister, I plead with you to give your bodies (selves) to God because of all He has done for you Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him."

CARRIERS: The Emergence of True Worshippers

10/18/2021

Excerpt taken from Chapter IV
LIFELINE: Intimacy & Worship

"There was a shout, an invitation to come and have an encounter with Him. It is then that the foolish young women realized that they were running out of Oil (the only Source for the authentic presence and power of the Holy Spirit). The foolish maidens asked the wise ones to share some Oil with them, and they uttered two of the most powerful yet disturbing words a Christian could ever hear, "We can't!" Their reason: "We don't have enough to go around, and if we share our Oil, we too will run out, and running out of Oil is not an option. It's too precious and costly and determines our eternal destination!" Running out of Oil is not an option! So the unwise women went to the store to buy oil. We must make mention that the store may have some oil, but it is not The Oil. It's as if the ladies had been forced to settle for a counterfeit. Perhaps this strange or wrong oil is why the Bridegroom responded, "I don't know you!"