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Worship as Kiss
00:03:07
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| It's called kissing God. | |
| I don't remember that one. | |
| I don't know why. | |
| Go ahead, tell us. | |
| And this is right for those who don't know, there's a story around it. | |
| So there's a disciple. | |
| He meets a man called the teacher. | |
| He spends a year in the desert, and every day the teacher opens up another mystery of God. | |
| So here, it's kind of a school of disciples. | |
| So here's where it begins. | |
| There was a gathering in the school's open-air tent. | |
| It was a time of worship and praise. | |
| We were just outside the tent listening. | |
| What do you think of, asked the teacher, when you hear the word worship? | |
| Singing hymns, prayers, words of praise. | |
| That's the outward form of worship, he said. | |
| That's how worship manifests. | |
| But what's the heart of worship? | |
| I don't know. | |
| I'll give you one definition: a secret. | |
| It's found in the New Covenant scriptures. | |
| It only appears in the Greek. | |
| It's the word proskuneo. | |
| And do you know what it means? | |
| I had no answer. | |
| It means to kiss. | |
| True worship, said the teacher, is to kiss. | |
| And what does this reveal? | |
| What's a kiss? | |
| A kiss is the most intimate of acts. | |
| Therefore, worship is to be the most intimate thing you can experience. | |
| To worship God is to kiss God, I asked. | |
| In the spiritual realm, yes, to kiss from your heart, from your innermost being. | |
| And when you kiss, you don't do it because you have to, you do it freely from your heart, because you want to. | |
| So true worship is never done by compulsion, I said, but freely from the overflow of your heart. | |
| And why does one kiss? asked the teacher. | |
| Because of joy. | |
| Yes, a kiss is an expression of joy, and kissing brings you joy. | |
| So true worship is an expression of joy. | |
| You worship out of joy. | |
| Your joy becomes worship, and your worship becomes joy. | |
| Teacher, I said, we didn't say the most obvious, which is one kisses because of love. | |
| I said, a kiss is an expression of love. | |
| It is, he said. | |
| So then, what is true worship? | |
| Worship is an expression of love. | |
| Yes, said the teacher, it's as simple as that. | |
| It's the most intimate act of love and joy. | |
| Worship is as simple as kissing God. | |
| Amen. | |
| Now, at the bottom of the page, you have what we call the mission. | |
| There's always a mission to take the mystery and apply it to your life. | |
| That's where it can transform your life. | |
| So the teacher gives the disciple a mission, a way to do it. | |
| But it's really for the reader. | |
| Today, the mission, today, draw near to God and worship in love and joy in the deepest of intimacy. | |
| Learn the secret of kissing God. | |
| It's beautiful. | |
| Beautiful. | |
| I've never heard that before. | |
| No, no, but it's there. | |
| I mean, it's actually in, it's actually there. | |
| That's what the word means. | |
| You don't read it in English, but that's what the word means. | |
| This word right here. | |
| Prosconeo. | |
| Thank you. | |
| But interesting, that's in the New Testament. | |
| Go back to the Hebrew scriptures, and what do you read in the Song of Solomon? | |
| Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, of his love. | |
| For your love is better than wine. | |
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Romance Under Attack
00:00:31
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| God wants us to be romantic with him. | |
| He's romantic with us. | |
| Yes. | |
| Yes. | |
| I think in this generation, so much of romance has become considered like evil stuff. | |
| That's right. | |
| You know, that's right. | |
| And instead of the beauty of relationship, the beauty of marriage. | |
| Yeah. | |
| The enemy attacks everything that God creates, you know, marriage and even romance. | |
| I mean, if it's in God, it's all to be a reflection of our relationship with God. | |
| That's it. | |
| That's it. | |