Passages – Exodus 20:3-6; Isaiah 44:6-20; Psalm 24; Acts 17:16-34
Most basic to our faith is putting Christ at the centre of our lives. This is the heart of true worship, and therefore the heart of true discipleship. Only God can satisfy the desires of our hearts, and therefore only God deserves that central place. The first commandment lays the foundation for all the other commandments – unless we keep this one, there’s no point in trying to aspire to the others (we wouldn’t be able to anyway.) The second commandment goes further and challenges us to keep God central in all things.
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Questions:
- What is idolatry?
- Why is it so tempting to worship idols?
- What makes idols so worthless and destructive?
- What are some of the idols that distract us from worshipping God alone, and how can we best deal with them in our lives?
Music for reflection :
- All My Hope on God is Founded, Michael : A Fanfare Setting performed by the Wallace Collection, Benjamin Bayl and the Choir of King’s College Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Cleobury, Best Loved Hymns, (2001) EMI Records
- Be Thou My Vision by John Rutter, performed by the Cambridge Singers, John Rutter – The Choral Collection (2005) Univeral Classics
- Like As The Hart by Herbert Howells, performed by The Sixteen directed by Harry Christophers, A New Heaven, (2009) Universal Classics
Songs :
- All Heaven Declares by Noel Richards, Thankyou Music.
- Better than Life by Marty Sampson, Hope, (2003) Hillsong Publishing
- I Give You My Heart by Reuben Morgan, (1995) Hillsong Publishing
- Running After You by Ben Cantelon, Running After You, (2009) Survivor Records
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