Personal Spiritual Retreat Guide for Pure Praise
Those who go through the Pure Praise worship study are challenged to take a day and get away for a personal spiritual renewal retreat. The following is a recommended guide to use on that retreat. Of course, this guide will work for anyone, whether you are doing Pure Praise or not. My Day Away Preparing to Go Take your Bible, journal and pen and your copy of Pure Praise. Find a quiet, secluded place outside where you can write. Be sure you clear your schedule for the rest of that day so that nothing is pressing upon you immediately following...
read moreWeek 7 Day 2: Scenarios about Music Style Preferences
This is an extra resource for people going through the Pure Praise worship study: For Week 7, Day 2: With John 13:34-35 and Romans 12:10 in mind, let’s consider the following situations between Christians. Were the characters in each of these short stories loving and honoring toward one another, or were they unloving and selfish? Scenario #1: Joe bought a CD of his favorite kind of music, Alternative Christian Rock, as a Christmas gift for his girlfriend, Jenny. He told her they could listen to the music when they were together in her...
read morePrimary Hebrew Words for Praise
This is another extra resource for those going through the Pure Praise worship study. Please utilize this list of Hebrew definitions for words used for praise in the Old Testament. There are several Hebrew words that are translated as “praise” in most English versions. We strongly encourage you to go deeper in studying these amazing word-pictures. NOTE: We’ve taken this list of the most prominent words for praise from Jack Taylor’s book, The Hallelujah Factor (published by Broadman). Other resources you might...
read moreWeek 9 Day 1: The Three Sources of Temptation
This is an extra resource for people going through the Pure Praise worship study. For Week 9, Day 1 The prince of the power of the air is not the only source of our temptations. Our own fleshly nature and the world around us can also tempt us to go astray. (See Ephesians 2:2-3) I like Dr. Adrian Rogers’ summary of how we are to combat each of these tempting sources. He said that when we are tempted by the value system of this world we must have faith in God and His promises to us. 1 John 5:4 says, “This is the victory that overcomes the...
read moreWeek 7 Day 4: Creative Progression of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Another extra resource for readers of the Pure Praise worship study: For Week 7 Day 4 (regarding Colossians 3:16) While we find Christian hymns in the church at a very early period, as one scholar admitted, “Our information regarding the hymnology of the early Christians is very limited.”1 Most agree, however, that the “psalms” Paul referred to are the original Psalms written by David and Asaph. Hymns, on the other hand, seem to be parts of Psalms or, perhaps, songs of praise based on the Psalms and other passages. It’s safe to...
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