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Global Worship |
A Ministry of David and Robin Kimler |
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After these things I looked
and behold a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, Tribes,
peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with
white robes...and crying out with a loud voice, saying "Salvation belongs to our
God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb" ... and fell on their faces before
the throne and worshipped God.
Revelation 7:9-11
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By David Kimler |
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Global Worship - till all peoples worship
around the throne of Jesus |
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Make room in your “temple” for “the Gentiles” The
Scriptures state clearly that if you confess Christ, you become the temple of the
Holy Spirit. Jesus wants you to keep your temple in such a way that it pleases and
honors Him. One of the greatest priorities you must use your temple for is for the
worship of God. This should be expressed throughout each day you live as you pray,
meditate on the Scriptures, and sing psalms and hymns unto the Lord. Today we are
seeing a great renewal of worship in the church. Much of this is good, but it is
still lacking in many ways. Very few of our worship lyrics “make room for the Gentiles”.
May I encourage you to take your worship of God “to the next level”? Is there room
in your worship “for the Gentiles”? Is your temple a “house of prayer for all the
nations”? (Isa. 56:7, Matt. 21:13, Mk.11:17, Luke 19:46)
Jesus went into the temple as recorded in Matt 21 The area he entered had been strictly
designated as an area where any Gentile from any country around the world could
come in to seek God. But what Jesus saw that day was that this sacred and designated
area had been taken over by religious businessmen who were “crowding out” the Gentiles
and selling sacrifices for the offerings. They were using this special Gentile area
for their profit, and as a result were desecrating the temple of God.
As Jesus looked around he became greatly angered to the point that he began to express
himself in a way his disciples had never seen before. He began whipping people,
turning over their tables, yelling at them, and chasing them out of the temple.
As he did this he let them know in no uncertain terms that this area of the temple
was a sacred place where Gentiles from around the world could arrive there and pray.
It was to be a place of prayer for any person from any nation to come to seek the
living God. When it came to following after Him, Jesus did not even seem to coerce
people in the least. He left the decision up to them. But here he was defending
his Father’s purposes, and even His Father’s heart for all the nations to have a
place to come and seek after Him.
So I ask you. Is there room in your “temple” for the nations to come and get to
know God through your life? How many people from other nations have you allowed
to come into your life in order that they might better know the living Lord? If
Jesus was to enter into your temple, what would He have to forcibly drive out from
your life in order that your temple become a sacred place where people from other
nations can come close enough in order to get to know God better? Spent a few minutes
in meditation and repentance if necessary. Ask God to make your “temple” into a
house of prayer for all the nations?
One problem we each have to battle is ethnocentrism. Simply stated this is just
strictly focusing on just the people who are like us. It is staying in a very limited
“bubble” or circle of friends who look, act, think, and talk like us. We can literally
live our entire lives without going outside the confines of this “safe zone”. But
how safe is it to ignore those from other nations and never let them in close enough
in order that they might know Christ? Must we wait until they force their way into
out “comfort zones”?
Jesus commands you and me to make our temples into a place where people from every
nation are welcome to come and find the Savior. After all, Jesus is firstly the
Savior of the world, and then our “personal” Savior. We revolve around Him, not
He around us.
Many peoples from around the world have come to our country. Ask the Father to put
His heart into yours and stretch you to the point where you reach out to these peoples
and welcome them into your life, in order that your worship will be inclusive of
all the nations. Begin to pray, as you never have before for the unreached peoples
of the earth – those ethnic groups that have never heard the name of Christ. (The
unreached ethnic people groups primarily include about 4,000 Muslim groups that
practice Islam, 3,000 that practice Buddhism, 2,000 that practice Hinduism, and
about 1,000 Tribal groups) Begin to pray that God would greatly bless you in order
that you might in some or many ways be a blessing to all the “ta ethne” (Greek for
ethnic people groups) of the earth (Gen. 12:2,3). As you do, remain alert for the
ways God can answer that prayer.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony
to all nations - “tois ethnecin” (ethnic people groups) and then the end will come.
Matt 24:14 NIV
And this Gospel shall be preached to all the and then the end shall come. Let’s
get the job done so we can go on home!
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Pastor David & Robin Kimler
Global Worship
2434 McRay
Springdale, AR 72762
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Phone/Fax: 479-751-0690
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david@globalworship.org
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robin@globalworship.org
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