Table of Contents
Key Verses
- Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Heb 10:25 BSB
- Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Heb 10:25 KJV
- not forsaking our meeting together [as believers for worship and instruction], as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more [faithfully] as you see the day [of Christ’s return] approaching. Heb 10:25 AMP
- I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” Ps 122:1 ESV
Do we need an Order of Service?
- all things must be done appropriately and in an orderly manner. 1 Cor 14:40 AMP
Suggestion
Confession
- your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:2 NKJV
- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our
sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV
Thanksgiving
- Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise Ps 100:4 NIV
Praise
- Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise Ps 100:4 NIV
- You are holy, You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. Ps 22:3 NASB
Worship
- Come, let’s worship and bow down, Let’s kneel before the LORD our Maker. Ps 95:6 NASB
- you will seek Me and 2find Me, when you 1search for Me with all your heart. Jer 29:13 NKJV
101875 דּרשׁ [dârash] \daw-rash’\
A primitive root; properly to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication to seek or ask; specifically to worship: – {ask} X at {all} care {for} X {diligently} {inquire} make {inquisition} [necro-] {mancer} {question} {require} {search} seek {[for} {out]} X surely.
204672 מצא [mâtsâ’] \maw-tsaw’\
A primitive root; properly to come forth {to} that {is} appear or exist; transitively to {attain} that {is} find or acquire; figuratively to {occur} meet or be present: – + be {able} {befall} {being} {catch} X certainly (cause to) come ({on} {to} to {hand}) {deliver} be enough (cause to) find ({-ing} {occasion} {out}) get (hold {upon}) X have ({here}) be {here} {hit} be {left} light (up-) {on} meet ({with}) X occasion {serve} (be) {present} {ready} {speed} {suffice} take hold on.
COMMENTS: In other words, when one worships God with all their heart, God’s Presence appears i.e. one has an Encounter with God.
Scripture
- devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 1 Tim 4:13 BSB
- Until I come, devote yourself to public reading [of Scripture], to preaching and to teaching [the sound doctrine of God’s word]. 1 Tim 4:13 AMP
Prayer
- “Again I say to you, that if two believers on earth agree [that is, are of one mind, in harmony] about anything that they ask [within the will of God], it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. Matthew 18:19 AMP
Breaking Of Bread
- So when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper, for when you eat, each one hurries to get his own supper first [not waiting for others or the poor]. So one goes hungry while another gets drunk… So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat [the Lord’s Supper], wait for one another [and see to it that no one is left out]. 1 Corinthians 11:20-22, 33 AMP
Other Components
- What then is the right course, believers? When you meet together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation (disclosure of special knowledge), a tongue, or an interpretation. Let everything be constructive and edifying and done for the good of all the church. 1 Cor 14:26 AMP