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Heart: Relationship with God"you shall love the Lord your God with all your HEART, soul, mind, and strength" The chief aspect of Narkis Street Congregation is our relationship with God. How we interact and communicate with our Maker affects all other relationships within and outside of our fellowship.
Our Identity for Our Relationship with God Our relationship with God and His Kingdom is summed up in the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:9-13. We learn from this prayer that a dynamic relationship with God is founded on love, reverence, gratitude, repentance, forgiveness, and humility. Through the redemptive death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon His followers, our relationship with God is direct and assured. Jesus’ victory over death empowers us to overcome sin, share in his sufferings exemplified by the cross, and to live with an undying hope in this world and in the world to come. Our congregation builds our relationship with God through worship and prayer that is obedient to the Holy Spirit. If our relationship with God is damaged or impaired, community life will also suffer (Josh. 7; Num. 25:1-9). Our congregation endeavors to build a home where God’s Spirit dwells in the midst of our praise and our heart cries (Rev. 21:3).
Our Vision for Our Relationship with God Narkis Street Congregation seeks to commune with God through prayer and worship both individually and corporately (2 Chr. 7:14). God is enthroned among the praises of His people (Ps. 22:3), and God answers those who call upon Him (Isa. 55:6-7; Jer. 33:3; Zech. 13:9). • We are a House of Prayer for All Nations, and to foster a supportive environment for prayer and worship growing out of pure and repentant hearts. • We are a forum of freedom for both visiting pilgrims and local residents who together are embracing God’s Kingdom. • We break up into small groups during the Saturday/Shabbat service to lift up our praises and our burdens in a communal manner. • We gather weekly to pray for the immediate needs of the congregation and the community at large. • We encourage each member to have a daily time dedicated to commune with God. |
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