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WE HAVE A CHOICE
You are not to do as we do here today, everyone doing as they see fit,...Then to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name—there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the Lord. 
(Deuteronomy 12:8, 11 NIV)

Everyone doing as they see fit.... No wonder chaos everywhere. In the ancient time God stated it very clear.... People can only worship God at the place He chose. God has the say...

The heart of the matter is not on the place or method of worship, but on the Person. God is the ultimate standard for our lives. He is the Centre of our lives, the Focus of our worship.
We, too, have a choice - our own way, the way of the world, or God's way? Life begins in God and it will also end in Him. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6) If we want to live well, there's no other way but to choose God's way - The Way that's paved with Truth and lead us to the Life, the abundance life in Christ.
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, ... But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15 NIV)
(PS the word serve (abada) in Hebrew also means worship.)
~ plt040914

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