Worship God In Spirit

Satan tries to draw us away from the proper worship of God. One way he can influence people is to cause them to fall into the habit of evaluating their worship of God by factors that have physical components to them such as Sabbath keeping and clean and unclean meats. But in his sermon Mr. Smith asks us why if these areas are of greatest importance why are they not covered in the Sermon on the Mount? For the answer he shows us what Jesus said to the woman in John 4 about our need to worship God in spirit and in truth. And then with this starting point he considers some of the things the sermon on the mount does cover to help us properly worship God in the spirit. In his next sermon he will cover what it means to worship God in truth.

Gary Smith was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, but spent most of his youth in the Pasadena, California area. He graduated from Ambassador College in 1976 and he and his wife, Liz, moved to Peoria, Illinois. For the next six years he worked as a nursing home administrator in Illinois, Ohio, and Texas.
In 1982, he and Liz began to serve in the full-time ministry. Since that time, they have served in a number of congregations in the Midwest.
Gary and Liz now pastor in Houston, Texas near their two children and grandson.
Apart from pastoring, Gary enjoys hiking, playing and watching sports, reading and spending time with family.