What Do You Say When You Lead Worship? Part 2

What Do You Say When You Lead Worship? Part 2.

What Do You Say When You Lead Worship? Part 1

What Do You Say When You Lead Worship? Part 1.

What Do You Say When You Lead Worship? Part 1

What Do You Say When You Lead Worship? Part 1.

Joshua 14 – pastor john

- Hebrews 11 – without faith it is impossible to please God
- it’s not the greatness of your faith but the greatness of your God
- God’s promises are our great hope and motivator for godly living
- it’s not your best life now, but your best life ahead in heaven with Christ
- we lose faith when we forget God and what He has done
- are you thankful? if you are filled with thankfulness you will be a man of faith
- live to leave a legacy for God
- balance between courage/faith and humility – never presume
- the war is won. we need to battle boldly in Christ

1 corinthians 15:1-11

- our understanding of how sinful we are, how much grace we
have received, how much we have been forgiven will be proportional to how passionate we are for the Lord, how passionate we are for God’s glory
- when we encounter the risen Lord we are certain about Christ

Joshua 13 – Pastor John

- do we see the true spiritual meaning in the physical things and situations
- your career is secondary. God’s calling of you and His glory is primary
- you can’t be called by God and then continue to longingly look at the sinful life God saved you from

All Creatures of our God and King

Author – Francis of Assisi
Date written – 1225
Scripture reference – Psalm 145

“All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. They shall speak of the glory of Thy Kingdom, and talk of Thy power.” – Psalm 145:10-11

Saint Francis of Assisi, whose name was originally Giovanni Bernardone, was a medieval monk who lived in the Italian town of Assisi during the late 12th and early 13th century.

After living a pagan lifestyle for 25 years, he changed his ways and desired to serve God. When he was 28 he founded the Franciscan Order of Friars which taught his religious beliefs and ascetic way of life. He was known to have loved nature because he saw the handiwork of God in it.

All creation proclaims the handiwork of God, amen? I wish I could go on a camping trip right now…that’d be pretty sweet. Anyways, any time you see something beautiful in nature, proclaim this song unto the Lord!

All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
O Praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam!
O praise Him, O praise Him,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
Ye clouds that sail in heav’n along,
O Praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
O praise Him, O praise Him,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness.
O Praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, three in one,
O praise Him, O praise Him,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Shepherds surprise!

as I’m sure you might have heard, the gettys were at shepherds conference and led a time of singing. afterwards I got to meet them and take a picture. woohoot!

get their CDs! they have some of the best lyrics and music

excited…

Shepherds’ Conference

where does time go?

i’m sitting here in my living room, now 12:20 am, in disbelief that i’m 26 years old and married. don’t get me wrong. this is not a bad disbelief. it’s just pretty amazing to me that life has gone by so fast.

the other day i was insisting that i was 25 years old, even though i am 26 and have been for the past 4 months.

since i’m in a nostalgic mood, let’s take it back to youth group days. i have a soft spot for youth group. a lot of good memories. some bad ones. i understand the difficulty of trying to minister to that age group because i was in that group. i knew i was there for the fun, the food, the movies, the sleepovers…all that good stuff. the problem was, it never registered to me that i wasn’t a Christian. i was led to believe that if i showed up, participated, said a prayer, etc., that i would be saved. somehow, religiousity and salvation got tangled up and fed to me as gospel. not on purpose, i don’t think. church did the best they could to reach out to us. did what they could to bring us into church. i think the gospel was presented, but perhaps at my age i didn’t really understand it.

The problem was ultimately me. my sinfulness. my pride. my selfishness and unwillingness to repent. my self-righteousness. how could i show any doubt? i was the “good” one. when parents patted me on the head, i should’ve echoed Christ and said, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good.” but instead i smiled, pretended to be humble and gently bat down those compliments, while reveling like a little child in a candy store on the inside.

i hate that old me. i hate the lies, the hypocrisy. i hate the fakeness of it. i hate that i see a glimpse of that old me in me today. he’s ugly. i want him out of my life completely. and then i remember Romans 8:1

praise the One
Risen Son
of God