Sunday Feb.1, 2009 Calling All worshippers!!

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Setlist

  1. Everyting Glorious
  2. Be Lifted High
  3. Hallelujah(Your Love Makes Me Sing)
  4. Jesus Messiah 

Here is the deal. The real deal. I could say that it is sweet, sugar coated. I can tell you that it is beautiful, perfect! Couldn’t be better!! Its all good! Is it? Could it be rougher than I thought? Is there more to the story? Does it sound better than it is? The reality is that usually it does. So lets try something new. Honesty. Lets conduct ourselves so that we don’t have to sugar coat. How can worship be real if we live in a half truth reality? When I come to the throne I want to be clean. I want to lay my burdens down. God already knows. The Bible says that before we give our offerings to God, we are to go to our brothers and sisters and confess or sins, so that we may enter clean. We need to be authentic my friends. Do you ever just stand there during the worship service? Maybe you mouth the words a little. Maybe you kind of sing the familiar choruses. God deserves better than that. Worship is our way of inviting God’s presence in, to give Him the opportunity to bless us outwardly. Let us strive to become authentic people before we come to God! When we enter the gates of Heaven, we will all be singing, at the top of our lungs! Why not figure it out now, clear our throats, and sings to God. I mean really, really sing!!

Lets worship together this Sunday!

Blessings

Chris

Sunday January 25, 2009 The Call, The Fall, The Recall!!

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Setlist

Your Grace is enough

Hosanna

Heart of Worship

He Reigns

Jesus Messiah

What a great day for worship! Well, at the least we had church!! This has been what I consider a brutal winter. It must be all of 5 outside. Blechh. Even through my layers of clothes , I am cold. To the core! Yet, I feel content. The Lord is with me. There is a calm sense that I know He has me right where He wants me. I have a role to play in the Kingdom story, and I do not wish otherwise. Could I be in a better place? Could I have a nicer house? A better car? More money? A bigger church? Yes yes yes. BUT, and this is a big BUT, He gives me what I have, and that is enough. Lesson learned. Before we wish for better, we better enjoy what we have. The part that we play is the part that we play, and we had better know our lines, and perform it with gratitude!

Our sermon this week talked about Peter, and how he loved Jesus, would die for him, go to the ends of the earth with Him. And yet, when faced with the possibility of attack from those who would seek to destroy Jesus, he denied ever knowing Him. Yeeouch! Then, in that courtyard, as Jesus was being dragged away, their eyes met, and Peter was filled with anguish, sadness, remorse, regret. And he carried this with him until he finally met the Lord after His “Rise” Then Jesus recommissioned Peter, and well, you know the rest of the story.

Don’t let this happen to you. We were made to preach the Gospel, in many different ways. With or without words. Faith without works is dead. Do something. Act. Be bold. Know your role, and BE it!!

Lets worship together, in our homes, in our church, in the workplace, in our prayers….

Chris

Sunday January 11, 2009 Love Completely!!

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Setlist

1- There’s No One Like Our God

2- Jesus, Lover of My Soul

3- Blessed Be The Name

4- It Is You

5- Here is Our King

In a world of change, we sometimes have to pause and take a breath. And, then we move on. God has a plan, and whether we like it or not, His plan IS what is best for us. The Word teaches us to keep our eyes on the Kingdom, put our hands to the plow, carry on, consider it joy when we are tempted. When we have been all together defeated, when we are at our weakest, when all is lost,  Jesus goes to work. You see, He wants to do for you. If you have it covered, what is there for Him to do? Do you think that the cross is all that He is going to do for you? He can do everything!!! He can pay your bills, He can solve your problems, He can find the love of your life, He can overcome…He has overcome!! When is the last time you were dead? Believe me, if you were dead, you would stay dead, at least in the physical. But one day, He will even conquer that!! And they said, AMEN!!!

 Rebecca St. James put it best in her song “Alive”.

You make me come Alive!!!

Its only when I let go of what I want in this life

You make me come Alive!!

Let’s worship together,

Chris

Sunday, January 4, 2009 Don’t Wait!!! Do it NOW!!!

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    I heard a comment the other day by someone, who shall remain nameless.. This person said that they love blizzards, because a blizzard can make even New York City stop moving!! Yes, and while it can be a mess afterwards, everything stops. 10+ million people have no choice but to stop. It is then that this person notices the beauty of the city, covered in glistening snow. God can be like a blizzard. He can put the kibosh on anything we think may be more important than the glistening beauty of the city, covered with snow.  The problem is that most of us wait until a blizzard to see beauty. We are way too busy. We don’t have the time. Then, bang, we get sick, break a bone, our engine blows, the pipes burst, the electricity goes out, etc… THEN we find time. We talk, we laugh, spend time together. Then the lights come back on, and we get busy again..

    Here is what I am saying. Don’t wait. Seek the Lord while He is near. Put Him first, then get busy. Get in the Word, then make your living. Pray, then watch sports. Let me tell you, if God has to put His foot down, He will.  And, OUCH, it can hurt. Boom, 27 inches of snow, pop a piston, blow out your back. hey, I am not perfect. When is the last time I wrote a blog?? But I have seen the light. I have seen the city after a blizzard. I have lost my wheels and been stranded. I have blown out my back, and it is not fun. While I am healthy, I am going to seize the moment!! Carpe Diem! I am going to run to meet the Lord!! Then, when I hurt myself, when my tire blows, when the power goes out, I will know that it is just dumb luck, and then God has my back…worship God….NOW!!!!

Let us Worship together, and Happy New Year!!

Chris

Even In the Fire We Dance

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I am getting an idea for a song. I had a thought about Daniel, and how when Daniel was forbidden to Worship the Lord, it only strenghtened his resolve, and Daniel threw open his shades and prayed to the Lord. Then, when thrown into the fire, Daniel danced in worship, er, WITH the Lord!!! Wow, in our most bitter circumstance, we dance for God!! With God!!! So, my idea was, as titled: even in the fire, we dance. Can anyone hear that? The songs are out there, waiting to heard, so be still, and listen, and know He is there, in song. I imagine a fast beat, joyful. A proclamation! You cannot break my resolve! Next time I am in deep, I will worship! This Sunday I am going to church, and I am going to worship! 

Chris