Happy Day
“Forever I am changed”
It is grace that transforms us.
Indescribable
Our view of God as Majestic, and imposing form or force
Humbled and Amazed by Him
King of Glory
Ps. 24:7
7 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle!
9 Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory!
Selah
This song encourages as the redeemed to declare the love of God.
Majesty
“Forgiven so that I can forgive”
When we encounter God’s love for us, we are forever changed.
Wonderful Cross
This is the story of grace. The grace that we have allowed to transform us and that we are called to declare.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Humble Dedication
Colossians 3:18-25
18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
Themes...
Dedication
Service of the Lord
Humility
Sunday’s Script...
Our God Saves
Make this our prayer God that we will offering our praise to You, because we find our hope in You.
“We gather together to lift up Your name
To call on our Savior; to fall on Your grace”
PRAYER... “We put our hope you God our savior, help us to be prepared, as Peter says, to give a reason for the hope that is in us.”
Blessed Be Your Name
we are called to worship Him even in the dark times. We have to come to understand and trust that God has a plan for us. Then we will be able to see past the
Father Let Me Dedicate
Written in 1864, this song was sung from memory as a new year’s hymn to dedicate the year to God. Today we say together that we will trust God in every situation and dedicate our lives to glorifying Him in whatever we do.
Surrender
“Lord we want to trust You for the plans you have for us. We believe that they have been ordained”
In order to surrender to God we have to trust His plans for our lives. We also need to see our position before God.
Reflections...
The thought from Scott Furrow’s sermon that rang in my heart was the the call to be integrated. This came out of verse 22, “Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.” The concept of having sincerity of heart is a worship concept. Scott related the sincerity of heart to an integrated life. When our lives are fully integrated we allow God to have his home in us and this is an act of worship. We can see in the Jewish culture that all of life was spiritual. There was not separation between religious and non-religious, or sacred and secular. To often we separate our spiritual time to a weekly gathering or a daily quiet time, when we are called to make all of our life integrated with God’s direction. This is also a call to become conformed to Christ, which is a process. Some of my favorite authors like Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and Kenneth Boas all see this as a process of practicing spiritual disciplines. It takes practice to allow God to integrate our lives. The main point is that this is a process, and we are simply called to join in the process of God transforming us. I view this as our spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1-2
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
Themes...
Dedication
Service of the Lord
Humility
Sunday’s Script...
Our God Saves
Make this our prayer God that we will offering our praise to You, because we find our hope in You.
“We gather together to lift up Your name
To call on our Savior; to fall on Your grace”
PRAYER... “We put our hope you God our savior, help us to be prepared, as Peter says, to give a reason for the hope that is in us.”
Blessed Be Your Name
we are called to worship Him even in the dark times. We have to come to understand and trust that God has a plan for us. Then we will be able to see past the
Father Let Me Dedicate
Written in 1864, this song was sung from memory as a new year’s hymn to dedicate the year to God. Today we say together that we will trust God in every situation and dedicate our lives to glorifying Him in whatever we do.
Surrender
“Lord we want to trust You for the plans you have for us. We believe that they have been ordained”
In order to surrender to God we have to trust His plans for our lives. We also need to see our position before God.
Reflections...
The thought from Scott Furrow’s sermon that rang in my heart was the the call to be integrated. This came out of verse 22, “Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.” The concept of having sincerity of heart is a worship concept. Scott related the sincerity of heart to an integrated life. When our lives are fully integrated we allow God to have his home in us and this is an act of worship. We can see in the Jewish culture that all of life was spiritual. There was not separation between religious and non-religious, or sacred and secular. To often we separate our spiritual time to a weekly gathering or a daily quiet time, when we are called to make all of our life integrated with God’s direction. This is also a call to become conformed to Christ, which is a process. Some of my favorite authors like Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, and Kenneth Boas all see this as a process of practicing spiritual disciplines. It takes practice to allow God to integrate our lives. The main point is that this is a process, and we are simply called to join in the process of God transforming us. I view this as our spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1-2
“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
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