June 8 Worship Service Reflection

Set List:

1. Everlasting God - Brenton Brown


2. Holy is the Lord - Tomlin, arr. by Bethany Dillon


3. Shout to the North - Martin Smith from Delirious


4. You are the One - Lincoln Brewster

Theme Discussion:

        The theme of strength seemed to ring through the songs as I sang through them this Sunday. There is trust and strength found in waiting on the Lord in Everlasting God. This songs comes out of last part of Isaiah 40 to encourage the people of Israel. Then this theme was in the line, “For the joy of the Lord is our strength”. I love how God orchestrates themes that I did not think of during my preparation time.
        Shout to the North was the focus song for the week. It is a song of restoration of a returning to who God has called us to be. This is a returning to our true identity in Christ. In this identity we can join God in His redemptive work. This connected well with the theme that our days are ordained by God our creator in You are the One.
        After the songs, during our prayer Chris mention new insight on the line “all Your thoughts towards me are holy” from You Are the One. She mentioned that sometimes our thoughts are not holy towards others, but we can trust that all of the thoughts from God are holy towards us.

Sermon Notes:

        The introduction into Nehemiah was great. The theme of the book teaches the art of leading reform. Reform means to go back to the ancient truths of God. The question then is are we concerned about what God is concerned about? This is a questions that has come up often when we talk about church vision. I am excited to see how God will shape our community to be more concerned about these things. On an individual basis, the question is; how does this translate to our 8-15 Oikos family God has provided?
        Truth is a great theme to sing about. Shout to the North is a song that encourages us to be ministers of that truth. In the first verse, men are encouraged to be strenghtened and see that in their brokenness they are made complete in Christ. The second verse exhorts “women of the truth” to “sing to broken hearts”. Finally in the third verse together as the body of Christ we are called to sing again the songs of grace.


Possible future songs:
History Maker - Martin Smith
Blessing - John Waller