Why I Worship

What Is Worship, Why Do We Worship, How to Worship

The One Thing We Need… But Nobody Really Wants.

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As a christian, a husband, a father, a worship leader, and a friend, I am consistently faced with different times in my life where I find myself being broken in certain areas. I feel as if I have gotten victory in a certain area and then God points out another area that He wants to mold into something He can use for His glory.

It’s never fun. In fact, most of the time, it really hurts because the only way for Him to make something He can use out of what I have is to break what I have. You see, I want my life to be good as it is. I want what I have to be enough. I want to be able to say “I did this.” God’s desire, however, is for me to be completely broken to the point that I am not even recognizable anymore; so that when someone looks at me, they see only the ruins of “what I could do” and they can only give credit to him for what has happened in my life.

So, each day, I have a choice to make. I can put on my very best effort. I can paint myself as a beautiful piece of pottery and stand myself on the shelf for everyone to see…

And that will be exactly where I’ll stay… on the shelf.

Or I can say in my heart of hearts “Father, break me and make me into whatever you desire for me to be and then use me as you will.”

He will then take the busted ruins of our lives and make them into something useful to His purpose and for His Kingdom.

God, I want to be useful!!!!!

What say you???

A Lifestyle of Worship?

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1Samuel 13:14 states that “the Lord has sought out a man after His own heart…”

We know, of course that Samuel is speaking about the young King David. So, here’s the question… What does it mean to be “a man after God’s own heart?”

Some say it was the fact that David was always quick to repent when confronted with his sin. Some believe that it was his humility in his dealings with King Saul. Some say it was his willingness to abandon himself and “worship the Lord with all his might.”

The theological offerings could go on and on but I’d like to know what you think.

I hear people constantly making statements like “We’ve gotten church all wrong!”, or “Most church leaders are crooks!”, or; I think the popular one right now is “We shouldn’t be worried about GOING to church, we should just concentrate on BEING the church.”

I only have one rule for this discussion: POSITIVE STATEMENTS ONLY!

I want us to look at this as a body (if you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He came to earth, lived a perfect life, died on a cross, and rose again on the third day, then we are in the same boat) and see if we can define what it is that the church is supposed to be. I want to find out what it means to “be the church.” I am asking God this year to make me one of those people to whom He would refer as “a man after His own heart.”

Ok… Here we go… What do you think?

 

 

Increasing Your Capacity

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When God is calling us to increase in our capacity to serve His body, there will be times when we feel as if we are being stretched in every direction.

Here are some great thoughts on stretching by Pastor Jody Andrews in our staff devotional time this morning.

S– Stay Focused. Don’t allow yourself to become distracted from the thing God is preparing you for.

T– Trying never gets the job done. We must determine in our hearts to press on toward the goals set before us.

R– Random accomplishments do not produce sustained success. Success is proven with consistent effort.

E– Easy doesn’t equal “shortcut.” Difficult doesn’t equal “door shut.” Don’t be fooled by your circumstances.

T– Teachable people exceed their teacher. Jesus said “You shall do these things and greater.”

C– Character matters. Your talents may get you on the stage, but only your character will keep you there.

H– How is your serve? We must continually teach ourselves to serve others.

Allow God to STRETCH you today into the man or woman he has created you to be.

Be Blessed!