Wednesday, July 2, 2008

THOUGHTS ON WORSHIP

Hello everyone!
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I hope and pray that you are all having an awesome week. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. What an awesome time in our Papa's presence last week during the time of worship. Thank you all again and again for your time as you serve the Lord so faithfully. I am looking forward to our next series on Sunday mornings called "Road Trip." This is a subject that is so very close to my heart...The Great Commission, where Jesus tells us to go into all the world and make disciples of every people group, waiting for the Holy Spirit to fall upon us and empower us to do so at home, in our circles of influence, in our workplace, in our neighborhoods and to the ends of the earth. My prayer is that our times of worship would, as we bask in the Lord's presence, ignite our hearts on fire to share Christ, through words and actions, to the lost.
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It seems like a silly thought to raise our hands to Jesus in the lifeboat and not reach out our hands to people drowning in the waters around us and pull them into the lifeboat. Yet sometimes, we can become so "me" focused. "What's in it for me?" "How can I have a good feeling as I worship?" Even many modern worship songs reflect this. If you don't think so, count how many times "I" is found in our more modern songs than in the hymns of yesterday. Oh for more of the theology found in the hymns in today's modern worship tunes. I know that as a worship team we know that it's not about "me," but about "Him" and about "others." Even the two greatest commandments that Jesus gave us are to "love God and love others." Satan fell from heaven due to pride...taking the focus from God and others and placing it on self, and then leaving a wake of destruction behind. The unholy trinity (me, myself and I) has become today's idol of choice in this screwed up world. Let us crucify the "I," dying to "self" and live wholeheartedly for "He" while serving "them" with reckless abandon.
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Love you all very much. Hope I didn't beat anyone up too badly with the whole INAM thing (It's Not About Me). Let me know how the schedule works for you all. I know many have vacation time during the summer and such. Can't wait for Sunday. See you there.
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Grace and peace,
Christian

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