Something new & worship
I bought my 2009 dayplanner today (the exact one is pictured above). I spend months near the end of every year researching the best layout for a dayplanner for the following year. I want very specific things in a dayplanner, and usually I can’t find one that meets all my criteria. I admit I usually end up buying a few before I find the right one, much to my husband’s dismay.
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Worship from the inside out
Hmmmm, well I haven’t written for a little bit - man, time flies. SO much going on - how exciting! I’ve been taking a class about purpose and finding our purpose in God (obviously), starting with the every day things that are before us. Being faithful with what we are given each day, making a difference in the little things. My mind immediately goes to worship. How we are to approach the issue of our life’s purpose, God-given destinies, etc. is the same way we worship. We do it as a part of our every day lives. All day, every day. Read more »
The simplicity of worship
I read something this morning; You have all probably read this verse a million times before;
(context, Matt 4):When the devil was tempting Jesus, he told Jesus to just ‘get down on his knees and worship him and in return he would give Jesus all of earth’s kingdoms’, Jesus replied very strongly, quoting Deuteronomy:
“Worship the Lord your God, and only Him. Serve Him with absolute single-heartedness” (MESSAGE paraphrase, Matt 4:10b)
I just love the simplicity in this - there are ‘earthly kingdoms’, so to speak tempting us and distracting us everyday of our lives (The devil wants nothing more than to pull us off-course), so our ‘calling’ is simple…Worship God alone.
That’s what God asks of us and as worship leaders, we probably get just as distracted, if not more, than anyone…so, let’s pray for each other (our musicians, our friends, our worship leaders, our Pastors, our families, etc.). Let’s pray that we would be this kind of worshiper. That God would be the focus of our lives every day and that we would not be distracted from our true call and purpose; That we would be people who lead others to God, as we lead in worship, as a ‘band’ (worship teams, etc) and as individuals in our everyday lives.
Truth and worship
As Christians we are all worshipers, in fact, everyone is potentially a “worship leader” in their own right. Whether at work, or at home - we worship God and hopefully lead others to His beautiful presence if only by their being with us as we bring our own personal testimony of our God-faith wherever and however we can.
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Our humanity and worship
Many of my friends are worship leaders - we talk, you know about life and struggles…day to day issues as worship leaders and more importantly as Christians. In talking with one of my friends this week he expressed how while leading last weekend at some point during the worship service his humanity took over by way of ‘performance - pride’. My friend happens to be one of the most humble people I know at the same time one of the best guitar players I know also. As we discussed life, it just happened to come up - he explained how right in the middle of this beautiful time of worship something else took over. Immediately God challenged him, gently reminding my friend, “Hey, remember what this is about and Who you are playing for”. That was it. He immediately repented and that was that - life went on, people got saved, God was worshiped, loved and adored.
Love and worship
Micah 6:8; He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?
1. to act justly and
2. to love mercy and
3. to walk humbly with your God
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I was thinking about life and worship and love and all the other things that matter and I think the Bible is really clear about what our lives should look like. Sometimes (understatement) we complicate things so terribly through our justifications and trivializations. God is so clear in His Word what He expects of us and we just have to look to Jesus to know what that looks like for us.
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Remember When
Hey my friend just finished recording his latest song and here it is. He has like 5 songs of mine sitting in his studio waiting to be produced but instead of working on them, he sits down and writes another song. Man… but it’s great and I can’t deny it. Here is Jason Uher’s latest hit: Remember When… You will love it! ♥er
REMEMBER WHEN .mp3 - Jay Uher
Mike Guglielmucci p3
I understand that Hillsong has pulled all their “This is our God” product (cd’s, music, dvds, etc.) and are going to re-release everything, minus Mike and whatever he contributed to the project. I get it. This makes sense to me.
Worship and… Prayer
I read yesterday that “according to church traditions, James (the author of the book of James in the Bible) carried the nickname “Old Camel Knees” because of thick calluses built up on his knees from many years of determined prayer. The prayer is foundational to the wisdom. Prayer is always foundational to wisdom.” [Eugene Peterson]
About Erin
The Bible says that [King] David was a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do’ (Acts 13:22; 1Sam 13:14). I was always riveted by that statement. I always wanted to be a girl after God’s heart - someone that God called friend, daughter, someone set apart for His work, called, chosen - someone that would do whatever God asked.
I have journals (formerly called diaries, as a child) that reveal years and years of me, seemingly endlessly searching for more of a relationship with God. Something deeper, something richer, something stronger, something…more. Just more. I have always had a heart after God’s but I haven’t always been willing to do whatever He asked. Although I didn’t see it like that until I got older and I finally did become more and more willing to turn my life over to God in a complete, unrestricted sort-of-way.
Someone asked me the other day (in a round-about way) how old I was. For the first time in my life I was so relieved by my answer. Sure, I’m not as young as I once was, nor am I as young as I hoped to be at this stage in my life - but I was so happy that I am where I am because it’s been a long road getting here and I wouldn’t buy back any of my former years. Not a single day - I just simply wouldn’t go back. God and I have worked too hard to get me here!
My age (and increasingly emerging ‘laugh-lines’, yeah right) remind me of my journey - the painful life-lessons and endless reminders of the mass doses of grace I have desperately required and received from God each and every day. And even though it seems as though I’m just starting my life right now… I feel that life is exactly what I have and I am soaking up every moment of it.
I am a girl after God’s heart because my desire for God is what wakes me up every morning and it’s what fills my heart each day and it’s what I dream about at night. I love God with every fiber of my being and my deepest passion in life is to know Him more and connect others to this amazing God who has rescued (saved, delivered and freed) me from the darkest places, from the deepest secrets and from the most dysfunctional relationships and environments that I allowed to work their way into my life and sights, replacing God in the strangest and most-subtle ways.
[King] David said it perfectly:
I waited patiently for the LORD;
He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
He set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD. [Psalm 40:1-3]
A few years ago a girl-friend encouraged me to write a mission-statement for my life - after several weeks, I came up with one that seemed to fit me best. As I write today it has come back to my memory as if I wrote it yesterday - it’s simple but I believe it’s exactly what my life is about:
“To know and reveal the heart of God and lead others to do the same.”
God - this is for You. It’s all for You. I love You.
This is the love-of-my-life, Cliff (and me). We have been married for 15 years. We live in Canada with our two absolutely perfect kids.
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