Here’s what we sang this morning at Friendship Church as we kicked off a new series, “Phobia“:
All Because of Jesus – Bb [FEE]
All We Need – G [Charlie Hall]
In Christ Alone – D [Matt Papa's version]
Overcome – G [New Life Worship]
You Alone Can Rescue – Bb [Matt Redman]
King of Wonders – Bb [Redman/Hughes from the Compassion Art project]
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Our small group, Revelation, is currently going through a study called “The Best Questions Ever”. Intriguing right? I mean, you just read the title of the series and you ask, “So…what is it? What is the best questions ever?” According to Andy Stanley, and I tend to agree now, the best question ever is “What is the wise thing to do according to my past, my current responsibilities and circumstances, and my future hopes and dreams?”
This is a fantastic question in all areas of life.
This past Sunday night, we learned to ask this questions as it pertains to our time. Andy equated time = life. Meaning the way we spend our days is ultimately the way we spend our….time.
So I have been reflecting on this verse all week and would love to hear your thoughts on how it may challenge you with what you do with your life (time):
“So teach us to number our days so that we may get a heart of wisdom.” [Psalm 90:12 ESV]
Whether you are married, single, divorced, or breathing, you at some point have faced sexually immorality head on. God so desires you to be sexually pure that he begs you to run from it.
“Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.” [1 Corinthians 6:18 NLT]
Your response is everything.
dustin
Curious to hear back from you on this one.
Where do you go to inspire yourself to new ideas? Could be a place, a website, a favorite album?
I’ll talk about some of my favorites in the week to come, but for now, I’d like to hear from you. Leave a comment!
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Here’s what we sang this morning at Friendship Church as we wrapped up our series “Something Different For A Change”:
Happy Day – C [Tim Hughes]
Greatly To Be Praised – Bb [FEE]
All Because of Jesus – Bb [FEE]
Beautiful The Blood – Bb [FEE]
Rest – E [Big Daddy Weave] – SPECIAL
Here Is Love – G [Matt Redman]
I hope all who heard these messages are continuing to be challenged the truth of the Word of God in this series. You can hear it here on our home page. Just browse through the sermon player on the lower left corner of the page.
I know several people that say to me that they don’t have a creative bone in their body. With some reflection on a previous post and two big points in scripture, I’d have to greatly disagree.
“So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.”
[Genesis 1:27]
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.”
[Psalm 139:14]
We’re uniquely and creatively made in God’s image. So if God, the ultimate CREATOR, created you to be like him, how are you not creative? It would be the equivalent of you denying the fact that you have arms. That’s crazy!
DISCLAIMER:
I would like to say that this creative nature can be stronger in some than others, so please be careful before you go on American Idol or something of the like claiming to be the next big thing with the next big idea. On behalf of the world, I thank you.
You’ve probably heard it said somewhere that everything we do in life is meant to honor God; to worship Him. That’s why we’re here. That’s the reason for our existence. That’s it.
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” [1 Cor. 10:31]
Knowing that truth, what reasonable excuse do we have to do things in a lazy, “I really don’t care” fashion”? If we carry out our tasks like that, what sort of glory does that bring to God? Even more than that, what does that say to other people about our God?
God says that laziness and the work of a slacker is the brother of those who destroy.
“Whoever is slack in his work
is a brother to him who destroys.” [Proverbs 18:9]
How you do things matters. Please understand that.
Your response is everything.
dustin
Here’s what we sang this morning at Friendship Church while we continued our series
“Something Different For A Change”:
You Lifted Me Out – Bb [Chris Tomlin]
Set Me Free – Bm [Casting Crowns] – SPECIAL
Amazing Grace – D [Chris Tomlin's version]
Lift High – D [Eddie Kirkland]
Let God Arise – A [Chris Tomlin]
Today, my new table saw has arrived. It’s sorta like Christmas becuase I have been saving for it since before Christmas through my birthday and up until Wednesday when I drove down to Lowe’s and bought it. Here’s a look at my new man machine that arrives at my man cave this morning:
(insert Tim ‘The Tool man’ Taylor grunt here)
If many of us are honest, we either know someone who struggles with self-hatred or maybe we even deal with it ourselves on a daily basis. There are tons and tons of mediums in culture that are screaming at us what is acceptable and unacceptable, but where does the truth of God come in all of that?
There is a great book by Brennan Manning called “A Glimpse of Jesus” that led me to this thought a few years ago:Self-hatred comes from subconsciously being self-absorbed. What we need is to be more God-absorbed. To spend less time staring at ourselves and more time staring at our God. Doing that will kill self-hatred and massively increase our love for God. When that revolution occurs in us, God is seen as bigger than our “problems” and ourselves.
“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1, ESV)
Your response is everything.
dustin
