March 10th, 2010
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
- Used on Sunday on 03.07.10
March 9th, 2010
We used this prayer before we shared in communion together last Sunday.
Lord Jesus,
In the garden you agonized while we slept.
In the garden you pleaded to be freed from the jaws of death.
In the garden you sweat and bled in desperation.
In the garden you yielded to your Father’s will.
In the garden you heard the soldiers’ footsteps.
In the garden you were kissed in betrayal.
In the garden you submitted to the darkness to bring us eternal light.
We praise your name forever. Amen.
- the opensourcebook
March 8th, 2010
His Name Is Jesus by Music by Oliver Holden, words by Edward Perronet, vs. 4 by John Rippon, chorus by Judah Groveman © 2009 Sovereign Grace Worship
Shout to the Lord by Darlene Zschech Copyright 1993 Hillsong Publishing
Open Your Eyes by Jon Egan Copyright 2007 Vertical Worship
Your Name by Paul Baloche 2006
Because of Your Love Phil Wickham Copyright 2008 Phil Wickham Music (Admin. by Simpleville Music, Inc.)
March 7th, 2010
March 2nd, 2010
If you are interested in the The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus audio or FREE MP3s you can click on the image to the right. This is an excellent resource to introduce someone to Christ.
March 1st, 2010
Jesus Messiah by Chris Tomlin, Daniel Carson, Ed Cash, Jesse Reeves 2008
When I Think About the Lord by James Huey 1998
Overcome by Jon Egan 2007
Your Name by Paul Baloche 2006
February 24th, 2010
Joshua Stewardson read a puritan prayer for us this past Sunday from Valley of Vision.
O God of Unsearchable Greatness.
Before thee I am nothing but vanity, iniquity, perishing;
Sin has forfeited thy favour,
stripped me of they image,
banished me from thy presence,
exposed me to the curse of thy law;
I cannot deliver myself, and am in despair.
But a resource is found in thee,
for without my desert or desire.
Thou didst devise an everlasting plan,
honourable to thy perfections,
and which angels desired to look into.
And the Word which announces all the glory of this goodness
is nigh me, invites me, beseeches me.
May I, a convinced and self-despairing sinner.
Find Jesus as the power unto salvation,
his death the centre of all relief,
the source of all gospel-blessings.
He me to repair to that cross,
be crucified to the world by it,
and in it find deepest humiliation,
motives to patience and self-denial,
grace for active benevolence.
Faith to grasp eternal life,
hope to life up my head,
love to bind me for ever
to him who died and rose for me.
May his shed blood make me
more thankful for thy mercies,
more humble under thy correction,
more zealous in thy service,
more watchful against temptation,
more contented in my circumstances,
more useful to others.
February 22nd, 2010
The Solid Rock by Words: Edward Mote, circa 1834; first appeared in Mote’s Hymns of Praise, 1836.
Note: We don’t use the same meter as the artist in the song above, but it’s a fun one to listen to.
Praise the Father, Praise the Son by Chris Tomlin
Holy, Holy, Holy by Heber. Reginald, music: John Bacchus Dykes, 1826 – history coming on tomorrow’s post
You are God Alone by Billy and Cindy Foote, 2004
You Alone Can Rescue by Matt Redman, 2009
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Christ and the Church
February 18th, 2010
Paul gives us a great reminder that the relationship between a husband and wife should be a picture of Christ and the church. This is such a profound mystery…
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001 (Eph 5:22–33).
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