Archive for January, 2010
Worship Confessional: January 24th, 2010 (The Finale)
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Well, here it goes! This is my very last Worship Confessional as the Worship Pastor at Glenville Church (and likely anywhere, as we are moving into a different phase of ministry). We finished our service just a while ago, and will be heading back to the church in a bit to have a get together with our church family to say goodbye. I always hate this part. Goodbyes are hard, especially when they are not really what you had planned. We will miss Glenville, but are excited to see what adventure is ahead. This week, we will be finishing all the packing, and then Thursday, we will head up to Michigan to stay with some family for a bit. We will post an update on all that once we get up there and get settled. For now, take a look at my last Sunday Setlist:
- Mighty To Save – Fielding/Morgan
- God You Reign – Brewster/Fieldes
Intro of nominated deacons to church
- Glory To God Forever – Fee/Beeching (This has been a theme song for me the last several months. It really conveys the message I want to leave)
Drama – Live In Me (Everyone did excellent! As always! Thanks guys! Especially you DQ!)
Message – Pastor spoke today on the purity of the church
Time of response
Offering/Testimony (I got to share for a few minutes with the church)
It was a good day. An emotional day. And now, we press on to the great white and cold north! This post is also part of Sunday Setlists at theworshipcommunity.com.
Pants on the Ground
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Friday Links
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Time for our Friday Links!
Here are some great posts from this last week.
- Mark talks about Ultimate Contentment in this great post!
- Craig hits the subject of criticism in his post, Keeping Things In Perspective. Good stuff!
- Mark Beeson. This Post. WOW!
- Perry talked about the difference between a Coach and Critic in several posts this week. See HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
- Tony had a great post this week: It’s about the life change, stupid!
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Glory to God Forever
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“Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to God, Forever”
I love this song by Steve Fee and Vicki Beeching! It expresses the desire and longing I have in my life to bring glory to God no matter what I am doing and no matter what the circumstances are. As I sit here and think about the simple chorus, I am reminded that God will get the glory no matter what. His plan and purpose will be accomplished in my life, in my family, in my church and in this world. If we do not give Him what He deserves, the very rocks will!
This will be the last song I lead this coming Sunday as I close out my time at Glenville Church because it declares the message I want people to remember:
“Take my life and let it be
All for you and for your glory
Take my life and let it be yours”
If you do not have this song yet, get it here at iTunes.
What song resonates your heart and passion right now?
Divine Detour
Posted by: | CommentsOk, I promise, this is the last post on Mark Batterson’s Wild Goose Chase. God is just so good to encourage and motivate with the right words at the right time in your journey, and this was too good not to post. Hopefully is can be an encouragement to someone else as it was to me…
“Tired of divine delays? Feel like your life is a divine detour? Let me remind you of three things: (1) The longer you have to wait, the more you will appreciate; (2) sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is hang in there; and (3) a sense of humor can get you through just about anything. And one more thing, no matter how crazy the Wild Goose chase gets, don’t forget to enjoy the journey!”
Sure, it is hard to enjoy every aspect of the journey. There are times when you will feel mistreated, unloved and taken advantage of. But here is the deal, it is in those times, the times that are tough, that we are able to grow closer to God. The detour that has appeared in your life is not a surprise to God. He has already been there, ahead of you, to plan everything as He wants. We just need to change our perspective, and look at it as a divine detour that will ultimately lead us to be who God wants us to be.
