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A Thanksgiving Prayer
The Canticle of the Creatures Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, all glory, honor and blessings. To you alone, Most High, do they belong; no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name. We praise You, Lord, for all Your creatures, especially for Brother Sun, who is the day through whom You give us light. And he…
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Meaningful moments, meaningful songs
I was on my way to a pastors’ meeting in 2008. My soul was dying. I was trying to “fix things” in my own way with my church and ministry and while I had the best intentions, it was failing miserably. I was dying inside a little more every day. I had a Christian station on that morning and this…
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Faith and worship
Luke 7:36-50 Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (v. 50) The faith that saves is a faith that draws near to Jesus and lavishes love, thanks, and worship on Him. We cannot worship from afar. We cannot worship with retained dignity… The faith that saves us is the type of faith that does…
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Soon
There my soul will be satisfied. Soon and very soon.
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The King is Returning
I am preaching on 1 Thess. 4:13-18. Part of what stirs my heart is singing about the coming of the Lord. Songs that also create longing to simply see Jesus.
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Digitizing our experiences
So many of our “experiences” in and with the world… and in and “with” God are digitized these days. To have the physical touch… the physical interaction… without the manipulation of some sort of digital enhancement… just doesn’t occur to us very much.
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Why we read Scriptures in every worship service
We follow a public reading of Scripture format every service. They are designed to keep us mindful of the story. The church needs constantly to learn, and constantly to be working on, the practice of telling and retelling the great stories of the world and Israel, especially the creation and the Exodus; the great promises that emerged from those stories;…
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The IMMENSE power of the Scripture
The Revelation, extending St. John’s experience (“I fell at his feet”) puts a stop to all bookish approaches to the scriptures that merely study them out of pious duty or for intellectual curiosity. The scriptures are not a textbook on God; they are access to the living word of God that speaks a new world into being in us. —…
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The Way of the Father
5 Next the devil led him to a high place and showed him in a single instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 The devil said, “I will give you this whole domain and the glory of all these kingdoms. It’s been entrusted to me and I can give it to anyone I want. 7 Therefore, if you will worship me, it will all…
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The remnant and the reformation
In Draw the Circle Mark Batterson calls for a reformation. It only takes a few people praying. A remnant that will be faithful can see God move in powerful ways. One area of reformation I believe we desperately need in the evangelical/Pentecostal church is a reformation of worship. That we get away from our “rock star” worship team approach and just let…
Category: Worship
