What Do I Worship (Part 3)

Let’s read the way the psalm-writer in Psalm 115 explains it:

“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness. Our God is in Heaven, He does whatever pleases Him. But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell; they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.”

Simply put, we become what we worship.

If you don’t like who you’re becoming, take a good hard look at the things that you value most.

Take a few minutes to answer those questions on your own and to talk to God about what you may discover.

What do I worship?

1) Where am I spending most of my time?

2) Where am I spending most of my energy?

3) Where am I spending most of my money?

Set List for Sunday 11th feb 2007

Ok, ok – so I know I’m only publishing the set-list the day after. This is mainly because I only finalised the list early Sunday morning!

We had a good time didn’t we? I’m really pleased that the new songs seem to be “working well” so to speak. For those of you who are not aware; the 2 new songs we have done “Rising” and “Greater Song” are off Paul Baloche’s latest CD. I have written a review in a previous post.

The last 2 weeks we have also done a version of “Amazing Grace” with an additional chorus “My Chains are Gone”. You can hear this version on Chris Tomlin’s latest CD titled “See the Morning”. I’ll write a review on this CD sometime.

I’m really impressed with how well the team is “gelling” and improving the whole time. So I encourage everyone to keep on encouraging them. They put in a lot of hours so that they can serve the family.

Set-list:

Found Love (United Live)
Rising (Paul Baloche & Matt Redman)
Hosanna (Paul Baloche & Brenton Brown)
Greater Song (Paul Baloche & Matt Redman)
Blessed Be Your Name (Mat Redman)
Here I am to Worship (Tim Hughes)
Amazing Grace (Additional Chorus by Chris Tomlin)

What Do I Worship (Part 2)

Do you realize that some of the most incredible forms of worship are found outside the walls of the church and have no reference to the God of all creation?

For example, have you ever watched on TV, or, better yet, attended a concert and sporting event? These events are filled with the same forms of worship mentioned in the pages of God’s Word – the same expressions of worship that God desires. Adoration. Applause. Awe. Dancing. Devotion. Excitement. Honor. Music. Shouting. Singing.

And here’s the thing about worship; you’re free to worship whatever or whomever you want, but there’ll always be a last twist to the story: whatever you worship, you imitate; whatever you imitate, you become. In other words, whatever you value most will ultimately determine who you are. If you worship money, you’ll become greedy at the core of your heart. If you worship some sinful habit, that same sin will grip your soul and poison your character to death. If you worship stuff, your life will become material, void of eternal significance. If you give all your praise to the god of you, you’ll become a disappointing little god both to yourself and to all those who trust in you.

To be continued...

Set List for Sunday 4th feb 2007

Sometimes choosing songs can be so difficult. There's so much you wanna do - but it's not all possible or practical.

We are doing a new song called "Rising" on Sunday. We are all pretty excited about it and we have spent quite a bit of time practising it. Hopefully it catches on pretty quickly.

So here is most of the songs for Sunday. I will add a few more over the weekend:

One Way
Rising
Hosanna
How Great is Our God
Glory in the Highest