The Size Of God I once heard someone say that "the size of your worship is determined by the size of your God." In other words, if my view of God is teeny-tiny, my response in worship to Him will correspondingly be teeny-tiny. On the other hand, if my view of God…
Author: Tom Lane
Conditioning Fighter pilots train countless hours, constantly repeating procedures and exercises in order to react instinctively in battle; their reactions honed to be conditioned reflexes. Anything can become a habit, second nature, if we put the needed time…
Author: Keith Getty
The Is A Higher Throne From the ancient Kings and heroes, to our own CNN images of both diplomatic elegance and brutality, the landscape of history has often been shaped by great seats of power. And yet the Bible teaches that all the governments of this world pale before…
Amazing Grace Sunday: February 18, 2007 Two hundred years ago, British politician William Wilberforce and his band of loyal friends took on the most powerful forces of their day to end the slave trade. His mentor was John Newton, the slave-trader-turned-song-writer, who wrote the world's…
Making THE PASSION Personal What would it really have been like to walk with Jesus through His final hours, to experience what we now call the Passion? Today and every day, God the Father extends an invitation; to school teachers and bright-eyed children, preachers and…
Author: Worship Together
FOCUS - Scripture For The Week *Meditate on God's Word *Memorize one or more verses *Minister to others with what you've learned and received from God through these scriptures. Psalm 150 1 Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise…
Author: Matt Redman
Make His Praise Glorious This writer of this Psalm is consumed with the glory of God - so much so that His passionate worship cannot simply be contained within his own heart - it must spill out into evangelistic zeal, and a call to the nations to glorify the Lord.
Casting Cares In seasons of trial and suffering, we often wonder if God has abandoned us. We long to hear His voice, but our cries seemingly fall short of heaven. We seek the comfort of His presence, but the cold, bitter winds of doubt and loneliness chill us to…
Author: Matt Redman
Content vs. Engagement "Content" and "Engagement". These are two phrases that often come to mind when I'm thinking about congregational worship songs. Some songs very much take the "content" route - perhaps like many of the old hymns, which are packed full of biblical…
Author: Bob Kilpatrick
How To Write A Really Mediocre Song What NOT to do in writing a worship song. Bob Kilpatrick's comical look at common pitfalls to avoid in songwriting.
Author: Margaret Becker
Your Hand, O God Has Guided I see my parents several times a year at their retirement house on the Carolina coast. It's my father's love of the sea that led them there. Brought up on Long Island, he spent many days as a boy watching the bay, retreating to it's solace. The…
My Jesus, My Lifeline Ps 5:2 "Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray." Ps 6:2-3 "Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in anguish. How long, O Lord, how long?"
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