Another refreshing Sunday this week, with Awesome Church continuing to have an expectancy and rest in God. It's been really exciting to see this happen, and a real encouragement to me personally for a multitude of reasons. True humility really thrills me, and I know that's mostly because I need to be humble myself. It can be a tough lesson to learn, but sometimes we make it harder than it should be. It's almost like Pastor Gary is saying 'ok, I'll do what God's called me to preach, and then I'll get myself out of the way!' Love it. I really hope and pray this season keeps on going, as a church we do need it. We need it individually and corporately. Next up is a proposed 24/7 Day of Worship! We don't know when or how (our pastor will be in Fiji for 2 weeks in December) but it will certainly happen. Sunday AM The message was on being an Acts church. We are still part of the book of Acts, as the story of the church continues to be written. We were reminded that Jesus' ministry was startling and miraculous – there is a time to be meditative and quiet, but as a church we need to move in God's power to change this world, and do what Jesus did – preach, teach and heal. The Acts church were a church of action, and a people who relinquished their control to God. They were united and prayed together with one accord, and were blessed through that; their experience was the wind and fire of the Holy Spirit's anointing when they met together, and God's power was poured out. Lastly, what did they do? They changed the world. We are no different, and this is what we are called to do as well. Music 1. No Reason To Hide (Houston, Crocker / Hillsong) 2. I Walk By Faith (Chris Falson) 3. His Glory Appears (Sampson, Zschech / Hillsong) 4. I Exalt Thee (Pete Sanchez Jr) ...then following tithes, offerings, news... 5. Show Me Your Glory (Murgida / Awesome Church) ...and to close the service... 6. I Exalt Thee 7. His Glory Appears (though as has become the new norm for us, those last two spent a lot more time in free/prophetic worship than singing the written songs. Just over an hour actually.) Rachel led today, and I continue to fairly burst with pride when I see these 'young'uns' step up to the plate. She's moved from being a young girl who could sing well and lead nervously to a young woman who really can worship and lead others into the presence of God in a prophetic way. Move over, Kim Walker! The band were super tight today (give or take the odd stumbled lyric), Tyson did a fab job on drums - again, someone who's come a long way and has become a fantastic artist. (Editors note: It's good for our worshippers to ALSO be artists) The harmonies on His Glory Appears were SO sweet, I love what our team does to this song. We continue to resurrect some oldies but goodies with I Exalt Thee, which really focused the congregation. Many people did not want to leave after the time of free worship, and that is always a good sign on a Sunday morning!So there you have it, straight from a completely unbiased congregation member. Seriously, Diane is probably less biased than many other people; no messing about with my wife. :) As usual when I spend a Saturday in the recording studio, Diane and I didn't attend the evening service so we could actually spend some time together, otherwise we don't see each other for quality alone time at all in those weeks. And Saturday's session took a long time - the day was over 16 hours for me and the engineer - but it was very fruitful. Note for Facebook readers : remember if I post a video or song, you'll need to actually click through to my blog to see or listen. You know you want to.
Preposterousness
pre·pos·ter·ous [priˈpostərəs] adj : absurd; or ... how God's ways appear to man
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Worship from the crowd : 15 November 2009
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Today, I'm really happy to say that my worship post has been shared from my wife's perspective. So, please welcome Diane for her first worship service summary/confessional/setlist/thingy.
