Hey Everyone
I just wanted to clarify on the gathering we are having on March 9th. Spouses and family are welcome to come. We are just getting together for a time of fellowship, worship, word and prayer. It will start at 7 and be done probably by 8 or 8 30. Please let me know if you can make it. Also let me know if you are going to bring food or anything. Thanks.
Jon
This is an excerpt from the book The Unquenchable Worshipper by Matt Redman:
“…the unquenchable worshipper is different. From a heart so amazed by God and His wonders burns a love that will not be extinguished. It survives any situation and lives through any circumstance. It will not allow itself to be quenched, for that would heap insult on the love it lives in response to. These worshippers gather beneath the shadow of the Cross, where an undying devotion took the Son of God to His death. Alive in the power of His resurrection, they respond to such an outpouring with an unquenchable offering of their own…I recently heard the story of Fanny Crosby, the American hymn writer who lived during the nineteenth century. She described a life-changing incident that happened to her as a baby: When about six weeks ol I was taken sick and my eyes grew very weak and those who had charge of me poulticed my eyes. Their lack of knowledge and skill destroyed my sight forever. As I grew older they told me I should never see the faces of my friends, the flowers of the field, the blue of the skies, or the golden beauty of the stars…Soon I learned what other children possessed, but I made up my mind to store away a little jewel in my heart which I called ‘Content.’ In fact, Fanny Crosby was only eight years old when she wrote this song: Oh what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world, Contented I will be. How many blessings I enjoy, That other people don’t. To weep and sigh because I’m blind, I cannot, and I won’t. This contended worshipper went on to write around 8,000 hymns of praise…Someone once asked her, ‘Fanny, do you wish you had not been blinded?’ She replied, in typical style, ‘Well, the good thing about being blind is the very first face I’ll see will be the face of Jesus.’…every breath we breathe is a reminder of our maker, and every hour holds the possibility of living in His presence…The heart of worship is fueled by essential things…reading God’s Word, praying to Him…going to church…getting out into nature…soak our souls in the wonder of our creator…So often when my worship has dried up…I haven’t set aside any time to soak myself under the showers of God’s revelation.”
Lets soak ourselves in the revelation of God today. Recall that ,” Jesus Himself used the words from the psalms of lament as He suffered the cruelt of the cross…He cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ from Psalm 22:1…The Son of God then breathes His last with a verse from psalm 31 – another lament psalm: “Into your hands I commit my spirit” Amazingly, at this point of utter torment, Jesus is offering up one of the common worship songs of His day…unquenchable worshippers are found iwth a song of undying worship on their lips.”
Even in death Jesus, our Savior, was praising the Lord! How amazing is that! If only we could have that spirit about us in worship that no matter what is going on in life we are worshipping the Lord. Let me and the rest of the group know your thoughts on this reading.
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