June 21 and 28 Worship

June 21 – Job 22:21-22 – Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart

June 28 – – 2 Samuel 22:1-3 – David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
“The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—
from violent people you save me.

For the next two Sundays I am going to be out of town on my honeymoon! I am very excited to have some time enough and even more excited to give others in the church the opportunity to lead. The worship scripture for this week tells us to submit to God and be at peace with him. Take some time before service to do that. Truly submit to him your life and find peace with Him.

June 21 – Matt Parks is going to lead us in worship. He and the worship team have practice and sound great. I know that God will be flowing through the worship. Lets keep in mind as a church body that regardless of what team or who is leading worship…we are in service to truly serve God. We should not have the mindset of, “what can i get out of worship today?”, but rather, “What can I give God in my worship today?”.

June 28 – The youth praise team will be leading. They have already practiced as well and sound great! Thanks to Zach for leading the team and also taking care of the sermon slides for the week. The 28ths worship scripture focuses alot on protection and salvation. I am sure we all have stories about how God has protected us and saved our lives. Feel free to share these stories online. Also bring this stories with you and share them with God as a thanksgiving in worship.

Remember that sundays are not about “Serve Us” but service. God Bless!

Jon

June

According to mythology, June was the sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.

Imagine my surprise when i read this today. She presided over marriage and i am getting married on June 20th! Of course we all know that this was truly a myth and that our God presides overall! I can’t help but think of the gifts God has given us and desires for us to still “unwrap”. I know there is so much more in worship that God has in store for me and us as a church.

Pastor spoke about the Holy Spirit this past Sunday and it reminded me of the mystery of the Spirit. Sometimes we can put God in a box that helps feel like we can understand Him better. We will never truly understand His greatness…that is why we worship! There is no other who can even come close to comparing to our God. We can put our worship in the myths of an ancient civilization or we can put our worship in the ANCIENT OF DAYS!!!

The youth are leading us in worship this weekend and I am so excited to see how God uses them. Please take time to worship with just you and God this week and get prepared for worship with fellow believers!