Worship 10-12
Worship was great this morning. We did an acoustic set meaning we had two acoustics, keys, cello and voices. It was a neat morning. John preached the last sermon of the series Unchristian and it was about being judgmental. Scripturally we based it off the passage in John that talks about taking the plank out of your own eyes before you try to take the speck out of your brothers. He also touched on the fact that we will be judged according to how we have judged. It’s not wrong to pass judgment however we must be very careful that we are honest about our own sin.
We sang Love the Lord by Lincoln Brewster this morning. I have been hesitant to introduce this song to our congregation for a couple of reasons. One it is a very repetitive song, not that repetitive is bad (cause it’s not) it’s just a little more extreme in this case. The other is that I have kind of become accustom to the songs that our church really latches onto. I tried to preface the song with the scripture that the idea comes from…
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Basically it says that we should talk about, discuss, burn into our minds the commandment that we should Love the Lord with all our Hearts, souls, mind, and strength. Every part of us should love our Lord.
On a personal note. I have been having a lot of problems with my voice and it seems to be getting weaker every week. I couldn’t even make it through practice on Thursday night. I am going to try to see and Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Specialist this week. Please pray that it is not too bad and that I have not done any permanent damage.
There was a good sense of the presence of God this morning, and the music was enjoyable. I’m praying for the health of your voice. And for wisdom.
Oh, and by the way , the passage about the plank and the speck is in Matthew 7. The woman caught in adultery is John 8. And the Faith Notes were on John 9…don’t ask me…
OOPS my bad. Yeah I guess it’s okay for him to change the passage if he sees fit to do so.