My Redeemer performed by the Crabb Family.
Having a Heart of Worship.
Worship has always been an important part of my life. Whether participating in corporate worship, leading a group, or just hanging out with God and praising him at home or in the car. There is something about that connection with God that brings peace, empowerment, and just an indescribable bond with all that is holy.
Where I live the weather has been pretty bad and being home has made me realize just how important individual worship is to a Christian’s well being. I have noticed over the last few years that it is becoming more of a Sunday morning at church experience rather than an everyday lifestyle of Worship. So when the weather prevents people from holding or attending services, people who wait to only worship on Sunday mornings at church are really set up for a bad week… including everyone they are around. (lol)
One thing I heavily rely on during these weather events is online Worship services. There are thousands of churches across the world that stream their services live or have them on an archive. Some of my favorite churches to attend online are Charis Christian Center in Colorado Springs, CO and Lakewood Church in Houston, TX. Due to the time differences you can practically attend both services. Those are a couple of my favorites. However I have a wide variety of actual song services for worship. Some of my favorites are a little surprising even to me. That’s the one thing about worship, it doesn’t matter what denomination or non-denomination a person claims, worship is that individual experience that comes from the heart. That you’re in a room with hundreds of people yet for that moment it’s just you and God kind of experience.
Stay tuned over the next few weeks as I get the AccessN2grace YouTube channel up and running with more worship playlists. These will be playlists that would mimic an actual worship service. Some include a countdown to worship. That way you can become familiar with artists and genres of worship available on YouTube. Some of the videos are live recordings from Churches across the world so you can get a taste of their service and pay them a visit if you are ever in their area.
Obviously there are millions of worship videos available but I’m only going to post the ones that I got a “heart tug” over. You may be surprised by the variety of genres and styles of worship that I’ve found. I’m not a big one on sticking with one particular style of worship. I have attended worship services ranging from the most talented couples like Charlie and Jill LeBlanc and David and Lorna Creech to Worship services that only use worship videos or CDs. I’ve attended Church services of various sizes that have had everything from choirs and song leaders to Worship leaders with a Praise team and a full band. The one thing I have noticed is it really doesn’t matter about the size of the choir or praise team or the most expensive equipment. You can have a huge choir filled with sour faces or one song leader who loves the Lord. In my childhood my favorite song leader was named Doyle. He was amazing and he loved the Lord. I don’t even know if he had ever heard of a praise team or a worship leader, but He was a worship leader. He had a Heart of Worship. That’s what I’m looking for, nothing else matters for without a heart of worship the best equipment and the most talented singers with the highest education in music theory fall flat.
I’m going to add a new category called Worship look there for posts on music videos for worship.
Have a great day…and if the weather prevents you from attending in person please attend somewhere online that has good worship and a good faith filled word to prepare you for the week.
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Shreveport Gospel Truth Rally – Andrew Wommack Ministries
November 14, 2013 Shreveport Convention Center
via Shreveport Gospel Truth Rally – Andrew Wommack Ministries.
via Shreveport Gospel Truth Rally – Andrew Wommack Ministries.
Unmasking a Spooky pooky…What is behind the mask?
I love the humorous ways leaders can poke fun at a situation to wake us up to the truth about a disorder in the Church.
Ahh… yes… The Spooky Pooky. I think we’ve all run into one throughout our walk in Christianity. These are the folks that are so “religious ” they’re down right scary. They are typically inappropriate not zealous. Pushy instead of patient. Or one that I run across that was most impressionable was a lady that cackled like a peacock and always wore a peacock feather in her hair or hat. She was too “spiritual” to talk or pray with the others in church. She wanted to be right down front and on TV so everyone could see how spiritual she was. Well.. let’s just say everyone noticed how “spooky” she was.
It’s very sad really.. these people do not understand the Love of God. They do not understand that Jesus has already finished the work. They think that if they “act” religious enough or find a name, “The peacock lady”, to be remembered by that they can earn whatever they need from God. Healing, prosperity, peace, joy, etc. They do not know that everything has already been purchased by Jesus. We don’t need to perform some kind of works to earn these things.
However the hardest thing to do is to rest in the finished work of Jesus. This is so foreign to us. For decades now we have been taught wrong. The Spooky pooky developed along with this error in teaching. We must “act” more religious. We must attend everything “religious”. We must create an image of ourselves that people will remember. We must speak “Christianese” and act like visitors from Planet “Christian”.
You know there is nothing wrong with being Christ like and wanting to be close to God and follow his commandments. That is normal. Reading the Bible, transforming your mind to become more like Christ is the goal. However I’m not sure how much the Pookys read the Bible because if they did, then they would know not to start gossip, encourage strife, and act weird. For example: New people will walk into a church and this person will say….. “Well they won’t be here to long.” I’ve discerned it.” Then they start pointing their fingers at others in the church and start telling what they “discerned” about them. If those new people have any kind of radar for spiritual things they will not come back. Which begs the question why are you there? If God has called you to that place that is one thing if not, then..get with God turn on your spiritual radar and find out where you are supposed to be and go there.
Ok so we’ve poked fun at the Pookies, now is the time to add them to our private prayer list and start praying for them to experience the love of God and to remove their masks of religiosity and become more like Jesus. Just us and God, no other person needs to be made aware of a “spooky pooky” in our midst. Don’t know what to pray? Here is a good example from the Apostle Paul.
Eph 3:14-19
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Remember to show these people lots of the God kind of Love. It can be quite an ordeal to take of the mask of “perfection” and become the real person God created them to be. Admitting that they were fake is a humbling experience and they will need the true love of Christ coming from his people if they are to survive without their mask.
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Healing…. Ding, Ding, Ding. Ring that bell for the lost and hurting.
“I once lived near a man who was sick unto death. Some went to him and told
him he had to be baptized, or he would die and go to hell.
I have always said that was a form of coercion, and Jesus Christ never used
it. He was too much of a gentleman. He never took advantage of a man when
he was down to grind his soul and try to influence him to be a Christian.
If the man was sick, Jesus went and healed him by the power of God. Then,
when that man was healed, the natural response of his loving soul led him to
Christ.
I wonder, have you ever paid attention to the different occasions in reading
the Scriptures when the Voice of God is mentioned?”
From John G. Lake “Adventures in God”
Hmmm… John G. Lake. A man invested in carrying God’s Presence with him. I wonder how much time he spent looking after and studying God’s Word. Not many ministries have shut the local hospital down because everyone was getting healed.
To the folks out there who are really walking in the Power of God and changing the lives you touch. Thank you!!
We know it’s tough out there. I was just reading about how John Alexander Dowie had harshly criticized John G. Lake and to most that would have probably shut them down and they would have given up. I can’t imagine the hurt that he felt when Dowie blasted him. John G Lake was indeed a better man as Dowie ” prophesized”
But John G. Lake knew God and went on to become quite a witness in history. Unlike Dowie.
Don’t get me wrong. John Alexander Dowie at one time did have a tremendous ministry and touched many lives. But when He thought more highly of himself than he should have, everything pretty well fell to pieces. Probably a good lesson for all of us.
With Christ all things are possible. When we start thinking that we are something amazing…. Well pride comes before a fall.
As we have seen lately, any minister that starts thinking they are above the scriptures and does not think it is wrong to harm others or be involved in sin are setting themselves up for a huge failure.
Being hateful and ugly to people because you are in a position above them does not please our Father. Why does it shock us when unbelievers won’t go to church. As mentioned in the previous excerpt from “Adventures in God” Bullying people into a confession of salvation, baptism, or church doesn’t work. However, walking in the power of God and seeing him work in unbelievers is something I can’t describe. But to see the look on one hurting all of the sudden say “It’s gone. The pain is gone!” Then they move around as if trying to make it hurt again and say “It’s really gone”. Now that.. ding, ding, ding, rings within them and they can’t wait to become a part of the Father’s family. Where Christ is lifted up. People will come.
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A Place called There.
A place called there. I’ve been listening to a series from Andrew Wommack ministries called the Lessons from Elijah. If you have wondered why things are not working out the way you think, this is the series for you. If you think you are not qualified to do what God has put on your heart, then it’s definitely for you.
Elijah had a word from God. Even though the professional world thought he was weird and unqualified, he was bold and delivered it anyway. Do you ever feel. “If I do that people will think I’m weird.” Actually, depending on the circumstance people will think you are weird if you don’t do what God desires from you. Take participating in Worship for example. Generally if there is a worship leader/team, they will demonstrate freedom in worship. So typically it’s more than ok to sing, raise hands, etc. If a person refuses to worship because they are concerned about how they look.. Well here’s the kicker… not participating looks more weird than participating plus more people will notice you.
Anyway, God wants you to have the freedom to just be. Be faithful, be creative, be free, be prosperous, be in health, and be happy.
Your place called “There” is where your “life”,your Zoe life, is. Where you prosper, grow, have joy and peace. If you feel like a dried up forgotten flower sitting on a back porch, your not living the Zoe life.
Get alone with God and find out what was the last thing he told you to do. Then, as some clever marketing people made the idea famous, get on with it. No matter how you feel, no matter how tired you are or unmotivated. “Just do it!” Do what God has called you to do and move on to Your place called “There.”
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Abusive churches: When it’s time to move on.
Mat 10:14 “If someone won’t welcome you or listen to your message, leave their home or town. And shake the dust from your feet at them.” CEV.
Some versions of this scripture say receive you instead of Welcome. It’s pretty easy to tell when you are not welcome nor received. Don’t think of it as rejection think of it as redirection. Move on to where God is moving you. Don’t pitch your tent when the Cloud or Fire of God are moving. Don’t waste time in the desert, keep on following God and he will lead you to your promised land.
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We are not Ninnies…
Every time I hear something in the news that is anti Christian it generally makes me dread Sunday. Why? Well how many Pastors will take time away from sharing the Gospel and Worship to moan, whine and cry like ninnies with no hope.
We are not the world so we don’t need to act like it. We have a hope. We have an all things are possible God. We have the Holy Ghost! Intercede on behalf of your State and Country take the time you would worry, and wring your hands and pray instead. Have a time of prayer instead of bringing fear and doubt to the pulpit. Have some faith and pray in Godly candidates and leaders. Pray before you vote and Vote every time there is an election. God needs the Body of Christ to do their job not pull the covers over their head and shake in fear.
Thank God for the churches out there that activate their faith instead of fear during challenging times. That’s what people need. They need the Good news. They need the word. After a week of who knows what people need Jesus and a time of worship and faith building messages. Not a rebroadcast of worldly news. They know what was on the news probably watched it all week. They need to know what the Bible says and activate their faith for the next week.
Next time you listen to the news instead of letting it activate Fear, let it activate FAITH instead. Stop what you are doing turn off the TV or radio and PRAY! Don’t wait until Sunday to bring your fears to Church and get others upset and start a group of hand wringing. Lets Praise God for answers and solutions and start a group of hand raising to our awesome and powerful God instead. AMEN!
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