Hey folks,
well, we're officially back into the new year, and meeting as a church family as "usual." Make sure you're in service this Sunday as Jordan will be in part 3 of his sermon series on Discipleship. Very important for us, as we freshly consider, and count the COST of being a disciple of Jesus this year. We should be lifelong disciples, and always be looking to engage in the discipling process with other, younger Christians. You can listen to
the last 2 parts of Jordan's preaching series here!
Here are the songs we'll sing this Sunday morning:
1.
Happy Day
A proclamation of the great hope and joy and life abundant that have been given to us in Jesus Christ, as we were adopted by God through His Son, and our sins washed way for good.
2.
How Great Is Our God
One of the key reasons we keep singing this great song as a church is that it's Trinitarian in its theology. So what, you say? Well, the song makes the statement, "The Godhead, three-in-one, Father, Spirit, Son/The Lion and the Lamb." It's good for us to remember that within the person of God, there is a loving but holy Father, who has paid for our sins and adopted us through His Son, also part of the triune person of God. The relationship between the Father and the Son, and the giving to us of the Holy Spirit who makes us persevere in our saving faith, is all key to our salvation. There might be a longer post on this in the future. All that to say, this is a great song to sing together. :)
3.
Glorious and Mighty
A big, "mighty" song that rejoices in God's majesty, His sovereign rule of the universe, but also the great hope that we have when Christ "comes again in the clouds" for His Church.
4.
Jesus Thank You
This one helps us express thankfulness for the great price that was paid by God's Son for us on the cross, and the universe-shaking event of God's wrath being satisfied for sin at the cross and life being given to God's people.
See you Sunday morning!
"As a corporate worship leader in my church body, I devour chapters on church music in the books I read. Some end up being better than others, but Anyabwile’s treatment of the subject is great, and he puts church singing in just the right place in the life of the church. He rightly emphasizes the benefit to one another that we provide as we sing together, saying, “Too many Christians think the public gathering of the church is basically a couple of hundred people having their personal quiet time in the same place [...] Privatized religion destroys spiritual communion. Privatized views of the faith tear apart the body [..] When we gather with a hymn or song we do so for the benefit of the church, the entire body of Christ, the whole group of people” (169-170). What we do, even as we sing, has to be with a view to build up one another, and thus the whole group."
