I Will Be Still

By On May 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Worship

Worship takes on many shapes, forms and sounds. It is a personal expression of our gratitude toward God for His love. It is a corporate response to His majesty in light of our unworthiness. It is an outpouring of His Spirit as it transforms us. When we worship corporately, we focus our efforts on God as the initiator. We sing to Him, and the content of our corporate worship consequently focuses on Him, rather than us, a majority of the time. However, there are moments in worship when we look inward and profess the state of our own hearts as well – from singing corporate confessions to lamenting our sin in light of His holiness.

We also sing with resolution that we are responding to His love and faithfulness. A couple of weeks ago, the worship team introduced a new song as a prelude that follows Moses’ guidance to the Israelites in Exodus 14: “And Moses said to the people, ‘Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.’”

The song we introduced is titled I Will Be Still, and we will begin singing it together this summer:

I will be still; I will be still
And know; and know; and know You are God

Though the waters roar; though the mountains fall to the sea
Though the earth give way; I will turn to Thee

There is no fear; as I look upon You
Though the nations rage; and creation yearns for the Lord
Though the earth may melt; I’m forever Yours

There is no fear; as I look upon You
Though the arrows fly; and the trumpets sound their call
Though the nations war; and the kingdoms fall

There is no fear; as I look upon You

The song is also a direct response to God’s commands in the Psalms.

 

Sunday 9am class; 10:15 worship

By On May 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In From the Pastor

For June and July

 

God’s Promises

By On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In From the Pastor

I sometimes wonder if there is any more vital lesson for Christian living than this:  that God has condescended to our weakness by making us promises, that he will never break them, and that faith reckons on his faithfulness by grasping hold of them.  We sometimes smile at the Victorians’ ‘promise-boxes’.  Biblical promises were printed on small pieces of paper, rolled up like miniature scrolls and stored in a wooden box for random selection in times of need.  And, to be sure, that practice did wrench the divine promises from the context in which they were originally given.  Nevertheless, I rather think that even such a naive trust in detached promises was better than the present-day accurate but unbelieving knowledge of the promises in their context.  So many of us complain of spiritual doubt, darkness, depression and lethargy, of besetting sins and unconquered temptations, of slow progress towards Christian maturity, of sluggishness in worship and in prayer, and of many other spiritual ills, while all the time we do not use the secret weapon which God has put into our hands.

–From “Life in Christ” (Eastbourne: Kingsway; Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1991), p. 27.

 

King a Kingdom– can’t see it well on iPhone

By On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In From the Pastor

Send “A King And A Kingdom” Ringtone to your Cell
Who’s your brother, who’s your sister
You just walked passed him
I think you missed her
As we’re all migrating to the place where our father lives
‘Cause we married in to a family of immigrants

My first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
My first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
It’s to a king & a kingdom
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/d/derek_webb/a_king_and_a_kingdom.html ]
There are two great lies that I’ve heard:
“the day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die”
And that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class republican
And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him

But nothing unifies like a common enemy
And we’ve got one, sure as hell
But he may be living in your house
He may be raising up your kids
He may be sleeping with your wife
Oh no, he may not look like you think

 

All Things New

By On May 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

After nearly a decade spent on posting on blogger, we are thrilled to announce Christ Community’s new blog. This is your window into the day-to-day functions of your church staff.