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All my dreams are gonna true
When you're living without me
And I'm trying to hold on
Seems like I've lost my way
I go running to your mountain
Where you must be setting me free
You are my strong tower
A sheltered home for me
Beautiful and mighty
Everlasting dear
You are my strong tower
A fortress without wing
Your name is true and holy
And your face is all I see
In the middle of my darkness
In the midst of all my fears
You are my refuge and my home
That's good.
A lot of things to do, a lot of preparations
And I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to 65, 70 degrees
Even though we haven't had a hard winter, we've been stuck inside mostly
So praise the Lord for a warm weather
Anybody got another announcement they want to say or mention?
Not this one.
Okay, so we'll do a prayer and then we'll go into our worship
The Father, Lord, thank you for this bright, beautiful day you've given us
Thank you for another day to live in the life and to be here today with other people in your body
We worship you.
We just ask the Lord to be with us, the worship team is the leaders
The pastor who speaks, he's going to come and speak to us the words that you've given up him to share for us
And also Lord, be with our little ones as they separate in a little bit to go to their blessings
And just ask the Lord to watch over us, keep us safe, speak to us today, Lord
And I thank you for all you do for us, we give you the name of our praise
Amen
Let me have this one
Alright, good morning everybody
Good morning
Good morning everybody
Good morning
Praise Jesus for a great, beautiful day outside
Alright, so this is the time where we all have a moment to share
Things that have inspired us, moments or conversations, things that we've seen throughout the week
If you've got any volunteers, the moments that we've seen throughout the week that inspire you
Ariana
I have a song
I have a good song
Are you sure you want to sing?
I lost my key in the greater north
Alright, talk about the song
In life, we get so lost, yes, in stress from work and school and trying to get to places on time
That we forget how many good things God has given us
Amen
Yeah, that song really hits really well with me
That's me with some pretty thick skin, but it's that little stuff that really gets to me some days
We've got to remember that those are trials from God to make us stronger
I have a song written somewhere, I'm going to read a little snippet of it, I'm not going to share a little song
Just in the interest of time
But I'm just going to read this first little piece of it
It says the greatest pattern and example that you just showed us, what he displayed at the cross
Remember when they were spitting on him, when they were hating him
He said forgive them for they know not what they do
Yes, he loved us anyways, he loved them anyways
The times that we despise him, the times that we push them away and saying I don't want your ways, I want to do my things
He loved us anyways
I am forever grateful for that type of love
Thank you Father God, bless my enemies, my family or my friends
So we have to understand that there's so many times
I can think of countless times before I got saved where I despised God, hated everything about God
I thought he was out to get me, I thought he was just a big bully
And yet I have learned that even though we can do that to God, he still loves us
And it's that kind of love that we as Christians should have towards everyone
And it is, I personally, I mean personally, I think that is the hardest thing to do
Because I'm sorry, I have a very hard time loving people that curse me, that hate me, that talk down on me
I have a very hard time trying to show that person love and I can't imagine anyone would be able to easily do that
But that is the example that God set for us as Christians that this is the kind of love we should have
And can you just imagine the amount of change in the world if everyone could have that same thought that God had when he said Jesus
Was just to show love
The amazing change that the world would be fixed, I mean there's so many things that
There's a better place, man
Yeah, and that's the thing, the world would be so much better off if we would just learn to love
And you could still love somebody and disagree with them, but as long as we love each other and we care about each other
We wouldn't have all this stupid stuff that we have going on right now
Alright, so I was standing up here, Ariana brought a song, RJ's brought song lyrics
And it's a pretty consistent theme is people are bringing inspiration from music
And realizing that it's a great blessing that God has given us the creativity
And all the tools we need to make amazing music to inspire and encourage other people
And for Christians to take inspiration from potentially non-Christian music at times
It's really amazing and a great blessing
One of my favorite songs is a non-Christian song, it's a very emotional song
Tommy?
This is really cool, no one sent this to me, I'm Serita Lonsich
I asked God to take away my habit, God said no, it's not for me to take away but for you to give it up
I asked God to grant me patience, God said no, patience is a byproduct of tribulations, it isn't granted, it is learned
I asked God to spare my pain, God said no, suffering draws you apart from the world that cares and brings you closer to me
I asked God to give me happiness, God said no, I give you blessings, happiness is up to you
I asked God for all things that I might enjoy in life, God said no, I will give you life so that you may enjoy all things
I asked God to help me love others as much as he loves me, God said ah finally you get the idea my child
And I'll finish with this verse, Romans 8, 38, 39
Fright convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor the future nor any powers
neither height nor death nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord
I think Paul just put it out there, that's everything, he didn't misbehave, that nothing could separate us from the love of Christ that's in Jesus
Alright always share this and share it to yourself, share it to God and share it with somebody else, what are you convinced about, think about it
Alright, anybody else got anything before we get back into worship?
Alright I'm going to pray, we're going to go with the offering to worship
Lord thank you for this day, thank you for this beautiful heart you've given us to live on
The love you provided for us, you're your son for us
We need your help Lord and I pray that you would give it to us to show that same love to others around us
People who curse us, people who may dislike us or hate us or come against us
We know that you love them, we want to love them the same way you love them Lord
You help us to not take for granted all the moments that we live, I know I do it all the time
But every moment you've created for us, so beautiful Lord, I'm so grateful for it
I pray that you would bless the tithes and offerings, be with us as we go out in the world
You bring us comfort with some Lord, would you say amen
Music