So far in our look at worship, we’ve covered the topics of What Is Worship and Service or Serve Us. This week we look at the storyline of worship. While it may not be as evident to some, there is a storyline to our gatherings of praise and worship. Whether it’s a service built around the historic liturgy or a service using a more modern expression, the story should be similar. From start to finish we can see the story fleshed out in all that happens. It’s a story that mirrors the story of God in the bible. In order to know the story of worship, we must first catch a glimpse of the story of God. Continue reading
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As we focus on the life of Job in this new sermon series, we see the power of God over our struggles and pains. This week we learn about surrender. Even though the world sees surrender as a weakness, Job understands that in surrender he finds true strength.
There’s an old camp song that many of us in “church-topia” used to sing called It only takes a spark. The idea is that God is ready to light us on fire with passion and desire to share the love of Jesus with the world around us. The message is so simple and the song so calming. Continue reading
It’s easy to make excuses. We do it all the time. Even some of the biggest names in the bible made excuses. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares why there’s no need for excuses.
Now I have to be honest. It’s easy to get overcome by the troubles in life. We get stressed about the things life throws our way. As a matter of fact, I’m writing this devotion just days before my family goes on a vacation, on a cruise. And to be completely transparent, I’m scared. No – I never was held under water as a child. I have no reason at all why I should be afraid. It’s a completely irrational fear. I’m afraid of not being in control. I’m afraid of something happening that I can’t anticipate. In short I just simply am having a hard time getting the courage to step onto that boat. But I know that I have to do it. Continue reading
Last week we looked at the basic idea of what is worship. Simply put, worship is the action of God coming to us and filling us. It’s God inviting us to a time and a place, to a lifestyle of receiving from God then (and only then) do we return with hearts of thankfulness and praise. The whole post on What Is Worship can be found here.
This week we’ll look more at how we are served in worship. It sounds so self-centered to say that worship is about what we receive but in reality that’s what the invitation is all about – God inviting us to receive. Now before we get too deep into this, it’s important to understand one key aspect to this whole receiving business. Worship isn’t about what I want but what I need. Continue reading
One of my favorite accounts in the gospels happens to be the one where Peter is called to come walk on the water to Jesus. I often wish I had been there to see the whole thing unfold. If you’re not familiar with the story, it goes like this. Continue reading
As we conclude this sermon series on things that happen In Christ, we focus on how we are now being forged in Christ. Being forged is a painful process but it’s necessary in order for us to carry the image of Christ where we live, work and play. Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shows us how we can be forged in Christ for a new purpose.
As followers of Jesus we talk a lot about baptism and following Jesus but what exactly do these have to do with our lives today? Listen this week as Pastor Derrick shares the profound power of baptism not only for our eternity but also for our lives today in the very places where we live, work and play.
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As many of you know, I’m a pastor of a church. And a big part of what we do is this thing called worship. We hold it on different days of the week but generally we do this thing on Sunday mornings. There are many styles of worship. Some people use tons of songs while others use none at all. Some worship is packed with teaching and others use an interactive style approach to the time of worship. Continue reading
