Song Hunting

One of my favorite jobs each week is to plan our Sunday morning worship service. I love putting together worship sets. Since our services are blended I try to use a variety of hymns, choruses and newer worship songs. I try not to introduce more than one new song a month, but sometimes that is hard with so much good music out there. Here are some of the songs I've introduced recently and some of my favorite places to find music. Enjoy!

Recently Introduced Songs:
Every Promise - Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
There is a Hope - Stuart Townend & Mark Edwards
Jesus Messiah - Chris Tomlin
Let Your Kingdom Come - Bob Kauflin
Romans Doxology
In Christ - Dan Francis

Favorite Places to Find Music:
http://www.ccli.com/
http://www.gettymusic.com/
http://www.igracemusic.com/
http://www.praisecharts.com/

Stop to Pee

I've been a dad long enough now (I'm in my third week) to have picked up on some newborn baby trends. One obvious and basic one is that newborn babies usually cry when a fundamental need is not being met (i.e. eating, going to the bathroom, sleeping). However, I have also noticed that Javin actually stops crying when engaged in satisfying a fundamental need. Just this morning he was screaming his head off while I was changing an already wet diaper and had him naked from the waist down when he began to pee all over himself saturating both his sleeper and changing table pad. Even though I was frustrated with him I couldn't help but notice that he completely stopped crying to pee. It was amazing. He went from full out crying to complete silence in an instant. I think he may have even smiled in satisfaction. But as soon as he finished it was back to full throttle again. I couldn't help myself, I stood there and laughed at him (which he didn't find amusing in the least). Then it stuck me...this isn't a newborn baby trend, its also a big people trend. When we neglect our fundamental needs we get cranky and irritable. This of course is true physically, but its also true spiritually. If we neglect to feed ourselves, change our messes, and resting properly we can get spiritually cantankerous. At least I do. So, thanks to Javin I was reminded of a very simple spiritual lesson. Make sure you stop to eat, sleep, and pee.

Stand Strong in the Gospel

Preached a message from 2 Timothy 1:6-18 yesterday morning as part of our Stand Strong Series. The second half of 2 Timothy 1 is basically Paul's pep talk to young Pastor Timothy. He is exhorting him to stand strong in the Gospel by using himself as an example to imitate (1 Corinthians 11:1). Here were my three points:

1. Be passionate about the Gospel (2 Timothy 1:6-7)
2. Be confident in the Gospel (2 Timothy 1:7-12)
3. Be faithful to the Gospel (2 Timothy 1:13-18)

You can listen to the message by visiting http://www.bbcpa.org/ and clicking on sermons.