Wednesday, September 8, 2010

09/05/10: Logan's Worship Blog

God of this City (Bluetree)
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

My dear friend and accountability partner, Daniel Carson, was on one of his many trips around the world when he heard an unknown band called Bluetree playing a worship chorus that specifically asked God to move in their city of Belfast, Ireland. As the guitarist for Chris Tomlin, Daniel felt God leading him to tell his own band leader about this song.

A few days later, Daniel was back in the States and had me listening to "God of this City" on Bluetree's myspace page. There was something special about it, but I dismissed it in my own mind, as I wasn't sure how it could be used in a worship set. Later that day, we met with Chris for lunch at Chuy's in Austin and heard his own dream for the song. "This passion tour we're about to go on," Chris said. "We'll sing this song everywhere we go, asking God to bring revival in each city along the way."

Less than a year later, a new Passion album was released entitled - "Passion: God of this City." I'm thankful for people like Daniel and Chris who have a vision for worship beyond that of my own. At the Heights, we sing this song for the the greater Dallas area, for God desires to do greater things through us to reach our community, not just in service, but in our conversations, as I will explain through the lyrics of "Call to Action"...


Call to Action (Logan Walter)
"I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ." Philemon 1:6

I wrote this song in response to our church's call to "serve" or "engage the community with our service." But this Sunday, Gary preached about a different way to "engage," as he taught from Philemon about how to "share" or "engage the community with our conversations." There's a line in this song that might seem inappropriate for a "share" Sunday. It reads:

It's not enough to testify with words
Reach out in love, and the message will be heard

And while it's true that I wrote these lyrics with "serve" in mind, I believe this line also applies to "share." How do we "reach out in love" when sharing with those around us? Through our words? Yes! But our conversations must begin with a willingness to listen. Read this quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and consider the implications it has for "share":

The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. As love to God begins with listening to his Word, so the beginning of love for others is learning to listen to them. It can be greater service than speaking. There's an impatient, inattentive listening that despises, only waiting for a chance to speak. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Nothing But Your Blood (Matt Redman)
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13

We make the Lord's Supper available to the entire congregation every Sunday morning at the Heights during the 10:50 hour. And though I remind everyone about this sacrament at the beginning of each service, I rarely re-emphasize its importance during the worship set. But this Sunday, before singing this song of gratitude for Christ's blood, I felt led to share something I read in my Tim Keller bible study the previous week. The study is in outline form and addresses the question "How do we worship?" The first answer to this question comes from John 4:23 - we must worship "in Spirit and in Truth." I want you to read the outline for the second answer. Prayerfully consider point "d":

2. We must worship "in Word and Sacrament." Worship is not just a time of teaching and inspiration.

a) It is a re-enactment of our union with Christ through the Gospel.

b) God's unmerited grace comes to us as a word to believe not as a deed to be performed. Therefore every worship service consists of hearing God's word of grace followed by our response to it.

c) God's word is read and we respond with confession of sin. God's word is preached and we respond with song, or with an offering of our lives and substance.

d) But especially in the sacraments - in baptism and the Lord's Supper - we see the gospel re-enacted. The bread and wine are tokens of Jesus' self-offering on the cross, and we respond by giving ourselves to him as we partake of them.

e) in every case, the worship service is a covenant renewal ceremony, in which we renew and deepen our remembrance of what Jesus has done for us and of what we have promised Him.


Other songs from this Sunday:
Christ is Risen (Matt Maher) - see the 08/22 post for my thoughts about Matt Maher
"We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him." 1 Thes 4:14

Stronger (Hillsong) - see the 08/22 post for a video of this song
"The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him." Exodus 15:2

Friday, September 3, 2010

08/29/10: Logan's Worship Blog

Wonderful Cross (Isaac Watts w/ chorus by Chris Tomlin)
"Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha)." John 19:17

Before singing this song on Sunday, I had the congregation read the following quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. As you read it, keep in mind that Bonhoeffer followed the call to "come and die" to the end, as he was imprisoned and killed by the Nazis for his beliefs during World War II.

"Cheap grace is the enemy of the church. It means forgiveness of sins proclaimed as a general truth... an intellectual assent to that idea is held to be itself sufficient to secure remission of sins. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance... grace without discipleship, grace without a cross... Costly grace is the gospel (of the church)... It is costly because it costs a man his life, and grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his son... it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God... When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. That is why the rich young man was so loath to follow Jesus, for the cost of his following was the death of his will. In fact, every command of Jesus is a call to die, with all our affections and lusts."


-Dietrich Bonhoeffer



Come Thou Fount (Robert Robinson)

"O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago." Isaiah 25:1


The background for the next two songs can be found in a book called "101 Hymn Stories"


Robert Robinson was born of lowly parents in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, on September 27, 1735. His father died when Robert was eight, and at the age of fourteen he was sent by his mother to London to learn the barbering trade. Here for the next few years he was associated with a notorious gang of hoodlums and lived a debauched life. At the age of seventeen he attended a meeting where George Whitefield was preaching. Robinson and his friends went for the purpose of "scoffing at the poor, deluded Methodists." However, Whitefield's strong evangelistic preaching so impressed young Robinson that he was converted to Christ. Several years later he felt called to preach and entered the ministry of the Methodist Church. Subsequently, he left the Methodist Church when he moved to Cambridge and became a Baptist pastor. Here he became known as an able theologian through his writing of many theological works as well as several hymns.

This hymn text, written when Robinson was only twenty-three years of age, contains an interesting expression in the second stanza, "Here I raise mine Ebenezer - Hither by Thy help I'm come." This language is taken from 1 Samuel 7:12, where the Ebenezer is a symbol of God's faithfulness. An expression in the third verse, "Prone to wander - Lord, I feel it - Prone to leave the God I love," seems to have been prophetic of Robinson's later years, as once again his life became characterized by lapses into sin, unstableness, and an involvement with the doctrines of Unitarianism.

The story is told that Robinson was one day riding a stagecoach when he noticed a woman deeply engrossed with a hymn book. During an ensuing conversation the lady turned to Robinson and asked what he thought of the hymn she was humming. Robinson burst into tears and said, "Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then."



All Creatures of Our God and King (Francis of Assisi)

"All you have made will praise you, O LORD; your saints will extol you. They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might" Psalm 145:10-11


This inspiring expression of praise found in nearly every hymnal was originally written in 1225 by one of the most interesting figures in all of church history. Giovanni Bernardone, who was better known as Saint Francis of Assisi, was a mystic, medieval monk who spent his lifetime as an itinerant evangelist, preaching and helping the poor people of Italy.

Saint Francis was born in Assisi, Italy, in 1182. After an early indulgent life as a soldier, he reformed his ways dramatically, at the age of twenty-five, and determined to serve God by imitating the selfless life of Christ in all that he did. Although his family were people of considerable means, Francis scorned the possession of material goods, denounced his inherited wealth, denied himself everything but the most meager necessities, and devoted himself completely to moving about his area as Christ's representative. At the age of twenty-eight Francis founded the influential Franciscan Order of Friars, which developed into a large movement of young men and some women who adopted his religious beliefs and ascetic style of life.

Saint Francis was known as a great lover of nature, seeing the hand of God in all creation. One of the well known master painting from this time was done by the famous Italian artist, Giotto, and shows Saint Francis feeding the birds. The following well-known verse was writtten in tribute to this man:


"Saint Francis came to preach - with smiles he met the friendless, fed the poor, freed a trapped bird, led home a child; Although he spoke no word - his text, God's love, the town did not forget."


"All Creatures of Our God and King" is from one of Saint Francis's writings entitled "Canticles of the Sun," said to have been written one hot summer day in 1225, one year before his death, while Francis was very ill and suffering the loss of his eyesight. Throughout his life Saint Francis made much use of singing and believed strongly in the importance of church music. In all he wrote more than sixty hymns for use in the monastery. This beautiful expression of praise is one that has survived the passing of these several hundred years.

Although there is much that is difficult to understand and explain about the author of this text, we certainly can be thankful that God ordained the birth, translation and the preservation of this fine expression of praise for His people to enjoy even to the present time.



Saturday, August 21, 2010

08/22/10: Logan's Worship Blog

You are Here (Dutton)
It's the coolest thing that's happened to me in the first quarter century of my life, so I don't mind sharing the link one more time. Here's a clip of this song being playing in outer space. Click forward to 0:58 to hear our friend, Shane, give us a shout out from the international space station:

STS-126 crew wake-up call, Flight Day 9


Christ is Risen (Matt Maher)
I met Matt Maher in 2005 when we were both community group worship leaders for the Passion Conference in Nashville. We had an immediate connection as I was good friends with his hero, David Crowder, and he was wearing a Darth Vader shirt that said "Who's you daddy?" What I love most about Matt is that he is a reminder of how much we have in common as Christians, if we remain focussed on the cross. Because Matt is not a southern Baptist, no. Matt isn't even a protestant. Matt, my friends, is...brace yourself...

Catholic (gasp!).

I've always relished the irony that a man from the Catholic Church, which is so often criticized for leaning on tradition over scripture, wrote a song called "Your Grace is Enough," which is one of the most Gospel-oriented songs being played in Protestant circles today. "Christ is Risen" is equally focussed on the cross, and is one more step in the process of unifying Christ's church.

Stronger (Hillsong)
I'm always encouraged, humbled, and strengthened when I hear about what's happening in Australia with Hillsong's ministry. Right now, you are sitting at your computer with, presumably, enough free time to be reading this worship blog. If you've been able to read this far, I would encourage you to take a few more moments and allow yourself to worship right where you are, in front of your computer, as you soak in God's presence with this video. And if you're by yourself, sing along. Out loud! Stronger - Hillsong 2008

When Heaven Came Down (Dutton)
If you've ever wondered what it's like to worship with us when we're on the road, this video is closest you will get to the experience. And 1:20 into it, you can hear the crowd singing the "Oh's" on this song: Dutton Worship Video #1

Our God (Chris Tomlin)
I was recently approached by a record label executive and asked about the music I write. After I poured out my heart, the executive informed me that worship music is "no longer the trend." I then informed the executive that "worship music" is the only eternal genre of music. She informed me that she was talking about current radio trends. I informed her that I only listen to my iPod, and then I conceded the argument. However, I was a little confused - after the conversation - when I looked at the charts and saw this song at #1. God will receive His glory long after worship music stops trending, but I am not going to take this era for granted. Passion, Hillsong, Chris Tomlin, and David Crowder albums consistently debut near the top of the secular Billboard 200 chart. To God be the glory.


08/15/10: Logan's Worship Blog

Sing Sing Sing (Tomlin)
Psalm 13:6 - I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.

Come and Listen (Crowder)
psalm 145:11-12 - They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might, so that all men may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Christ is Risen (Maher)
1 Thes 4:14 - We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

Sometimes (Dutton)
psalm 130:3-4 - If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

Stronger (Hillsong)
Isaiah 40:29 - He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

08/08/10: Logan's Worship Blog

Christ is Risen (Matt Maher)
1 Cor 15:55 - "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

Our God (Tomlin)
Psalm 77:14 - "You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples."

Our God Reigns (Delirious)
Rev 19:6 - "Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns."

After All (Dutton)
John 15:2 - "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."

Awakening (Tomlin)
Psalm 57:8 - "Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn."

Monday, August 2, 2010

08/01/10: Logan's Worship Blog

The Glory of it All (Crowder)
Revelation 22:13 - I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

News flash: Dutton is not the first or last name of anyone in the band. We formed as a group to fill in for David Crowder*Band when they were away from their home church - Ubc, which is on Dutton Avenue in Waco, TX. And although we've filled in for DC*B over 100 times, we've never played an event together...until this weekend.

Friday night we had the honor of playing at the Texas Student Evangelism Conference with the Crowder guys. As I watched them lead, I was reminded of how much this band has influenced what we do. Yes, yes we've done our best to get out from under their shadow, but I must give credit where credit is due. If I need advice about serious issues in our line of work (record labels, hiring an agent, songwriting, royalties, etc), I know I can call David and he will speak wisdom into my life.

And his songwriting is always a little left of what everyone expects in the worship world. The guitar part and lyrics in this song are a perfect example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg-1yM6insA

Mighty to Save (Hillsong)
Zephaniah 3:17 - The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

7,000,000 hits on a live worship video? Wow. This song has brought the good news to so many people all over the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-08YZF87OBQ

How He Loves (McMillan)
Ephesians 5:2 - live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Listen to songwriter John Mark McMillan speak powerfully about this beautiful song he has written in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NXWE6AC8ao

Here is Our King (Crowder)
Rev 11:15b - "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

Watch Crowder, himself, teach budding worship leaders how to play this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aea5Mq4sSUA

You are Good (Walter)
Psalm 62:2 - He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

verse 2: "I cry in pain, I sing for joy and then I cry in pain. Still you are worthy of my highest praise, for you remain unshaken."

I'm doing things a bit differently this week and writing this blog in retrospect, as we played these songs yesterday (usually we play the day after I write each entry).

On Sunday, our pastor Gary Singleton preached a sermon entitled "Why all the pain?" from James 1:2-4 (consider it pure joy when you face trials) and John 15 (He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful). Writing this blog in retrospect, I'm able to tell you that I immediately applied these passages in a phone conversation with a friend that afternoon. The exact chapter references and verses were on my mind from the sermon that morning, and I was able to reference them to someone who was facing one of life's many trials. I would encourage you to read both of these passages:

James 1
Trials and Temptations
2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.-

John 15

The Vine and the Branches
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunesa]" style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em; ">[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

07/25/10: Logan's Worship Blog Post

Skip to "Blessed Be Your Name" if you're not going to read everything in this blog

Summer Fun (Blog Intro)

It's been a while since I sat down and gave some thought to this blog, but it's not my fault! It's summer's fault. For most people, June and July represents a vacation of sorts, but for worship bands, it's go time. Take our first weekend of the summer, for example. We spent the week in Colorado, drove 16 hours to Dallas on Friday, got up early Saturday morning and flew to DC, flew back Sunday, drove to Oklahoma Monday. And we wouldn't have it any other way. We've seen hundreds, if not thousands of kids come to faith in Christ during the past eight weeks. For a little taste of the summer madness, check out this video: Dutton Falls Creek Rap Video

Sometimes (Logan Walter)
Romans 8:10 - But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Most of our summer is spent leading for youth events, so we spend a lot of time engaging the students with celebratory worship. Upbeat songs like Oh What a Joy, Joyful, and Call to Action get a lot of requests, which makes Sometimes a surprising selection for camp worship. It's reflective, it consists of piano, acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, a laid back bass line, zero electric guitars, and even the drums are played with brushes instead of sticks. The lyrics are are a spiritual challenge for adults, and yet this song has touched the lives of countless teenagers.

Click on this link to see archived footage of us playing "Sometimes" at a camp a few weeks ago. They didn't have a crowd microphone set up, so you can't hear the students, but there were 5,000 of them in the audience singing every word with all their hearts.

Scroll down to WEEK FIVE and click on FRIDAY, then move the cursor 35 minutes into the service, and you will find what you're looking for. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOOTAGE



Awakening (Chris Tomlin)
Psalm 57:8 - Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Our last camp of the summer took place this past week, and it was a great one. I grew up going to Mount Lebanon with First Baptist Church of Woodway for Sondays camp. 2003 was my last year to go as a student and it was a killer line-up: Chris Tomlin leading worship and some new guy named Matt Chandler bringing the Word. In 2006, I was 21 years old and had some big shoes to fill as Dutton was asked to lead worship alongside Chandler for his return to Sondays. By that time, Matt had become my favorite speaker on the planet, so when I heard that Sondays 2010 was going to be the "Re-return" of Matt Chandler to Sondays, I resolved to do everything I could to make it the best experience possible.

"What's the theme?" I said.
"Awakening," said camp director Bob.
"WE'LL LEARN IT!" I said.

Word of caution: When presented with a camp theme, such as "Awakening," make sure you are aware of all songs by that title. Here's how the conversation should've gone:

"What's the theme?" I said.
"Awakening," said camp director Bob.
"Which one?" I should've said.
"Switchfoot" he would've said.

Nevertheless, the Tomlin "Awakening" was worth learning, and because of this providential mistake, we'll probably be singing it at the Heights for many months and even years to come. God is funny.


In Control (Logan Walter)
Psalm 24:1 - The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it

I know, I know. I've been talking a lot about our travels. What about our home church? Relax, everybody just relax and know that we may spend 4 or 5 days with these campers, but we spend 40 or 50 Sundays with The Heights, and this allows for a much deeper connection. For example, we must carefully choose a few songs from our catalogue, which we will teach campers over the course of a week, but it is impossible to present all of our songs in a meaningful way, given our short time frame with these students. So a song like "In Control" is almost never played on the road.

A lot of people ask me how we keep things fresh when we are in front of the same people every week on Sunday morning. To that I would respond: Sunday morning is the freshest time of the week for the Dutton crew. It's our chance to present new songs, play songs we don't normally play, say things we don't normally say, pray through scriptures for each song (see the verses underneath each song on this blog? Those will be projected on the back wall each Sunday morning. One of my favorite parts of the week is searching the scriptures for a verse that will connect to the hearts of the worshippers, as they sing each song).

That being said, I am looking forward to leading with "In Control" tomorrow.



Facedown (Matt Redman)
psalm 95:6 - Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker

Facedown is the name of a song, the name of an album (with DVD), and the name of a book by Matt Redman. All three have meant a lot to me. If you don't have all of these, you should at least check them out online. Here's a clip from the Album/DVD: FACEDOWN VIDEO


Blessed Be Your Name (Matt Redman)
Psalm 119:107 "I have suffered much; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your word."

Wednesday night I had the pleasure of going to dinner with the Chandler family, which consists of Matt, his wife Lauren, their 7 year old Audrey, 4 year old Reid, 1 year old Norah, and nanny Stephanie. Audrey sat by me, so she could show me all of her options for fingernail polish (glitter was the common theme), Matt sat across from me, where he could help Reid conquer a world of villainy on his hand held gaming system (probably Matt's iPhone now that I think about it), while Stephanie and Lauren sat on the other end of the table, where they could help feed Norah, who might be the happiest toddler I have ever seen. At one point, I said "Norah's a happy kid," half-expecting to hear "You should see her when she's tired" in response. But no, the parents agreed, she really is a happy kid.

That night I couldn't fall asleep. My heart was heavy. I stayed up and prayed for Matt's MRI results. He was going to Baylor Medical at 8am the next morning to find out if his brain cancer had spread. I was sad, mad, confused. How could the God I serve allow this to happen?

The next day I found out that Matt's scan was clean, and I was able to give him a hug at dinner that night.

"It's a good feeling," he said.
"Sic em Bears!" I said. (Listen, I know his oncologist didn't do her undergrad in Waco, but the sign on her hospital says Baylor in big, fat letters, so you know what? I was happy, I was relieved, and I felt like doing a Sic em.)
"So what does a 'good MRI result' mean?" I said.
"It means that I start chemo again on Saturday, and I'll go in for another MRI in two months," he said.
"So you're not in remission?" I said.
"Lauren, do they ever use the word 'remission' for this type of cancer?" he said.
She shook her head no.
"To the doctors, it will always exist on a cellular level, but I believe the Lord has healed me," he said.
"How do you feel?" I said.
"I feel great," he said.

That night Matt took us on the roller coaster ride that has been his life the past eight months. He told the story of his seizure, the diagnosis, the surgery, the realization that the tumor wasn't encapsulated, the radiation, the chemo, and then he started talking about his family.

"We've cried many tears at the Chandler house. Reid would tell me he loved me, and I would just start weeping. At one point, Lauren asked why I was always retreating to my room, and I had to tell her I couldn't be around the kids, it made me want to cry."

At that point in the sermon, I was hiding my own tears from the campers. Then he said something that broke me.

"The doctors have given me 2-3 years to live. That was 8 months ago."

I started weeping. Yeesh, I'm tearing up even as I blog about it. I thought "Good MRI results" meant he was healed. I thought the prayers had worked once and for all, I thought it was a done deal, I thought it was confirmed that Matt was on the road to full recovery. In faith, I still believe this to be so. I still believe as Matt believes, that the Lord has healed him and will continue to heal him, but there is no doubt that the Chandler family is going through a trial like most of us will never know.

After his sermon, we got up on stage, and I teared up again as we sang these words:

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be your name

The song had new meaning, new power, new faith. You could taste the bitterness and sweetness of life in the lyrics. God used Matt's story to show us a glimpse of heaven that night, as we sang. It was Holy worship.

And tomorrow will be no different. We will enter directly into the Holy of Holies and sing this song for the glory of our Creator. And after we sing, Afshin Ziafat is going to share with us about another trial that is unlike any we have ever known, and it comes from Genesis 22. He gives and takes away:

Genesis 22:2 - Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."

PRAY FOR MATT AS HE GOES THROUGH A ROUND OF CHEMO THIS WEEK!


Saturday, July 10, 2010

07/11/10: Logan's Worship Blog Post

Take it All (Holmes/Sampson)
Romans 1:16 - I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes

Call to Action (Logan Walter)
"Sympathy is no substitute for action." — David Livingstone, missionary to Africa

Our God (Chris Tomlin)
ephesians 6:10 - be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

Our God Reigns (Martin Smith)
Psalm 103:19 - The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.