WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH & SETLIST 6.12.16

Last week Pastor Dan spoke about spiritual dryness and how to get rehydrated and reinvigorated by the Holy Spirit. It was based on Matthew 4:1

1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted^a by the devil. 2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

After a time we may lose our zeal and excitement about Jesus and become lax in our spiritual lives. If we are not facing the light and doing the the "things" of God, then we leave ourselves open to temptation just like Jesus in Matthew chapter 4.

Who are you hanging around with the most? What are you filling your head with? Are you in The Word? Is God Using you?

This week I heard the new single from the Christian band Switchfoot called "Where The Light Shines Through". The song repeats "The scars are where the Light shines though" meaning God will use our past traumatic experiences for good but only if WE let him. If we go into a prolonged period of spiritual dryness, then we let the enemy win! We are not letting God's Grace flow through us and we are not allowing ourselves to become an extension of Him. Plus, I would expand this to say that if we go "dry", then God isn't able to use our unique spiritual gifts to further His Kingdom either. So make yourselves available to God by digging into his word, filling your car with Christian music, or joining one of our Church's ministries and climb you way out of your spiritual dryness.

Remember, God has a plan for each and every one of us! Where is the Light shining though in your life? 

Also how do you think God is using this young autistic boy to further his Kingdom? Check it out! It has over 10 million views on Youtube alone!

SETLIST 6.12.16

Open The Eyes of My Heart

Because of Your Love

Jesus Paid It All

Holy Spirit


Lord I Need You

THOUGHTS AND SETLIST FROM MAY 15, 2016

We played the awesome Matt Redman/Phillips, Craig and Dean song last week called "Let My Words Be Few". It is based on Ecclesiastes 5:2

Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God.God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

This is yet another reminder that we are to approach God with "awe" and in a humble, attentive way. It seems the word "awe" has lost it's power ever since finding it's way into our everyday conversations in recent years. You hear people say, "Man those hot wings were AWESOME!" or "Dude, your car has an awesome engine!" If we look up the definition of the the root word of awesome which is AWE, we find that it means - "a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder." The only time I have "fear or wonder" about hot wings is the next morning in the bathroom!!! However, we ARE to approach God with fear AND wonder and in a humble, reverent way. Paul writes in Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,

The philosopher Kierkegaard wrote an entire work called Fear and Trembling in which he analyzes Abraham's response to God's request that he sacrifice his son Isaac. Abraham's obedience was AWESOME because Isaac was not jut his only son with his wife Sarah, but probably 100 year old Abraham's one chance to realize the infinite number of descendants God had promised. Abraham did not announce the great obedient act he was planning on carrying out to anyone! When you read the story, you get the impression that if it happened today, Abraham would not live stream his actions on Facebook. So let's make our ultimate goal to obey God like Abraham did and not run off at the mouth with special announcements, conditions or objections to God's requests. Let's think twice before speaking - about or to God. Let's show God that we are listening and are in awe of his presence. And finally, let's show God respect with our posture, humility and with the words we choose.

SETLIST

BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE

LET MY WORDS BE FEW

BETTER IS ONE DAY

OLD RUGGED CROSS

MIGHTY TO SAVE

SETLIST AND NOTES FROM MAY 8, 2016

SETLIST AND NOTES FROM SUNDAY MAY 1, 2016

Wow what was a wild Sunday last week! That's what being a community of believers is all about! Powerful times at Faith Fellowship!

We had a nice extended time of worship with the ever popular Revelation Song and we introduced a "new" song called Bless His Name. The opening line is taken from Psalm 95:1-2
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
    let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
    and extol him with music and song.

In this Psalm, David is stirring us up to praise God because it is our duty! We should stand in awe of him with humble reverence because he is 100% perfect. To do this half-heatedly would be disrespectfully to Him. Let's get fired up and worship God!

Come, let us sing for joy
Let us shout aloud to our King
Come, let us worship God
Lifting holy hands, bless His name

Lord, we come to meet with You againTo worship with one voice in adorationYou deserve our every praiseThat echoes in this place, You’re the worthy One
Lord, we come with gratitude that flowsFrom deep within our souls, we rejoice in YouWe will glory in Your nameWith a shout our lips proclaim the praises stirring in our hearts
Every creature in heaven and earth belowBless His name, bless His name

SETLIST MAY 1, 2016

EVERLASTING GOD

BLESS HIS NAME

LORD I NEED YOU

REVELATION SONG

LORD REIGN IN ME