Are you satisfied in Jesus today?

God has been getting a hold of me big time lately. The power of His Word combined with wise counsel and brushed up against certain situations is a deadly (in a good way) combination.

In my devotional time in the last few days, one verse has struck me and it’s not going away. It is Psalm 90:14:

O, Lord, satisfy us in the morning with your lovingkindness, so that we may sing for joy and be glad all of our days.

I began to wonder in the midst of things to do, things on my mind, and just things in general if God was really “more than enough for me” as Chris Tomlin wrote in his powerful song.

Finding my confidence in Him

This one small verse and a few other circumstances have been leading me to really examine some things in my life. I’ll write more on them in the next couple days. But for now, a question. Are you finding your satisfaction in Him? Are you finding Your confidence in Him? Do you depend on Him as if everything in the world really does depend on Him? Or do you try and do things on your own strength and try and be satisfied on your own power?

More to come. P.S. This website theme is here to stay. No more changing – I promise!

If I’m really honest with you all, I would let you know that I was a bit nervous about yesterday’s service.  The piano player and I didn’t even practice one of the songs beforehand (both of our printers were having problems) and our normal rock star volunteer wasn’t there to run EasyWorship.

It all worked out.  I had several compliments on the music – and one of our youth stepped up big time and achieved rock star status as well – almost flawlessly running EasyWorship without ever doing it before (I do not recommend this, by the way – we should have found a way to train him beforehand.)

And, to top it off, a great introductory message on The Law (God’s law, Law of Moses) from Pastor Wade.  I’m really looking forward to this series and really looking forward to looking into the mirror to see where my heart needs to be changed.

Songs we did:

• Shout to the Lord – Zchesch
• Open the Eyes of My Heart – Baloche
• Holy, Holy – Nathan Fellingham
• Jesus, Thank You – Pat Szcebel

Well, I finally finished (at least I hope so) my own site design. I thought I would like it, but I’m not so sure anymore. Anyway, for those of you reading in RSS, maybe you could take a quick peak at the redesign and let me know what you think (most importantly – is it too hard to read?)  There are (unfortunately) a few bugs to work out.  I had hoped to catch them all before updating, but missed a few.

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Also, I finally have an official homepage at iamanoffering.com. Feel free to check it out!

Worship Matters – Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God

A while back Bob Kauflin offered the opportunity to win a free copy of his new book that shares the title of his website.  We were asked to tell why worship matters in 100 words or less.  I was able to keep mine to exactly 100 words and I was informed that I was one of the twenty winners, which is very exciting, because I was hoping to get a copy of the book.

Well, it’s here (complete with a hand-written note on the inside cover – now that’s just downright cool) and I’m already devouring it.  I’ll be posting a review when I’m finished with the book (hopefully within this week or next.)

Sunday Recap

This Sunday was a good day at Living Word, as always, but with a few hiccups.  The first issue was that the folks who were running EasyWorship weren’t sure how to get it to project on the screen.  A few settings needed to be changed and we were up and running.  We’ll have to make sure all the video operators know how to troubleshoot.

The second issue was that since we’re a church plant that sets up every week, we record our sermons on CF cards.  Well, the CF cards went missing and we didn’t catch the sermon, which is unfortunate, because it was very good and very convicting.

Other than that, the day was great.  One thing that I notice as I type, however, is the only song I remember us singing is “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us.”  When I plan the music for a service I get so intimately familiar with the songs.  This week, since I didn’t plan them, I barely remember them.  I guess that’s food for thought when worrying if we’re singing a new song too often when we’re introducing it – perhaps people don’t even remember what we sang last week!

All in all – a good day at Living Word.  Tomorrow I’ll share my 100 word response to the question, “Why does worship matter?”

I’ve been a little behind in the blogosphere these past couple of weeks.  I hope to get a “Sunday Recap” post up later today.  In the meantime, a question:  Have you found ways to worship God in your every day life and not just on Sundays?  Leave a comment and share with us.