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The Beauty of Worship

I recently read the book...Worship His Majesty by Jack Hayford. There are some great insights, I'm going to share those in the next few posts.

"Worship is an opportunity for man to invite God's power and presence to move among those worshiping Him."

I have been leading worship for every weekend for the last 5 years and I can't remember a time when I sensed the presence of God moving in a special way that did not completely blow my mind.

I love the fact that we serve a God that is all powerful, all consuming, bigger than our minds could even began to understand and yet when we invite Him He responds. not only does He respond, it's never with reflectance. He responds with excitement. it's seems the thing that brings Him the greatest joy is when we who are so unworthy in our own right recognize our need for Him, call on His name and stand before Him in complete surrender to His love and purpose for our lives.

Does it get any better than that?

book review

Another one down:

So it wasn't the most exciting read ever but it was pretty helpful when it comes to church and organization. It was written by Tricia Neill who is a big part of what took Alpha world wide. I had to really do some thinking to transfer the info into my world, it is very Alpha driven The principles were great and she says funny things because they are very english.

You probably won't be picking this one up any time soon but the cover is pretty sweet!
 

The Book Review is Back

Well it's been a while...Summer slump, family vacation, a little laziness.

So I have been reading some books lately that I have really enjoyed so I thought I would take the next few post to highlight some things I really liked in the book.

Wide Awake by Erwin Raphael McManus:

"People are the most underused and undervalued resource on the planet."

"Sometimes the limitations you are willing to accept establish the boundaries of your existence."

"Living wide awake is about realizing that the world needs you to live up to your potential. There are others whose lives and futures depend on you stepping up and living big."

"Problems Obstacles and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can be the spring board into a whole new world."

"We are born with Potential, but we we're not supposed to die with it. Potential is not something you're supposed to hoard or conserve. The more you develop your potential, the more potential you seem to have. And time is of the essence."

If your looking for a good easy read that will challenge you to live out the God given potential that is wrapped up inside of you, this is a great one to read. I love Erwin's Perspective and ability to put words together that make me want to go out and bench press my Astro van just for the heck of it.