Wednesday Night 12/14/11

Well we're really looking forward to having Pastor Jay Underwood back with us tonight! He's the pastor of First Baptist Church Weaverville and has always been a huge blessing faithfully bringing the Word of God to bear on it's hearers. So come out tonight and worship with us as we make much of Christ celebrating the Gospel and all His Word has for us!

1) O Little Town of Bethlehem

2) Hark the Herald Angels Sing

3) Eternal Praise

4) Agnus Dei

5) I Stand In Awe

6) Jesus I My Cross Have Taken

Communion Night this Wednesday

It's the first Wednesday of the month and we have communion tonight so come out and join us. We are so blessed to be able to sit at the Lord's table and remember the great cost of the cross and all the gospel entails for us. We were sinners unreconciled to God and enemies of Him, but in His great grace and mercy He lavished His love on us "in that while we were yet sinner Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8), rising again and reconciling a people to Himself! This is why we're going to gather tonight to remember and celebrate the gospel, so join us for this! As usual, Pastor Jim will be proclaiming the truth of God's Word tonight in Nehemiah and we will worship and sing to God because He is great and worthy to be praised! We'll see you tonight!

1) My Jesus I Love Thee

2) In Christ Alone

3) O Come, O Come Emmanuel

4) Child of God

5) Remembrance

6) How He Loves (Communion Song)

7) Rock of Ages

Sunday Morning 12/4/11

Man it is crazy to think that we are already in the month of December! This year has flown by but the Lord is faithful and continues to be faithful to this church. I'm looking forward to worshipping with you on Sunday as we continue our study through 1Peter. This study has been an immense blessing to this congregation as we've been reminded of God's faithful love for us that though we have been rejected or may be rejected, we have been chosen in Christ for His pleasure and are given grace through the gospel, a grace that causes us to live out our love for the Savior! There is no better reason to worship the Lord than that so come join us on Sunday to worship the Lord through prayer, the proclamation of God's Word, and singing!

1) O Come All Ye Faithful

2) Joy to the World

3) There Is A Fountain

4) Come Praise and Glorify

5) All To Us

6) Jesus Paid It All

Wednesday Night 11/30/11

Hey guys, hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving holiday. Mine was extremely restful and I am so thankful for that time though I missed worshipping with the body of Christ last Wednesday! Anyway, I am looking forward to being back with all of you tonight for our Wednesday night service. Pastor Jim is getting closer to finishing our study through Nehemiah's look at revival and it has been a tremendous blessing. Hopefully it has left our hearts longing for revival because we certainly need it in our churches and in our own individual hearts! So come tonight and worship with us as we sing, pray, and make much of Christ through the teaching of His Word and worshipful celebration of the gospel! Here is our song set for tonight, learn them and come ready to sing out to our God!

1) Oh for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

2) How Deep the Father's Love For Us

3) Everlasting God

4) Come Praise and Glorify (New)

5) How Great Is Our God

6) I Need Thee Every Hour

Wednesday Night 11/16/11

Hey guys, really looking forward to worshipping with you tonight! Come and let's celebrate Christ together as Pastor Jim continues to preach to us, all that Nehemiah has to say about revival. We are longing that God would bring revival to our church and individual hearts! Certainly Christ is worthy of all praise and honor and that's what we are aiming to do in prayer, preaching, and as we sing these songs to lift up and exalt the name of Jesus Christ!

1) Completely Done

2) From the Inside Out

3) Cannons

4) Be Thou My Vision

5) Before the Throne of God Above

6) How Great Is Our God

Sunday Morning 11/13/11

We're looking forward to this Sunday morning and all the Lord has in store! Pastor Jim will be back in the book of 1 Peter as we've been reminded of the glorious hope of the gospel we have in our lives and how that truth ought to be applied in our living! The gospel has real implications for those whom it's affected such as holiness, thanksgiving, and grace under suffering! Hopefully we'll be blessed, encouraged, instructed, and revived as we sing songs that proclaim the glorious hope of the gospel and SING OUT all that God has graciously done for the sinner's heart. So come and worship with us Sunday morning at 10:00 AM!

1) Blessed Be Your Name

2) Stronger

3) Forever

4) God of Wonders

5) Grace Greater Than Our Sin

6) Good to Me

Wednesday Night 11/9/11

Hey guys, a couple of things. First of all if you missed First Sunday, you missed out! We had an awesome time together singing, praying, hearing the Word of God read, fellowshipping, and just worshipping in general. So if you missed First Sunday make sure to come tonight as Pastor Jim continues to take us back through a section of Nehemiah regarding REVIVAL! As we've said before revival is something we desperately need in our individual hearts, the local church, and the church at large. Tonight we'll be looking at Nehemiah 9 and the implications and affects of REAL REVIVAL. So come and be a part of our Wednesday Night gathering. It is a sweet time of worship and teaching and is refreshing to the soul in the middle of a crazy work week! We'll be singing songs that magnify Christ as our source of hope, strength, and everlasting love so learn the songs and come ready to worship our Lord!

1) Blessed Be Your Name

2) Everlasting God

3) Lord of Lords

4) Our God

5) Here Is Love

Communion Night this Wednesday

Wow, the month of October flew by! I can't believe it's already the 1st Wednesday of November. That also means it's Communion Night! Come be apart of the body tonight as we come to the table in remembrance and celebration of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection and our redemption because of that! Our desire as a church is to continue in the Apostles teaching and the fellowship, THE BREAKING OF BREAD and prayers, according to Acts 2:42. So don't neglect this, but rather come and do business with the Lord and be encouraged for all He has done for you through His glorious grace! We'll be singing songs tonight that focus our hearts on the glorious news of the gospel in preparation for communion so learn these songs and come ready to offer great praise to our Great God!

1) My Hope Is Built

2) Jesus Messiah

3) In Christ Alone

4) Satisfied In You

5) Once Again

6) There Is A Fountain (Communion Song)

7) All To Us

Sunday Morning 10/30/11

Well I'm looking forward to being with the body of Christ again. We had an awesome Wednesday night looking at Nehemiah 8 and the revival that happened there as people cried out to Ezra "Bring Us the Book." May we we have a deepening desire for God's Word like that as well! Speaking of which, Pastor Jim will be continuing our study through 1 Peter as we pick up in chapter one verse eighteen continuing to look at the affect of our GREAT SALVATION in our lives! Don't miss out, come and worship with us as we sing songs and hymns that promote the greatness of God and His work in and through the gospel of Christ! There are a couple newer songs so make sure to click on and learn these so you can come prepared to sing and make a LOUD JOYFUL noise to our Lord!

1) And Can It Be

2) Better Is One Day

3) Be Unto Your Name

4) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (New)

5) Holy And Anointed One

6) Jesus I My Cross Have Taken

Wednesday Night 10/26/11

I'm really looking forward to this Wednesday Night service! If you stop and think about it, it really is an amazing privilege that we can gather together as believers in the middle of the week to be encouraged and washed by the Word, and celebrate the gospel together. Often we are feeling pretty spiritually drained by the time Wednesday rolls around so why not come and be a part of the body of Christ. There is nothing like delighting in Christ like going and delighting in Christ through the outpouring of the local church! Pastor Jim will be taking us back through Nehemiah 8 and REVIVAL which we need so desperately bad in our individual hearts. This will be convicting, encouraging, and should lead us to desire revival so you won't want to miss out. Lord willing our hearts will be prepared as we sing these songs about the love, person, and work of Christ so familiarize yourself with them and come ready to worship our God!

1) Your Great Name We Praise

2) Psalm 100

3) Be Unto Your Name

4) O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (New)

5) Rock of Ages

6) Give Us Clean Hands

Sunday Morning 10/23/11

Hey guys, check out what's going on this Sunday at CCRP! Pastor Jim is continuing to take us through 1 Peter chapter 1 and as I have said before this study has been an unbelievable encouragement! If you have missed some of the studies make sure to stop by our Growing in the Word ministry and pick up copies of the ones you've missed. Also this week's song set should be a huge blessing as we sing about the character and work of Christ, so click on and learn these songs and come ready to worship our God! See you on Sunday at 10:00 AM here at the church!

1) The Glories of Calvary

2) Mighty to Save

3) Beautiful One

4) Be Unto Your Name

5) Psalm 62

6) I Need The Every Hour

Wednesday Night 10/19/11

It's hard to believe that we are already at our last chapter of Ezra but it's true, Pastor Jim will be finishing up this book for us tonight. Make sure you're there, especially those of you who have started this study with us, you won't want to miss it's conclusion as it has been a great blessing to this church! So come and be apart of tonight's service and read through Ezra 10 as you prepare for tonight's message. Speaking of preparing, here is the song set for tonight for you to familiarize yourself with. Listen to these songs and come ready to offer a sacrifice of praise to our GREAT GOD WHO IS WORTHY OF OUR PRAISE!

1) Your Grace Is Enough

2) Mighty toSave

3) In Christ Alone

4) How Marvelous

5) I Need Thee Every Hour

6) Come Thou Fount

Sunday Morning 10/16/11

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know what you can expect for this Sunday morning at CCR! Pastor Jim Jarrett is going to be taking us through 1 Peter 1:13-17 Pt. 2 as we continue to look at the believers response to our glorious salvation and call to holy living motivated by the gospel. If you missed out on last weeks I'd encourage you to drop by the Growing In the Word ministry in the foyer and pick up a copy so you can have this two part message that will encourage, convict, and call you to Christ-likeness! Also as we'll be singing songs that magnify the character of God and remind us of His glorious gospel. So click on, listen to, and prepare your hearts for worship this week; you won't wan't to miss out. See you Sunday at 10:00 AM here at the church!

1) Open the Eyes of My Heart Lord

2) Here Is Love

3) O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus

4) Agnus Dei

5) Jesus Thank You

6) Psalm 62

Wednesday Night 10/12/11

Man, really looking forward to tonights service, you won't want to miss it. Tonight Pastor Jim is taking a break from our study through Ezra and taking us through Romans 8:35-39. There are many of us facing trials and hardships and what better than to explore the truths of God's inseparable love for us! So, if you are cast down, or struggling, or simply need encouragement, come and be encouraged from God's word and delight in His truth. We're going to be singing songs that express God's great love for us and hope that we have through Him in the gospel. So click on and learn these songs and come prepared to worship our Lord. See you tonight at 7:00 PM here at Calvary Chapel Redding/Palo Cedro!

1) Blessed Assurance

2) I Lift My Eyes Up

3) Thy Mercy

4) Lead Me To the Cross

5) Here Is Love

6) Rock of Ages

Sunday Morning 10/9/11

Hey guys wanted to give you a heads up as to what you can be looking forward to this Sunday. Pastor Jim will be taking us through 1 Peter 1:13-17 as we continue our study through 1 Peter looking at the believers call to Holiness. You won't want to miss out as this has been an amazing study full of encouragement in our great grace under suffering! Also, here's a peak at our song set for Sunday. Click on, listen too, and learn these songs so you can come prepared to join us in worshipping our God. See you Sunday at 10:00 AM here at the church!

1) Indescribable

2) Your Great Name We Praise

3) Blessed Be Your Name

4) Stronger

5) Speak O Lord

6) I Will Praise Him Still

Communion Night this Wednesday

Hey guys just wanted to remind you that we are having communion tomorrow night and invite you to join us here at the church at 7:00 PM. It is so important we don't miss out on the gathering together to sit at the Lord's table. First of all it's not really an option as it's commanded of us in Acts 2:42 to devote ourselves to the "breaking of bread." But secondly, it reminds us of the truth of the gospel and all that the gospel entails for us in redemption, salvation, and the forgiveness of sins. It brings glory to our God to rehearse the gospel together and builds a Godly unity within the body based on the truths of the gospel and the Word of God. Pastor Jay Underwood from Weaverville will be with us this evening as Pastor Jim continues to recovery from his surgery. He will either be taking us through Ephesians 5:15 or Philippians 4:10-13. Either way you won't want to miss out! Also here is a look at the songs we will be singing, songs that are cross centered and that will direct our attention to the gospel as we prepare to take communion together. Click on, listen to, and learn them as you prepare for worship and hopefully we'll see you at 7:00 on Wednesday night!

1) Satisfied In You

2) How Deep the Father's Love For Us

3) Forever

4) Nothing But the Blood

5) Rock of Ages

6) Remembrance (Communion Song)

7) Jesus Paid It All

-Lyrics-

The most crucial of all four points is that of the lyrics. Why is this? Think of it this way. One can know much about a church without even hearing from the pastor or following the order of service by simply assessing the songs that are sung there. In the message of the song you will see what they truly believe in regards to Christ, His Word, the Gospel, and man. You can easily see where the focus is and if the gospel and the cross centers around man or the Supremacy of Christ and glory of the Father. More times than this is where the tension lies. You can have an excellent worship band that creates excellent music but if the theology of the songs they sing aren't grounded in Scripture and promote a correct understanding of the gospel than there is no hope and what they sing are lifeless melodies and not life changing Truth. It is so important church that you understand what I am saying, whether they are timeless hymns or contemporary worship chart toppers, an emotional reaction to the melody or music can do nothing more than create a pretentious and even self convincing front that there is some type of heart change happening. The fact of the matter is that only the Word of God changes the heart and if there is going to be some type of emotional reaction (which there should be and we will discuss that in the post on emotionality) it needs to be from the understanding that man is utterly depraved and God is far beyond our highest thoughts. So we stand in awe of the fact that a Holy Self Glorifying God would see fit to redeem for himself a remnant of people and that we are graced enough to be apart of that remnant, being set free from the bondage of sin and counted slaves to Christ under the obedience of His Lordship. The lyrics in the songs we sing must be held to the highest priority because we hold the Word of God in the highest priority as Psalm 138:2 says, "...for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." So the point being God takes His Word extremely seriously so we must not take it lightly. It is the lyrics that change the heart of man because they should be Christ centered and Biblically centered. "Worship songs should serve the church as take-home theology, reinforcing God glorifying doctrine and teaching through Christ-centered lyrics and memorable melodies. – C.J. Mahaney

Lyrics+Musicality+Emotion+Response=Singing

So often there is a great misunderstanding when it comes to musical worship. I say musical worship to differentiate or rather specify this form of worship, because obviously everything about us is to be an act of worship (Rom. 12:1). But in the realm of musical worship we often see a great lack in the true sense of Biblical worship. We face two very real extremes. One of those extremes is what we would see as a lifeless liturgy, a group of people unaffected by the gospel and rather worship the seat they sit in for weekly tradition's sake than the creator God who saved them from His wrath through the killing of His Son for the glory of His name an the salvation of men (Isaiah 53). We become frustrated because there is a lack of passion for Christ and the things of Christ and therefore see a great deficit in musical worship in the church. The other extreme we often see is on the other end of that spectrum. That is an intense emotionality or "passion" in regards to musical worship without any backing or understanding as to what they are being emotional about. There is no sound theological stance towards the gospel. Rather theology has been replaced with good musicianship and emotional manipulation to make one feel as though they have "encountered" or experienced the true living God. It is as though we are a pendulum people swinging from one extreme to another and our praise is a pendulum praise doing the same. The problem with both is that both may be attributed to a misunderstanding of what true Biblical worship looks like in a very practical way. Psalm 117 is very clear in what it says pertaining to our worship: "Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!" We see that there is no pulling of punches here we are demanded to praise the Lord! And why according to Psalm 117, for His steadfast love and enduring faithfulness. In the following post we want to look at how we don't fail to swing to one extreme of that pendulum or the other but rather fall Biblically centered in light of what God has in mind for true Biblical worship.