Praise : From : Plodders: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wednesday Night 2/29/12

Hey guys, were looking forward to our worship service tonight. If you haven't been to a Wednesday night in a few weeks, come out tonight. We've been studying through the book of Esther and Pastor Jim has done an amazing job showing us the hand of God on every page. Come out and worship with us tonight:

1) He Is Exalted

2) Forever Reign

3) Let Your Kingdom Come

4) God of Wonders

5) Hallelujah What A Savior

6) Satisfied In You

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Wednesday Night 2/15/12

Man, it has been a busy January and February. Winter Camp was in January and there was a lot of preparation and hard work going into that. However, the Lord was extremely good and convicted the hearts of our students and lead them into repentance. I've had the awesome opportunity to lead worship for the last couple of winter and summer camps we've done and it has been a total blessing. My heart is to see our youth come to a mature understanding of what worship is so that when they grow and become apart of the greater local church they aren't worship illiterate, not understanding who, how, and why we worship. A wrong understanding of worship is an epidemic in this country and not just for our youth but within the adults as well, one I myself have to fight within my own wicked heart. Hopefully sometime in the near future we'll dive deeper into what that looks like but for now, to God be the glory, he is continuing to take our youth and adults into a deeper worship, appreciation, and affection for the glories of Calvary! Anyway, COME OUT AND WORSHIP WITH US TONIGHT! There is no doubt you will be extremely blessed as Pastor Jim continues to take us through the book of Esther. We'll spend time singing to, praying to, and celebrating Christ so come and be a part of that with us!

1) Forever

2) I Stand In Awe

3) All Creatures of Our God and King

4) I Lift My Eyes Up

5) Now Why This Fear

6) Before the Throne of God Above

Our Desire

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly - teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Col. 3:16)

We take the Word of God extremely serious at CCR and recognize our spiritual call to worship in all areas of our lives ("Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship"-Romans 12:1) and here according to Col. 3:16 in the area of Music. It is our desire to see you the congregation create an atmosphere of worship that displays the greatness of our Holy God, making big of Him and little of ourselves through the obedience of attributing to God the Musical Worship that is due His Name.

What That Looks Like

“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

In order to cultivate that type of atmosphere there needs to be a clear understanding of the songs we sing and why we sing them. We need to come to grips with the reality of what is taking place during the "worship service." These are not just poetic lyrics with catchy melodies be they hymns or modern contemporary worship. Rather the songs we sing at CCR are an expression of our dire need for the salvific redemption provided through the Son of God at the hand of the Father, and an outpour of gratitude for the work that was done in our stead on the cross for the Glory of God primarily and the salvation of men!