Praise : From : Plodders: March 2012

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Wednesday Night 3/21/12

God is Sovereign and sovereignly does what He has always intended to do because He is God! That principle can be applied to every area of life and is truly what we have been learning through our study in the book of Esther. Come out tonight at 7:00 pm and join us as we continue through the book of Esther and gather to worship Jesus.

1) My Hope Is Built

2) I Sought the Lord

3) Completely Done

4) All To Us

5) How Great Is Our God

6) Good To Me

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wednesday Night 3/14/12

Looking forward to worshipping tonight with all of you. Wednesday nights are such a sweet time of intimate worship and fellowship I know you'll be blessed to be a part of it, so come out tonight at 7:00 pm. Pastor Jim is back with us tonight continuing to show us the hand of God through the book of Esther and we'll be singing about our glorious redemption through Christ. I'm excited to do a new hymn tonight called "I sought the Lord." It may a bit obscure to you or unknown but nonetheless it speaks deeply about God's great love for us even before we existed! "He loved us first" is how some authors have summed up this old hymn and Lord willing that truth will be a refreshing blast of Sovereign Grace!

1) Beautiful One

2) All I Have Is Christ

3) Indescribable

4) I Sought the Lord (New)

5) 'Tis So Sweet to Trust In Jesus

6) Give Us Clean Hands

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!