Praise : From : Plodders: Wednesday Night 10/19/11

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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

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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!