Worship Song: Our God

While we have moved on from Romans 8 a couple weeks ago I find myself constantly going back to those passages.  If God is for us (and he is since we know that he works towards the good for all who love him) then who can be against us?  I ask again; WHO?  Nobody!  Is that not the most amazing piece of news you’ve received today?  Should that not be the way we start out each and everyday, with the hope and promise of know that my God is already at work for me before I wake up and start my day….even though He knows and I know that I’ll start sinning as soon as I open my eyes.

³⁸ And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,^[o] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. ³⁹ No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This weekend our new song is ‘Our God’.  It’s a great tune that speaks to some of the miracles that Jesus performed while on earth and emphasizing the point that if God is for us, who can be against us.  And the answer….NOBODY.

Enjoy this snippet from a tutorial performed by Chris Tomlin & Matt Redman (co authors)

[ Via worshiptogether.com ]

Sunday Reflections

This last Sunday we took the first step in what will be a 7 month long journey through the book of Romans.

We saw immediately just how important the “good news” is to Paul.  To him, it is everything… nothing compares to it.  As he says, (Phillipians 3) compared to knowing Christ he considers everything else garbage (dung).

Out of that fervor come the cornerstone words of the book in 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.”

We focused on Sunday on the fact that not being ashamed of the gospel should not happen because it’s written here or because someone tells you not to… it should happen because you get what the gospel really is.

The real question for us to think about is what does that look like in our lives?