Thursday, February 12, 2009
“‘I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!’
John Piper’s latest biographical sermon is now available (audio, text). His subject was George Whitefield and his title was “‘I Will Not Be a Velvet-Mouthed Preacher!’ The Life and Ministry of George Whitefield: Living and Preaching as Though God Were Real (Because He Is).”
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Revelation Song
It has been an incredible weekend, and it's taken me a bit of time to process our worship today. Describing it challenges me.
Our choir joined the worship team, and then shared Revelation Song. I've been anticipating this all week because this song has captured me. I have loved it from the first time I heard it.
This song proclaims powerfully the majesty of who God is, and then joins the heavenly chorus of Revelations - "And they do not rest day or night, saying: ' Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!'…"
As we prepared for our first service Saturday nite we were told of the death of seven year old champion whose name is Tyler. Our church has walked beside Tyler and his family thu the diagnosis of a brain tumor right up to Tyler's journey home to Jesus yesterday.
On this weekend our pastors were walking wounded. I watched them press hard on the One who is still good and still worthy of praise, and from that posture faithfully lead the church in the truth that even "death has no final word" because our God "hold the keys of life" and "is a God who saves".
Then following worship our choir sang Revelation Song - the song that heaven sings - and powerful worship happened at CTK.
On Saturday nite people rose to their feet singing and worshiping with the choir thru the final chorus and into a powerful verse of the traditional hymn "Holy, Holy, Holy".
Then on Sunday morning, in the first of our three services, people actually came out of their seats into the aisles and on their knees before the Lord in worship:
"Holy, Holy Holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will adore You"
Witnessing this from stage I was completely undone. God was so present, so worthy, so worshiped. As a choir we wept, and then we prayed together that people would see Jesus...in this place...on this day...for who He is - Worthy.
Worthy in life and worthy in death.
And I am still singing this song.
Our choir joined the worship team, and then shared Revelation Song. I've been anticipating this all week because this song has captured me. I have loved it from the first time I heard it.
This song proclaims powerfully the majesty of who God is, and then joins the heavenly chorus of Revelations - "And they do not rest day or night, saying: ' Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!'…"
As we prepared for our first service Saturday nite we were told of the death of seven year old champion whose name is Tyler. Our church has walked beside Tyler and his family thu the diagnosis of a brain tumor right up to Tyler's journey home to Jesus yesterday.
On this weekend our pastors were walking wounded. I watched them press hard on the One who is still good and still worthy of praise, and from that posture faithfully lead the church in the truth that even "death has no final word" because our God "hold the keys of life" and "is a God who saves".
Then following worship our choir sang Revelation Song - the song that heaven sings - and powerful worship happened at CTK.
On Saturday nite people rose to their feet singing and worshiping with the choir thru the final chorus and into a powerful verse of the traditional hymn "Holy, Holy, Holy".
Then on Sunday morning, in the first of our three services, people actually came out of their seats into the aisles and on their knees before the Lord in worship:
"Holy, Holy Holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. With all creation I sing praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything, and I will adore You"
Witnessing this from stage I was completely undone. God was so present, so worthy, so worshiped. As a choir we wept, and then we prayed together that people would see Jesus...in this place...on this day...for who He is - Worthy.
Worthy in life and worthy in death.
And I am still singing this song.
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