Song for the Week

I was sitting in Starbucks this morning meditating on the Scriptures about to meet with a young man that I have been walking through the Word with for several months, and this song came on over my ipod and the words really stirred my heart and made me think about our great and steady, all-powerful God. I hope that you would read the words, meditate on the Scriptures and maybe buy this song if you don't already own it, and that it would stir your heart for the Lord.

The Scripture that it reminds me of is Psalm 63:1-4-for some reason when I read this I think about how great and worthy He is of everything.

"O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; m,y flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. SO I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will life up my hands."


Worthy of Affection-Shane and Shane

Deliverer you brought us out of the miry clay
You set our feet upon a rock and you made us say
Holy is the Lord
We would declare your thoughts about us one by one
It'd be too many to count so we simply come
And sing of your great love

So we sing..We lift our hands and sing!

You are worthy of affection
Your the radiance of all of His glory
Let adoration fill this place
You hold everything together
By the word of your immovable power
We sing a song of praise!

We are the broken down and we are the beaten up
But what could stop us from a song of unending love?
Holy is the lord
You are a treasure, the hope, the bright and morning star
You are the lover of our soul and you've won our hearts
We sing of your great love
So we sing
We lift our hands and sing!

BRIDGE
Worthy are you Lord
Worthy are you Lord
O worthy are you Lord
Of all Praise
All Glory to you Lord
All Glory to you Lord
All Glory to you Lord
Forever More
Forever More

Holy are you Lord
Holy are you Lord
Holy are you Lord

I pray this song stirs your heart today as you read and listen to it. You can purchase the song at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/worthy-of-affection/id337436409?i=337436568&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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Lessons From Zambia

Well here I am back in the states trying to get my sleeping pattern back to normal, after a 10 day stint in the bush of Africa. I have been trying over the last few days to think about those things that the Lord worked on in my life and in the life of our team that was there. There are some many things to share, and stories of lives that the Gospel has changed and seeds that were planted and others that were watered, that I could tell you and fill up this blog with, but the one thing that I want to focus on today comes from a chapter in Psalm that the Lord led me to during my devotion time.

Ps. 92:1-5-It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High, to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night. To the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O Lord have made me glad by your work; at the work of your hands I sing for joy. How great are your works, O Lord! your thoughts are very deep!!

I think I read this Psalm every day and every day it blew me away. We got to see the work of the Lord in Africa, through the poverty and trials, there was an overcoming joy. The work of the Lord that I was able to encounter this trip was what happens in the life of someone who has been absolutely captured by the Gospel of Christ. The way that it changes everything, the way feelings and emotions change, the way relationships change, the way the world around is viewed differently. I was privileged to see this first hand in a country where there is not much, by worldly standards to be joyful in.

Then it hit me, this is how it is suppose to be everywhere, whether we live in Lubbock or Choma, Zambia, we have the same reason to rejoice and be joyful, Christ has saved us from an inevitable eternal death. He has plucked us out of the very hands of death, and set our feet on the solid ground. So when the Psalmist says, "I will declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night..." This is what He is talking about, salvation, that God would give us another day to serve Him and shout to the world His great mercies and grace.

So today, may we, despite of our current circumstances, whether good or bad, rejoice and sing praise because He offers to us a new life in Him.

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Zambia Team

This Saturday 8 of us from FCL will be boarding a plane in Lubbock and landing Monday afternoon in Lusaka, Zambia. This will be followed by a 4-5 hour bus ride into the area where we will be working and doing ministry. As I think about this trip and the amount of work that the Lord has for us to do, I cannot help but have visions of the little faces that will one day be running rampant in that orphanage. I think of the way that they will be taught, and the things that will be afforded to them. I think about the stories that will come from the kids who's lives will be affected at NEW DAY. So as you think about our team this week, pray for us for sure, we covet those prayers. But more then us, lift up the leaders Blu and Darbi Tidwell, lift up the workers that will come to minister there, and pray for those little faces that will one day be involved in that place.
This is about so much more than just building buildings and encouraging missionaries, this is about playing a small part in what the Lord is going to do in Zambia. This is a part that each one of us gets to play, whether we are going or whether we are staying and praying. Please don't take lightly the call that God has placed on your life, we get to see and hear what He is going and that is something to rejoice in.

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Go to http://www.newdayorphanage.org for more info on what is happening in Zambia.