sooo, i just got a text that says…
“Clear scan!!! Praise GOD!!!”
the only thing i would like to add to that is…
thank you, thank you, and thank YOU!!!
thank you, thank you, and thank YOU!!!
December 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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time to share!!!
December 14, 2009 · 6 Comments
sooo, if you’re not familiar with the story of my friends dave and jodi… you can catch up on things by reading this post and then this post…but if you are, then read on…
today they met with a surgeon and kind of laid out a course of action…and her surgery is set up for next tuesday at this point…but tomorrow morning she has to go in for PET scan at 7:30am…this will be to determine “if” the cancer has spread…if it hasn’t spread they will move forward with the surgery…if it has spread she will have to go through kimo before having any surgery…
i’m reminded of a verse in galatians…and would like to remind you of it as well…galatians 6:2…
Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
this is what i’m asking each of you to do…to share their burden…to lift that burden up in prayer once again…pray that they will have peace and be able to rest, specifically, tonight…pray that this PET scan goes well tomorrow morning and that the cancer has NOT spread…pray that God will continue to give them strength and patience as they wait for results…and once again i encourage you to send them a quick e-mail letting them know that you are praying for them(dreed16@woh.rr.com)…even type out your prayer in the e-mail!!!
it’s that time…
time to share!!!
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sunday setlists…LIVE…12/13/09…
December 14, 2009 · 1 Comment
sooo, this is another post submitted as a part of the craziness over on fred’s blog…it’s a weekly hot spot for worship leaders to blog about what all happened in their weekend services…GO CHECK IT OUT!!!
as usual i was in the LIVE services at lima community church…here we go…
1. joy to the world…as recorded by third day
then we had a quick meet and greet…
2. rise and sing…by fee
at this point i read through psalm 145:1-7…i reminded everyone that we have SO MUCH to be praising God for…and of the hundreds of “stories” that were represented in each service…we need to be telling people our “stories” of what God has done in our lives…and we need to praise Him with ALL that we have!!!
3. sing to the King…by billy foote and charles silvester horne
4. You are my King…by billy foote
at this point, each service was different…we had a time of prayer in each service…but there was also a ministry time in two of the services, asking God to bring healing to people…healing in their mind, relationships, and in their bodies…then we had both the video and the verbal announcements…and lastly our offering set up…
5. o come all ye faithful…as recorded by third day
then we had the “roll-in” video which was our executive pastor vince nelson, “elfed”…and then he gave our message for the week entitled, “Christmas is for Imperfect Marriages”…
6. You are my King…acoustic reprise
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i’m excited to look back on monday morning and see what God was able to do this past weekend…coming into the rehearsal time i took a quick pole on who felt prepared…there weren’t many hands and the air…the majority seemed to have a very hectic week…and we had two Christmas tunes to pull together as well as teaching “rise and sing” to this band for the first time…it was a lot…but God pulled things together pretty quickly and by the service time saturday night we were ready to go!!!
i am more than pleased with how each of the services went…the band was very solid…i would say that “rise and sing” is a keeper…all of the services became very engaged when we started that one up…each service also had it’s own feel and time of ministry…God worked at different times in each service and in different ways…it was awesome to be a part of!!!
one thing that i ran into this weekend was the handling of ministry time…i had one of the female vocalists leading “You are my King”…yet i felt the need to lead it myself at the end of the service…it’s not a knock on the other vocalists at all, she does a great job…but in my mind the worship leader should be leading at that point of the service…i am able to sense where the pastor is going and lead along side of them…and for some reason, i actually hesitated on this saturday night…
then we got to the ministry time in the service…i was quickly reminded of why i feel that way…the host pastor came up during ministry time and wanted to extend it and even gave a very specific challenge to “someone” that God was telling him needed to deal with things…i was able to continue on without having to communicate that to someone else, for them to lead…i’m just not sure why i even hesitated in the first place???
sooo there you have it…
sunday setlists…LIVE…12/13/09…
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a simple favor…
December 11, 2009 · 12 Comments
sooo, last night i posted a quick story of what some friends of ours are now going through…and today i received an update from them…jodi has two types of cancer, one of which is contained and the other is not…at this point they will not know how far it has spread, or where too, until they do more testing…they do know the type of cancer that was not contained is an aggressive type of cancer…they will meet with a surgeon on monday to determine a course of action…they also know that following her surgery she will have to go through kimo…
though many of you have NO CLUE who these people are and may never know, i have a favor to ask…
a simple favor…
i would like to have as many people as possible pray for them…and then send them a simple e-mail that says, “i’m praying for you!” …i know that this would be a much needed encouragement to them!!!
their names are dave and jodi…their 8 month old twins are zane and sophia…you can e-mail them at dreed16@woh.rr.com…you can pray for them…NOW!!!
a simple favor…
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my knees hurt…
December 10, 2009 · 2 Comments
sooo, i’m studying for a lesson that i am supposed to give this weekend…my focus is going to be about living for today and embracing all that God has given us…i even went and purchased a video to go with it…but i didn’t have a great illustration…i have to have an illustration!!!
then i got this text message this afternoon…it was from one of my closest friends in life…he has been for years…he has been through a lot ton with me…so getting the text was no big deal…but what was contained in the text is a different story!!!
he told me that his wife most likely has breast cancer and the doctor said that it didn’t look good…she just found something out of the ordinary on tuesday and had some tests run on wednesday…tomorrow they go in to to get the more specific results…then he said, ” i can’t live without her”…WHAT?!?
my head just started racing…my heart was pounding as if it wanted out…all kinds of questions…all kinds of feelings and emotions…
they aren’t the first people to have this happen…i know that…they aren’t even the first, for people that i know personally…but this is not supposed to happen to them…they already went through a battle to have children…that took about everything out of them and then some…not to mention the fact that they now have 8 month old twins at home…
tonight kasey and i went for a visit with them, their children, and her parents…it wasn’t what i would call fun…but we had a great time of prayer with them…it was prayer to the point that…
my knees hurt…
it’s amazing how quickly perspective can change…it’s amazing how strong He is, when we are weak…it’s amazing how passionate our prayers can be, when we want them to be…so passionate that…
my knees hurt…
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