sooo, i was watching a video podcast this morning of francis chan…from his church…not only did he have a very powerful message, he also had a great singer/songwriter visit back in july and sing this song…listen to her explanation of the song, as well as to the powerful lyrics…here is a youtube video of the song as kendall payne performed it that morning at cornerstone church…as well as his challenge with the song…
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sooo, here we are on a great thursday morning…it’s FREEZING in the wonderful state of ohio and we are supposed to get some of God’s greatest creation today…SNOW!!! i love snow!!! how appropriate that it would come on a thursday…speaking of thursdays, next thursday will be thanksgiving…it will also be our last thankful thursday for a while…so you’ll just have to keep an eye out for one in the future if you really care to share what you are thankful for…in the mean time, i need to get things rolling this morning…so here goes…it’s…
thankful thursday!!!
this week i’m thankful for snow…i’m thankful how God works out the little details…i’m thankful for a job…i’m thankful for God’s provision through my job…i’m thankful for the fact that God is in complete control regardless of who is president and what wallstreet has to say about things…i’m thankful that political commercials are no longer running every other minute on the television…i’m thankful for brother’s in Christ that can hold me accountable…i’m thankful for the prayers of my friends and family…i’m thankful for how God continues to teach me new things about Him, through being a father…i’m thankful for God’s continued protection of kasey and baby mckanna #2…i’m thankful for how molly continues to grow…i’m thankful for how molly loves to sing with daddy…i’m thankful for how molly is now putting words together and forming short sentences…i’m thankful for God giving me energy and strength this week as i’m getting up earlier…i’m thankful for God’s patience with me…i’m thankful for his unconditional love…i’m thankful for his mercy and grace that is new to me this morning…
so there you have it…now it’s your turn…let’s hear what you are thankful for…this is how it works…click on the thankful thursday title, at the bottom of the page you type in your name, e-mail address, and then what it is that you are thankful for this week…then hit the “submit” button…don’t forget to check back and see what others have to be thankful for…and for those lurkers who don’t share…shame on YOU!!!
come on…it’s…
thankful thursday!!!
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sooo, this morning as i was going through scripture i was struck with this question…and i’d like to hear what you have to say…
what does it mean to humble yourself???
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sooo, this past weekend we had a little challenge in the mckanna household…and i have to say it was quite the challenge!!! whenever sunday afternoon rolls around you can find us all in the house and getting settled in for a snoooze…but for some reason little miss molly did not think that she needed to take a nap this week…she thought that it was time to play, read, sing…you name it, she was doing it…except for sleep that is…
i took the first thirty minute battle with her…into her room we went…she was up in the big girl bed and i laid beside it on the floor so she wouldn’t get out…she would lay there and talk for a couple minutes and then she would sit up to see if i was still there…back down she would go and back to her talking and singing and whatever else you want to call it…this continued for thirty minutes, despite several scoldings from her father…
sooo i came out and told mommy it was her turn…i needed a break!!! and mommy went round and round with her for the next twenty to thirty minutes…to no avail of course…molly comes marching out to the living room as if she had just won the republican ticket for 2012…it was my turn once again to get miss molly to take a nap…
sooo back into the room we went, assuming our previous positions…she was crying at this point and just fighting sleep with everything she had…still sitting up to see if i was there…and when she would see me, the crying would resume…each time the volume would creep up one decibel level…until i finally decided to pick her up and sit in the rocking chair…i told her to lay her head down and she did…but i had to keep my hand on her back to keep her from climbing down…and boy did she want to climb down…the screams and tears were very real at this point…she was not wanting to sleep and she was not happy to say the least!!!
but finally she gave in…she was exhausted from fighting and couldn’t take it anymore…i had rocked her in the chair for at least twenty minutes…the whole time she was fighting, screaming, crying…my shirt was soaked with tears and snot…the neck of my shirt was stretched from her tugging away…but she finally fell asleep…
i knew that molly needed to sleep…otherwise no one would survive the remainder of the day…i knew that she wasn’t feeling the greatest and that rest would do her a lot of good…i knew that she had a big night ahead of her and would need the energy so she could play with all of her friends at church…i had to be patient with her…
while i was sitting in the rocking chair with her, all i could do is pray…and i was thanking God for how patient He has been and continues to be with me…i can’t imagine the number of times that God has known what was lying ahead for me and yet i fought to do what i wanted…how many times God wanted what was best for me and yet i wanted nothing to do with it…how many times i wanted to get busy with things and He wanted me to rest, He knew i needed to rest…
i love being a father…i love the countless ways that God blesses my life through being a father…i love the lessons that i continue to learn…and this is just one more lesson…
a father’s patience…
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sooo, i’m back to take part in another week of the madness on fred’s blog…here goes…
we started out with a welcome and explanation of a video that we were cutting of our service…for next weeks’ live services…
1. Hosanna…by starfield
then we had a welcome for the video…letting people in the live services get a feel for the source video venue…
2. all we need…by charlie hall
3. Your love is deep…by jami smith
4. from the inside out…by hillsong united
once the worship set was done the campus pastor came up and went through the offering, anouncements, and set up our weekly coffee break…then we rolled right into the message video…
we again used we are alive by elevation worship as our pre-service, coffee break, and post-service music…
it was tough this week scheduling a drummer…not sure what was going on, but i didn’t get a drummer lined up until thurday night…and it was our lead worship pastor…but on a better note, we were not sharing our space with the youth this week…they were away on a retreat…so we did get an extra thirty minutes to sleep and show up later…we also had a first time sound man, first time for our venue…he did a great job of mixing for us…
one thing we have found in the last two weeks…we have been playing mp3’s after the service to keep the volume level down…this has really helped with people sticking around longer afterwards and building relationships…we do not have a lobby to speak of, for people to go to…otherwise the band would play each week at the end of the service…it’s been a good change for us…it also allows us to start tearing down a little sooner and gets the band members out of there and back home with their families sooner…
so there you have it…
sunday setlists…take twelve…
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