Christmas songs

Just finished the Christmas series at my church and we got to do some great songs that reminded us of the coming of the God Man, Jesus Christ.

Chris Tomlin- Glory in the Highest. all of the Christmas songs that we did came from this album. Enjoy.

we just finished up a great series and we did some great songs both secular and Christian. here is a list of the worship songs that we did this past series for those of you who would like to purchase them if you don't already have them.

you alone- David Crowder
from the inside out- Hillsong United
Oh for a thousand tongues to sing- David Crowder band (Charles Wesley)
Lord of Lords- Hillsong
Majesty- Delirious?
In Christ Alone- Matt Papa
indescribable- Chris Tomlin
Yahweh- Hillsong
Desert song- Hillsong

My goal as a worship pastor is not to entertain you, but to bring us to a place where we are humbled by the love and grace of Jesus Christ. And also to learn to sing louder with our lives than we do with our voices. jh

for those of you looking for good music to worship with, here is some stuff that i love and use in my church and in my car....

Hillsong- Albums-Across the Earth, Faith+hope+love, I heart revolutioin, God He Reigns

Charlie Hall- Album- the bright sadness

Tim Hughes- Albums- Happy day(live album), Holding nothing back

Phil Wickham- Album- Cannons

Passion artists- Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder, Christy Nockles, Charile Hall,

Northpoint music- Todd Fields, Kristian Stanfill, Fee, Eddie Kirkland

Jon Foreman- Seasons (fall, winter, spring, summer)

Ben Cantelon

Mutemath

Derek Webb

Christa Wells

Delirious

Desperation Band

The Rain City project- Bands from Mars Hill church

thats enough for now.





Also if your looking for good podcast to listen to here is some of what i have on my ipod

David Platt
Francis Chan
Matt Chandler
Mark Driscoll
John Piper
Resurgence

My set list this week if you would like to purchase them off i-tunes is

-O for a thousand tongues to sing- David Crowder
-Glorious One- Fee
-Lord of lords- Hillsong (Brooke Fraser)
-Breathe on me- Todd Fields

Missions in a fallen world

So, my church is about to finish up our series on God’s love for justice called “Echo.” I have seen our church break out of their comfort zones and serve our community in some amazing ways over these past few weeks.
I was in my car this morning thinking about songs for Sunday and how they all connected to one another, and a rather saddening thought came to mind. Since the Garden, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, and sin forever entered the world, all the human race has ever known is this desire to sin. (Gen. 3) Sin is our nature. We cannot escape it. No matter how hard we try, we will sin.
So I began to think, no wonder there is so much evil in the world. That is what we as humans do, sin. Then I began to think about the Gospel and the beautiful message of God loving this fallen world. I was reminded of Him giving His son up to die for our sins, and a peace began to fill me (John 3:16, 2 Cor 5:21).
Martin Luther called it the Great exchange; our sin was forgiven by death on a cross. Jesus gave Himself to save us. Isn’t it amazing that we are sinners saved by grace, but yet we still sin and we still do evil each and every day?
The question is how are we going to bring justice to the world? The answer is we can't. But thanks be to God, since the fall He has so beautifully been working out His story to bring justice, peace, and hope back to mankind.
We must realize that even though we can never fully bring justice to the world, it is our job as Christians to progressively work towards it. So how do fallen people do that? First, we take the same Gospel message that saved the apostle Paul, and that saved 3,000 people on Pentecost, and that has saved you and me, and we share it. Then, fueled by the Gospel message, we love, we fight for justice, and we strive for peace. We die for the love that has saved us and called so sweetly out of darkness and into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).
I realize we can’t do it, but we have hope in Christ Jesus. He will one day restore His kingdom, and we will live with him for eternity. Then, we will truly see the beauty of Jesus. We will know how He turned something fallen into something risen. jh

Hello to all, I have never blogged before and was somewhat against it for a while, but who knows what good God can use this for and what good might come from it. I am looking forward to sharing thoughts on worship and life. if your wondering what L.O.W stands for, it means "Life Of Worship." Its the call for all Christ followers to live out what we sing, read, and hear. It comes from Romans 12:1 which says I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. This verse is my prayer i struggle with it and I can't always live it, but the call of this verse is to great and the joy we find in Christ when this verse is lived out is worth the struggle. So may we be living sacrifices!