Just Follow the Word

Start with the song today! http://youtu.be/F1mwK96O6lE Wow!  I heard this song this week on the radio, well actually I heard the first verse and it grabbed my attention so much that this morning I looked it up on you tube.  The song made me think of being on a pilgrimage. I wonder how the pilgrims came to the feast at Thanksgiving... Each verse spoke of how we will worship with a endless Hallelujah and I thought why can't my worship and my life today be a endless hallelujah?  Sure sin is here, brokenness and pain and the hurts of this world are all part of our pilgrimage but God is so much bigger than this world.  I wonder if I focus more on God and less on this world if I could sing this song with a endless hallelujah in my heart today... Maybe this song will fall flat with you.  Maybe something else will grab you today or this week.  Maybe you sing a song of hurt right now.  Maybe you are feeling so low you can't even sing a song.  Take some time to look at the sc

    Psalm 27:13-14   I remain confident of this:    I will see the goodness of the LORD    in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD;    be strong and take heart    and wait for the LORD. How do we wait?  How do we follow?  How do we make decisions by following the word?  What does it mean to take up your cross and follow Christ?  These are the questions I often ask and I am hearing many others share the same questions.  What does it mean to wait on the Lord when you have to make a decision?  Is an open door always the Lords direction?  I am reading a book right now (one amoung many)  I am finding out how ADD I am when it comes to books.  There are so many good ones and I want to read them all NOW.  It is probably more about my wanting to rush thru life rather than my ADD!  Anyway...The book is by Chip Ingram, and the title is, Sex 180.  I think it is chapter 12 that nails it completely.  We can't do any of "this"!  This meaning the directions and commands

I am still going through the song books and today I turned the page to, Holy Holy Holy.  I put 2 links on here to bring you to the song on you tube.  One for those who love hymns slow and reverent, and one for those who love to rock a bit to the music.  I wonder if we sometimes get hung up on the type of music and miss the words of the song.  If it isn't my style do I still listen to it?  "Just saying",  this is the phrase that has been quite popular in our house when we put a thought out there.  So with that said here are the links !    http://youtu.be/6iK0Miq2xNo  - Quiet and reverent http://youtu.be/DWkq7PLmGtQ  - WoW! After much searching on You Tube I discovered some songs are ONLY made to be quiet and reverent and holy but that second video shows some heart worship. It was inspiring to watch. Holy Holy Holy, early in the morning my song shall rise to thee!  What is my song today?  Is it one of hopelessness, is it in the valley or on the peak, is it just ov

Do you ever get really confused?  Do you ever feel you just can't focus?  Do you ever wish God gave directions verbally like he did in the old testament?  He still speaks today but it seems we need to be A LOT more quiet to hear it.  I am taking a class that requires me to listen to lectures via my computer.  The professors name was David Powlison and he talked about the fruit of the spirit today and it reminded me of a couple things.  One being a song...    http://youtu.be/3J1mqpLXnCc Sure is a catchy tune! One of the comments of the professor was, "If you are a Christian you will begin to see the fruit of the spirit being more evident in your life"  The older you get as a Christian the more evident the fruit will be.He also said that you will recognize people who are Christians by those fruits of the spirit.   Maybe this thought is old to you or maybe it is new to you, but this comment really made me think and I guess it was kind of new to me.  We live in a world