Here is a preview of some of the songs for Wakefield worship on April 1.
He Reigns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2pw3rJvif8
Forever Reign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpUJkFmv8kE
How Great is Our God
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvXweftb7UU
See you on Sunday!
Pastor Randy
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
White Flag
As a worship leader, I listen to a lot of Christian music. I've been waiting for the release of the new Passion CD, White Flag. The title song is a great testimony of how we are to live for Christ:
The battle rages on
As storm and tempest roar
We cannot win this fight
Inside our rebel hearts
We're laying down our weapons now
We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You
We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won
Here on this Holy ground
You made a way for peace
Laying your body down
You took our rightful place
This freedom song is marching on
We lift the cross
Lift it high lift it high
It's the words of the chorus that are important:
We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You
We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won
As I meditate on these words again tonight, I'm reminded that there is no area of my life that God doesn't desire to control. Catch that - God wants control over every area of my life. That's what biblical worship is all about - giving everything to Him. It means I have to raise my white flag and surrender all to Him. We do this as an act of love and devotion to the One who gave everything for us.
Surrender doesn't put boundaries on things. It doesn't say, God, You have all of this part of my life. But I'll hold on to the rest. He gets everything. All of it. For His glory. For Him to be known through me. Surrender lays ourselves open to Him completely and ready to be used as He sees fit.
So don't hold anything back. Give it all to God. Then watch Him do some incredibly awesome things. True worshippers is what He is seeking - those who surrender all to Him.
Pastor Randy
The battle rages on
As storm and tempest roar
We cannot win this fight
Inside our rebel hearts
We're laying down our weapons now
We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You
We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won
Here on this Holy ground
You made a way for peace
Laying your body down
You took our rightful place
This freedom song is marching on
We lift the cross
Lift it high lift it high
It's the words of the chorus that are important:
We raise our white flag
We surrender
All to You
All for You
We raise our white flag
The war is over
Love has come
Your love has won
As I meditate on these words again tonight, I'm reminded that there is no area of my life that God doesn't desire to control. Catch that - God wants control over every area of my life. That's what biblical worship is all about - giving everything to Him. It means I have to raise my white flag and surrender all to Him. We do this as an act of love and devotion to the One who gave everything for us.
Surrender doesn't put boundaries on things. It doesn't say, God, You have all of this part of my life. But I'll hold on to the rest. He gets everything. All of it. For His glory. For Him to be known through me. Surrender lays ourselves open to Him completely and ready to be used as He sees fit.
So don't hold anything back. Give it all to God. Then watch Him do some incredibly awesome things. True worshippers is what He is seeking - those who surrender all to Him.
Pastor Randy
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