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Praying to Our God

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My sermon, Praying To Our God, from Psalm 34 is online.  This sermon, which served to kick off our church’s Week of Prayer, sought to encourage us to be a people of prayer by showing that God gives joy, listens to our prayers and comes near to help us.  We distributed our Week of Prayer devotionals and had an enjoyable morning looking heavenward for help.  I trust you had a glorious Lord’s Day kicking off the New Year.

Thinking About Next Year

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There are some amazing tools I use to think through goals and priorities for the coming year.  Each December I try to think about what different priorities need to characterize my life and ministry.  Some tools I use are:

Don Whitney’s Questions to Ask At the Start of A New Year
Justin Buzzard’s Monthly Day Away to Think and Pray
Mark Driscoll’s Biblical Man Worksheet
Isaac Watts’ Questions for a Pastor (Parts 1 and 2)

Use these tools to see your heart and make adjustments accordingly.

Weekend Preview – Psalm 34

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For the next couple of Sundays, Crestview will be looking at Psalm 34.  This coming Lord’s Day, in particular, we will be thinking about prayer in this Psalm.  Those who cry to the Lord are heard.  We are called to praise. There is so much for us.  Over on Twitter, I’ve been tweeting meditations on these verses.  I would encourage you to read this Psalm and think about what it means for your prayer life.  If you are interested in some of our Week of Prayer resources, they are available here.

Weekend Recap – Jesus, Word in the Flesh

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My sermon from 12/25/11 from John 1:14 entitled Christmas Truth is online.  In this talk, I tried to simply and helpfully point to how Jesus, both His coming to earth and displaying glory, as the true meaning of Christmas.    Sorry that I was a little slow in getting it up and the link posted.  We’ve been busy this week with holiday plans.  Hope you have a great week looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith.

He’s Here

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Tonight at our church’s Christmas Eve Carol & Candlelight Service (6-6:30PM), this video is shown from the Jesus Storybook Bible.  I love incorporating something like this to help children visually see the amazing wonder of Christmas.  Enjoy.

Weekend Preview – Word Became Flesh

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This coming Sunday is Christmas.  My advent series through John’s Gospel will culminate this Sunday as we look at John 1:14:

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Christmas is really about this truth.  The Word, Jesus, became flesh like you and me and lived among us.  He came and displayed glory and this glory was like glory from the Father: it was full of grace and truth.

This week, continue to marvel at God become a man and come this Lord’s Day anticipating a sight of His glory as we unfold this amazing verse and wonder at the Incarnation.

Weekend Review – 12/18/11

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We enjoyed a great Lord’s Day yesterday morning at Crestview.  Our children sang to open our service, we sang great carols exalting our Savior, and had a great morning in John’s Gospel.  My sermon, Receiving Jesus, from John 1:11-13 sought to give 3 aspects of receiving Him.  He’s often missed by people, and He’s received by believers, who are born of God.

In the evening, we gathered to watch Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God on DVD.  This worshipful time helps us see how the Bible connects together to point to Jesus.  All in all, it was a terrific day.