Song Talks

Lord I need you, oh I need you! Every hour I need you! You're my one defense, my righteousness, oh, God how I need you. Sometimes I need to be reminded of things. For example, we recently changed our trash pick- up company which changed the day the trash gets picked up. I've missed it several times. And in a family of 7, that is NOT a good thing. I need to be reminded. My kids need to be reminded to do things like, brush their teeth, pick up their rooms and eat their vegetables…constantly. We are forgetful people. Have you ever gone through a day and forgotten to acknowledge the Lord? A week? A month? We are forgetful people. We have a tendency to lean into Jesus only when we can't handle our problems or trials on our own. After he finished writing "Lord, I need You" Matt Maher encouraged his listeners to remember that we ALWAYS need the Lord, not just in hard times, but in joy also. Psalm 40 strikes the delicate balance between trusting in Christ dur...

"Not to us, but to Your name, we lift up highest praise!" What a great declaration of praise from a new song "Love so Greath" we will be learning at 11:00 this week!  This declaration of praise is derived from the 115 th Psalm. This Psalm is a part of the "Hallel" psalms which were recited by the children of Israel on certain days of the year. This specific psalm focuses on God as the one true God against the idols made by the hands of pagan nations. J. Vernon Mcgee suggests this song was written by someone that was of the diaspora, the exile of the Hebrew tribes to live among ungodly people. You can somewhat sense that the author has been living in or has witnessed the practices of a culture that does not honor God, the creator of the heavens and earth. He feels ridiculed by the heathen in vs. 2 as he is asked where this "one true God" is.  The author responds with a declaration that He is in the heavens, overseeing all the affairs of...

Hmmm…what to write about this week. Ah yes! Easter! What a great time in the life of our church! We exist to glorify God by making disciples through the Bible and relationships. There is no better way to glorify God than coming to church and remembering and celebrating the resurrection of our Lord! But before we get to Easter, there is good Friday. It seems counter-intuitive to say that the Friday that Jesus was crucified on the cross was "good", but in so many ways it was. Let's look at a couple of them. Captured so beautifully in the modern Hymn "How deep the Father's love for us" the Getty's describe the grand love of God for humanity in Christ's suffering for us on the cross. "How Deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure, that He would give His only Son, to make a wretch His treasure." The apostle John described it in his own words in the familiar John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave...