I love this song. We sang it at nearly every meeting when we were planning our last Brazil trip.
"Savior, He can move the mountains.
My God is mighty to save, He is mighty to save.
Forever, author of salvation.
He rose and conquered the grave,
Jesus conquered the grave!"
We've never sung this at our church. Hey, somebody who has some pull (Val), let's sing this soon!
Sing for the glory of the Risen King on this Saturday!
A bloggy friend of mine, Amy Beth (Ministry So Fabulous!) wrote a post today that really touched me. Her friend and roommate whom she calls Roomie had a precious baby boy the other day. She's been living with Amy Beth for the last few months as she prepared to have the baby and AB's been her support and coach and friend. A really great friend. As in, we all should be so blessed to have a friend like Amy Beth.
Anyway, I thought you might like to read what she wrote. It will make you think. It may make you cry. It may even make you feel ashamed of some of your thoughts or attitudes.
And sometimes that's a good thing.
We're having a pastor's conference at our church this week. Tonight the pastor was really good. (Actually there were two but I had to leave before the second one started since it was getting late for the kids.) I'm sure the second guy was great too. :)
So this pastor, I have heard about him pretty much all my life. Let me 'splain. His family is friends with my home church pastor's family. And my home church pastor's daughter is my best friend from, like, the nursery! I just remember hearing about this man and his family growing up, although I never met any of them. So now he's a pastor in TN and friends with one of our pastors and he preached at our church tonight. And like the title says, he BROUGHT IT.
He preached from 1 Tim. 2:1-8. One of the things he said that really stood out to me was about the message that we all have. It's simple. If you are saved, you have a message. And you are to share that message. With everyone. EVERYONE. As in, "if they are breathing, you tell them!"
Sometimes we think we don't have anything to say. No huge, blinding light on the road testimony. But the Bible says that your message is Christ, that He saves, and that you have faith that He died on the cross for you. That's it. And that's enough! Because that's ALL that matters. God's Word won't return void! He has promised us that. As Beth Moore said in the "Psalms of the Ascent" video, "you aren't good enough to mess God up!" Even if your face gets bright red (I don't know anyone who does that. ahem) and you fumble your words and stumble over the Scripture, God can use it! Isn't that freeing?
Cause it's not about me.
Thank goodness.
