Consider Change.
Each new year many people take a step back and pick over their life, habits, relationships and health. A new year does not bring a new person, each new day does. Every day consider it a brand new start- where you are standing on your past to enable advancement into the future. With each day there are new catastrophes, unrealistic
The week of Prayer and fasting is coming up for our church (23rd of January-29th) I would ask you to consider making some changes in your own life.
I've been burdened, even more lately
That is seriously the most false starts ever for me on a post. I wanted to word it in a way so as to draw the reader in,because what I have to write about today is life-changing. After thinking it over though, I realise that it isn't my task to accomplish.
A week of prayer and fasting for our church is coming up, and as I know my readers live all over the world and cannot attend with me in personI thought that I would mention it in advance so we can all join in together to seek God. The week set is January 23 – 29th. Consider it, listen to the Holy Spirit inside you communicating to you the way only He can.
What in your life is God calling you to seek victory in? If you look for security in relationships, food, love, exercise, family, media, this could be a time of incredible severing of ties. Ask God to burden YOUR heart for what HE wants of you.
Fasting is not a hunger strike or bribing God to do something, it is the neglect of of food, securities, or habits that make you cling to Christ to meet your needs. If you are curious about fasting, please read a great book called God's Chosen Fast and/or check out Your Personal Guide to Fasting from Campus Crusade.
I was thinking for that week I will do posts on what God is doing. I will post a little daily and would encourage you to consider it also however you feel you should. If you'd like to you can post about what God is doing in you during the fast in the comments. Or you can follow along in silence, whatever works.
Consider making allowing change, consider fasting.
More of my posts on fasting.
Make Love, Make War: Now is the Time to Worship
Make Love, Make War: Now Is the Time to Worship
Chapter by chapter Brian Doerksen (the Award-winning songwriter and worship leader) tells of the songs that have changed his life, molded him and how his own lyrics have challenged him to be different-closer to God. I love worshiping, and enjoyed reading Doerksen's thoughts on leading people in, but mostly how he was brought to his knees to praise. As we worship God we are communicating with Him in a way that can transform us, therefore we are waging war, and we are to love the war this brings. We are to long to be changed by God each time we come before Him, each time he tells us something new.
True worshipers will love and do battle, followers of Christ are called to spread peace just as much as they are called to be in the forefront fighting a spiritual warfare. This walk of a worshiper is not just in worship, but in how one lives, how one serves and also how one fights to protect what is most valuable in life.However it is often when we are singing out of love for God he will show us an area on which to make war, a segment of our life that He is calling us to surrender. In that sweet place of complete immersion in Christ we are challenged to make those changes happen. I can't even begin to describe all the things that Make Love, Make War covers. It is a book that will beg change in you, bring you to a place of better understanding of Christ and of worship and help you understand the importance of taking up your sword and making war.
At the end of each chapter are a couple short paragraphs on learning to work with your own songs- write music and learn to worship Christ. I loved reading what this worship song writing guru had to say about songwriting. I learned something from each chapter, each section and I loved how Brian Doerksen challenged his readers.I recommend this to worshipers and worship leaders alike- there is no reason every follower of Christ wouldn't be challenged by this book, to be closer to God and aspire to be made more like Him through worship and communion. Great read!!
- ISBN: 9781434766823
- Subtitle: Now Is the Time to Worship
- Author: Doerksen, Brian
- Publisher: David C. Cook
- Subject: Christian Life - General
- Publication Date: August 2009
- Language: English
- Pages: 253
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