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All right LCF(or to those who actually even read these)! So heres the deal. This Sunday lets come expecting! Not to just see everyone we didnt see on Sunday since we didnt have church but expecting God to move. Not just in our lives but in our community! Lets expect the Holy Ghost to show up, lets expect the unexpected! Lets be excited about coming together to worship our Lord our Savior!! Coming together in a corporate setting to lift up the name of Jesus is something we take for granted. I personally know people in place I cant mention or write their names out because they are in countries where they could be killed for what they are doing. We can shout Jesus from the rooftops if we want. A bible is against the law much less telling some one about Jesus. Conversion means death! Whoa. We have no idea of the freedom we have. Lets use that freedom to worship, to go after him with all our heart!

Why have fun?

I have heard it said before that church is something you just have to endure through. Say what?? That is totally wrong. In no way should it be that. This also shows the heart of a person and where they are with God. If they just want to get through the service then Im pretty sure they use God as someone to just get them by in their life. Our time together should be exciting. What makes you excited? What is it you will jump up and down for or clap your hands maybe even shout out for? I get excited during worship. I want to jump around or jump of things. I like to yell and just get crazy! I dont expect people to be like me and thats ok. I do find it funny when people tell me that they dont really like to worship or they dont think its something to be that excited about. I know this can sound pretty corny but you will be bored in heaven. If your not into big worship times with lots going on then what about heaven. When we come together lets make it a practice run for heaven!!!! Lets do it loud and crazy!

People ask what the songs are so I am going to continue to put them up.
Your love never fails- Chris Quilala
Cannons- Phil Wickham
The Love of God
Lead me to the Cross- Brooke Fraser

Sunday's Songs

We have overcome: Elevation

Cannons: Phil Wickham

Revelation Song: Christ for the Nations

Sweetly Broken: Jeremy Riddle

Your Beautiful: Phil Wickham

If you haven't listened to Phil Wickham I highly recommend getting his music. We really love to play his songs. He is an excellent song writer and musician. I know that I had a lot of fun today. It was a really awesome time of worship. Lets continue to go after God with everything. Lets get crazy about how awesome He is. Just to see what God has brought me out of is enough to be excited about. Lets live a life of worship, not just an 1 1/2 on Sunday. Let us live in constant fellowship!!!

Life Groups... are you CONNECTED?

Hey I just wanted to say that everyone should join a life group! I say this after last nights Life group at our house. It is extremely and I mean extremely important to share life with people. Brandi and I are blessed to have the group of people that we have coming. The small group environment is so crucial to your growth and as we all get to know each other we will continue to open up even more We have people from all different walks of life and at different stages right now. As I said on Sunday that if all your going to do is show up on Sunday morning then whats the point? I know you can just slip in and out and never have to connect but we are a body, we have to work together, we have to grow together. If one leg out grows the rest of our body we will be out of proportion. The same goes with us as a church. If there is a small handful of people growing together and growing in the Lord what is happening to the rest of the body(the church)? After a while we will begin to look funny. GO and check out a Life group! There are so many options out there. LCF wants you to plug in, I want you to plug in, God wants you to plug in. You are missing out on 90% of Life Church if all you do is come for the Sunday worship experience. God is moving in the Life Groups and I dont want you to miss out!!

Jason

Mic check... is this on... can you hear me?

So Sunday we ended up having some crazy reverb issues but we made it! We have an in ear monitor system that we use to hear and everything sounded great to us. What happened to us can easily be compared to our walk with Christ. When we are focused and going after Him with everything that we are, our surroundings doesn't matter. Thats exactly what was going on sunday. We were focused and all we knew was that it sounded fine. We were in tune with each other so we had no idea what was going on with everyone else. In the same way we MUST keep our focus on God. Smith Wigglesworth said he is not moved by what his eyes see. We cannot be moved by our circumstances. If we are tuned into what the Father is speaking to us nothing else is going to matter.

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (The Message)

^17-19Though the cherry trees don't blossom
and the strawberries don't ripen,
Though the apples are worm-eaten
and the wheat fields stunted,
Though the sheep pens are sheepless
and the cattle barns empty,
I'm singing joyful praise to God.
I'm turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.
Counting on God's Rule to prevail,
I take heart and gain strength.
I run like a deer.
I feel like I'm king of the mountain!

Though our surroundings may seem like they are crashing in im going to sing joyfully, im going to turn cartwheels of joy to my Savior!!!!

Jason

Does it really say that?

Why raise our hands? Why clap? Why sing? Dancing... Say what? Why Why Why?? There are always questions surrounding worship. For years I heard a pastor say "you can get excited for football but not for God?" And I never really thought about it until I really started getting excited about God, excited about worship! This saying is so true. The most quiet reserved man or woman for that matter in church can be one of the craziest sports fans around. They yell, scream, do the wave... and even paint there body. Im not asking anyone to come with their body painted but I am asking why can you be so excited about "your" team that really isn't that good anyway and you may know all the stats but don't know any one on the team but not about Jesus our Savior!! How about God who is the creator of all. He has no beginning or end. There have been times in all our lives where we have been more excited about something else besides God, but as we realize it we need to learn to refocus.

Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! Ps 47:1

Let them praise His name with dancing, making melody to Him with tambourine and lyre!

Ps 149:3

Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. Ps 33:3

Yes these are from the bible! Its ok. You are free, you have been set free. Worship with all your heart! I encourage you to try something new in this area. If your not a clapper, try it. Maybe you have thought about raising your hands, go for it!! And maybe, just maybe you have felt like moving just a little. You know you have felt like dancing!! Why not, what have we got to loose? Dance with all your might!

Jason

Wheres your worship?

What do you worship? We all have something that has our affection or something that consumes us. It could be our job, our image, our children or spouse. It could even be sports, or it could even be ministry! These are all great things that bring enjoyment and arent wrong but do we worship them more than our creator? Do we get more enjoyment out of sports center that we do God? We were created to worship. Gods design was for us to worship Him but He has given us the choice to choose if we are going to give it to Him or some where else. It starts in the heart. We have to get our hearts right before Him. We have to realize all we do is an act of worship. I dont have to be playing my guitar and singing to be worshiping. When I tithe it is worship to the Father. When go to work it can be an act of worship. Doing the dishes can be an act of worship. Let us live a life of worship to God. Lets be joyful. Jesus is something to be excited about. Salvation is really something to be excited about!! "And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Col 3:17

The beginning

We are in a new season at Life Church Franklin and I am extremely excited! We need to expect the unexpected! I want to use this blog to share about worship and what it means to me. To let you know about the songs we are playing and just to keep you up to date with all that is going on with the LC worship team.