Well I may be late by hours but at least it is not yet Wednesday! Tehillah (Praise song) Tuesdays is one of seven weekly posts here at Lillie-Put designed to encourage worship across the blogosphere.
When you have finished worshiping with me add a praise song of your own in the comments section.
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Ken has delivered another great devotional thought for our artists.
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To Magnify something is to make it larger in someone else’s sight. I hope this Monday I can make Jesus larger in your sight with this post. I am going a little more Southern Gospel with this one!
Now add your own Big song or testimony to Jesus in the comments section below.
You can find out more about the Mike Lefevre Quartet HERE
Sacred Sundays is one of seven weekly posts, at Lillie-Put, dedicated to the worship of Jesus. Where Shoutin Saturdays tends to lean more towards modern hymnology Sacred Sundays leans into our heritage in Christian music.
Add your own ancient song of praise in the comments section below.
Learn more about the artists Fernando Ortega HERE.
Shoutin Saturdays is one of seven weekly posts at Lillie-Put that brings a shout to Jesus. Today I am shouting “More of You Jesus!” with Colton Dixon
Add your own shout in the comments section below.
Learn more about Colton Dixon HERE
We are walking through the Book Of Romans verse by verse in this portion of Lillie-Put. We have had many discussions on the first twenty verses of the book. If you would like to do some catching up, those discussions can be found on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Today we continue with the passage where Paul lays out his doctrine of original sin. The idea that man comes into the world with a natural bent towards evil is not a popular one in today’s world. That said it is a biblical idea which means it is truth. We learned from verse 20 that creation points us to God so that men are with out excuse for their sinful behavior. Verse 21 through 23 continues on from there saying,
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. Rom 1:21-23 NIV
With these verses Paul looks back from his time to describe what history had demonstrated up to the first century. That is: the truth of God was laid out before men in the creation; Men recognized the truth but chose to explain it away; They used human wisdom to “prove” that what was true about God was not true; Then they made up their own traditions and gods and mythological stories.
We think we have advanced beyond the ways of ancient man. Really, we are only repeating the same mistakes dressed up in new clothes. Creation still shows us God’s invisible qualities; Men can recognize those qualities but have chosen to explain them away using the enlightened ideas of humanism. We are not propagating idolatry after the old fashion. Instead of making gods out of wood and gold we are elevating our own race to godhood. We declare that we are gods in process become ever more enlightened.
And so just like the ancients we profess ourselves to be wise and become fools.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:22-25
THIS PASSAGE WAS ACTUALLY PART OF A DEVOTIONAL GIVEN BY MY FRIEND JODY AT OUR WORSHIP REHEARSAL LAST NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN CONSUMING MY THOUGHTS EVER SINCE.
Faithful Fridays is one of seven weekly posts dedicated to the worship of Jesus Christ here at Lillie-Put. If you would like to add your worship to the blogosphere add your song or testimony to the comments section below.
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Thankful Thursdays is one of seven weekly posts dedicated to building a culture of worship on the blogosphere.
This is one of the songs we have been singing over our congregation of late.
You can find out more about the artists Jonathan David and Melissa Helser HERE
I am so thankful that I am no longer a slave to fear. “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for Thou (O L0rd) art with me!” PSm 23
Please add your own song of thanks in the comments section below.
Ken has written a new devotional for our C.cada web site called “The Day After Forever”. It is based off of the old Bing Crosby Song
Read the post HERE
