Finding the Heart of God in Our Singing

“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:19 )

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom and as you sing with gratitude in your hearts to God.” (Colossians 3:16 )

There is no human action that brings us closer to each other and closer to the heart of God than our singing praises to our Lord. When we unite ourselves with one another in song, we can totally focus on our love for God and our devotion to each other. It is a time of encouragement, excitement, learning and devotion.

When we praise God properly, every heart in the congregation becomes one with the heart of God as He hears and enjoys our complete, joyous communication with Him. We are united with one another as we remind each other of  our mutual belief in God and our submission to His will.

Come prepared to unite your heart with God as we sing praises to Him this Sunday.

Dean

Finding the Heart of God

“So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.” II Corinthians 5:9

What is the most important goal of your life? Is it to please God? If it is, we must examine the heart of God and learn what really pleases Him. During the next few weeks, we are going to examine our worship service and see what God really wants from us as we worship.

John 4:24, “God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

I Chronicles 16:29, “Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come before Him; worship the  Lord in the splendor of His holiness.”

Come to worship Sunday morning prepared to lift all of your heart and soul up to God and please Him during our worship.

See you Sunday.

Dean

It Only Takes a Few Minutes

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27

We have a large number of older members here at Brown Street and all of them are important. While some of them are able to come to services, many are unable to leave  their homes. Our Thursday meals and our card ministry provide excellent services for these very special members of God’s kingdom. However, the weeks sometimes roll by with very little contact with the outside world.

Why not get your family to spend some time with one or two of our older members? It would only take a few minutes to make a visit or two. It would be good training for your children to learn how to care for the elderly and your whole family would learn some remarkable facts about the past generation.

“A new command I give you; love one another. As I  have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34, 35

Dean