[Note :: This week is participatory! Got Praise and Thanksgiving?
Please go to http://tinyurl.com/3f36e7 and enter YOUR praise and
thanksgiving to the Lord in the "comment" box.]
This past Sunday we didn't have a "sermon."
Part of the reason is that our preacher was out of town and I don't
preach - I'm more of a conversational teacher.
But...
The real reason is that THE CHURCH presented the lesson. Early in
the week an email went out to our "family" that read: "Got praise
and thanksgiving? Please reply to this email with a note of praise
or thanksgiving to the Lord. It can be about any subject or topic."
The letters flooded in. There was SO MUCH to give thanks and praise
to the Lord for.
Those emails were divided into 4 categories based on the overall
theme of the email.
1. Church and Family
2. Grace and Salvation
3. Peace and Comfort
4. Power and Strength
During the service many of the emails were read and we praised God
with songs related to each theme. God was exalted and glorified
through HIS work in our lives.
Two things:
First, write your own letter of praise and thanksgiving to the
Lord. Pour out your heart to him.
Second, you can have a teen service just like the one above. Have
the teens turn in their praise and thanksgiving. Select worship
songs that relate. Spend an evening without a "lesson" on what we
need to do next to improve - but on how good God ALREADY is.
Blessings,
Paul and Al
Got Praise and Thanksgiving? Please go to http://tinyurl.com/3f36e7
and enter YOUR praise and thanksgiving to the Lord in the "comment"
box.
Bible Study, class handout, PowerPoint and discussion guide: The
next lesson of "1 Timothy" is online!
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article on the members' homepage.
A Joyful Noise - The ability to express ourselves through song,
through art, even directly through prayer, is a special blessing,
one that I take for granted far too often...
Friends Matter - Cut, paste and send to your teens. Friends
Matter One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid
from...
Work Hard On Patience - It seems like the older I get the more
patient I become and, in my situation I can understand why. My
children are...
Daily Bible Readings - Jesus Is Your Savior-Jesus Is Your
Lord-Jesus Is Your Love...
Will Life Get Any Easier? - I suppose that I should stop thinking
that the Christian life is...
How is God Working in Your Life and Ministry? - Do you feel as
though God is working in your life and your ministry? Do you feel
as though God...
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