This post is the sixth post in a series on the core values of worship ministry. These core values were selected by David Loftis, worship pastor at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, NC. These posts are taken from a series of devotions he asked me to write to accompany a training series he did on these core values. Click here to read the entire series.
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Have you ever been desperate? Are you desperate now? I gotta tell you, the world looks like a pretty desperate place. An absolutely brutal campaign season, people searching for something solid to hang on to in a tumultuous society, everyone yelling and arguing with each other seemingly more than ever before, and that’s just our country which in reality boasts the most blessed populace in the history of the world! Imagine the desperation in many parts of the world where they aren’t concerned with democrat and republican but with food, water, shelter, and basic safety. What if I told you about a situation where desperation is a good thing?
This post is the fifth post in a series on the core values of worship ministry. These core values were selected by David Loftis, worship pastor at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, NC. These posts are taken from a series of devotions he asked me to write to accompany a training series he did on these core values. Click here to read the entire series.
Our fifth core value focuses in on who it is that we follow. The members of our worship ministry recognize that we are all servants of the LORD and minister for the pleasure of our pastor and his team. In 1 Samuel 14, Saul’s son Jonathan decided that God might be calling him to go and attack a nearby garrison of Philistines all by himself! He didn’t tell his father about this risky plan, but he told his armor bearer who would have to accompany him. An armor bearer was a young man who would carry the large shield for his commander and often other weapons. He would often finish off those soldiers his master wounded in battle. This crazy sounding idea hatched by Jonathan would put the armor bearer at risk also.
This post is the fourth post in a series on the core values of worship ministry. These core values were selected by David Loftis, worship pastor at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, NC. These posts are taken from a series of devotions he asked me to write to accompany a training series he did on these core values. Click here to read the entire series.
It will come as absolutely no shock to those that know me that I am a worrier. If there was a Worrier’s Anonymous, I would need to be at every meeting. I worry about all the classic things: the future, money, my kids, the car breaking down, my job – they are all sources of worry and because of that, sources of stress. I also worry about a lot of stuff that others don’t. I worry about turning the ceiling fan on high because it could come loose and decapitate me (especially if I’m the one who installed it!) And ironically, I worry about whether I worry too much.