After a week of resting, prayer, dialogue and study in Portland I was ready to come back home here in Phoenix and worship with my LCC family. I had a great time, it was really everything I hoped it would be. Thanks to Ish Jimenez and the rest of the band for stepping in and leading wonderfully.
I was seeking some revelation on how to breakthrough the wall that I felt in our church body in regards to worship. The Lord led me to Colossians 1:15-18 and that really articulated and brought truth to the disconnect that I was feeling in our worship services.
He[Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities–all things were created through him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
I think I’ll expound on this in another blog post, but this bit of truth really rocked me and brought Christ into focus. Our church body values a lot of things, both corporately and individually. When we worship together, those sets of values are brought together and you see the disunity in it all. Amongst the body you see comfort raised high, you see family raised high, you see art raised high, you see many things raised high. But church, we must unite around the preeminence of Christ, that in all things he is valued most, placed highest and worshipped above all.
This is a big step for us to take next and there’s a lot of idols that need to be torn down. I’m excited to get through this because Christ will be glorified in it. Here’s what we chose to sing to Christ as praises to our King, that he might be preeminent in our worship.
- Rain Down – Delirious (loop not yet available)
- We Cry Out – Kim Walker (loop available)
- Destructor – Red Letter (E-pop arrangement)
- My Soul Sings – Delirious (loop available)
- With Everything – Hillsong (loop available)
This post is part of Fred McKinnon’s Set List Sundays.
Reminder if you would look access to any of the loops that say “loop not yet available” just contact me. The only reason I haven’t made them publicly available is because I want to rework them but haven’t had time to, so I’d rather not make public stuff I’m not really satisfied with. But I’ll send along privately if requested.
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Lots of idols to tear down. Man, is that ever true. You could hammer that theme for a long time, and see what gets stirred up. Thanks for sharing.
We'll keep hammering that theme till we die I think
Dude this is a great set list! Great stuff. Hey how does Skeleton Bones go over at your place? Love John Mark
Skeleton Bones goes really well actually. The chorus is so easy to catch onto, first time we played it people were engaged and sangin their guts out.