so for the set list today;

Forever

Happy Day

we started out old school with Forever and then came modern with Happy Day.  Happy Day went great.  We used the loop downloaded from the Northpoint music site and it was perfect.  Robert, our drummer was dead on!!  We were supposed to close with Let Me Sing, but we ran out of time.  We packed in a baby dedication and an intro to our new series based on the Song of Solomon.  All in all it was a good day.

Today we began to talk about Song of Solomon and all the lessons God has for us in loving our spouses.  SEX is good!! WOW!! who knew??  Just kidding.  Anyway, it is amazing that details about loving your spouse are so vivid in Gods Word.  The lesson for the day...kiss your spouse!  I like this homework.

can't sleep

so...sitting here at 1:24 am on a saturday night.  I have to lead worship tomorrow and was hoping for a good nights sleep before but that is just not in the cards it does not seem.  I have been re-reading and studying "Crazy Love" to get ready for the small group I am going to begin teaching next month and just like it did the first time i read it...it has me all messed up!  All of my goals, all of what I am living for just seems so insignificant compared to the life that God intends for us to lead in community with each other.  I don't want to get into specifics here, due to ruining the group lesson that i am going to be doing, but I just hope and pray for a group of people at Journey that sign up for this class that will be impacted by this book and the scripture that it drives you to as i am.  If so, look out Atlanta...Journey Church is going to impact this town for the Kingdom of Heaven....

So..Heather and I had a great weekend off last weekend.  We went out to eat whenever we wanted...went to Buckhead and played pool...watched some funny movies...went to Northpoint CC Sunday morning...basically just did whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted!!

Journey had a great Sunday with Hugh leading.  We really missed being there.  This past Sunday was great.  We had a good turnout and a great energy during Worship. I have decided to blog every Monday about the set we do on the previous Sunday.  

So Sunday...Here was the set list

No One Like You

Famous One

Oh the Wonderful Cross

Come Ye Sinners-(Robbie Seay version)

We got kind of old school yesterday and did some of our churches favorites.  Famous One is my second favorite worship song of all time (2nd only to My Glorious!!).  I am going to be teaching a small group class on Sunday mornings after worship on the book "Crazy Love" starting next month.  I am pretty excited but also overwhelmed by the thought of putting into lessons all of the amazing teachings that Francis Chan covers in the book.  But, it is gonna be fun to delve into that book deeper than ever on a weekly basis.

well...heather had her appointment with the neurologist yesterday...and...the lesion on her brain is nothing to worry about.  Actually, he said it is just an age spot.  So she is just getting old.  Any other time someone told her that she might be mad, but it was music to our ears yesterday.  Thank you to all that prayed for this situation.  Now we can just focus on the bundle of joy that will be here in 8 short months!!!  

anyway, Sunday was a great day.  Besides not getting any sleep before church, our Associate Pastor Mike preached an incredible sermon on absolute truth.  it was "absolutely" great!  I came home and wrote a song based on his sermon.  We had a ton of visitors so the atmosphere was great.

NEWS...

Most people that will be reading this know this already, but for the rest here is what is going on...We are dealing with some serious health issues with Heather.  She had an MRI due to severe headaches and the results were not what we were hoping for.  She has an appointment with a Neurologist at the end of the month to see exactly what they found is.  So, to say the least, it has been on our minds a lot.  Then the good news...during all the tests for the head, we found out that Heather is PREGNANT!!  The funny part is we decided that if she wasn't pregnant by Dec 31 2008, that we were done trying.  Guess God had other ideas.  So to say the least, we have a lot going on right now!  But we know that God is in control and we trust His heart.  Anyway...more to come when we know more....

http://www.catalystspace.com/content/read/article_francis_chan/

Awesome article by Francis Chan on what the Church SHOULD look like.

My heart can barely take it in,

The way You love me so.

You stretched Your arms out so wide,

And blood and water flowed.

And nothing can contain my voice,

From crying out to You.

The eagle soars, the lion roars,

They all bow down to You.

cb