Saturday, July 30, 2011

Set Lists: 7/24/11

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 7/24/11:

Campus: Austin High School
Worship Leader: Aaron Ivey 
  • Stronger - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan) 
  • Love Shines - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Philip Edsel, Matt Carter) 
  • Nothing But The Blood - hymn (Robert Lowry) 
  • Hosanna - Hillsong United (Brooke Fraser)
Sermon: "The Mission of God" - Todd Ahrend 
  • God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)
  • How Great Thou Art - hymn

Campus: St. John
Worship Leader: Jimmy McNeal 
Sermon: "The Mission of God" - Todd Ahrend  


Sunday, July 24, 2011

My Delight, His Word

Read this today:
Psalm 1:2 "His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night." - ESV
"But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night." - AMP

When I was in Rome a few weeks ago I went to a breakout session on spiritual disciplines, taught by the cutest little Englishman. God literally took me across the world to teach me about reading my bible. It changed my life. The basic things of being a Christian. Changed my life. It was a combination of being in a place of brokenness and him ripping away my pride, and recognizing my depravity apart from Jesus and His word. I was craving and yearning for something and turns out it was His word. I can't live without it. I will die a slow painful death of self and pride without it. I've noticed in being back to real life this week that I get so selfish and consumed with my time. How do I forget that all I need is His word?
I read this today from Spurgeon...so.good...
"His delight is in the law of the Lord." He is not under the law as a curse and condemnation, but he is in it, and he delights to be in it as his rule of life; he delights, moreover, to meditate in it, to read it by day, and think upon it by night.  He takes a text and carries it with him all day long; and in the night-watches, when sleep forsakes his eyelids, he museth upon the Word of God. In the day of his prosperity he sings psalms out of the Word of God, and in the night of his affliction he comforts himself with promises out of the same book.  "The law of the Lord" is the daily bread of the true believer.  And yet, in David's day, how small was the volume of inspiration, for they had scarcely anything save the first five books of Moses! How much more, then, should we prize the whole written Word which it is our privilege to have in all our houses!  But, alas, what ill-treatment is given to this angel from heaven! We are not all Berean searchers of the Scriptures. How few among us can lay claim to the benediction of the text! Perhaps some of you can claim a sort of negative purity, because you do not walk in the way of the ungodly; but let me ask you - Is your delight in the law of God? Do you study God's Word? Do you make it the man of your right hand - your best companion and hourly guide? If not, this blessing belongeth not to you.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Set Lists: 7/17/11

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 7/17/11:

Campus: Austin High School
Worship Leader: Aaron Ivey 
Sermon: What Kind of Jesus Do You Want? - Paul Tripp 

Campus:
St. John
Worship Leader: Jimmy McNeal
Sermon: What Kind of Jesus Do You Want? - Paul Tripp
  • Day After Day - Kristian Stanfill (Jason Ingram and Kristian Stanfill) 
  • God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Set Lists: 7/10/11

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 7/10/11:

Campus: Austin High School
Worship Leader: Andy Melvin
Sermon: The Great Exchange - Eric Geiger
  • Everything Has Changed - Andy Melvin   
  • Here's My Broken Life - Andy Melvin
Campus: St. John
Worship Leader: Jimmy McNeal
  • God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)
  • To Know Your Name - Hillsong (Matt Crocker)  
  • Forever Reign - Hillsong (Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram)
  • Wonderous Cross - hymn (Lee Poquette and Isaac Watts)
Sermon: The Great Exchange - Eric Geiger 

Set Lists: 7/3/11

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 7/3/11:

Campus: Austin High School
Worship Leader: Andy Melvin

Sermon: The Hope to Which You’ve Been Called - Part 2 - Jeff Mangum 
  • Come Thou Fount - hymn (Robert Robinson and John Wyeth)
  • The Stand - Hillsong United (Joel Houston)
  • Here's My Broken Life - Andy Melvin
Campus: St. John
Worship Leader: Matt Wheeler 
Sermon: The Hope to Which You’ve Been Called - Part 2 - Jeff Mangum 

Friday, July 1, 2011

David's the MAN.

I tried several times today to sit down and read more of James. Every time, I sat there reading the same paragraph over and over. It was frustrating because I wanted to get something out of it. I wanted to get some sort of life changing message from it. But my mind wasn't working right. I finally just put it aside and gave up for the day.
Tonight at my community group we were discussing our upcoming missions trip (we leave on SUNDAY!) and we were sharing different things we were struggling with and wanting prayer for. We had a list of different things and scripture for each topic. There staring at me on the paper was "depression". This is where I have been the last couple of months. Here is the scripture that God showed me tonight...

Psalm 51:10-17 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.  O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.  For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."

Love this so much. I'm gonna camp out on these verses for awhile and try and dig into this some more. David really knows how to repent. He's been through a lot and has been at the bottom, in the pit, covered by darkness, but hopeful. I like him. He gets it.