Getting Ready for Sunday, June 13, 2010

Sermon for Sunday, June 13, 2010
“Blessed With A Burden”
Many people pray, “God, please bless me.” And God wants to bless you. But the blessings of God are often more than a new car, a bigger salary, and a better lifestyle. In the series, “Blessed,” we are experiencing firsthand some of God's unusual blessings. Today, we will ask with is it the concerns you the most? What is the one issue that seems to concern you more than anyone else? It is likely that whatever frustrates you the most is the area where God is calling you. It is a blessing to be burdened. We are blessed when God calls our attention to something that consumes us and drives us. His calling to do something about it is what makes life full of purpose.

Set List for Sunday, June 13, 2010

Bless Your Name
Steve Fee, Todd Fields, Eddie Kirkland, Brett Younker
From the CD “Awake“ by North Point Live

You’re Worthy of My Praise
David Ruis
From the CD “What I Was Made For “ by Big Daddy Weave

Forever Reign
Jason Ingram & Reuben Morgan
From the CD “One“ by One Sonic Society (Available June 15th 2010)

From The inside Out
Joel Houston
From the CD “United We Stand“ by Hillsong United

VBS WEEK!!! This truly is one of my favorite events of the year, and it all kicks off Sunday night. You will notice that our stage (and building) will look a little different this Sunday, so be prepared :) Before we kick off VBS though, I am also very excited to continue our new series during worship on Sunday morning. This week we continue our series “Blessed” as Bro. Todd will be talking about being Blessed with a Burden. Our music this week deals with what should be our first consuming drive, and that is to worship and honor our God.

We open with a brand new song to Oasis entitled “Bless Your Name” which proclaims our number one priority as we come together, “We have come to worship the mighty God”. This song is not meant to be sung quietly, so take time to familiarize yourself with it prior to Sunday so that we can sing it out.

We move on to some familiar territory with “You’re Worthy of My Praise”, and a song that we have been worshipping with over the past couple of weeks “Forever Reign”. Both songs deal with the fact that God is far greater than we can even comprehend. He truly is worthy of our praise and so much more.

We finish with “From the Inside Out” by Hillsong. What better way to worship but to give control of ourselves to our maker to consume us from the inside out. Be sure to take time to listen to all of the songs in the list above as we prepare for our time of worship together on Sunday. I am really looking forward to worshipping with you.

Doug

Getting Ready for Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Sermon for Sunday, June 6, 2010
“Blessed With A Need”
Many people pray, “God, please bless me.” And God wants to bless you. But the blessings of God are often more than a new car, a bigger salary, and a better lifestyle. In the series, “Blessed,” we are experiencing firsthand some of God's unusual blessings. One of those blessings is our need for other people. Although, having others in our life does present problems at times, not having others in our life presents even bigger problems. Today, we will explore the blessing of relationships and why God does not want us to do life alone. It is a blessing from God that we need people.

Set List for Sunday, June 6, 2010

Because of Your Love
Paul Baloche, Brenton Brown
From the CD “A Greater Song“ by Paul Baloche

Song of Praise
Doug & Cindy Mickan
From the CD “Prelude “ by Doug & Cindy Mickan

Forever Reign
Jason Ingram & Reuben Morgan
From the CD “One“ by One Sonic Society (Available June 15th 2010)

We begin a new series this Sunday called “Blessed”. We all are truly blessed no matter what our thoughts are otherwise. This week as we prepare for our time of worship together at Oasis, begin thinking about the blessing’s God has given. As the old song says, “Count your blessings name them one by one and it will surprise you what the Lord has done”. This series digs way deeper into the topic of being blessed by God, and I’m really looking forward to experiencing it with you all.

We are doing two relatively new songs to Oasis this Sunday. The first, “Because of Your Love” is a Paul Baloche song that celebrates the change in our life that has happened because of God’s love. I love the first line of the song, and find it fitting to open up this series on blessing. It says, “as we come into Your presence we remember every blessing that You’ve poured out so freely from above”. It goes on to say, “Lord we come to give You thanks for all You’ve done”.

“Song of Praise” continues the theme of gratefulness for what God has done and is doing in our lives. This is definitely not a new song to Oasis, so let’s sing it out and celebrate .

Finally we finish with “Forever Reign” which I introduced last week from the piano. This is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. I heard “Forever Reign” at a songwriting conference several weeks ago, and fell in love with it. I’m just now realizing that it won’t be available on a cd until the mid part of june, so this one is brand new. This to me is a declaration of dependence on the one who is good when there is nothing good in us. Check it out and come prepared to sing it to our King who will forever reign. I look forward to worshipping with you on Sunday.

Doug