Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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

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