Last Sunday at Harvest we celebrated with the church as we ended the summer with a picnic and 20 people publicly declaring Jesus as Lord through baptism! It was a great day of fellowship and worship, all in the name of Christ.
I am excited about what God is doing at my church and am excited about what He will continue to do. Below is a video summarizing the celebration we had last Sunday! Watch and celebrate with us!
Harvest Bible Chapel, Granger - Baptism 2010 from HBCGranger on Vimeo.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
WORSHIP THROUGH THE GOSPEL
At Harvest Bible Chapel we recently finished a series called "Simply Saved," and last Sunday we celebrated with the whole church as 20 believers publicly declared Jesus as their LORD and their dedication to the Gospel of Christ through baptism! As I thought this week through the events of the past weeks at Harvest and the strong presentation of Gospel from week to week, I began to think about what the Gospel means for worshipers of the living God.
As I prayed through the worship service that will take place tomorrow morning, and asked the Lord what to communicate, I began to look through the list of songs we do at Harvest. I pulled up the words to the song, "Thank You Jesus For the Cross," by Andi Rozier (becoming a favorite of mine, due to the saturation of the gospel within it! BUY IT HERE). I've read through the lyrics to this song over and over again this week, and thought about the Gospel, which we've been defining as, "JESUS DIED ON A CROSS, IN MY PLACE, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MY SIN," and I couldn't help but think about what does the Gospel mean for me as a worshiper of Christ?
"YOU AND I WERE MADE TO WORSHIP..."
The statement above I'm sure all of us have heard, and I agree with that statement. We were created in the image of God, and for the glory of God. Worship, or giving worth, to something comes natural to us as humans. However, when sin entered the world, due to our rebellion, our eyes were blinded to WHO we were created to worship...God the Father! We as sinful humans worship many things on this earth...money, time, possession, and the list goes on and on...
THE GOSPEL IS THE EYE-OPENER FOR THOSE WHO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH! The Gospel is the entire reason that we as the children of God can worship HE who we're made to worship! The more we understand our hopelessness apart from Christ; our filthiness apart from the blood; and our debt apart from the Cross, the more our eyes are open to worship the LIVING God and creator!
As one who is desperately striving to be a worshiper that God seeks, I encourage you, preach the Gospel to yourself daily. Focus your life daily on the fact that Jesus died on a cross, in your place, as a substitute for your sin! That'll preach!!! And for those who understand the life they've been freely given, will be led to worship the one who freely gave...Jesus Christ!
2 COR. 5:21-For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
As I prayed through the worship service that will take place tomorrow morning, and asked the Lord what to communicate, I began to look through the list of songs we do at Harvest. I pulled up the words to the song, "Thank You Jesus For the Cross," by Andi Rozier (becoming a favorite of mine, due to the saturation of the gospel within it! BUY IT HERE). I've read through the lyrics to this song over and over again this week, and thought about the Gospel, which we've been defining as, "JESUS DIED ON A CROSS, IN MY PLACE, AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR MY SIN," and I couldn't help but think about what does the Gospel mean for me as a worshiper of Christ?
"YOU AND I WERE MADE TO WORSHIP..."
The statement above I'm sure all of us have heard, and I agree with that statement. We were created in the image of God, and for the glory of God. Worship, or giving worth, to something comes natural to us as humans. However, when sin entered the world, due to our rebellion, our eyes were blinded to WHO we were created to worship...God the Father! We as sinful humans worship many things on this earth...money, time, possession, and the list goes on and on...
THE GOSPEL IS THE EYE-OPENER FOR THOSE WHO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH! The Gospel is the entire reason that we as the children of God can worship HE who we're made to worship! The more we understand our hopelessness apart from Christ; our filthiness apart from the blood; and our debt apart from the Cross, the more our eyes are open to worship the LIVING God and creator!
As one who is desperately striving to be a worshiper that God seeks, I encourage you, preach the Gospel to yourself daily. Focus your life daily on the fact that Jesus died on a cross, in your place, as a substitute for your sin! That'll preach!!! And for those who understand the life they've been freely given, will be led to worship the one who freely gave...Jesus Christ!
2 COR. 5:21-For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
WHERE HAVE I BEEN!?!
Hey everyone! It has for sure been a while since I've posted on the blog. For most of you, you probably checked the blog for a while and then gave up on it. My prayer is, now that summer is over, to get back to regularly blogging and sharing what the Lord is doing in my life, my family, and my church. I hope you will continue to follow "O Taste and See," and I pray that it will minister to you!
Anyways, where have I been? It's been both a relaxing and busy summer. God gave me some great opportunities this summer. I was able to lead worship for a week long family camp, as well as play in a youth band for a week long youth camp. Though tiring, it has been such a blessing to serve the Lord with the gifts and talents he blessed me with. There were some great times in worship over the summer at both camps!
Apart from that, I had some great time with my wife and Reese this summer! We grew more in love as a family and are learning more and more everyday how to be parents (as we chase Reese all over the place). We spent a week on vacation in Myrtle Beach, which was such a blessing and refreshing time. Nicole and I were able to celebrate 3 years of marriage, and are thankful for the time God has given us thus far together, and look forward to serving Him together on this earth.
Now...I'm getting back in the groove of things at Harvest Bible Chapel in Granger. We've had some sweet times over the summer on Sunday's, doing two series called "God Is Good" (verse by verse in Nehemiah) and "Simply Saved: the ABC's of Salvation." I am praying for the Lord to continue to work and am excited to serve Him as we approach a new ministry season to kickoff in a few weeks!
I hope you all had a great summer as well! It's good to be back to the blog world...See you soon!
Micah
Anyways, where have I been? It's been both a relaxing and busy summer. God gave me some great opportunities this summer. I was able to lead worship for a week long family camp, as well as play in a youth band for a week long youth camp. Though tiring, it has been such a blessing to serve the Lord with the gifts and talents he blessed me with. There were some great times in worship over the summer at both camps!
Apart from that, I had some great time with my wife and Reese this summer! We grew more in love as a family and are learning more and more everyday how to be parents (as we chase Reese all over the place). We spent a week on vacation in Myrtle Beach, which was such a blessing and refreshing time. Nicole and I were able to celebrate 3 years of marriage, and are thankful for the time God has given us thus far together, and look forward to serving Him together on this earth. Now...I'm getting back in the groove of things at Harvest Bible Chapel in Granger. We've had some sweet times over the summer on Sunday's, doing two series called "God Is Good" (verse by verse in Nehemiah) and "Simply Saved: the ABC's of Salvation." I am praying for the Lord to continue to work and am excited to serve Him as we approach a new ministry season to kickoff in a few weeks!
I hope you all had a great summer as well! It's good to be back to the blog world...See you soon!
Micah
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