What is the current state of the Worship Team at your church? Are they flowing, floating, fleeting, or failing? And if the latter, who's fault is it? The beginning of the year is a good time to take a real assessment, take a good look around, seek guidance of the Holy Spirit, sit in silence, and allow Him to speak in His awesome and terrible "still small voice." The heart of God is seeking to find more of Himself in more of you: "in spirit and in truth." If you truly need help, please, let me know. jonnoworship@gmail.com
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Words of affirmation withheld are received in the form of rejection and disapproval. Compliment always. Criticize constructively and in love. Sandwich a negative between two bread slices of positives. Build the dreamer and plant seeds of creativity. ~Jonnoism
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EASTER: Is it a Christian Holiday?
By Jonno
“Happy Easter,” the Pastor joyfully exclaims to the congregation prior his message. The congregants with equal enthusiasm reply, “Happy Easter,” as undistinguished chattering and smiles ensues throughout the sanctuary. Across the country and all over the world this scene unfolds, throughout the Christian body. At the end of the service, the Easter Egg Hunt is held in great anticipation. There’s a happiness that springs from the sharing of Easter baskets complete with chocolate bunnies and colorful chewy chicks of marshmallowy goodness.
Wait a minute. What does all this have to do with commemorating the death and burial, and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Isn’t that the true meaning of Easter?
There are roots of “Easter” in the Old Testament, however they were not of [...]
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www.movingupwords.org
EASTER: Is it a Christian Holiday?
By Jonno
“Happy Easter,” the Pastor joyfully exclaims to the congregation prior his message. The congregants with equal enthusiasm reply, “Happy Easter,” as undistinguished chattering and smiles ensues throughout the sanctuary. Across the country and all over the world this scene unfolds, throughout the Christian body. At the end of the service, the Easter Egg Hunt is held in great anticipation. There’s a happiness that springs from the sharing of Easter baskets complete with chocolate bunnies and colorful chewy chicks of marshmallowy goodness.
Wait a minute. What does all this have to do with commemorating the death and burial, and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Isn’t that the true meaning of Easter?
There are roots of “Easter” in the Old Testament, however they were not of [...]
To say that “God is love” is an understatement, unless we inspect the type of love that is God’s alone. According to 1 John 4:7-8, “God is love,” but what kind of love is this? The Greek word agape is indicated by Today’s Dictionary of the New Testament as unselfish love, benevolence, affection, and good will: better know in today’s church colloquialism as unconditional love. The immanence of God means that He shares some attributes of Himself with mankind, allowing mankind the capability to truly take on His likeness in a communicable sense. The transcendence of God means that God stands far above mankind, holding to Himself incommunicable attributes unshared by Him with us, and even with the heavenly beings (Angels). To love as God loves, for a human is impossible. For God to “so love” the even the atheist, who renounces even His existence, is a love unshared by humanity (John 3:16). [...]
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God allows us to walk up to the door of sin, and not enter. Without the Holy Spirit coming along side, we would be wiping off the anointing on our feet on sin's doormat, turning the door knob, and pushing into the embrace of the agents of death, destruction, and damnation. But God!~Jonnoism
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