August 2006 Posts
Support Your Local Church
The next vital sign in our vital spiritual health study concerns devotion to the fellowship.
Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted
Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted
Indescribable
INDESCRIBABLE
From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
Lyrics by Chris Tomlin
We Come O Christ To You
We Come O Christ To You
We come O Christ to you true Son of God and man
by Whom all things consist
in Whom all life began
in You alone we live and move
and have our being in Your love
You are the way to God
Your blood our ransom paid
in You we face our Judge
and Maker unafraid
before the throne absolved we stand
Your love has met Your laws demand
You are the living truth
all wisdom dwells in You
the source of every skill
the one eternal truth
O great I Am in You we rest
sure answer to our every quest
You only are true life
to know You is to live
the more abundant life
that earth can never give
O risen Lord we live in You
in us each day Your life renew
We worship You Lord Christ
our Savior and our king
to You our youth and strength
adoringly we bring
so fill our hearts that all may
view Your life in us and turn to You
Words E. Margaret Clarkson.
Here Is Love
HERE IS LOVE
Here is love wide as the ocean
Loving kindness as a flood
When the Prince of Life, our ransom
Shed for us His precious blood
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten
Throughout Heaven’s eternal days
On the mount of crucifixion
Fountains opened deep and wide
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide
Grace and love like mighty rivers
Poured incessant from above
And Heaven’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love
CHORUS
Oh how marvelous, oh how glorious
Is my Savior’s love for me!
Oh how marvelous, oh how glorious
Is my Savior’s love for me!
Of Your fullness You are pouring
Your great love on me anew
Without measure, full and boundless
Drawing out my heart to You
You alone will be my glory
Nothing in the world I see
You have cleansed and sanctified me
You Yourself have set me free
Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
Let Us Love And Sing And Wonder
Salvation Belongs To Our God
Salvation Belongs To Our God
O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free
rolling as a mighty ocean
in its fullness over me
Underneath me, all around me
is the current of Thy love!
Leading onward, leading homeward
to Thy glorious rest above
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread His praise from shore to shore
how He loveth, ever loveth
changeth never, nevermore
how He watches o'er His loved ones
Died to call them all His own
How for them He intercedeth
watches o'er them from the throne
O, the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of every love the best
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing
'Tis a haven sweet of rest
O the deep, deep love of Jesus
'Tis a heaven of heavens to me!
And it lifts me up to glory
for it lifts me up to Thee!
The Songs of CLF
CLF uses a variety of songs that enrich our worship. We aim to sing songs that highlight the character and nature of God along with emphasizing the Person and work of Jesus Christ. We encourage you to use these songs for private, group and of course corporate worship. Lord willing we'll add the tunes we put to these songs soon.
Providing Nurturing Pastoral Care
August 20, 2006. Providing Sustained Pastoral Care. 1 Peter 5:1-5.
The Primacy of the Church
Why should you bother with the church? With all of the challenges, faults, sins and shortcomings within the church doesn’t it seem reasonable that God would have moved on and is now using something else to reach the world with His salvation?
Devoted to the church.
The next vital sign in our vital spiritual health study concerns devotion to the fellowship.
Acts 2:42 reads They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (NIV)
