Posts Tagged “Worship”
AMAZING day @ Compass – GREAT to be back…several highlights:
- We saw people in both services surrender their lives to Jesus – that’s why we do all that we do!!!!
- Yes, in the first service, my ZIPPER was DOWN – AWKWARD!!!! I had NO IDEA!! Thank God after 20 years, my wife still checks me out!!
- Last week while we were gone, I actually told Lisa that one of my speaking paranoias was walking on stage with my zipper down (I Promise!!)
- Today we completed our series “WORSHIP HIM” – by far one of the MOST IMPACTING series we’ve ever done!
- WORSHIP HIM has FOREVER CHANGED the way we worship and view church…
- …I don’t EVER want to us to retreat, but to BEG GOD for MORE Of Him every single week we come together!!
- Someone in a wheel chair stood and raised both arms in the air in worship during the song, “The Stand”…this guy is healing from 6 cracked ribs, a broken hip, femur, and ankle bones – I’ll never have another excuse for not giving my all in worship!!
- True Worship is characterized by BOLD ACTIONS!!
- Worship is SAYING YES to God before we KNOW All the Answers!
- Most of us need to worship God as the sinners we are, not the saints we think we are!
- You can’t worship God with a Generous Heart and a Greedy heart – something’s got to give!!
- True Worship will COST US – the question is are we willing to pay the price?
- It’s not so much am I willing to DIE for Jesus (most of us will never be asked to give our lives that way)….
- ….but rather – am I willing to DAILY LIVE for Jesus by voluntarily placing my life on the altar and presenting all of me as a living sacrifice?
- True worship comes out of UNCOMMON GRATEFULNESS – a life changing experience that alters our perspective forever – I’m praying that for all of us.
- True Worship is UNCOMMON in today’s culture – that’s what the Apostle Paul was getting at in Romans 12:1-2
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Posted by: wodum in General, tags: Worship
As the Student Pastor at Compass Church, I have the privilege of challenging our students to give their lives to Jesus and pursue Him. One of the most difficult things to show them is God’s faithfulness and why they should continually worship Him.
In our culture today, we all have to fight the desire of instant gratification and a “what have you done for me lately” mindset. At times, students will tell me that God is not there for them. Look around. We live in world of high speed internet; we can retrieve information at the touch of a finger, 5 minute dinners and a scrolling sports update on ESPN networks.
This has created a scary trend in my life as well. At times, I battle feeling like worshipping God with my life because of a notion that He has failed me. The fact that I somehow believe that God has failed me leads me to fail Him. It hinders me from offering the only thing that I have to give God, my worship. There is absolutely nothing else to offer or anything else He wants from me.
Why worship?
Psalm 103:1-5
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
I do not deserve anything else from God; He has rescued me from death and has given me hope. That’s enough! If He never did anything else for me, He has been more generous than I deserve.
So I encourage you to be reminded of the joy of your salvation and Worship Him.
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Posted by: jpaulsims in General, tags: Worship
–Guest blog post by Paul Sims, Creative Arts and Administrative Pastor–
This past Sunday we showed a video that I had been excited about ever since we began planning our Worship Him series. We called the video A Life of Worship. The reason I was so excited about it was because we wanted to illustrate how worship is more than just what we experience together on Sunday mornings. How we worship God personally throughout the week has a tremendous impact on our relationship with Him.
If you didn’t get a chance to see the video this Sunday, here it is.
http://www.vimeo.com/9515271
One of my favorite ways to worship God is to ponder who He is. Any little thing can set me off on a journey to learn something new about who God is, how He thinks, and how He loves. I can be sitting at a stop light and I’ll start thinking about how our eyes work and how God makes these little blobs in our heads capable of using chemicals and electrical pulses to see the most incredible things. It tells me that God has an intricate mind that engineers amazing things, but also has a taste for tremendous aesthetics in what He creates. He loves beauty and order.
In those few moments sitting at a stoplight I’m brought to my knees (not literally of course because that would be a bit difficult in the drivers seat), and I worship Him as I ponder who He is. Psalms 111:1-4 says:
1 Praise the Lord! I will thank the Lord with all my heart
as I meet with his godly people.
2 How amazing are the deeds of the Lord!
All who delight in him should ponder them.
3 Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty.
His righteousness never fails.
4 He causes us to remember his wonderful works.
How gracious and merciful is our Lord!
This week, how have you pondered who God is, or delighted in the great things He’s done in your life?
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- Worship is more than a song, it’s moving in response to God the 110 hours of our life we are not sleeping or in church!!
- Worship is more than an experience or emotion, it’s an ENTRY POINT into the presence of God!!
- Worship is when our PRIVATE LIFE become PUBLIC and GOD GETS ALL THE GLORY!!
- Worship is DOING SOMETHING with what God has given you!!
- Worship is what is happening in our lives RIGHT NOW!!
- Sunday was POWERFUL. We saw people in both services give their lives to Christ – WHY we do what we do. It was great to hear from one of our interns this morning, Marissa Mundy, and how she is moving in response to God with her life at the DREAM CENTER in Los Angeles, CA – AMAZING story and ministry!!
- When God laid the series, WORSHIP HIM, on our hearts last fall, our Creative/Worship Team asked if they could do something during this series in a service they’ve NEVER done before. THIS coming SUNDAY is when that happens. I’m so PUMPED. I CAN’T WAIT!! No, I can’t tell you because that would spoil the SURPRISE. It’s going to be AWESOME.
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Hey Compass, just saw this video our creative team put together - IT FIRED ME UP!!!! So much, I couldn’t wait till Sunday for you to see ‘just a glimpse’ of all God did this past Sunday.
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words – well, here’s a 1000 reasons to get out of bed, change your plans, INVITE someone to come with you, and start your Valentine’s Day off right this Sunday by WORSHIPPING HIM. I CAN’T WAIT!!!! CLICK HERE!
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How do I even begin to capture in words ALL God did today??!! Here goes -
- Most importantly, 9 people surrendered their lives to Jesus - that’s why we do what we do!!!!
- YES, I would have to say the MERGE couldn’t have gone better!!!!
- Today had to be the MOST POWERFUL WORSHIP EXPERIENCE I’ve ever been part of – Not one of, not top 5 – but THE MOST POWERFUL WORSHIP EXPERIENCE I’ve ever been part of!!
- IF for some reason you were not able to attend today, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST (posted Tues) BEFORE COMING NEXT SUNDAY!!!
- We are NOT the same church as the last time you came – God did something today that will FOREVER change the way we WORSHIP and CONNECT this community to Jesus.
- I knew this series was going to be POWERFUL, but I honestly underestimated what talking about the topic of WORSHIP UNLEASHED in our church today!!
- Today we worshipped with ALL of our Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength!!
- Today was just a TASTE TEST of what is happening in heaven 24/7/365 since the beginning of time (check out Revelation 4)…
- Today was a PRACTICE RUN of what is waiting for all of us who have surrendered our lives to JESUS!!
- Compass – DON’T TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED, Today was Not Normal – it was church at it’s best!!
- Today was what we were created for – TO BOLDY, AUDACIOUSLY, and PASSIONATELY WORSHIP HIM!!!!
- Today, we can with one voice proclaim like the Psalmist David, “I was GLAD when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the HOUSE of the Lord.’” (Psalm 122:1)
- We defined WORSHIP as what happens when we MOVE IN RESPONSE to God!! (Romans 12:1)
- THANK YOU COMPASS CHURCH for Moving In Response to our GREAT GOD today!! (Psalm 95:1-3)
- Compass Volunteers – YOU FLAT OUT BROUGHT IT TODAY – in every single area of service….
- From the ENERGY of the Parking Team, to the ELECTRICITY of our Greeters, to the EXCITEMENT of our Ushers, to the ENTHUSIASM of our Compass Kids Volunteers – God spoke BOLDLY and LOUDLY through every single one of you!!
- Compass Worship Team – THANK YOU for leading us where we needed to go – straight to God!!
- Compass Production Team – THANK YOU for creating an environment where we could worship our God like never before.
- Compass Staff – thank you for your leaving it all on the court this week so days like today can happen in this church and community!!
- To every single person who worked BEHIND THE SCENES this past week to make the MERGE HAPPEN (SO MANY, but you know who you are!!) – LIVES WERE CHANGED today, A CHURCH WAS SET ON FIRE today, – You are GOD’s WARRIORS and HEAVEN’s HEROES – the crowd of witnesses CHEERED LOUDLY TODAY on your behalf – you made them proud – YEA, YEA!!!! (Hebrews 12:1)
- Compass Church, Volunteers, & Staff – THANK YOU FOR WORSHIPPING TODAY – I can’t wait to do it again NEXT SUNDAY!!
- And….I heard that was only HALF of our Volunteers in action today – the rest of ya’ll better have your READY SHOES ON!!!!
- The past two weeks have ABSOLUTELY BEEN AMAZING – seriously – it’s hard to put into words ALL God is doing in this church right now!!
- What even BLOWS MY MIND MORE – God has SO MUCH MORE He wants to do!!
- I Can’t wait for Week 2 of WORSHIP HIM – if I were you, I’d make sure I didn’t come alone – the BEST is yet to come!!
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This Sunday is going to ROCK!!!!! There’s a BUZZ in the air among our staff and volunteers that’s got me FIRED UP more than normal. Couple of important things to remember:
#1 – NEW SERVICE TIMES – MERGE SUNDAY
Services begin at 9:30am and 11:15am at our ATHENS CAMPUS ONLY as we MERGE our Athens and Oconee Campuses together.
COMPASS-ERS:
- #1 – PLEASE arrive EARLY!!!!! (at least 15 minutes) to best serve our guests in the areas of parking and children’s check in!! Please honor our guest parking like never before (there will be a ton of parkers and new signage to greet and direct you).
- #2 - COMPASS KIDS is going to ROCK like NEVER BEFORE. The 706 Student Band will be playing LIVE in both services for COMPASS KIDS which means you better bring your friends!! PARENTS – get there EARLY this week for new check system.
- #3 – BRING A GUEST – this is a GREAT Sunday and an AWESOME SERIES to bring Guests to – step it up and step out and bring someone with you in your life you know needs Jesus – you’ll both be really glad you did!!
- #4 – PRAY LIKE CRAZY for God to Show UP & Show OFF & CHANGE LIVES – that’s why we do what we do!!
I just sent my message notes and can seriously say it’s one of my all time favorites – I CAN’T WAIT TO PREACH ABOUT WORSHIP ON SUNDAY!!!! The lights have been on pretty much 24/7 this week as our Amazing Staff and Volunteers have literally worked AROUND THE CLOCK to get our Athens Campus ready for the MERGE. So, now you know the Compass Team and preacher man are bringing our A GAME – How About You? CAN’T WAIT!!!!
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Posted by: mammons in General, tags: Worship
For all of those who have been asking and waiting, and love to worship, the time has arrived! This Sunday night you will not want to miss this incredible service filled with Worship & Prayer. Singers and Musicians from both Campuses will join together and lead us in songs focusing on Faith, Hope, Healing and Praise!
This event is open to the public, members, and especially the volunteers who serve every Sunday and are ready to just bask in the presence of God!
It’s time to SING BOLDLY like never before and BEG GOD to do something great this Christmas season in our city and church and to BRING HEALING to those who so desperately are seeking a touch from God in their life! CAN’T WAIT!!
I’m Ready, are You? I’m coming, are You? And who are you inviting?
Don’t miss out, we will see you there!
Where – Compass Church Athens Campus
Time – 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Doors Open – 5:50pm
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