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PHall | September 15, 2009
Several kids came up to me and innocently asked, “What do you do?” I get asked that question by adults too! My answer began with, “I pray a lot.” Warren Wiersbe observed in his Elements of Preaching, that “PREACHING IS THE COMMUNICATING OF GOD’S TRUTH BY GOD’S SERVANT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE. […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Sometimes we ask stupid questions, not because everyone doesn’t know the answer already, but rather because not everyone is ready to apply the answer. Accepting and applying are very different actions. Here’s a stupid question – “Is everyone alike?” Of course not, we all accept that, but are we ready to apply what we accept? […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Have you ever been told, “You just don’t get it?” Whether said in frustration or spitefulness, what they mean is that “You’re not very bright.” Sometimes our “brightness” can shine through if we simply change the direction of our thinking. After all, even a flashlight isn’t very bright when turned to the wall. Well, there […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Glory and Pain Have you ever been struck by an idea? Well, Saul (a.k.a. Paul) is about to get “struck” with an idea on the road to Damascus! He is about to descend from the pomposity of pious power, to the pain of the persecuted. Paul’s spiritual blindness will be rivaled by his physical […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
We are one with God for the word of Christ richly dwell(s) within us…singing with thankfulness in our hearts to God (Colossians 3:16). We are one with each other for when we sing we are “with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another” (Colossians 3:16). When we all sing, we are unified in what we […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Singing not merely about God, but to Him is deeply moving; we can also teach others about God through our singing. We can teach about God, but also about ourselves. God ordained joy to be spread through our vocalizing the Christian life in song. I once knew a Christian that did not think you could […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
There was a time when I was in a bad mood – but it was time for church – so I went. I didn’t want to go…but I went. By the time the preacher got up to preach (no it wasn’t me), I was no longer in a bad mood. The singing healed me. The […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
We should all want to move our singing beyond the boundaries that stagnation can restrict it. Beyond the corridors of our throats and lips. Beyond the sound produced that is pleasing to the human ear. Beyond four part harmony. God has ordained an important role for our singing. Sometimes the church has made it something […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
Reaching UP to God in worship is expressed as we remember how He reached down to us through the cross and resurrection. We Reach UP to God in gratitude through the Supper of Jesus. What would we think about when sharing communion? Following is one common answer, and following that is some more. “A […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
I yell “Help!” God says nothing. I cry “How long?” God says nothing. Confused I shudder in prayer, “But people are hurting?!” God says nothing. The hurting continues…the hurt ones, the widows, the orphans, and the strangers, those alone in the world; suffering from the powerful, the arrogant, the ones claiming “God does not see.” […]