It has been a while since the last post. 5 months in fact. I am not promising that I am going to be more consistent, however due to the increasing interest in our elementer's wanting to know the names of the songs we sang for the last Sunday, I will be posting our set list here consistently each monday morning. And periodically some thoughts on worship, and my family. Amber and I are now only 14 weeks away from having a baby girl. So I am sure this will be used a lot more.
Set List:
The Time Has Come - Hillsong
So Good To Me - Cory Asbury
How He Loves - Kim Walker (version)
Yes You Have - Leeland
Monday, April 19, 2010
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The Evaluation Room
So this weekend I had the privilege of spending some time with some great friends at The Bakery Studio here in Colorado Springs. We are working on Chris Watt's new record and also doing some song writing for various things. I love the studio and I get to come down here quite often to be a part of several projects. Something hit me as we were leaving the studio yesterday though:
As we were leaving I was reflecting on how humbling the studio sessions are for me. I feel confident as a guitar player and I feel like I'm creative and talented. But when I put myself in a PERFECT situation, where every single note, strum, tuning, hook line, riff, picking, & timing has to be spot on, I realize how far I really am from where I need to be. So I asked Brad for some "next step" feedback. What should I challenge myself on so that each time I'm in the studio I am better. I felt humbled because I quickly realized all my "lazy" areas that I never work on. Or the things that I don't think matter until I put myself in the studio.
The danger I realized is how much I do this in my walk with God. Here's the catch. Some of us don't have a true understanding of where we REALLY are in our walks with God because we are not putting ourselves in "the studio". I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHTEOUS PERFECTION, or saying lets all be perfect. Here is what I am saying. Some of us are content where we are and become complacent, we never put ourselves in "the studio" where all is shaken & revealed. God is "the studio", and I when I get a around Him I get a real evaluation of where I am at. Its there that we are challenged in our comforts, our laziness, & our compromises. We get around the ONE who is Holy and Perfect and we realize where we are, and we should ask "Father, what's the next step for me, what needs to go, what needs to be challenged, what needs to be tweaked so that I can continually become more like you?"
For several, we struggle with our devotional life, going to church consistently, surrounding our self with the right influences, having a private prayer closet, etc. These are things that put us in the "evaluation room". If we never go there, then we are in danger of becoming Revelation 3 vomit.
I have learned to love my time in the studio, because I know when I leave I am becoming a better musician. So I am learning to love my "GOD STUDIO" where I ask him to search me, challenge me, and make me more like Him. Have you been to "the studio" lately?
Headed to the Studio,
Adam
As we were leaving I was reflecting on how humbling the studio sessions are for me. I feel confident as a guitar player and I feel like I'm creative and talented. But when I put myself in a PERFECT situation, where every single note, strum, tuning, hook line, riff, picking, & timing has to be spot on, I realize how far I really am from where I need to be. So I asked Brad for some "next step" feedback. What should I challenge myself on so that each time I'm in the studio I am better. I felt humbled because I quickly realized all my "lazy" areas that I never work on. Or the things that I don't think matter until I put myself in the studio.
The danger I realized is how much I do this in my walk with God. Here's the catch. Some of us don't have a true understanding of where we REALLY are in our walks with God because we are not putting ourselves in "the studio". I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT RIGHTEOUS PERFECTION, or saying lets all be perfect. Here is what I am saying. Some of us are content where we are and become complacent, we never put ourselves in "the studio" where all is shaken & revealed. God is "the studio", and I when I get a around Him I get a real evaluation of where I am at. Its there that we are challenged in our comforts, our laziness, & our compromises. We get around the ONE who is Holy and Perfect and we realize where we are, and we should ask "Father, what's the next step for me, what needs to go, what needs to be challenged, what needs to be tweaked so that I can continually become more like you?"
For several, we struggle with our devotional life, going to church consistently, surrounding our self with the right influences, having a private prayer closet, etc. These are things that put us in the "evaluation room". If we never go there, then we are in danger of becoming Revelation 3 vomit.
I have learned to love my time in the studio, because I know when I leave I am becoming a better musician. So I am learning to love my "GOD STUDIO" where I ask him to search me, challenge me, and make me more like Him. Have you been to "the studio" lately?
Headed to the Studio,
Adam
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Weight of the Race
A couple of weeks ago I was spending some time in my devotions and praying about life and ministry and such. I felt God speak this to me:
Ministry is like a relay race. The kind with a baton. The way we get started determines the way we end. Everyone hands off the baton to the other racer. Its of most importance that the guy in front does the best he can so that the next guy doesn't have to make up the slack of the other guy, which eventually leads to a bad finish for the final guy.
This is why the greeters in the parking lot, the ones folding bulletins, those leading worship, those bringing the word, those dealing with kids, student ministries, and everything else carries huge weight.
I think sometimes we separate ministries. Saying "well, that's the student department and that's the children's, etc". Not realizing that if I drop the baton as a first impressions guy or a youth worker, I potentially damage what God wants to do from the pulpit in someones heart.
As a worship leader, I must make sure I do everything I can to the best of my ability to help people receive what God has for them thru the word God has given pastor Jeff.
I think sometimes we get lazy and don't carry the "weight of the race" and that's when we start dropping batons in ministry. That goes for all areas. People begin to leave and you become a bad steward of the talents and gifts God has given you.
The flip side of that is, the beauty of working hard and to the best of our abilities. When we train hard, the end result is worth it.
We are all in this for one purpose. Many roles, one goal.
Learning,
Adam
Ministry is like a relay race. The kind with a baton. The way we get started determines the way we end. Everyone hands off the baton to the other racer. Its of most importance that the guy in front does the best he can so that the next guy doesn't have to make up the slack of the other guy, which eventually leads to a bad finish for the final guy.
This is why the greeters in the parking lot, the ones folding bulletins, those leading worship, those bringing the word, those dealing with kids, student ministries, and everything else carries huge weight.
I think sometimes we separate ministries. Saying "well, that's the student department and that's the children's, etc". Not realizing that if I drop the baton as a first impressions guy or a youth worker, I potentially damage what God wants to do from the pulpit in someones heart.
As a worship leader, I must make sure I do everything I can to the best of my ability to help people receive what God has for them thru the word God has given pastor Jeff.
I think sometimes we get lazy and don't carry the "weight of the race" and that's when we start dropping batons in ministry. That goes for all areas. People begin to leave and you become a bad steward of the talents and gifts God has given you.
The flip side of that is, the beauty of working hard and to the best of our abilities. When we train hard, the end result is worth it.
We are all in this for one purpose. Many roles, one goal.
Learning,
Adam
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Be The Church Day video!
Here is a link to the video for Be The Church day, where we canceled church to go out and BE the church. 6 projects and peoples lives were changed. God did a miracle. It was a very powerful thing to be apart of. This entire series has been incredible and we are seeing God change our minds and hearts towards what the church is supposed to REALLY BE! Enjoy...
http://vimeo.com/6727011
http://vimeo.com/6727011
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sunday Set List
Solution - Hillsong United
Beautiful Jesus - Kristian Stanfill
Light up the World - Desperation Band
Give me your eyes - Brandon Heath
Go Tell It - Lee Mcderment
Beautiful Jesus - Kristian Stanfill
Light up the World - Desperation Band
Give me your eyes - Brandon Heath
Go Tell It - Lee Mcderment
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