Something Beautiful ~

Bringing in the New Year with Roby Duke – “Beautiful Savior”

This time of the year our fellowship at Cornerstone Ministries in Napa,  has looked forward to having Roby Duke lead us in the worship of our Lord Jesus Christ as we finish out the old year and bring in the new.

This year Roby is worshipping around Jesus’ throne face to face with God. We look forward to soon being in sweet fellowship once again as we lay our crowns down at the feet of Jesus and sing together with the angels in sweet harmony in worship and praise of our King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

 

Here’s the lyrics to ‘Beautiful Savior’

 

All my days I will sing the song of gladness

Give my praise to the Fountain of Life

For in my helplessness, You heard my cry

And waves of mercy poured down upon my life

 

Beautiful Savior, Wonderful Counselor,

Clothed in majesty, Lord of history,

You’re the Way, the Truth, and the Life

 

Star of the Morning, Glorious in Holiness

You’re the risen One, Heaven’s Champion

And You reign, You reign over all

 

I will trust in the cross of my Redeemer

I will sing of the Blood that never fails

Of sins forgiven, of conscience cleared,

Of death defeated and Life without end

 

Beautiful Savior, Wonderful Counselor

Clothed in majesty, Lord of history,

You’re the Way, the Truth and the Life

 

Star of the Morning, Glorious in Holiness

You’re the risen One, Heaven’s Champion

And You reign, You reign over all

 

I long to be where the praise is never ending

Yearn to dwell where the glory never fades

With countless worshipers will share one song

And cries of ‘Worthy is the Lamb’ are raised

 

Beautiful savior wonderful counselor

Clothed in majesty, Lord of history,

You’re the Way, the Truth and the Life

 

Star of the Morning, Glorious in Holiness

You’re the risen One, Heaven’s Champion

And You reign, You reign over all

 

Questions and Biblical Answers by Pastor Greg Laurie

What Is Repentance?

Why  Do Christians Need To Know The Gospel?

Aren’t People Basically Good?

What must I do to be saved?

How Do I Get Right With God?

What Is The Essential Gospel Message?

What Is The Gospel?

Do I Have To Believe In Theology?

Why did God call out to Adam?

Why Are We Always Drawn To What’s Forbidden?

 

What Are Some Of Satan’s Tactics?

How Does Sin Change Things?

Why Do We Take Communion?

What Is The Book Of Genesis About?

Is Man Basically Good?

Story Of A Pastor Who Made A House Call – (humor)

Strange Warning Labels – (humor)

Can A Non-Believer Partake In Communion?

What About Temptation?

Temptation From Being In The Wrong Place

Resist Temptation by Obeying God’s Promises

How to Overcome Sin

When Does Temptation Usually Come?

New Believers Are Tempted to Doubt Their Salvation

Mature Christians, Used By God, Are Tempted Too

Romans Road Gospel Message:

Romans 3:10
“There is no one righteous, not even one…”
Romans 3:23
“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”
Romans 5:8
“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 6:23
“The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 10:9-10
 “If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord”, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Romans 10:13
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Jude 24-25 – “Now to Him Who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy – to the only God our Savior be glory, Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.”  

                                                                                                                                                

 

Amazed ~

AMAZED

YOU dance over me

While i am unaware

YOU sing all around

But I never hear the sound

LORD, i’m amazed by YOU

LORD, i’m amazed by YOU

LORD, i’m amazed by YOU

And how YOU love me.

YOU paint the morning sky

With miracles in mind

My hope will always stand

For YOU hold me in YOUR hand

How deep, how wide

How great is YOUR love for me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barabbas ~ Eternity ~ Afloat by Caleb and Sol Rexius

 

Barabbas written by Solomon Rexius 

“There was once an evil man. He was an insurrectionist, a rebel, a murderer, and a notorious prisoner. This day, however, he would face justice. He had committed crimes worthy of death, and now he was going to be a victim of crucifixion—one of the most vicious forms of capital punishment known to mankind. Death on a cross was only for the worst of criminals.

Partly due to the cold night, yet mostly due to inexpressible fear, Barabbas shivered uncontrollably as he lay face down in his prison cell. He was in utter despair. No hope. No defense. No answers.Barabbas had heard of this man, although some even called Him the Son of God. Supposedly, this Jesus was a worker of miracles, and He even claimed to be God in the flesh. One of Barabbas’ old followers had joined this “Christ” group a couple years back.But he had known Jesus and His followers to be rather peaceful. Why would there be such violent shouting now? As a painful reminder of his own impending doom, he could vaguely hear the crowd shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”

Still gripped with trepidation and terror, Barabbas heard something that made his stomach twist and his heart stop: shaking keys – the sound of justice. The very next moment, his cell door was swung open and the soldier yelled at him to leave immediately.

But Barabbas couldn’t move.
“Come on, you criminal, get out of here. You’re free.” But his own guilt wouldn’t allow him to believe it. “They’re going to kill Jesus of Nazareth in your place.”

With a thousand questions racing through his mind, Barabbas quickly lifted himself to his feet and hastily walked out of the prison and into the streets of Jerusalem.

A guilty man set free on account of another. Is that justice?”

Written and spoken by Sol Rexius, “Barabbas” is a unique and powerful deliverance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Video Production by Caleb Rexius. Audio Production by Jesiah.

info@calebandsol.com

Their group is called ‘The Oak’

Booking/Contact – 1 (541) 521-1002

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In the distance he could hear people shouting; chanting, even. He thought he heard his own name mixed in with the barrage of yells and screams. But there was one name he heard without mistake: “Jesus”.

 

Prayer of Repentance for Our Nation

Holy God we humble ourselves in repentance and call out to You for mercy

Holy God in Heaven,

Please humble our nation that we may know that You alone are God so that we may draw close to You in repentance that You may have mercy upon our nation – may Your will be done:

 Isaiah 5:20 says: 

‘Woe to those who call good evil and evil good,

who put darkness for light and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter,’

but that is exactly what our nation has done.  

Because of our sin we have lost our spiritual equilibrium

and reversed our values: 

 when we exploit the poor and call it the lottery – 

when we promote unproductive lives and call it welfare – 

when we support abortion, the death of a precious baby in the womb and call it a woman’s own personal choice – 

when we agree with those who hate and kill abortionists and call it justifiable –  

when we neglect to lovingly discipline our children and call it building their self esteem –  

when we allow the abuse of power in our government by false representation and empty promises and call it politics – 

when we covet our neighbor’s possessions and positions and call it ambition –  

when we pollute the air with profanity and pornography and call it freedom of expression –  

when we ridicule the Biblical  values of our forefathers who have been used by God to build the foundatin of our free nation and call it enlightenment – 

Holy God, please ‘Search us, and know our hearts;

test us and know our anxious thoughts –

See if there is any offensive way in us,

and lead us in the way everlasting.’

Psalm 139: 23-24

Jesus says: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17

Holy God, may we listen to You speak to us and repent!

In Jesus’ name!

Amen.

Set Free in Christ! ~ Sin Separated as Far as the East is From the West

Psalm 146:1-10

Praise the LORD.

Praise the LORD, O my soul.

I will praise the LORD all my life;

I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Do not put your trust in princes,

in mortal men, who cannot save.

When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;

On that very day their plans come to nothing.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,

the Maker of heaven and earth,

the sea and everything in them:

the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

He upholds the cause of the oppressed

and gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets prisoners free,

the LORD gives sight to the blind,

the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,

the LORD loves the righteous.

The LORD watches over the alien

and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.

The LORD reigns forever,

your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Praise the LORD.

Psalm 103:12

“As far as the east is from the west,

so far has He [Christ Jesus, our Savior and Lord] removed our transgressions from us.”

How Can i Keep my Way Pure? – Psalm 119:9-16

Psalm 119:9-16

“How can a young man keep his way pure? 

By living according to Your Word.

I seek You with all my heart,

do not let me stray from Your commands.

I have hidden Your Word in my heart

that I might NOT SIN  AGAINST YOU.

Praise be to You, O LORD;

Teach me Your decrees.

With my lips I recount all the laws

that come from Your mouth.

I rejoice in following Your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.

I meditate on Your precepts

and consider Your ways.

I delight in Your decrees;

I will not neglect Your Word.”

 

The Shame of Sexual Sin and How To Be Set Free

http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com/course/

 

The way of Purity – How to break away from pornography

 

Setting Captives Free offers ‘The Way of Purity’ course – a 60-Day interactive course that will teach you to enjoy a newfound relationship with the Lord and how to find freedom from sexual impurity.  It is possible, and you can learn how.

 

Setting Captives Free is a non-denominational ministry which teaches the biblical principles of freedom in Jesus Christ. Founder and President, Mike Cleveland, was captive to habitual sins for many years. He finally began to seek help and learned the Biblical solution to his sin problem: repentance, forgiveness, and the newness of life that comes through the gospel. In January, 1999, Mike found forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ and God changed his heart. Since that time, he has been completely free from all forms of habitual sin, by God’s grace.

 

The following year after Mike found freedom, he wrote an interactive course to teach the biblical principles of freedom in Christ. He placed the course on the Internet, and more than 800 people visited the website that first day.

Since that time, God has brought many men and women to freedom and victory through the gospel of Jesus Christ and the truth of Scripture. A mentorship program was developed to teach these freed captives how to help free other captives, by God’s grace. Focus Publishing soon began publishing the material in book format.

In the years to follow, many miracles of grace have been recounted, for God has been at work giving grace to those in the grip of sin, turning them from sin and to Christ. To date, nearly a quarter of a million people have gone through the biblical material either online or in book form. God continues to purify His church and free captives, to bring honor and glory to Himself.

 

Mike is pastor of preaching and vision at Ohio Valley Church. He is also an airline pilot with Continental Airlines and he and his wife, Jody, have six children. Mike has written seven books, is the speaker on “Setting Captives Free Radio,” and is currently working on the “Olford Fellowship Program” at the Stephen Olford Center for Expository Preaching.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; Isaiah 61:1

SCRIPTURES OF ENCOURAGEMENT:

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.  And God is faithful: He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.    1 Corinthians 10:13

 

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.”  For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempted anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away an enticed.  Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.  Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers.  James 1:12-16

 

TEMPTATION:

Satan wants to undermine our faith by using various deceptive schemes to entice us to sin, sowing within us the seeds of doubt, unbelief and rebellion.  Tow of his very powerful temptations were those of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, in which he achieved his purposes, and of Jesus in the wilderness, in which he failed.  These two instances who that Satan’s favorite device is to tamper with the word of God. The Bible encourages Christians to stand firm in the faith and to watch out for temptation. God promises to help us resist temptation, and He assures us that He will not allow temptation beyond what we can endure.  As our compassionate and sympathetic High Priest, Jesus, who has experienced human temptation, is ready to bring our prayers for strength in times of temptation before the Father.   Temptation must not be confused with God’s testing of our faith as a way of strengthening it, for God never entices us to sin against Him.

 

TESTING:

While Satan attempts to undermine our faith and entice us to sin, God at times tests our faith to strengthen it.  The Bible cites various examples of such testing.  This testing may, and often does, involve pain and suffering, but God wants us to reach out to Him and trust that His working for our good. As comparisons of 2 Daniel 24:1 with 1 Chronicles 21:1 and Job 1:6-12 and Job 23:10 indicate, it is often difficult to tell whether the trials we experience are from Satan.  Be that as it may, the Bible makes it plain that Satan and evil are under the control of God.

 

God tests our faith: Genesis 22:1,12 – Abraham with obedience to God by the offering of his precious son Isaac to God on the altar – to show that he feared God.

 

Deuteronomy 8:1-2 God tested the Israelites and told them, “Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers.  Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.”

 

GOD IS IN CONTROL OF EVIL:

Genesis 50:20 – Joseph forgives his brothers who sold him into slavery – “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

 

Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, holy, holy by Michael W. Smith

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty

Early in the morning my song shall rise to Thee –

Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty

God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide Thee

Though the eye of sinful men

Thy Glory may not see –

Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee

Perfect in power, in love and purity –

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty

All Thy works shall praise Thy Name

in earth and sky and sea –

Holy, holy, holy

merciful and mighty

God in three persons,

blessed Trinity!