Devotionals
We all need daily encouragement to feed our souls. In our Devotionals you will find plenty of nourishment to help you through the ups and downs of being a full time, part time or volunteer in the ministry of creative arts.
Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: The Power of “RE”
Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: The Power of “RE” The fact that Jesus bore the cross for us should bring us to our knees in worship. With Jesus, God set in motion a rescue plan like none other, one that we could not manufacture on our own, but desperately needed. It was a plan that…
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Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Is it Well with Your Soul?
Worship Leader Devotional “Going Deeper”: Is it Well with Your Soul? Imagine that you are a very successful business person with an amazing spouse and four beautiful children. You have it all together. You have hit your stride. Things are going well. Your business is prospering and you and your spouse are enjoying watching your…
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When I Have Nothing Left to Give
It had been a rough weekend. Personally, my life was weighed down by issues with one of my teenage daughters. It was a weekend where my role as “mom” was tough…trying…exhausting. It was a weekend of sleepless nights where I could do nothing more than pray for God’s guidance in my kids’ lives. Sure…I practiced…
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What Is The Condition Of Your Heart?
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 Grace or works? As Christians, we walk a fine line between our works versus God’s grace. I look at some people and think, “Wow, they are all about doing good works, but I want to know about their relationship with the Lord!” I look at my…
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Are You Ready To Take Off Your Mask?
Have you ever noticed that when people become church musicians, they put on what seems to be our standard-issue, church-musician mask? The church-musician mask makes a church orchestra appear to contain twenty copies of the same person. This masked musician is suave and friendly: he or she has a great sense of humor, usually with a…
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The Familiar: The Going Deeper Series
Do you remember your first big date? Remember how nervous you were? Remember how you spent days, maybe even weeks, trying to find the perfect thing to wear? You thought about it all the time. In your mind you played through what you would say, where you would go, the things you would do together.…
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First Church of the Consumer: The Going Deeper Series
Why do you go to church? For some people, it is simply the way they were raised. Perhaps it is all they have known. Maybe it’s just the thing to do on a Sunday morning. In some areas, attending church has become a cultural or social event. Why do you attend the church that you…
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Revisiting RE-Everything | The Going Deeper Series
Three years ago, I posted the following blog about the resurrection of Jesus and how it represents so much more than we can know. It means Restoration, Rebuilding, Renewing, Refreshing, Replaying, Reviving and Reconciling…. Re-Everything! As I’ve been thinking about writing this week’s blog, the day after Easter, I wanted to revisit this one. I…
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Lessons from Aristotle | The Going Deeper Series
More than 300 years before Jesus came on the scene, a guy named Aristotle published a work called “Rhetoric.” Rhetoric is basically the art of persuasion. Aristotle’s writings have withstood the test of time for over 23 centuries, so it’s a good bet that he knew a thing or two about the subject. It’s also…
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Belonging and Believing | The Going Deeper Series
I don’t know a ton about Jewish history, but I do know that back in the days when Jesus walked the earth, all Jewish boys had to memorize the Torah. They sat under teaching of the Law as they grew, and eventually, the best of the best were able to become disciples of a Rabbi.…
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