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Brandon Heath – What If We

January 31st, 2009
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I wasn’t sure if I was a huge Brandon Heath (Twitter) fan or not but I got his album (“What If We“) for Christmas and I am really enjoying the music. The style is really pleasing and the lyrics have meaning.  I appreciate the fact that every lyric isn’t the same line over and over.  It seems in Christian music, this has become more of a trend in Praise/Worship music. The top hit “Give Me Your Eyes” definitely makes me consider how I see people around me.  I need to listen to the music a bit more to really pick my favorites — there are lots of good songs on this album!

I appreciated the music so much I just went and bought his other album “Don’t Get Comfortable“.

Jason Worthen Music ,

Isaiah 53

January 29th, 2009
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Isaiah God is good.  It is beyond my understanding how He gave us Isaiah 53 somewhere around 500 years before Christ was ever born.  The text that continues to jump out at me is the one that conveys a message of Jesus carrying my transgressions.  It is personal.

4 Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

When I read this Scripture, it convicts me of my sins even more.  It makes me think more about the work of Jesus Christ and how in my every day life, it is absolutely critical that I never take this for granted.  People in this world will spit on Jesus because they do not believe what He did for them.  “So then [God] has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.” (Romans 9:18)  That doesn’t excuse me from being a light every single day.  My  typical week will consist of 40-50 hours of work, 5-10 hours of elder stuff, a busy Sunday in corporate worship and the rest either with my family or personal time.  When are the right people seeing Jesus in my life?  Is it during the 40-50 hours at work?  Is it during corporate worship?  There are lost people in this world who need to know what Jesus Christ did for  them.  This text makes it abundantly clear to me that God crushed Jesus Christ for His children.  He crushed Jesus Christ on the cross so that man’s sins will be washed away and accounted righteous.

What am I willing to do tomorrow in order to make sure that others know this truth?  Will I close in prayer and then forget this text until I talk to my other Christian friends or will I get in front of others who need to hear this truth and share with them the good news?  That is really the challenge to me from God today.  I wonder if He is saying the same to you…

Jason Worthen Isaiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judges, Psalms, Quiet Time , , ,

Obama appoints Pastor

January 29th, 2009
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I know that I live under a political rock but this is interesting to me.  A 26-year old Penecostal pastor has been appointed to the head the Faith Office.  While the choice is not necessarily surprising, I am interested in the response from the evangelical church and other non-Penecostal denominations.  This is a person we should all be praying for every day!

HT: Christian Post

Jason Worthen Personal, Religion

Priorities

January 24th, 2009
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There is way too much going on in my life for my to stop capturing my thoughts, my questions, my challenges. God is doing some amazing things around me and I feel led to talk to my friends about that some more. Hopefully, some of you will find this informative.

Jason Worthen Personal