Adversity, Good Things, Beautiful Plan of Redemption, 25 Hymns, A Faith Like His, and Better Is One Day
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Adversity, Good Things, Beautiful Plan of Redemption, 25 Hymns, A Faith Like His, and Better Is One Day
In This Issue... John 5:19 and quotes from Doug Stringer and Elisabeth Elliot, Beautiful Plan of Redemption, 25 Hymns, A Faith Like His, and song from Passion Music
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Adversity, Good Things, Beautiful Plan of Redemption, 25 Hymns, A Faith Like His, and Better Is One Day
Welcome to this issue of one24worship - Because worship is a daily lifestyle, not just a weekly event.
Here is one verse, two quotes, and four observations to consider this week…
One Verse
“So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.’” John 5:19 ESV
Two Quotes
Doug Stringer
“Every adversity is an opportunity for God to show Himself even greater.”
[Source: Doug Stringer, Leadership Awakening: Foundational Principles for Lasting Success (Whitaker House, 2016 by Doug Stringer), pg 30]
Elisabeth Elliot
“I’m convinced that there are a good many things in this life that we really can’t do anything about, but that God wants us to do something with.”
[Source: Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing, (B&H Publishing Group, 2019), pgs 7-8]
Four Observations
“At the center of our beauty-loving God’s perfect plan for making us beautiful is something so grotesque and so offensive that people cannot even bear to look: the God-damnable death that Jesus died on the cross. Wrestling with this paradox, however, brings healing to the soul.”
“The 2013 hymns were data we received from Lifeway Worship. A large number of them likely represent songs chosen by music leaders purchased for congregational use. The 2023 poll is broader since anyone could name their favorite hymns.”
“You can only imagine what Joseph’s family thought. You can only imagine what the townsfolk thought. You can only imagine what the religious leaders thought. You can only imagine the laughter and the mocking, the rumors and the gossip, the scolding and the censure. And maybe we should imagine it.”
SONG from Passion Music - Better Is One Day (Audio / Live From LIFT: Creative Conference, 2023)
CHORUS
“Better is one day in Your courts / Better is one day in Your house / Better is one day in Your courts / Than thousands elsewhere.”
Music video by Passion performing Better Is One Day (Audio / Live From LIFT Creative Conference, 2023). sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records; © 2023 sixstepsrecords LLC and Capitol CMG, Inc.
Until next week,
David Guion
P.S.
A Jar of Flour and a Jug of Oil
“With God, there is very often a profound difference between what a FACT is about a situation and what the TRUTH is about that same situation! He has a unique and infinite perspective. The FACT was that there was a lack of flour in the jar and very little oil in the jug. The TRUTH, however, was that any ‘lack’ in the hands of the Lord is more than ‘enough!’” David Guion