The Great I AM!

We sang one of the most powerful song yesterday written by Phillip, Craig and Dean called The Great I AM! It is one of my absolute favorite worship songs ever! I hope sharing the lyrics makes you sing it really loud if you know it:

I wanna be close, close to Your side
heaven is real and death is a lie.
I wanna hear voices of angels above
singing as one

(chorus)
Hallelujah, Holy, Holy
God Almighty, the Great I AM
Who is worthy, none beside Thee
God Almighty
The Great I AM

I wanna be near, near to Your heart
loving the world and hating the dark.
I want to see dry bones living again
singing as one. (chorus)

The mountains shake before Him
the demons run and flee,
at the mention of the name
King of majesty
There is no power in hell
or any who can stand
before the power and the presence of
the Great I AM
the Great I AM (5x's)

Chorus

Just typing the words to this song gets me pumped up!

I sincerely pray that anyone who reads this would come to know the Great I AM in a personal way. There is no one who can compare, no one who loves you more than He does, and no one who wants a relationship with you more than God Himself.

God used that phrase "I am" numerous times in the Old Testament to tell people exactly who He was. In the New Testament you will find Jesus uses that same phrase to tell people who He was. And the people of Jesus day had a real problem with Him using that because they knew the Old Testament. Who did Jesus think He was to use that same phrase as God did.... Well, great question.
Let me share quickly the answer to that.

John 1:1 say - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God!
Then a few verses later John tells us exactly how Jesus brought this whole idea full circle.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

That is so awesome! Jesus, was God with skin on. He left heaven, freely to come to this earth and ultimately die for our sins to reconcile us to His Father.

Is today the day that you come to know the Great I AM by having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ His Son?
Pray and invite Jesus to be your Lord and Savior today!

Any questions please call the church, I would love to talk to you more about - ANYTIME! 

Sooooooo, what resolutions did you make?

With a new year comes resolutions that we make to start or stop this or that. Yesterday, Pastor Mike preached on this very subject; and did a fabulous job I might add. He quoted Jonathan Edwards who said: "I have 2 New Year's resolutions: Resolution #1 - I will live for God. Resolution #2 - If no one else does, I still will."
I love that!
Pastor Mike listed the top 10 resolutions that Americans made this year and there really weren't any that had to do with God whatsoever.
I don't ever make any resolutions each year, but if I did I would probably include some that were in the top 10 list as well - lose weight, get fit an healthier, and so on.
I guess the question should be for all of us - why don't we include God in our New Year's resolutions? If we call ourselves followers of Jesus Christ, can't we all improve on our relationship with Him each and every day? It supposed to be our top priority, isn't it?

I suggest we echo the words of Jonathan Edwards - Let's live for God, whether anyone else does or not! Let's all make it our number 1 goal to spend more time reading His love letter and asking Him for guidance and direction as we pray each and every day!

WHO'S WITH ME??

Let's all do this:
1 Peter 2:2 As a newborn baby desires milk, that we may GROW in our salvation.