After All

I can’t comprehend Your infinitelyBeautiful and perfect love

Oh I’ve dreamed dreams of majestyAs brilliant as a billion stars

But they’re never brighter enoughAfter all

You are HolyOh Holy

Holy, Holy, Holy

I will sing a song for YouMy God with everything I have

In MeBut its never loud enough

After all

You are HolyOh Holy

Holy, Holy, Holy

Heaven and earth are fullFull of Your glory, glory

My soul it overflowsFull of Your glory, Your gloryOh blessed is He who reigns

Full of Your glory, gloryMy cup, it can’t contain

All of Your glory, Your gloryHosanna we are found

After all You are

HolyOh Holy

Holy, Holy, Holy

I can’t comprehendYour infinitely beautiful

"How Great Is Our God"

The splendor of a KingClothed in majesty

Let all the earth rejoiceAll the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light,And darkness tries to hide

And trembles at His voiceTrembles at His voice

How great is our God Sing with me

How great is our God And all will see

How great, how great is our God

Age to age He standsAnd time is in His hands Beginning and the endBeginning and the end

The Godhead Three in OneFather, Spirit and Son

Lion and the LambLion and the Lamb

How great is our God Sing with me

How great is our God And all will see

How great, how great is our God

Name above all NamesWorthy of all praiseMy heart will sing

How great is our God(2X)

How great is our God Sing with me

How great is our God And all will see

How great, how great is our God(3X)

Winter Retreat 2014

*Friday, January 17th - Sunday, January 19th*Camp of the Woods Christian Retreat Center*The weekend is packed with: -Fun -Worship -Fellowship -Lessons*All the lessons flow from this year’s theme: “Broken But Not Destroyed”*Cost: $180*Must Sign Up By: 1/1/14

Perishable Containers-Priceless Contents

2Corinthians 4

Dead to Sin; Alive in Christ“Imagine for a moment that you got into a car accident. You were fine but your car was totaled. What if you went to the mechanic and said, “I know my car needs to be fixed, but please don’t replace any of the parts. I’m used to the old ones; I want to keep them the way they are.”

It doesn’t make sense. It seems ridiculous to want the car fixed, but no new parts. Many people live their lives just like this. When we give our lives to Christ, we become new creations. We want the new heart, but no other part. We have new hearts, but now our legs need to take us different places, our eyes need to look at different things, and our minds need to be filled with different thoughts.

Dead to Sin*This happens at the moment of salvation......Before this we were condemned...But now sin no longer has that effect/power over us (now & forever)*By dying to sin......We identify with Christ (death and burial) = the old has gone...We are united with Christ*There needs to be a daily dying to sin and self

Alive in Christ

*New Identity: - “Just as Christ was raised from the dead...we too may live a new life.” -Our sins no longer count against us, so we should live in them no longer - “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” -So just because we are saved, doesn’t mean we keep sinning

Alive in Christ*Instead, we have a New Perspective: - “We count ourselves dead to sin.”“The phrase “count yourselves” was often used metaphorically to refer to having absolute confidence in what one’s mind knows to be true - the kind of heartfelt confidence that affects actions and decisions.”*The point:We have absolute confidence (by faith) that our sin no longer counts against us and that its power has ceased to control us.

Alive in Christ*So now we have a New Desire: -We want to live life God’s way“But rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.” -Romans 12:1-2“Jesus isn’t looking for people who want to add Him to their lives as an insurance against hell...He’s not looking for those who want only to be outwardly changed. Jesus calls to Himself those who are willing to be inwardly changed by Him, who desire an entirely new nature that is created in His likeness. He calls those who are willing to give up slavery to their sin for slavery to His righteousness.” JMac