Our church had their quarterly night of worship last night at the Alpharetta campus and I am so happy that I attended this. The choice of songs was the best I have been a part of yet in the 5 years of attending. The band was phenomenal, in my opinion the best of the best that our church has to offer were up there playing those songs as if they were born to play just those songs. They played a lot of the songs off of our church's most recent live album titled, "Awake." I am going to post a link so that you guys can find a way to get a hold of this album, it's AMAZING.
Aside from the awesome band, the awesome stage and the awesome set list of songs another reason it was such a great night was the group that I was attending this event with. I was able to worship with the people who mean most to me. I realized that last night how much some of my friends are beginning to really mean a lot to me. I've always been pretty good at spending time alone and so a lot of the time I can only have surface relationships with friends. I think it is time for me to really pursue my friends, but most of all let them pursue me. My father was also standing next to me, he is someone that I have always been able to worship with.
Throughout the night as we were singing I kept thinking of some scripture. It was blowing my mind as I really thought about it....
For while we were STILL weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die - but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
+Romans 5:6-8
That is for everyone. If you don't even know God, that is about you. It's about me, it's about Justin Timberlake and President Obama. Our pastor last night said this, "your sin and my sin qualifies us for God's forgiveness," it is the common bond between every human on this earth. We are all qualified to be forgiven at any moment in our life.
As you go to church or spend time around some Christian that you may work with or have class with see what they have to say about God's forgiveness. If you are a Christian, prepare yourself to be asked this question at any moment. Understand why you choose to believe that you are forgiven by God. And always be willing to share this forgiveness with someone, it is meant for everyone....
For there is no distinction: for ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God..
... and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
+Romans 3:22-224
Link for NP Live Album: Awake -
http://resources.northpoint.org/store/shop.do?cID=64&pID=1910
Album is also on iTunes! North Point Live:Awake
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