Last Thursday @ True Life we were studying Colossians 4 and the theme of sharing our faith seemed to saturate our hearts, conversation, and prayer. These verses stuck out to many of us:

Colossians 4:3-6
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

It really overcame me, the thought of REDEEMING THE TIME. We don't have infinate time to share. We only have this moment to complete the purpose that God has for us THIS moment. I don't want to miss an opportunity to share this love and forgiveness that Christ has for us. In order to do that, it takes walking in wisdom. If we don't walk in wisdom, we may not have a reputations that 'earns us the right to be heard'. My brothers and sisters, let's be obedient in this task that is before us. This gift that God has given us to share is an ETERNAL relationship with the Creator. God! There is NO better gift than that!

Last night I heard one of the BEST teachings on Worship that I had heard in a while. It was a teaching by Bob Kauflin from New Attitude 2002. Here are a few phrases that stuck out to me (I couldn't possibly type it all):

-The Christian worship leader - aided and led by the Holy Spirit combinds biblical truth and music to magnify the worth of God and the redemptive work of Jesus Christ there by motivating gathered believers to join him in proclaiming and charishing the truth about God and seeking to live all of tlife to glorify God.

-Everything glorifies God, but not everything worships God.

-Worship should contain doctrine and devotion, objective truth with subjective response.

-Knowing that something is true produces emotion.

-Attention should be on God, His Word, and the Cross.

-Music should support truth, not distract from it.

-The gospel is central to worshiping God.

-God is the most glorified in us, when we are the most satisfied in him -John Piper