Weekly Inspiration-Being Grateful
We would like to wish all of our readers a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We are grateful for your support and the support that you show gospel music.
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Father, I thank You for all the wonderful blessings that You have given me and my family. Thank You for the angels that You have given charge over us to protect us in all we do. We are grateful for Your help through the difficult times in our lives and blessing us with happier and more peaceful ones. We pray that You will continue to bless our lives and the lives of others around the world. Father, we thank You that every time we pray You hear us and honor our prayers. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Gospel Music
GOSPEL GOES CLASSICAL
Juanita Bynum and Jonathan Butler combine their vocals with a 60-piece symphony orchestra. This CD has made history because of its chart topping success on both the Gospel and Classical charts. The item is an enhanced double CD which features two music video clips from the concert. This would be a great item for the holiday season!
CHRISTMAS WITH JUANITA BYNUM
Celebrate your Christmas with Juanita Bynum this year! Among the songs included are “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Little Town of Bethlehem”, “O Holy Night” and “I Stand in Awe of You”. Don’t forget to get your Christmas CD’s in time for the holidays.
Bless someone with the good news that is always in great Gospel music!! Don’t forget to visit us daily or sign up to receive our feed. We would love to hear what you think about this blog. E-mail us at customerservice@1800gospel.com.
Dominique
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Notes From My Church
PLACE: Lakewood Church-Houston, Tx
Joel Osteen, Pastor
DATE: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2006
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
THE MUSIC: The music, as always, was electric and full of energy. Of course, the music is a big part of the Lakewood service. As soon as 7:00 p.m. hit, the entire audience was up on their feet in anticipation of praising God through song.
Cindy Cruse Ratcliff along with Steve Crawford and Da’dra Crawford-Greathouse led a spirited praise and worship service. Steve and Da’dra are now official Houstonians and members of the Lakewood Music Ministry. They bring an additonal level of excitement with their unique style of worship. Among the songs sung were “I Will Sing”, one of my favorites “Here I Am To Worship” and “Emmanuel” (God With Us). These songs were followed by an energized version of Kurt Carr’s “In the Sanctuary” and “Do You Know Jesus?”
THE MESSAGE: Pastor Joel spoke on sowing what you need and having supernatural things happen when you stop focusing on your problems. What you make happen for others God would make happen for you. He suggested sharing our time and talents even when we thought we were too busy. You would not be wasting your time, you would be sowing seeds. Your gifts would come back to you as stated in Ecc. 11:1
He said that many people are depressed and unfulfilled because they are focused on their own needs. He asked the question, what is it you need? If you need favor, give favor to others. If you need encouragement, pick up the telephone and encourage someone else. If you need healing, pray for someone else. Your acts of kindness will never go unnoticed. Be more seed minded and not need minded. Look for ways to be a blessing to others.
I loved this message because it is such a simple thing that we often forget about. What a great reminder to give what you need. We don’t know how the kindness we show others will come back. We can be sure that it will come back one way or the other. This message is an encouragement to those that are in difficult situations. It lets us all know that any situation can be turned around through God’s grace and sowing what you need.
THE ATMOSPHERE: Lakewood is full of people that are excited about their lives and the future of the church. There is always something going on and many different ministries to get involved in. This week the choir was out in full force recruiting new singers. The ushers are always personable and you are always greeted with a big smile and a greeting.
……..and that is what happened in my church this week. You can always watch live and archived services at http://www.lakewood.cc/ or http://www.joelosteen.com/.
What was it like in your church this week? The entire universe is filled with God’s love and grace. We would love to hear about your church service. Post a comment or e-mail me at dominique@1800gospel.com and tell us all about the music, the message and the atmosphere at your church.
Dominique
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Fab Five-Blessed From the Womb to the Tomb
My family and I are constantly listening to gospel music. My kids fall asleep listening to Praise 92.1 and gospel music is always playing in our car. I would like to share with you my top 5 songs for this week. I’ve blogged about two of these before, but they are such great songs they deserve to be repeated. And the top five for this week are…………
1. Yolanda Adams-“Be Blessed”-This beautiful song is on the Day by Day
2. Jimmy Hicks & The Voices Of Integrity-“Born Blessed”. What a great song!! Listen to the sample here. This song is performed by Elder Hicks and Evan. Diane Hay. You can also hear the sample of the standout song, “Blessed Like That” also.
3. J. Moss-“We Must Praise”-I love the smoothness of this song! Recently, on the way to the bank my little one asked me why I was playing this song over and over. The words are beautiful and it reminded me that we all praise God in our own particular way. We are not all singers, preachers, teachers or whatever, but we all must praise God with the talents that He has blessed us with. Pick it up today!!
4. Kirk Whalum-“Falling In Love With Jesus” which is on the The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 2
5. Kelly Price-”Healing”-This is from Kelly’s new CD “This is Who I Am”. Visit here to hear a sample of this great song. Read what GospelCity.com had to say about this CD. The girl with the golden voice has a winner with this one!
And those are my favorites for this week! Bless someone with the good news that is always in great Gospel music!! Don’t forget to visit us daily or sign up to receive our feed. We would love to hear what you think about this blog. E-mail us at customerservice@1800gospel.com.
Dominique
