Notes From My Church-Siempre de la Bienvenida
PLACE:Lakewood Church-Houston, Tx
Joel Osteen, Pastor
DATE: Saturday, June 2, 2007
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
THE MUSIC:
Praise and worship with the Lakewood team is always an awesome event! The front team, choir, and band do a wonderful job week after week. The guest speaker, John Maxwell, asked if our worship was this great every week. He stated that people would come back from heaven just to attend a Lakewood worship service! I certainly agree, worship is great all the time!
Worship was led this week by Cindy Ratcliff, Steve Crawford and Dadra Greathouse. Lakewood’s “Sing”, Israel’s “Everywhere That I Go” and “Again I Say Rejoice” started the service with a great upbeat tempo. Next up was Chris Tomlin’s “Indescribable”, which was led by Cindy. What a lyrically beautiful song! The chorus of the song gives praise to an all-powerful God for his awesomeness.
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
“Majesty”, and my personal favorite, “Always Welcome” were sung next. I always love when “Always Welcome” is sung, because I love the simplicity and sincerity of the lyrics. My favorite portion of the song is the part that says, “you draw me in to where you dwell, and I’m welcome”. It is a wonderful thing to know that we are always welcome into where God dwells. Cindy sung a portion of the lyrics in Spanish and it was a beautiful touch. ~siempre dé la bienvenida-always welcome~
Worship ended with “We Win” and “God Great God”. The choir did a stellar job on “God Great God”. Great energy, and the vocals were on point.
THE MESSAGE:
Scripture Reference: Acts 26
Subject: How To Be An I Can Person
The Message was presented by John Maxwell, best selling author and speaker
Sermon Synopsis:
John Maxwell spoke on how to become a person with an I can attitude. He said that we all should be like Paul, who affirmed to himself that he could do all things through Christ who strengthened him. We should constantly tell ourselves that we have the power, attitude, action and God on our side, which enables us to become a confident person.
Mr. Maxwell said that confidence is a very important and necessary strength to possess. He said that confidence is a result of following your passion and that it energizes your life and infuses it with energy. Confidence is a result of finding your strengths. We all have spiritual gifts and won’t be held responsible for gifts we don’t have. We should stop working on our weaknesses, and concentrate on our strengths.
According to Mr. Maxwell, confidence and passion is gained by doing what you do well. The biggest step to walking in your purpose is to know Jesus Christ as your savior. We are all unique and special and God has a definite plan for each of our lives.
**Of course, this is only a very short summary of John Maxwell’s sermon. To get the full effect you can watch this service and other archived services at http://www.lakewood.cc/ or http://www.joelosteen.com/.
THE ATMOSPHERE:
The audience really enjoyed hearing John Maxwell. His sermon was funny, thought provoking, and engaging. He told some wonderful stories that you can watch at the archives on the Lakewood website. The audience really enjoyed hearing him speak and his passion for teaching leadership principles was evident. Thanks to Dr. Paul for introducing him to Lakewood.
……and that is what happened in my church this weekend. What was it like in your place of worship 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.
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