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The People of God: A Praise Factory

March 7, 2017 by Dan Sullivan

What if we considered ourselves a praise factory? What if the Church was a factory for God’s praise? When we praise God, we celebrate His person, presence, and actions. One Hebrew word for this is Halal, which means to shine and boast, all in one.

How do you like that? We are a factory for shining the boasts of God. Or maybe we are the shining boasts of God?

we were made to worship God together

How about that sentence: “Unity and Praise are constitutive?” As in part of what makes us Christians, what makes us the people of God, is our unity together as we praise the one true and living God?

This comment was great “Praise and worship is like we all bring our faith and dump it together in a pot.” That is the truth. When we come together to sing songs to God, or to pray and give Him glory, it makes a better thing than if we only did it by ourselves in isolation.

Filed Under: Handwritten Blog Tagged With: people of praise, prayer, singing, worship

Peaceful as a Weaned Baby

May 12, 2015 by Dan Sullivan

[1] O LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
[2] But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.

(Psalm 131:1-2 ESV)

The picture here is awesome. God’s peace, the calm and quiet soul at peace, is like a baby that doesn’t have to cry for milk anymore. A weaned baby eats and is full, is still. Still with its mother, just sitting.

I remember with each of our kids the feelilng my wife felt when our kids were weaned and just sat with her. They were no longer whining or rooting for milk, they were just sitting and holding on and happy to be held by their mommy.

The person at peace and full of the Lord doesn’t have to worry about things that are too lofty for them, like if Obama is going to invade Texas, or the next crazy germ to break out somewhere. He doesn’t have to demand gifts from the Lord or raise his eyes up above what he currently has to demand more.

A weaned child sitting in her mother’s arms asking for a bunch of stuff that the mother knows better about is just a spoiled brat. There is no peace there.
A weaned child sitting and enjoying the shear fact of being with her momma brings joy to them both. How much more-so with our Lord!

Filed Under: Bible Study Tagged With: fear, fellowship, peace, prayer, Psalms, tongues

WCAGLS14: Bill Hybels’ Opening Talk

August 15, 2014 by Dan Sullivan

Here are my notes from the opening session at the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit.

It was Bill Hybels and it was a good talk. wcaglssession1.jpg

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After this my word of the day was QUEEN-FREAKIN-MARY although I was convinced that I was going to slip at some point.

Filed Under: Featured, Handwritten Blog Tagged With: leadership, perserverance, poverty, prayer, WCAGLS, wisdom

Be Selectively All-Powerful, Lord

February 27, 2013 by Dan Sullivan

Filed Under: Bible Study, Handwritten Blog Tagged With: Isaiah, prayer, sin

God is Always the One That Does It

February 24, 2013 by Dan Sullivan

Filed Under: Bible Study, Handwritten Blog Tagged With: demons, Jesus, Mark, miracles, prayer

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