Within the heart, the essence of worshipLord, in that corethat kernel,it is you, your sacrificeyour grace, on the crossgiving yourself, to death,into the arms of deaththat I may liveYour love for me, in my heartleading me to your throneYour spirit abiding, growingleading me to praise,to worship you,...

Revelation 4NLT Version Prayer: God of ages past and present, we come today to hear the word You have for us today. We ask that you would pour out your Spirit on us gathered here today. Enlighten us and enable us to see how you would have us worship You. Searcher of our hearts, renew us each day so ...

Instantly, immediatelytheir nets, their families, their livesleft, abandoned, without a wordwhen he but said, “rise and follow me�.That they, though imperfect, could answer the master’s callso we, like them, called to follow them, to follow him stillto be like them, his witnesses,his messenger...

Rising from the ashes, from the dust of earthrising to heaven, the court of the LordSo is this journey, from the burnt palms,a sign of the cross, marking us, on our skin, our livescoming, a journey, faces to Jerusalem,to that rising at Easter morningto the ascension into heaven Slowing our lives, jo...

The wandering, the itinerancy, over;his face set to Jerusalemknowing the road, the waythe cross before himThe shame, the suffering, the sheep to be scatteredFully aware, choosing the nailshumble savior, servant-kinggoing, purposefully, forwardknowing what was to comesubmitting himself nonethelesscho...

Scared by the storms, the sacrificestuck in the boat, on the shore perhapssurely not ready, preparedto step onto the waves Comfortable, safe within the boatwithin the pews aloneinside the walls of the sanctuarysafe within that which we know We are called, out of our comfortour of our tradition, to t...

So much like Martha, lamentingour minds so busy, cluttered,to do lists calling, attention, focuspulling us away, from stillness,quietude, from listening Needing to be like Maryfalling at the master’s feet, listening, his spirit stilledchoosing to spend timethe master in her presence Sit and listen...

So much to learn, like Marysitting at the feet of Jesuslistening to the voice of Godin silence, a message to share with us Like Martha, feeling the pull of the daythe work waiting to be doneSlowing instead, choosing a better partremembering He is in our presence He is here now with us, if we call on...

Rainbows are but one of the signscovenants of the creatorThe order of the worldHis faithfulness to us, his childrenwhether deserving or notIn the turning of the seasons,the words of the scripturesthe story of his boundless loveThe gift of life, born of clay, The breath of GodOur salvation, the offer...

This night, especially this nightfeeling you, Lordsitting beside me in the pewwanting only to take his handhe is beside us, each onewalking, leading ushis face toward Jerusalemour steps, yoked together leading us to that daythe fated day upon the crossleading us still, onwardtoward the cross, beyond...