JourneyWorship

2-26-12

Worship Set 2-26-12

1. Here For You (Passion, Chris Tomlin)
2. God is Able (Hillsong)
3. Rhythms of Grace (Hillsong United)
4. How Great Thou Art (Page CXVI arrangement)

Time to Grow Up

Week 1 of "Time to Grow Up" was off the chain. Adam and the worship team brought it strong. The Spirit was moving and at work. It's obvious that the Lord is up to something in our midst. Pastor Jimmy reminded us that it is the Lord that is at work. It's not us. The 150+ people that have been baptized in the past 5 weeks is all the Lord's doing. He's pouring out a special anointing among us; an anointing that He has offered to churches in the past. Some chose to get on mission. Others chose to quench the Spirit. Journey is a church that is choosing the mission of God. We're not about to turn inward. We're not about to isolate ourselves and become a museum. We're staying on mision, by the help and grace of God. 

Jimmy said that knowing where we want to be and seeing a clear vision of who we want to become is only the first step. We have to want it. 

For most Christians the breakdown happens not at the vision stage, but at the desire stage. Do we really want it? I can see where I want to be but do I want it? That's where most christians throw their hands up and say, "No, I'm not willing to pay the price. I'm not willing to pay the cost of surrender."

Paul talks about this in 1 Corinthians 3:1-3. 

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

Paul also said in Philippians 3:7-10,

"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

The bottom line is this: You will never grow to a level that your desire doesn't take you.

You don't accidentally drift into maturity. It's intentional. You won't accientally wake up in shape. There is a cost involved.

Growth requires observation. So, the question is where is your red dot? Where is your "You are Here"?

The call for us, Journey, is to grow up. To ask God for the desire to grow, to know where our starting point is, and then get after it! Let's do it, by the grace of God.

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We worshiped to:

1. Go (Hillsong United)

2. Holding Nothing Back (Tim Hughes, Martin Smith - Jesus Culture version)

3. Rhythms of Grace (Hillsong United)

4. How Great Thou Art (Page CXVI version)

The band was: Adam Neal (keys, worship leader), Patience Leino (worship leader), Jordan Leino (drums), Christian Mikkan (bass), Heather Neese (vox, worship leader), Jamie Joyce (electric guitar), Will Miller (electric guitar), and Jeremy Morin (acoustic guitar).

#Follower - Week 3

Well, it's time to resurrect the Journey Worship blog. After a few months of Josh being away in Uganda, this thing fell by the wayside. So, let's get back at it, shall we?

Today was week three of the series "Follower." Pastor Jimmy's main idea today was very simply that followers help others follow. He stated that the American version of the Gospel, for the most part, distorts the truth Gospel. In our version, WE are the end of the Gospel. We say things like "when He was on the cross, I was on his mind." But that's not the whole Gospel. It's true that you are the beneficiary of God's grace, but you are not the END of his grace. He saves you so that you can make him known. Sanctification is the process of Him shining his light in everything that doesn't look like Jesus. So that he who started the good work wil be faithful to complete it. The light of the world becomes light in us so that he can be the light through us. He extends his grace to you so he can be grace through you.

Matt 4:18-20 - "While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Disciples help make disciples.

You are either on mission or you are the mission.

1 Cor 3:6-8 - "I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.

You have to know your role and your limits in helping People follow Jesus.

Your condemnation and judgment will never bring someone to Jesus!

PRACTICAL THINGS

1. Partner with a local church

• Sacrificing - with the same dollar you can worship God and fund the mission! 
• Serving 

2. Share your story 

3. Invest and invite - leverage your relationships for the Gospel

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Worship Set

1. You Deserve (Hillsong)

2. Holding Nothing Back (Jesus Culture vers.)

3. With Us (Hillsong)

4. Unending Love (Hillsong)

9.25.11 Worship Recap

Today at Journey we concluded our series Square Ped Round Hole. Pastor Jimmy brought an encouraging word about genuine faith. Here are a few highlights:

Jesus doesn't point you to some data or facts. He points you to a revelation of Himself.

If He is who He says He is, then why should we not build our lives on Him.

1 Corinthians 15:13-20

If this isn't true, than we are wasting our time, and our faith is in vain. We are nothing more than a bunch of idiots to be pitied.

If Christ has not been raised, than we are lost in our sins.

v.20 - "but in fact Christ has been raised from the dead."

Hebrews 11:6 - "and without faith it is impossible to please God."

We have a longing to trust, and He has a longing to be trusted.

We have a longing to believe, and He has a longing for us to believe in Him.

When God issued the call to Moses from the burning bush, He used the title "Yahwah" meaning "I am that I am."

When you seek Him you find everything you've been looking for.

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It was a fantastic day today. At the end of the service, Paul Crouthamel sent off Josh and Tasha Via and their family with some encouraging words and a word of prayer. The Vias leave tomorrow for six weeks in Uganda as they finish up their adoption of a little girl from the orphanage at Bukaleba, a ministry of Arise Africa International. The Vias would appreciate your prayers during their stay.
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It was a blast worshiping today with our team. Their hearts for Jesus is always so contagious. The band consisted of Kody Masteller (drums), David Patterson (bass), Jamie Joyce (electric/worship leader), Daniel Milers (electric), Steven Sharpe (keys), Tasha Via (violin), Whitney Bauer (BGVs/worship leader), Hannah Roughgarden (BGVs/worship leader), Josh Via (acoustic/worship leader).

We worshiped to:
1. You Are Wonderful (Journey Worship - look for it on the album coming Nov. 20th)
2. All Our Love (Journey Worship - look for it on the new album)
3. Yahweh w/ King on His Way tag (Hillsong, Via)
4. Wonderful, Beautiful (New Life Worship)
5. This is My Story/Blessed Assurance (New Life version)

7.24.11 Worship Breakdown

This past weekend, we had the privilege of being led in worship by Jordan and Patience Leino and Tawny Masteller. The Leino's have become such an amazing part of our church family here at Journey. If you don't know any their story, you should check out Patience's blog to catch up on them at leinolife.com. Tawny has also really developed into a dynamic worship leader not only in our adult worship service, but also among our student ministry here at Journey. In fact, she led some at student camp two weeks ago, and then she and Wes Matlock led for Uprising on Sunday night. 

Joining the team this weekend, we also had Micah Brown (good to have him back on drums), Matt Thomas (bass), Paul Callaghan (electric guitar - sprained foot and all), Daniel Miles (electric guitar), Christian Mikkan (keys - and the tallest Argentinian I've ever met), and Tasha Via (violin).

Worship Set:

1. For Your Name (Hillsong)

2. The Wonder of Your Love (Hillsong)

3. You Are Good (Gateway Worship)

4. Symphony (Chris Tomlin)

 

7.10.11 Recap

Pastor Aaron Bauer continued our series "Stories" today from Luke 15--the Parable of the Lost Sheep, the Parable of the Lost Coin, and the Parable of the Lost Sheep. At the heart of the talk and of the passage is the idea of repentance. Aaron's big idea was "God celebrates our repentance." He challenged us with making repentance a daily process.

It was great to have Micah Brown back helping lead us today. The team also included Patience and Jordan Leino, Kurt Masteller, Andrew Langhans, Josh and Tasha Via, Jason Joyner, and Steven Sharpe.

We also introduced a new song today called "The Lamb Who Reigns," a new Journey Worship song co-written by Josh Via and Andy Cherry. The song will hopefully appear on the new Journey Worship studio album to be released, Lord willing, later this year. It talks about the suffering, death and sorrow of the slain lamb. And then leads into the power, the strength and forgiveness of the risen lamb.

Worship Set:

1. Sing, Sing, Sing (Chris Tomlin)

2. Happy Day (Kim Walker version)

3. Symphony (Chris Tomlin)

4. The Lamb Who Reigns (Journey Worship)

7.3.11 Recap

This past week we continued our series "Stories" with Paul Crouthamel, our Executive Pastor, bringing the Word. He preached the second parable in our series from Luke 10, the Parable of the Good Samaritan. He took the angle of looking at the Levite, the Priest, and the guy who asked the question to Jesus ("Who is my neighbor?"). Typically, we focus on the Good Samaritan, and lose sight of the other characters in the story. 

• Why didn't the first two stop? Because they were simply conformists to the law.
• When conformity becomes the goal, the goal is no longer following Jesus!
• When conformity is the the goal, it's all about you. 
• Following Jesus is about surrender, not conformity.
• Following Jesus is not a process of conforming, but rather a process of being transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit living in you.

Worship Set:

1. Here For You (Chris Tomlin, Passion: Here For You)

2. Everlasting God (Brenton Brown, Lincoln Brewster version)

3. Lover of the Guilty (Journey Worship)

4. Symphony (Chris Tomlin, Passion: Here For You)

3-Week Recap

It's been a great few weeks at Journey. Easter was phenomenal. God was glorified. People were brought into the Kingdom of God. A beautiful exchange was our theme--the fact that Jesus took our place. Go check it out if you missed it at livestream.com/takeajourney.
He exchanged our iniquities, our sin, our filthiness for His righteousness.

Last week was the start of a new series called Kingdoms. It's all about God's victory over the enemy. And that through Christ, we also have the victory.  It's about knowing our enemy, and being aware of His tactics.

Today was week two. Here are some great takeaways from our pastor.

• There are 2 errors in our thinking about the enemy.

1.     We blame everything on Satan
2.     Or, we ignore him

• Satan is not omnipresent.
• You're probably not spiritual enough for Satan to attack you himself. It's probably one of his demons.
• Satan can't read your mind. So, what he does is he uses people and conversations to get you to speak what's on your mind, and then he'll take what you speak and use it against you.
• Be careful about speaking cursing or negativity against people, because he hears it and will then use it against you.

How does he attack?

1. The family
2. The mind

How do we keep him from getting a foothold in our minds?

1.   Capture the thought
2.   Evaluate the thought
3.   Determine to focus on it or get rid of it

Eph. 4:22-24 - calls it "renewal."

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Worship Sets

Easter

1. Aftermath (HS)

2. Here for You (Tomlin)

3. Beautiful Exchange (HS)

4. My Savior Lives (New Life)

5. No One Higher (Fee)

6. God Be Praised (Journey)

7. You (HS)

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May 1

1. Happy Day (Hughes)

2. Freedom is Here (HS)

3. King of all Days (HS)

4. King on His Way (Journey)

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May 8th

1. Happy Day 

2. Yours is the Victory (New Spring, Lee McDerment)

3. In Christ Alone (Liberty U, Matt Papa version)

4. Savior King (HS)

3.27.11 Worship Recap

The last two weekends at Journey have been perhaps two of the best in our history. Powerful movements of God happened in both weekends, and then a worship night smack in the middle saw 17 people going public with their faith through baptism. It's been ridiculous ... in a good way! God is moving. Lives are being changed and we're just trying to stay out of the way. 

Pursuit has been a series about knowing God. This week, Pastor Jimmy focused on the will of God--something that many Christians often misunderstand. It all boils down to a living, thriving relationship with Jesus and then walking in the wisdom that He brings.

• Foundational Question: Do I believe that God exists for me, or that I exist for God? 
• You make decisions based on this foundation: If you want to know God's will because your motivation is happiness, it probably means that you believe that God exists for you.
• James 1:5 - "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God ..."
• Wisdom is "supernatural insight into earthly situations."

How does God impart wisdom?

1. His Word.
2. Holy Spirit
3. Circumstances - (but be careful w/ circumstances. Check them w/ relationship)
4. Others - "Wisdom is found in those who take advice." Proverbs 13:10

• Many believers get stuck on the specifics of God's will and miss the general principle of simply maintaining a thriving relationship with Him and then walking in the wisdom He gives.  
• Rather than moving in a direction, many believers become paralyzed with the question of God's will and end up doing nothing, when all along God simply wants us to "pick a lane." 
• A moving ship is easier to steer than one that is sitting still.

Worship Sets:

3.20.11

1. God is Great (Hillsong)

2. Take Your Place (Journey Worship)

3. With Everything (HIllsong)

4. No One Higher/The Stand (Fee/Hillsong)

-creative element: "Secrets" by One Republic

3.27.11

1. 40 (U2 - just pre-chorus)

2. God is Great (Hillsong)

3. You Deserve (Hillsong)

4. Where We Belong (Hillsong)

5. Jesus Paid It All (Passion)

3.13.11 Worship Recap

In week two of Pursuit, Pastor Jimmy revealed the misunderstanding and mistake that many believers make--the face that many only seek God when they need something from Him. Additionally, many believers feel that prayer is an event, not a lifestyle. But, that's not relationship. Prayer is how you pursue HIm. Prayer is relationship. Once you establish a relationship with Him, you never stop pursuing Him.

• "It's the soul's paradox of love to have found God and to have spent your life pursuing Him." - A.W. Tozer
• Prayer is an intimate conversation with God.
• Should prayer be devotional? Sure. But it doesn't end there. Prayer is relational. Pray without ceasing.
• Relational prayer begins with surrender.
• Surrender before you speak. And the Spirit of God will guide you in your conversations with people.
• "The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God, the aim of prayer is complete and perfect oneness from God." Oswald Chambers

As always, if you miss a weekend, you can catch the whole thing and watch it live at livestream.com/takeajourney

Worship Set

1. For Your Name (Hillsong)

2. God is Great (Hillsong)

3. Nothing Can Separate (Journey Worship)

4. The Stand/The Solid Rock (Hillsong, Journey arrangement)