Praise Set

Hey Crew,

Dan asked me to lead praise this upcoming week and I'm really pumped to be worshipping our God together with y'all!

Here are the songs for this week:
1) Forever by Chris Tomlin
2) Your Grace is Enough by Chris Tomlin (I was at this concert! haha)
3) Mighty to Save by Reuben Morgan
4) The Same Power by Hillsong London (bridge only)
5) God of Justice by Tim Hughes


I love all of these songs because they are so Christ exalting in their lyrics and really sets a vision of the glory of God. In particular, I want to highlight God of Justice. The chorus goes: "We must go. Live to feed the hungry, stand beside the broken. We must go. Stepping forward. Keep us from just singing, move us into action. We must go"

It reminds me so much of Isaiah 61: "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound."

This is our God. At the very apex of human & divine history, he crushed his own Son upon the cross so that justice would be done, and then raised him from the dead 3 days later in victory over sin and death. Because of the Gospel, we have freedom to proclaim liberty to the captives and to trust in God's final healing over this broken world.

As N.T. Wright states: "The message of the resurrection is that this world matters! That the injustices and pains of this present world must now be addressed with the news that healing, justice, and love have won...Easter means that in a world where injustice, violence, and degradation are endemic, God is not prepared to tolerate such things - and that we will work and plan, with all the energy of God, to implement victory of Jesus over them all."

Clinging to the Cross

Hi everyone. There hasn't been any updates on sets in a while since we've been having interfellowship large group. A song I would like to share that has been touching my heart this week is a song by Tim Hughes featuring Brooke Fraser called Clinging to the Cross. These days I am reminded frequently of how little strength I really have. I find myself constantly falling short of God's standards when I try to reach them through my own efforts and remember that it is only by grace that I am declared righteous. So what else can I do but cling to the cross? The song brings me back to how humble and poor I really am and magnifies the greatness of God in the work Christ has done for me.

Clinging to the Cross - Tim Hughes (feat. Brooke Fraser) - Holding Nothing Back