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September 9 Devotional

Posted on September 9, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

It was great sharing a meal with you all on Sunday as we officially kicked off our Fall season. It was a wonderful Sunday all together–great sermon, great music, great food and great fellowship. I hope you feel as if you’re on the right path for a spiritual fall season of music making and leading in worship. Whenever someone gets out of the habit of coming on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings, they always say how much they missed it when they do return. I believe God honors our efforts and faithfulness to service. He knows that it makes us feel good to serve and to use our gifts for Him. So, if you’ve wandered off the right path, fear not! Simply begin again. God will help you prioritize so that you can stay on the right path. A path of joy in serving God. Be blessed and thanks for walking along with me and your other brothers and sisters in Christ! Peace and Love, Scott

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Walk With Me Along Paths Of Trust. The most direct route between point A and point B on our life-journey is the path of unwavering trust in Me. When your faith falters, you choose a trial that meanders and takes you well out of your way. You will get to point B eventually, but you will have lost precious time and energy. As soon as you realize you have wandered from you trust-path, look to Me and whisper, “I trust You,Jesus.” This affirmation will help you get back on track.

The farther you roam along paths of unbelief, the harder it is to remember that I am with you. Anxious thoughts branch off in all directions, taking you farther and farther from awareness of My Presence. You need to voice your trust in Me frequently. This simple act of faith will keep you walking along straight paths with Me.  Trust in Me with all your heart, and I will make your paths straight.

Isaiah 26:4  4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

Psalm 9:10 10 Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 25:5 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Proverbs 3:5-6  5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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September 5 Devotional

Posted on September 5, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

This beautiful devotional warms my heart and gives me hope for my future. I love the image of Christ as both “friend” and “savior”. Many miss the relationship duality of our Lord and King. It seems almost impossible that the creator of the universe could also be our friend. But nothing is impossible with God! (as the song says!) And, on a more personal note, I am honored to call each of you “friend”. I love sharing ministry with you each week. Thank you for your faithfulness and servant hearts. You bless me and so many others. Peace and Love, Scott

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I Am Your Best Friend, as well as your King. Walk hand in hand with Me through your life. Together we will face whatever each day brings: pleasures, hardships, adventures, disappointments. Nothing is wasted when it is shared with Me. I can bring beauty out of the ashes of lost dreams. I can glean Joy out of sorrow, Peace out of adversity. Only a Friend who is also the King of kings could accomplish this divine alchemy. There is no other like Me!

The friendship I offer you is practical and down-to-earth, yet it is saturated with heavenly glory. Living in My Presence means living in two realms simultaneously: the visible world and unseen eternal reality. I have equipped you to stay conscious of Me while walking along dusty, earthbound paths.

John 15:13-15 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command. 15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I havecalled you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Isaiah 61:3 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.

2 Corinthians 6:10 10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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Orchestra Agenda

Posted on September 5, 2013 by drscott

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September 4 Devotional

Posted on September 4, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

Those great hymns of our faith come to mind when I read the devotional below. What hymns come to your mind? For me, I immediately started to sing “In the Garden” with that wonderfully lilting chorus: “And He walks with me and He talks with me. And He tells me I am His own. And the joy we share as we tarry there. None other has ever known.” Be blessed as you commune with Him today! Peace and Love, Scott

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In Closeness To Me, you are safe. In the intimacy of My Presence, you are energized. No matter where you are in the world, you know you belong when you sense My nearness. Ever since the Fall, man has experienced a gaping emptiness that only My Presence can fill. I designed you for close communication with your Creator. How I enjoyed walking in the garden with Adam and Eve, before the evil one deceived them!

When you commune with Me in the garden of your heart, both you and I are blessed. This is My way of living in the world-through you! Together we will push back the darkness, for I am the Light of the world.

Psalm 32:7  7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

Genesis 3:8-9  8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

John 8:12  12When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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September 3rd Devotional

Posted on September 3, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

Well, today it started for me. The massive, musical machine is starting its engine and we’re beginning to roll. I knew it was coming. Labor day marked the official end of summer for me and now, “it” has begun. I’m not sure where the summer went. I have a few pictures of places and things that I did. It’s all a blur now, so I’m glad I took some pictures to prove that I did indeed have a summer break! But I have to pace myself. I’m a giver, just like most of you. We love doing and going. It is ministry in so many ways. Mary and Martha were in ministry with Jesus when he gently chastised Martha for being to worried and upset about all that needed to be done. I can visualize her busily cleaning and cooking and taking care of everyone else’s needs but her own. Martha is a giver too. But maybe on this particular day, she was out of balance. Maybe, just maybe, the “work” needed to take a back seat so that Jesus could have the front seat. Maybe He had something important to tell her. Mary got it. Martha didn’t. So, take a moment each day to give Jesus the front seat in your busy lives before you take off with the rest of your day. You’ll be glad you did! Peace and Love, Scott

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Let The Dew Of My Presence

refresh your mind and heart. So many, many things vie for your attention in this complex world of instant communication. The world has changed enormously since I first gave the command to be still and know that I am God. However, this timeless truth is essential for the well-being of your soul. As dew refreshes grass and flowers during the stillness of the night, so My Presence revitalizes you as you sit quietly with Me.

A refreshed, revitalized mind is able to sort out what is important and what is not. In its natural condition, your mind easily gets stuck on trivial matters. Like the spinning wheels of a car trapped in the mud, the “cogs” of your brain spin impotently when you focus on a trivial thing. As soon as you start communicating with Me about the matter, your thoughts gain traction and you can move on to more important things. Communicate with Me continually, and I will put My thoughts into your mind.

Psalm 46:10 10 “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Luke 10:39-42 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”41″Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

1 Corinthians 14:33 (NKJV) 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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September 2 Devotional

Posted on September 3, 2013 by drscott

Dear Friends,

I hope you all are enjoying this Labor Day, albeit a wet one! Of course, we always give thanks for the gifts that God gives us, rain or shine. God gives us another great gift–the gift of choice. Having the right and ability to choose what to do and say is an honor that should not be taken lightly. It is a powerful gift that sometimes causes us to feel as if we are more powerful than we really are. We become less dependent on God and more dependent on our own self will and power. This path may possibly work for a while, but eventually, it will lead to burnout and disappointment. Tap into the creative source that never runs dry! In your weakness and dependence on Him, you will find strength for today and all of your tomorrows. Read on friends and be blessed. Hugs and Love, Scott

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Living In Dependence On Me is a glorious adventure. Most people scurry around with their noses to the ground, trying to accomplish things through their own strength and ability. Some succeed enormously; others fail miserably. But both groups miss what life is meant to be: living and working in collaboration with Me.

When you depend on Me continually, your whole perspective changes. You see miracles happening all around, while others see only natural occurrences and “coincidences.” You begin each day with joyful expectation, watching to see what I will do. You accept weakness as a gift from Me, knowing that My power plugs in most readily to consecrated weakness. You keep your plans tentative, knowing that My plans are far superior. You consciously live, move, and have your being in Me,

2 Corinthians 12:9-10  9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Acts 17:28  28’For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’

Colossians 2:6-7  6So then, just as you received Christ Jesusas Lord, continue to live in him, 7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

John 14:20 ²⁰On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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August 29 Devotional

Posted on August 29, 2013 by drscott

Dear Beloved,

How would you like to do less, but accomplish more?! We all want to be good stewards of the time, energy and talent that God has given us. Before you begin your day, try to find some quiet time with God. It is truly what is most important for a good and productive day. Be blessed as you sit quietly in His presence. Peace and Love, Scott
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Demonstrate Your Trust In Me by sitting quietly in My Presence. Put aside all that is waiting to be done, and refuse to worry about anything. This sacred time together strengthens you and prepares you to face whatever the day will bring. By waiting with Me before you begin the day’s activities, you proclaim the reality of My living Presence. This act of faith-waiting before working-is noted in the spirit world, where your demonstration of trust weakens principalities and powers of darkness.

The most effective way to resist evil is to draw near to Me. When you need to take action, I will guide you clearly through My Spirit and My Word. The world is so complex and overstimulating that you can easily lose your sense of direction. Doing countless unnecessary activities will dissipate your energy. When you spend time with Me, I restore your sense of directions. As you look to Me for guidance, I enable you to do less but accomplish more.

Luke 12:22-26  22Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

Ephesians 6:12  12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Proverbs 16:3  3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young

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