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On the surface, this book seemed like the ideal read. It has a strong premise of how to create multiple streams of income using debt leverage. That is a great premise and one that we follow and put into practice every day. It was such a disappointment that this book failed to deliver on such promise.

Fred’s got this great resource and carnival style blog thing happening over at FredMcKinnon.com. So blog about your Sunday experience, leave your info in Fred’s Mr. Linky and enjoy the fun! So, I believe this is the 1st Sunday I’ve blogged about where I was NOT the worship leader leading worship I was “just the guitar player/back up vocalist” and let me say that it was AWE-SOME!

2 Samuel 6:21, “I will celebrate before the LORD”.  I have often wandered if there is an “eleventh commandment”, saying, “You shall not rejoice, nor will you be joyful in church”. When King David brought the Ark of God back to Jerusalem , he and the whole of Israel danced with all their might before the people of Israel .

James 1:22 (KJV), “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only”.  To put what we believe in to action is what God has called us to do. There has to be a balance in our walk with the Lord. We could listen to a hundred sermons on how to share our faith, on how to minister to people in the

John 8:32 (NIV), ”Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”.   It is one thing to say that you know about Jesus Christ, but its another thing to say that you KNOW Him. Jesus said of Himself, in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth and the life”.

Song of Solomon 1:15 (NIV), “How beautiful you are, my darling”.  My Jesus, oh, how I love you. My heart yearns for more of you. Your name is like perfume poured out. Jesus my darling, lover of my heart, to live without You is to live without air, for you are the air that I breathe.

2 Samuel 6:21, “I will celebrate before the LORD”.  I have often wandered if there is an “eleventh commandment”, saying, “You shall not rejoice, nor will you be joyful in church”.  When King David brought the Ark of God back to Jerusalem , he and the whole of Israel danced with all their might before the people of Israel .

Isaiah 26:3 to 4 (NIV), “You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal”.  Perfect peace, is something that we would long for.

Hebrews 4:16 (DARBY), “Let us approach therefore, with boldness to the throne of grace”.  I remember well the day when I came home from school, pushed open the front door, walked into the kitchen area, and went straight into the fridge for a Diet Coke.

Take a minute to read this great excerpt, written by Sojourn's worship pastor Mike Cosper, and then head over to Sojournmusic.com and read the rest, from a three-part installment on the climate of modern worship in churches.