BREAKFAST

Snippet

“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

Scripture

And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house—  for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’  But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’  And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’  He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead. Luke 16:27-31 ESV

Song

BREAKFAST NEWSBOYS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xePee2IqNc

Hold the milk, put back the sugar

They are powerless to console

We've gathered here to sprinkle ashes

From our late friend's cereal bowl.

Breakfast Clubbers, say the motto

That he taught us to repeat:

"You will lose it in your gym class

If you wait 'til noon to eat."

Back when the Chess Club said our eggs were soft

Every Monday he'd say grace and hold our juice aloft

Oh, none of us knew his checkout time would come so soon

But before his brain stopped waving, he composed this tune:

[Chorus]

WHEN THE TOAST IS BURNED

AND ALL THE MILK HAS TURNED

AND CAPTAIN CRUNCH IS WAVING FAREWELL

WHEN THE BIG ONE FINDS YOU

MAY THIS SONG REMIND YOU

THAT THEY DON'T SERVE BREAKFAST IN HELL

Breakfast clubbers, drop the hankies.

Though to some our friend was odd,

That day he bought those pine pajamas

His check was good with God.

Those here without the Lord,

How do you cope?

For this morning we don't mourn

Like those who have no hope

Oh, rise up, Fruit Loop lovers -

Sing out sweet & low

With spoons held high

We bid our brother, "Cheerio!"

[Chorus]

Sentence Prayer

Father

Teach me to number my days

That I may find wisdom and love

To live today pleasing you.  Amen

A.dore God for his Judgement and thirst for Justice.  That one day all things will be made right!

C.onfess those acts in you life that are still not under the Lordship of Christ.

T.hank him for Moses and the Prophets in the Scripture that point to Jesus

S.upplication  Pray for a missionary who is sharing the love of Jesus.

OOH AHH

Snippet

Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth.  Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people.  He wants to be wanted.  A.W. Tozer

Scripture

(We must) run with patience the particular race that God has set before us.  Hebrews 12:1 LB

Song

"Ooh Ahh" by Grits (feat. TobyMac)

http://youtu.be/pJ4NR2bHbgU

[Hook]

My life be like

Ooh Aah (yeah), Ooh Ooh

My life be like (yeah)

Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah (yeah), Ooh Ooh

Ooh Aah (yeah), Ooh Ooh

My life be like (yeah)

Ooh Aah, Ooh Aah (yeah), Ooh Ooh

My life be like (yeah)

[Chorus: over hook]

It's times like these that make me say

Lord if you see me please come my way

Leavin' bread crumbs for when I stray

Rely on sacrifice and the price you paid

Feel me like a fingertip (fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip)

Sometimes I fall I slip

My heartfelt desire be more like you

Tryin' not to quench your fire with the things I do

[Verse One: Coffee]

I'm on an island by my lonesome stranded

Low key and stayin' candid

Reflect on all the things I try my hand at

Church for the equations to persuasions I'm used to

Finding comfort in the zones of closet bones I get loose to

A mountainous fontaine

Spinnin' and monsoonin', grinnin' it's hign octane

Explosive how I came

Rollin' down hills cause lifes a hastle

Encircled by my folly like a moat surround a castle

Stay afloat, catch a second wind

Thin

Is the air I breathe

Teary eyed nose runnin' wipe the snot on my sleeve

I'm callin' on the Savior to be all that I need

Please forgive me my behavior had me lost at light speed

[Chorus: over hook]

It's times like these that make me say

Lord if you see me please come my way

Leavin' bread crumbs for when I stray

Rely on sacrifice and the price you paid

Feel me like a fingertip (fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip)

Sometimes I fall I slip

My heartfelt desire be more like you

Tryin' not to quench your fire with the things I do

[Verse Two: Bonifide]

The fear of never fallin' in love

And the tears after losin' the feelings of what you thought love was

Like the dirt still up under the rug (My life be like)

Bad characteristics covered in Christs blood

The joy of new birth and the pain of growin' up

The bliss between givin' my all and givin' up

The highs and lows

Paths and roads I chose

In the cold I froze

Tryin' to ease my woes

In this world of sin

Clothes to thin to fend

So to God I send

Words of help to win

In grumblings so deep letters could never express

So the sound of Ooh Aah beneath my breath projects

[Chorus: over hook]

It's times like these that make me say

Lord if you see me please come my way

Leavin' bread crumbs for when I stray

Rely on sacrifice and the price you paid

Feel me like a fingertip (fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip)

Sometimes I fall I slip

My heartfelt desire be more like you

Tryin' not to quench your fire with the things I do

(Don't be bad)

[Verse Three: TobyMac]

My life be like

Ooh Aah Ooh

Dum dum ditty

Here come that boy from the Capital City

Last up on the Grits new ditty

But eight bars or the truth well do (uh)

I believe theres a private stunnin

And I believe in the Kindgom Comming

I believe if you seek the truth

You don't need to look far cause it's gonna find you

So why oh why do I trip and stumble?

And ooh aah as commitment crumbles?

I can't believe that I'm here again....

[Chorus: over hook]

It's times like these that make me say

Lord if you see me please come my way

Leavin' bread crumbs for when I stray

Rely on sacrifice and the price you paid

Feel me like a fingertip (fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip)

Sometimes I fall I slip

My heartfelt desire be more like you

Tryin' not to quench your fire with the things I do

It's times like these that make me say

Lord if you see me please come my way

Leavin' bread crumbs for when I stray

Rely on sacrifice and the price you paid

Feel me like a fingertip (fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip)

Sometimes I fall I slip

My heartfelt desire be more like you

Tryin' not to quench your fire with the things I do

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

My life be like

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

Ma-ma-my life be like

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

My life be like

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

Fa-finger tip, fa-finger tip

My life be like

Sentence Prayer

Holy Spirit

Help me to live Strong

For Jesus  Amen

A.dore God for being a god of life

C.onfess the moments you need bread crumbs to find your way back

T.hanks for the Ooh Ah’s of life

S. uppplication for those who have yet to know the sacrifice and price is paid for their sins

REAL

Snippet

The Savior moved from divine doctrine to dirty feet in a very short space of time. We would do well to remember this.  Derick Bingham Encouragement – Oxygen for the Soul, Christian Focus, 1997, p. 14.

Scripture

O God, you are my God;

    I earnestly search for you.

My soul thirsts for you;

    my whole body longs for you

in this parched and weary land

    where there is no water. Psalms 63:1 NLT

Song

Real to me Nichole Nordeman

http://youtu.be/es_wk3UUr6c

Every time I try to find you

Every road comes back around

Just another hoop to jump through

Another mile of covered ground

I am weary of the answers

More theory and cliché

They raise the letter of the law like a banner

'Til you're small and far away

All the questions in my head

Are from my heart instead

Be real to me now

That's all I'm asking

Be real to me now

Every scribe and every scholar

No winners in this debate

Everybody seems to stand up taller

When you're easy to explain

I don't need to know what I don't know

Just got to let it go

Be real to me now

That's all I'm asking

Be real somehow

More than anything

More than anything

So lay down the sword

And put away the doctrine

Love a little more, love a little more

'Cause everybody's broken

Sentence Prayer

Father: I am so weary of

The endless discussions on

The Greek Ending in the 7^th declension

When my sister has cancer,

When my brother is facing an unfaithful spouse

When my brothers and sisters are staring at the grave of 

a loved one

Jesus make me a sponge of your love

May I soak you up

So when I am squeezed

Holy Spirit pours out the

Love of God the world needs!  Amen  RM

       A.dore God for being real and always being there

       

        C.onfess the sins of divisiveness you have committed

       

       T.hank God for those who have oozed out the love of God

       

       S. upplication  Who in your world right now needs the Love of God?

CRIMMINAL

Snippet

“Nothing spells trouble like two drunk cowboys with a rocket launcher.” ― C.J. Box from novel COLD WIND

Scripture

What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

“‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

 “Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.

 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”

“The first,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him. Matthew 21:28-32 NIV

Song

"Criminals And Kings" By Stellar Kart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcxuDevW9h4

WE ARE WHO WE ARE

FALLING AND SHOOTING STARS

WE PRAY TO GOD ABOVE

AND PRAY ON THE ONES WE LOVE

HELD TO A HIGHER CALL

WE ARE THE RISE AND FALL

WE ARE THE CRIMINALS

WE ARE THE CRIMINALS AND KINGS

GUILTY AND INNOCENT

BEEN FOUND BUT STILL WE'RE WANDERING

WE ARE THE CRIMINALS

WE ARE THE CRIMINALS AND KINGS

THIS LIGHT CAN SHINE SO BRIGHT

THEN FADE INTO THE NIGHT

SO CLOSE TO HEAVEN'S THRONE

NAILED TO THE STREETS BELOW

I CAN'T ESCAPE THE SAFE

TIME IS NOT MINE TO WASTE

HELD TO A HIGHER CALL

I AM THE RISE AND FALL

BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEEP

YOU ARE MY ONLY FREEDOM

FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY LUNGS

UNTIL FOREVER ENDS

I SWEAR I'LL NEVER CAVE IN

THIS IS WHO I AM

Sentence Prayer

Father

I am who I am a sinner saved by Grace

Grace only made possible by the Son of God’s blood.

From Day to Day a prostitute and saint depending

On how I yield to the Spirits leading.

Help me to never give up

But to cling to you in faith forever.  Amen

A.dore God for His mercy for your sin.  Maybe a long look back at how much he has forgiven is in order.

C.onfess your criminal acts

T. hanks  Thank the Holy God of the universe for his never give up on His Children

S. upplication  Pray for the Pharisee who sees no need to repent, who has said he would work in the vineyard but has not gone.  Pray for God’s rebellious son’s and daughter who refuse God’s call.

HEAVEN

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Heaven is both the peace, stillness, serenity, and calm that came from having everything in it’s right place-that state in which nothing is required, needed or missing-and the endless joy that comes form participating in the ongoing creation of the world.  Rob Bell Love Wins pg 48 Harper One Pub 2010 New York New York

Scripture

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. Revelation 21:5 NIV

Song

Sandi Patti & Wayne Watson Another Time and Another Place

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQeXAVKvUFg

I've always heard there is a land

Beyond the mortal dreams of man

Where every tear will be left behind

But it must be in another time

Oh-oh-oh

There'll be an everlasting light

Shining a purest holy white

And every fear will be erased

But it must be in another place

Oh-oh-oh

CHORUS:

So I'm waiting

For another and another place

Where all my hopes and dreams will be captured with one look at Jesus' face

Oh, my heart's been burning, my soul keeps yearning

Sometimes I can hardly wait for that sweet, sweet someday

When I'll be swept away

To another time and another place

I've grown tired of earthly things

They promise peace but furnish pain

All of life's sweetest joys combined

Can never match those in another time

Oh-oh-oh

And though I put my trust in Christ

And felt His spirit move in my life

I know it's truely just a taste

Of His glory in another place

Oh-oh-oh

CHORUS

Sentence Prayer

Lord Jesus, come quickly, come soon, come when it’s time

Amen 

Roger Miller

MLK

Snippett

In his letter from a Birmingham jail, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. responded to fellow American clergy who were asking him to wait for a better time to pursue the cause of justice in the South.  "Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, 'Wait,'" he wrote.  "But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize and even kill with impunity your black brothers and sisters; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society....when you are forever fighting a degenerating sense of 'nobodiness'—then you will understand why we find it difficult to wait."(1)  To call for those suffering to wait is to institutionalize our apathy.

Though at times unconsciously taken, our steps away from the center of the world's pain to a place where we can clear our heads and find perspective are invariably steps toward putting it out of our heads.  Requesting time to think, we are requesting time itself to stop.  We are asking those with urgent needs to pause for the sake of our own relief.  We ask those affected by injustice and hunger, darkness and pain, racism and religious persecution to cover their faces in nobodiness while we step away from it all.  But as Dr. King observed prophetically, "Justice too long delayed is justice denied.'"

Faces in the Crowd	Monday, January 17, 2011
Jill Carattini  Todays’s Slice Ravi Zacharis

Scripture

Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. ⁴² And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”  Matthew 10:41,42

Song

COLORED PEOPLE DC TALK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFIKUNUNavU

(1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4)

Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir

I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin

I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement

Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin

We've gotta come together

And thank the Maker of us all

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

(1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4)

A piece of canvas is only the beginning for

It takes on character with every loving stroke

This thing of beauty is the passion of an Artist's heart

By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope

We've gotta come together,

Aren't we all human after all?

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

Ignorance has wronged some races

And vengeance is the Lord's

If we aspire to share this space

Repentance is the cure

(1, 1, 1, 1... 2, 2, 2, 2... 3, 3, 3, 3... 4, 4, 4, 4)

Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man

Should make it easy for you to see

That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones

As a part of our anatomy

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

We've got a history so full of mistakes

And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace

We're colored people, and they call us the human race

(Oh, colored people)

We're colored people, and we all gotta share this space

(Yeah we've got to come together somehow)

We're colored people, and we live in a tainted world

(Red and yellow, black and white)

We're colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl

(Colored people, colored people, colored people, colored people, yeah)

Sentence Prayer

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing." Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

God, our world needs justice. We acknowledge that all true goodness must come from you. We must obey and act, but you give the convictions and courage and strength to bring about the true changes needed. Today we thank you for the life of Martin Luther King Jr. We ask for your blessing in the cause he championed, the drive for racial justice in America. We thank you for progress already achieved, and we ask you to help us finish the work. Today, bring a new spirit of peace in our nation. And may your Kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."   

Read more: http://blog.beliefnet.com/prayerplainandsimple/2010/01/a-prayer-in-honor-of-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr.html#ixzz1BJqh5yBA

BLACKBIRD

Snippet

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.  Jacques Deval  Afin de vivre bel et bien.

Scripture

These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean  any kind of raven Leviticus 11:13,15 NIV

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.  The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.  I Kings 17:2-6  NIV

Song

Blackbird Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRgtyUEhLgA

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly, into the light of the dark blue night

Blackbird singing in the dead of night

Take these broken wings and learn to fly

All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise,

You were only waiting for this moment to arise,

You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Sentence Prayer

Father: help me accept nourishment from what I perceive as unclean, knowing your path always leads to holiness.  Amen  Roger Miller

A.dore   Praise God for creating both clean and unclean animals. (Leviticus)  Praise God for creating the NormaL and abnormal animal.  Praise God for both light and darkness in life.

C.onfess   To God the times you have refused to take what he has offered from the blackbird.

T.hank    God for his provision.  Thank God for the prophets of life.  Thank God for his rest.

S.uplication   Pray for all the disenfranchised.  The Christians in Countries that are being persecuted.  Those who are being mistreated for the color of the skin, their lifestyles and their Gender.

Paul McCartney wrote this song for African Americans in their struggle for Civil Rights.