Denver is growing up so fast. This morning he is eating grape-nuts. He gets his own kleenex when he sneezes. He even took the nursery sticker off of Carson and threw it away all by himself.
Caron, however, is still my baby. And it’s going to be crazy, ’cause the new baby will be here in only 5 months!
Today we went to the doctor for our first appointment for baby #3. Since we don’t know if it is a boy or a girl and won’t find out, I will call it baby #3 for now. Brooke let me know, I think the same way as the first two, by showing me the pregnancy test a few weeks ago. I was certainly surprised because it usually takes about 1 year once we start “trying”.
As a hint, I started growing out my beard. If you’ll notice, I usually only do it when my wife is pregnant. No one caught on…
So, back to the appointment. We don’t exactly know how far along we are because we should be at 10 weeks but she is measuring at about 12 weeks so they’ve ordered an ultrasound. We all got to hear the baby’s heartbeat today too. Here is a link to the recording.
Also, please be praying for Brooke. She gets very sick during pregnancy and it’s pretty much 24/7 until the end. It will be more difficult than other since she has to take care of 2 boys all day.
Anyone seen this? Looks like it’s come to RedBox! Let me know what you thought in the comments!
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My friend, Shawn, sent me this today. Hilarious, had to post it!
I know I’m not fit or deserving to do this
But I’m foolish
If I don’t spit to give you Godly influence
Like a student
Practise and prudence will you walk with me through this
As I give my feeble attempt at glorifying Yeshua
Cause He
Is the beginning everything came into being
By His being the being who created all other beings
We’re MCing
Due to His benevolent freeing, decreeing
He’s the almighty creator of everything that we’re seeing
There is none like Him
If you don’t like Him then He’ll use the liking of liking Himself to acquire just to delight Him
That’s why I write Hymns
My right hand use to write sin battle ‘gainst Him like I was (Shai-lin?)
And now despite sin
I give praise the God who made sunny days
To white lightening
It’s quite frightening
To sing “Who’s world is this” without proper enlightenment
He use intelligent design
Like eloquence confined
Life elements assigned by
Elohim my God
He left his fingerprints
You thinking that our origins are coincidence
Our symmetry alone makes evolution look ridiculous
And since our complexity is more than irreducible
The fact our design had a designer is irrefutable
I use science too to make a statement like this
The existence of an atheist proves God exists
He’s the owner
Holding the throne
Potent and strong
He smote any foe approaching Him on boldness alone
But since he up-rose he told us to go on this road
Shown my a knowledge foretold
Spoken by prophets of old
The total opposite role
Chosen by populace goes
Down to the hottest abode
Total apocalypse bro
That’s why we’re rocking it yo
Hand these sounds to the proudest man
God has brought you in this world and he can sure take you out of it
You should already know who’s running it
Brotha you don’t want it
He made it in six but he’ll only take one to crumble it
The earth rumbles at the sound of his mumbling
He flooded it once but with Noah he made a covenant
So the next time he’s gonna be coming with flames
His antagonists don’t know what they’re up against
Return of the last Adam who’s rapping will smash men now holds together every last atom
And that ain’t even the sum of it
Matter of fact you could handle the half I’m only giving you some of it
But its still enough of it for you to come to grips
With the fact that it’s His planet you own none of it
So please consider how dumb it is
To take comfort in the momentary status you have and the stuff you get
He’ll blaze it up in the end you can trust it kid
But we ain’t bugging cause there’s another one coming you dig
The earth was so impressed wit His defeat of the grave
The ground did the Harlem shake the ocean did the wave
No longer enslaved now that I see the Lord
And God is so deep He causes hurricanes when He brainstorms
I switched teams me and Crae got traded on the same night
Same conference same sermon by James White
The light of Christ is a blazing one
I’m evidence that His Grace is amazing son
Man continues to overvalue his worth
Spends most of his time trying to conquer the earth
That kind of action only leaves you empty or hurt
Then you see your true value when you return to the dirt
$5000 casket, $500 clothes
6 months for the grieving 1 year to decompose
I’ve yet to find a human who can outlive the curse
While God sits in the Heaven, place his feet on the earth
Here’s all the pics I could find on Twitpic of Worship God ‘09 Conference:
All pictures were not taken by me. Find the original pics here.
Here’s are a couple vids from different people on Twitter during the Worship God ‘09 Conference:
I’ve been at the Worship God ‘09 Conference this week and have heard some amazing things. Here are some of the quotes I’ve pulled from Twitter about the conference.
Some quotes may not be word for word. I just pulled them from Twitter
John Piper
“When God’s exaltation of God in Christ at the cross is your joy, your joy can never fail.”
“The cross is not a way of increasing my self-esteem.”
“There is no better foundation for a worship conference than ‘Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised!’”
“The secular mindset cannot love the profound God-centeredness of God in the cross.”
“The only eternal happiness for man is a happiness focused on the glory of God in the face of Christ.”
“God chose to defend his righteousness not by slaying his people, but by slaying his Son.”
“Duty is a good thing, but duty in giving roses on an anniversary is not a good thing.”
“The New Testament is stunningly silent about forms of worship. Frighteningly silent.”
“I don’t write about satisfaction in God as one who has arrived but as one desperately thirsty.”
“Pursuing your joy in God doesn’t make worship you-centered but profoundly God-centered.”
“Pursuing joy in God is an obligation, not a threat to our ethics”
“The essence of worship is the experience of being SATISFIED with all that God is for us in Jesus.”
“God acting to uphold his glory is (God) acting in love.”
“Most people like to have a religion they can manage.”
“I don’t write about satisfaction in God as one who has arrived but as one desperately thirsty.”
“I don’t write about satisfaction in God as one who has arrived but as one desperately thirsty.”
“Preaching is music. My understanding of preaching is that it’s just music without the music.”
“If God directed us to anything other than himself for satisfaction, he would hate us.”
“One of the main things I have to teach young pastors is look for conjunctions and learn to understand them.”
“How many times has God made the sun rise on millions of rebels who belong in hell?”
“Worship is a means in itself and not a means to an end”
“Because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him, worship is not vain and love is real.”
“My heart is a desire factory and every day it’s producing bad ones that have to be killed.”
“God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in Him!”
“Galaxies are God’s pinky-finger work; he was not tired when he finished.”
“The cross marks the end of human self-exaltation & is the birth of radical human exultation in God’s self-exaltation.”
“The only eternal happiness for man is a happiness focused on the riches of the glory of God in the face of Jesus.”
“The secular ‘mindset’ of the flesh collides with the Godward, new-born ‘mindset’ on every page of the Bible.”
“Before the cross can be for our sake, it must be for God’s sake—to demonstrate his righteousness and clear his name.”
CJ Mahaney
“It is easier to prepare a one hour sermon than a two minute exhortation.”
“the more we prepare what we are going to say the easier spontaneity will come”
“a well-meaning leader of worship that inserts frequently into the worship so that he is a distraction or creates dependence”
“Priority must be congregation singing gospel centered songs. Creativity mustn’t distract from that purpose. We’re about content.”
“in a worship band, you are not just serving with your skills but with your soul”
“We don’t want to build a church known for its creativity. I want them freshly affected by the content and the singing.”
“The goal is content in congregational singing. The goal is not to be more creative than last week.”
“We must never leave the impression in our worship that we do not need a mediator.”
“Pastors – You are being studied during worship by your congregations.”
“any progress we made is because of grace and others. I would not want you to leave here impressed with us”
“Singing is a cessation as a congregation of listening to yourselves and a choice to talk to yourselves with Gospel truth!”
“most of your unhappiness comes from the fact that we are listening to ourselves rather than speaking to ourselves. – MLJones”
“every Sunday should be a preview of heaven”
“The Cross is the central theme of the Bible. So it should also be the central theme of our singing.”
“we must plan but it would be arrogant to assume our plans were perfect and sufficient. we must still listen!”
“the Holy Spirit is no less present in planning.” “plan & plan diligently but don’t be dependent on the plan”
“Creativity must be handled with care.”
Bob Kauflin
“you never know when someone is going to look on stage and see you either engaged or paying attention to your music.”
“One way the spirit leads is as you plan and another way He leads is after you plan your corporate gatherings.”
“Your job as Worship Leader is to not stop listening to the Holy Spirit when you are done planning the service.”
“Sometimes I kneel because I am overwhelmed. Sometimes I kneel because I need to be overwhelmed.”
Thabiti Anyabwile
“Ain’t nobody being paternal when God hangs the picture of the church on the fridge of the cosmos.”
“Christianity is not a self help religion”
“The church is God’s glorious handiwork demonstrating his manifold wisdom to the universe.”
wife describes housework as “hanging pearls on a string without a knot on the other end”
“To reject the church is to take your own spiritual life”
“Spiritual maturity is a community project. We can’t mature in Christ independent of the local church.”
Jeff Purswell
“There’s nothing more central to Christian worship than the preaching of the Word.”
referred to John Piper as “The Pipe Bomb”
“Worship doesn’t take us into God’s presence; the substitutionary death of Christ takes into his presence”
“In our singing we are addressing God. In preaching God is addressing us. Which is more important?”
Unknown:
“Creativity is not something you DO, it’s the WAY you do something.”
We recently went to the the Des Moines Farmer’s Market with my grandparents. It was a beautiful day and there were lots of people.
Denver got a big huge cookie. He saves his money in his little bank and then we take some coins down and he gets a cookie. This was his first time getting a chocolate chip cookie and it was a mess!
This picture shows how blue the sky was.
I love this picture! We brought Denver’s wagon but he wanted to walk so he has to hold someone’s hand.
Now this is what you call street evangelism. This guy was preaching in the street! Not sure if this how I’d approach it but he’s a brave guy!
After the Farmer’s Market we walked across this sweet bridge that is downtown Des Moines.
Before we left, I had Carson in the driver’s seat. I have a picture of Denver like this too so I thought I’d grab one of Denver.
All pictures were taken with my iPhone 3GS.
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