Forever

 Day 22 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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I love this video of Kari Jobe singing her song Forever at Bethel. It made my heart sing as I was watching it today. I hope you enjoy. :) 

Oh Monday Oh Monday…

 Day 20 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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Hello Lovelies! 

I've been so busy today it's crazy. I guess it's kinda normal though because Mondays are always crazy. I'm sure you understand. Anyway… where I am it is now very late at night and I still haven't written a blog post yet. So! Today, I'm just posting a video. It is about spontaneous vs. Prophetic worship by Brain Johnson. I find this video very inspiring and it gets me thinking. I love some of the things he says. It is sort of long but its worth the watch. I hope and pray you enjoy it and it helps in some way. :) 

(And now I can't get the video to post here on my blog. x) I'm so so sorry. You can go here (this takes you to YouTube) or here (this takes you to the site where I found the video) to watch it though!)

Thank you so much for being patience with me today. I'll be back tomorrow with a better post! 

The Art of Celebration | Rend Collective

Day 12 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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This won't be a long post, but I just wanted to share this video from Rend Collective. I found if very inspiring and uplifting. I hope it is the same for you. :) 

Living A Life of Worship

Day 11 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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"I was thinking about this thing called worship and sometimes we think worship is about the song, its about the great sound, its about the worship set. Really what is boils down to its like, its about being a good dad, being a good husband, its about being a good friend, it about cleaning up your messes when you make them. Its about closing the doors that need to be closed, opening the doors that need to be opened, its about the daily life your walking with the Lord. Its about faith, its about believing God for who He says He is. Its all of those things and thats what worship is…. Don't forget for a second what God is looking at." ~ Brian Johnson 

        I was watching this video where Brian Johnson (a worship leader at Bethel church in Redding, California) was talking about having a heart of worship and living a life of worship. The quote above is one of the biggest things I took away. Worship isn't only about the music on Sunday morning (or anytime really), It isn't only about the craft that you do, or the thing your most passionate about. Why yes, that has a lot to do with it… but theres more behind it. 

        Kari Jobe says "Worship isn't just music. But it's what we do with our hearts. It's giving God everything we are." God whats all of us. Not part of us or half for us or only the part that sings on Sunday mornings. He wants the way we live and the way we think. He wants our everything. He wants us to be a light for all the people around us. He wants us to be open before Him so He can shine through us. And when we give God everything we are, we do just that, we are a light for Christ to shine through. 

        I've been learning this a lot recently. God has been showing me that He wants me to worship with my whole heart at every part of the day, not just during my quiet time of when I'm singing or journaling or dancing. He wants me to worship Him through everything, even in the things I don't like to do. When I teach, when I clean my home, when I do my work, when I'm loving someone. It all has to go to the glory of God. 

       Sometimes, I feel like we get so caught up in trying to be a better worship or leader that we really forget what it really is about. It's about the small things and the everyday life.  Today, let turn back to Jesus and give Him our all and our worship. Lets worship Him with our lives and be a light for others. 

So brothers and sisters, since God has shown us great mercy, I beg you to offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him. Your offering must be only for God and pleasing to him, which is the spiritual way for you to worship. Do not be shaped by this world; instead be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will

know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Romans 12:1-2 (NCV)

"Let every detail in your lives - words, actions, whatever - be done in the name of the master Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way."

Colossians 3:17 (NCV)

If you interested in watching the video that the quote came from. It is right here below. Brian's words are very inspiring. I hope you enjoy. :) 

Unfathomable

Day 8 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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"Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we can not exaggerate?"

~ Francis Chan 

Scrolling through my Pinterest feed the other day, I found this quote. Francis Chan has always been an inspiring author to me. I love his book Crazy Love. When I saw this quote from him I stopped and thought about it. "Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we can not exaggerate." What does this exactly mean? 

God is unfathomable. He knows everything, He is everywhere, He created you and this earth, He breathed the breath of life into you. His thoughts are higher than our thought, His ways are higher than our ways. He created not only this world, but also galaxies that we didn't even know existed until a century ago. He saved you from death and evil so you could live in eternity with Him. He is so so so much more than what I'm even describing! I can't even put into words all He is. I can not exaggerate Him because theres nothing to exaggerate on. He already is everything. Isn't that amazing? It blows my mind every time I think about it. And guess what? We get to worship Him!!  This is our God who we can not exaggerate because He is already everything unfathomable.  And we are the ones He chose to give Him honor and praise. He is so merciful and loving.

After I read this quote and thought about what it truly meant. I just had to praise. I had to give Him the praise and glory that He really does deserve! 
This changes how I want to worship. It changes me to want to give my all to Him. It makes me want to throw my hands up in the air and jump and sing and dance because our God who loves us, our God who saves us, our God who created us, is so huge and so mighty that I can not exaggerate on Him!! Do you understand!? Do you see!? God is so amazing! 

Sometimes I feel like we don't give God enough of us. We try fit Him into this mold, into this box. And we think of Him like we want to think of Him. But God can't fit into a mold or a box, He is so big. If we saw Him face to face, we would be blinded. If we truly learn who He is, and not just assume and fit Him into this mold, He will show us His glory like never before. 

So right now, lets change the way we worship and the way we think about God. Lets give Him the praise and adoration He deserves because He created us, saved us, and made all things, and has done even more!! Lets worship Him, together. And see His glory become like fire. 

This video below is by Francis Chan. I watched this video when I read the book Crazy Love, and remembered it when I was typing this post out. I want you to watch it, and just see how unfathomable our God is and what He has created.  

The Undoing | More About Steffany Gretzinger

Day 5 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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Today has been a tiring day for me. That doesn't mean I'm giving up on this write 31 day challenge. Oh no, not this early. I still have energy to write out a post. It just may be shorter today. I hope you don't mind to much. 

Yesterday I posted a video of Steffany Gretzinger's song, Out of Hiding. Today I'm posting a video about how the album, The Undoing (which features the song Out of Hiding) was written. Steffany talks a little bit about how she wrote the album and her life. I find this video so inspiration. It moved me to go sit down at my own piano and just pray and worship to the Lord.  I hope this does the same for you. 

If you are interested in buying Steffany's album The Undoing, click here.

P.S. I know I've been posting a lot of videos lately, but I assure you, I do have more "writing" blog posts coming! I just have to have the time to write them all out and not be so tired when I do so. :) 

Out of Hiding | Steffany Gretzinger

Day 4 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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"Come out of hiding your safe here with me. Theres no need to cover what I already see…" That is the opening lyrics to Steffany Gretzinger's song, Out of Hiding. 

This is absolutely adore this song. It cut into my heart and it leaves me knowing that I am not alone. That I can totally be myself when I'm with Jesus and I don't have to cover anything. I can just bring it all to Him. 

I hope you enjoy this song and it speaks to you like it has to me. 

xoxo, Emma 

Let The Heavens Open | Worship Songs

Day 2 in the Write 31 Days challenge. Click here to learn more and to see other 31 Day posts.

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Above is one of my favorite worship songs to listen to. It's called Let The Heavens Open by Kari Jobe. I absolutely love it. Even the video is marvelous to watch. When I listen to it with my heart open and ready, I really can feel the Heavens open. I hope you all enjoy.