April 2016 Worship
Church Family,
Let me begin by just saying, “Thank You”. As the past few months have been rather chaotic in the lives of my wife and I, our transition into this great community of people at Oakhill has been so easy, and so great, and we have you all, our great church family to thank for that. Everyone has been so welcoming, so encouraging, and so
hospitable, and we could not feel more at home. Thank you for the way you have loved me, loved my wife, and I could not be more honored and excited to be your worship pastor, as we look forward to all of the great things God has in store for all of us at Oakhill.
Hebrews 12:1-3 reads, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”
My prayer for all of us, is that we would all consider Christ. Today, tomorrow, and every day, I pray we will consider Christ, and fix our eyes on Him. I truly believe that we will change when we truly see Christ for who He is. When we fix our eyes on Christ, our eyes, and our hearts will see things differently. When we consider Christ, we will live empowered, we will love intentionally, and we will worship passionately. I hope that today you will consider Christ in your own life, and then I invite you to join us for worship, as we fix our eyes on Christ together, and corporately praise Him for who He is and what He has done for us.
“Worship is like breathing, it’s something that we were constantly created to do.”
With Love,
Jared