A Day in the Life of a Lemon

Psalm 40:1-10 - MSG -

• I waited, waited, waited, and waited
• Drama - Rom 7:18-19 - lady who can’t stop lying at work, guy addicted to porn, teenager who binge eats in bathroom and throws up - then broke out into a song. Awesome Drama!
• Can’t sing a “new song” until we acknowledge the pit we are in.
• Time for reflection - what kind of pit are you in now or if not in a pit, what pit might the devil use to catch you?
• vs 2 - David tells us that God pulled him out of the pit
  • Nancy’s pit is usually laziness and apathy

  How many times has God rescued me from a pit - some I may not even know about (what happened to my bullet)

• We need to put ourselves in a place of surrender and a place of waiting on the Lord - to sit and hear his voice - his still small voice
• move from solitude to surrender to ministry
• When we realize, during that time of solitude, we are reminded of his awesomeness and surrender to Him again
• Last part verse 3, 9, 10 - He taught me how to sing the latest God-song.
• We need to remember the people at our church may look ok, but they are in a deep pit.
• We need to offer them our new song God gives us - whatever that may be. Song, poem, lights, video, message, testimony
• What happens when we do that? A Miracle

Mark Batterson - “If we are not careful we will do ministry out of memory instead of imagination”

• Where are all the new songs? At a panel at last years conference one concern was all the new worship songs sounded the same
• Chased a rabbit
• What are you proclaiming to your people? What new songs are you proclaiming? He loves the church more than we do.
• Craig’s Story - very creative, voice over video of b/w scenes featuring craig with dancing on stage
• St Patricks prayer