Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” — Isaiah 1:17

This verse was written by Isaiah in a time when God’s people were living for themselves. Infact verse 18 says, ‘…your sins are like scarlet.’

I find it interesting that when God tells them to trun from their ways, He doesn’t tell them that they need to be in church – that they need to worship Him with their words or their voices. Infact He says, ‘Stop bringing meaningless offerings.’ and. ‘even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen’.

Instead He says, ‘Take your evil deeds out of My sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right. Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.”

You see,TALK IS CHEAP! How easy is it for us to live our own life and continually come to him and ‘worship’ Him with our songs, using phrases such as:

• All I am is Yours
• Send me, I will go
• Take all of me
• Youre the only one that I could live for

Yet we leave the same way as we came in – living for ourselves, with no second thought to how we live our lives. TALK IS CHEAP!

That is why God calls us to action. He wants to see if our hearts are really committed to Him. He calls us to justice and our response becomes our worship to Him.

But how is feeding the hungry an act of worship? And why is befriending the friendless what God desires to see us doing more than voicing words to Him?

Because GOD IS JUST!

Wasn’t Jesus the most perfect example of this. The way that He would hang out with the poorest, the weakest, the most sinful. How He wouldn’t let the thousands of hungry people on the mountain leave before they had been fed, or how He dined with Zacheaus even though everyone was gossiping that he was having dinner with a sinner.

Now if God is just then would not the biggest compliment that we could give Him as His ‘followers’ to actually follow His example and do what He does?

As we give to the poor, we are saying to God that we want to be like Him. As we feed the hungry we show that we have chosen His way and His path!

That is true worship! And that is why justice and worship cannot be separated.

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Best of 2010 – Christian Songs

1. ALL OF CREATION
MercyMe: The Generous Mr. Lovewell

2. WHAT FAITH CAN DO
Kutless: It Is Well

3. GET BACK UP
tobyMac: Tonight

4. BEFORE THE MORNING
Josh Wilson: Life Is Not a Snapshot

5. OUR GOD
Chris Tomlin: Passion: Awakening

6. BORN AGAIN
newsboys: Born Again

7. UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS
Casting Crowns: Until the Whole World Hears

8. LEAD ME
Sanctus Real: Pieces of a Real Heart

9. HOLD US TOGETHER
Matt Maher: Alive Again

10. IF WE’VE EVER NEEDED YOU
Casting Crowns: Until the Whole World Hears

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1. CASTING CROWNS
   Casting Crowns is the top-selling act in Christian music, earning the No. 1 slot on Billboard’s Top Christian Album Artists year-end tally for the past two years.
2. SKILLET
3. TOBYMAC
4. MERCYME
5. FLYLEAF
6. CHRIS TOMLIN
7. SWITCHFOOT
8. FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI
9. TENTH AVENUE NORTH
10. KUTLESS

Best of 2010 – Christian Albums

1. UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD HEARS – Casting Crowns

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2. AWAKE – Skillet
3. WOW HITS 2010 – Various Artists
4. TONIGHT – tobyMac
5. MEMENTO MORI – Flyleaf
6. THE GENEROUS MR. LOVEWELL – MercyMe
7. HELLO HURRICANE – Switchfoot
8. MY PAPER HEART – Francesca Battistelli
9. IT IS WELL – Kutless
10. GLORY IN THE HIGHEST: CHRISTMAS SONGS – Chris Tomlin

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Here is what Louie has to say about this new stage of their ministry:

If you haven’t heard by now, Passion is taking a massive turn as we head into the future. At the heart of the shift is a sense of fresh calling that God has made unmistakably clear to Shelley and me over the past eighteen months or so. Though for many reasons it looked like we might never lead a local church, all that has changed as God has placed in our hearts a huge passion to do just that. So in the coming months, by the grace of God, we will be planting a Passion Church in Atlanta as a local expression of the Kingdom of God for our rapidly growing and diverse city as well as a base for our influence throughout the nation and world.

I think it an exciting move for Louie Giglio. Church planting is not easy, but he has a great team to help him with their church launch – including Chris Tomlin and band, and Matt and Beth Redman (no shortage of amazing worship!)

This is a massive step of faith for Louie, but then again he is not a stranger to doing something different when called to by God. In 1995 Louie started Passion as  gathering of college students and turned it into a international college movement that has a massive impact!

First Service At Louie Giglio Church

The first service will be held on the 20th of September, with monthly meetings for the first couple of months before going bi-weekly then eventually weekly. This is a smart move as it enables them to take the time to iron out problems before getting into the craziness of running weekly services.

I know that Louie Giglio, church founders and a lot of the public are aiming for a successful launch and I really think this could be a church to keep an eye out for, as we should see a lot of resources coming from this talented team.

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