Set Lists: 3/25/12

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 3/25/12:

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jimmy McNeal 

• Stronger - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan) 
• The Righteous One - The Austin Stone (Jimmy McNeal, Aaron Ivey)
• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter) 
• Holy - Matt Redman (Jason Ingram, Jonas Myrin, and Matt Redman)

Sermon: "For Me or Against Me" - Jeff Mangum

• The Stand - Hillsong United (Joel Houston) 

ST. JOHN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Todd Agnew

• God Is Able - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)
• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)
• Stronger - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)
• Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - hymn (Edwin Othello Excell, Louie Giglio, John Newton, John P. Rees, and Chris Tomlin)

Sermon: "For Me or Against Me" - Jeff Mangum

• I Surrender All - hymn (Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter and Winfield Scott Weeden)
• The Stand - Hillsong United (Joel Houston) 

WEST CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Derek Brandt

• Love Shines - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Philip Edsel, Matt Carter)
• Stronger - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)  
• Praise to the Lord - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Logan Garza, Matt Carter) 
• Let Your Kingdom Come - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Matt Carter) 

Sermon: "For Me or Against Me" - Jeff Mangum

• I Surrender All - hymn (Judson Wheeler Van DeVenter and Winfield Scott Weeden) 
• Forever Reign - Hillsong (Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram)

Set Lists: 3/18/12

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 3/18/12:


DOWNTOWN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Todd Agnew

• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)  
• Song of Moses - Aaron Keyes (Pat Barrett, Graham Kendrick, Aaron Keyes, Chris Moeman, Ben Smith) 
• You Are Good - Todd Agnew
• How He Loves - John Mark McMillan

Sermon: "The Calling of a Disciple" - Tyler David

• 10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman)
• Song of Moses - Aaron Keyes (Pat Barrett, Graham Kendrick, Aaron Keyes, Chris Moeman, Ben Smith)

ST. JOHN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jeff & Jourdan Johnson 

• God Is Able - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)
• From The Inside Out - Hillsong United (Joel Houston)
• Stronger - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan) 
• Glorious Day - The Village Church (Michael Bleecker, J. Wilbur Chapman, Mark Hall)

Sermon: "The Calling of a Disciple" - Tyler David

• Glorious Day - The Village Church (Michael Bleecker, J. Wilbur Chapman, Mark Hall) 
• Hosanna - Hillsong United (Brooke Fraser)

WEST CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Justin Cofield

• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter) 
• You Alone Can Rescue - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman)
• Let Your Kingdom Come - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Matt Carter) 
• Come Ye Sinners - hymn (Dan Hamilton, Taylor Johnson, Ryan Owens, Robbie Seay)

Sermon: "The Calling of a Disciple" - Tyler David

• 10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman)
• Let Your Kingdom Come - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Matt Carter)

His Promises Are True

For those of you who haven't heard, I'm making and selling promise cards. Check out this post for the story.
Here are some new promise cards that I made for a friend:

If you are interested in ordering a bundle, check out this post for more details.

Promise Cards

Over the last few months I have started making some promise cards.  I have needed little reminders for my mind to think on and scripture to remind myself of what is true when lies are going crazy in my head.

I started writing down promises that God gives us & scripture that goes with each promise. I first read these promises from my friend Fabs' blog. She has written several posts on promises that you can find here.  She is an amazing writer and you should definitely check out her posts. They will inspire and encourage you.

Writing these promises down started with a white index card and a sharpie. Then I figured that if I made it pretty to look at with fun colors, maybe I would actually read it!  Sad...but true. Those of you who know me, know that I love colors!

So I've decided, with much persuasion from my friends, to sell these cards. I've already had a couple of customers and they have loved their cards and it's so neat to hear the stories of the people in their life who they will share these promises with. 

So here is the deal...

• It's a 4x6 index sized card 
• Truth on the front, scripture on the back. (they can also be made one-sided)
• Each uniquely designed
• $25 for a bundle of 5 handmade cards.
• Put them in your bag, use them as bookmarks, put them on your mirror, stick them on the refrigerator, put them next to your bed to read at night or in the morning, pin them on the bulletin board at work, stick them in your car...the options are endless!
• Keep them for yourself or buy them for a friend!

Here are some examples: (each picture is front & back)

If you are interested in purchasing a bundle, email me at emilyward527@gmail.com and I will send you a list of all the promises that you can choose from, or you can let me know if there are specific promises or verses that you want. 


Feel free to pass this along to anyone who would be interested...blog about it...tweet about it...get the word out!

**My hope and prayer for these cards is that they would not be empty words you read over and over and over but my prayer over each card that I make is that the Spirit of God who breathes life, would move powerfully through these truths and through these scriptures to encourage, inspire and change life. He is alive and active, His word is alive and active...let HIM move your heart.**

Depression & It's Darkness

Depression is hard. For those who have gone through it or who are going through it...you know.

You know well the depths, you know the darkness, you know the weight. It's hard.

Those of you who have never gone through depression, its hard to understand.

I read a really good book called When the Darkness Will Not Lift by John Piper.  It is excellent. He put into words what I could not. It's a short book so it's a fast read. Get it if you are going through depression, or if you know someone who is. It is a great resource for helping and encouraging someone who is in the middle of this darkness.

Something I am reading over and over again from this book:

"He has promised not to turn you away. “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out” (John 6:37). By this act of faith God will unite you to Jesus. You will be “in him,” and in him you will be now and forever loved, forgiven, and righteous. The light will rise in your darkness in due time. God will hold onto you (Jude 24). You will make it. That is his promise: “Those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified” (Rom. 8:30). The glory is coming. In the meantime, “this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:17-18)."

Another good one:

"Saints who cry to the Lord for deliverance from pits of darkness must learn to wait patiently for the Lord...Only God knows how long we must wait... We can draw no deadlines for God. He hastens or he delays as he sees fit. And his timing is all-loving toward his children. Oh, that we might learn to be patient in the hour of darkness. I don’t mean that we make peace with darkness. We fight for joy. But we fight as those who are saved by grace and held by Christ."

This is such a hard fight. But I have to believe that it is possible. I have to.
This is something I prayed this morning:
Help me fight God. Help me believe. Help me trust you. Help me feel it and when I don't feel it help me fight and believe it anyway. You have to do this and you promise that you will. I can't do it. But you can. This ache in me that feels stronger than truth and stronger than you. Turn this ache into an ache for more of you. I need you God. I know I need you. When I think that I don't...change my heart God. I beg you as my Daddy, please change my heart, change my mind. Give me peace. Give me rest. Bring light into this darkness. I wait..give me patience and strength to make it when I feel like I won't make it.
I'm so thankful for people of great faith who have walked deeply in depression, Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, David...it makes me feel not so crazy.

Psalm 143 - of David
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me,
in your righteousness!
Enter not into judgement with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.
For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
he has made me sit in darkness
like those long dead.
Therefore my spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirst for you like a parched land.
Answer me quickly, O Lord!
My spirit fails!
Hide not your face from me,
lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Let me hear in the morning of your streadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge!
Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
For your names sake, O Lord, preserve my life!
In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!

David knows. He knows well this darkness.
Here are Spurgeon's thoughts:

"Oh, dear heart, what is your condition? Are you torn with anguish? Are you sorely distressed? Are you lonely? Are you pushed aside? Then cry to God. No one else can help you. He is your only hope. Wonderful hope! Cry to Him, for He can help you. I tell you, in that cry of yours will be the pure and true worship that God desires. He desires a sincere cry far more than the slaughter of ten thousand rams or the pouring out of rivers of oil (Micah 6:7) See then, poor, weeping, and distracted ones, that it is not ritualism, it is not the performance of pompous ceremonies, it is not bowing and struggling, it is not using sacred words, but it is crying to God in the hour of trouble that is the most acceptable sacrifice your spirit can bring before the throne of God."

Spurgeon knows. He knows well this agonizing cry.
One last Spurgeon quote:

"I often feel very grateful to God that I have undergone fearful depression. I know the borders of despair and the horrible brink of that gulf of darkness into which my feet have almost gone. But hundreds of times I have been able to give a helpful grip to brethren and sisters who have come into that same condition, which grip could never have given if I had not known their despondency. So I believe that the darkest and most dreadful experience of a child of God will help him to be a fisher of men if he will but follow Christ."

Set Lists: 3/11/12

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 3/11/12:

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jimmy McNeal 

• Love Shines - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Philip Edsel, Matt Carter)
• The Righteous One - The Austin Stone (Jimmy McNeal, Aaron Ivey)
• Praise to the Lord - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Logan Garza, Matt Carter) 
• All I Need - Andy Melvin

Sermon: "The Lord of Sabbath" - Tyler David 

• Jesus Paid It All - hymn (Samuel W. Beazley and M. S. Schaffer) 
• Forever Reign - Hillsong (Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram)

ST. JOHN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jimmie Ingram 

• Our God - Chris Tomlin (Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves, and Chris Tomlin) 
• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)
• Praise to the Lord - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Logan Garza, Matt Carter)
• How Marvelous - hymn (Charles Hutchison Gabriel and Chris Tomlin)

Sermon: "The Lord of Sabbath" - Tyler David

• Jesus Paid It All - hymn (Samuel W. Beazley and M. S. Schaffer)
• The Stand - Hillsong United (Joel Houston) 

WEST CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Justin Cofield 

• Hosanna - Hillsong United (Brooke Fraser) 
• Hallelujah What A Savior - The Austin Stone (Philip Paul Bliss, Matt Carter, Aaron Ivey, and Halim Suh)
• You Are Worthy - Jon Shirley
• How Marvelous - hymn (Charles Hutchison Gabriel and Chris Tomlin)

Sermon: "The Lord of Sabbath" - Tyler David

• It Is Well With My Soul - hymn (Horatio Gates Spafford) 
• Solid Rock- hymn (William Batchelder Bradbury, Edward Mote, and Vineyard Music Group, Jeff Johnson, Aaron Ivey)

Set Lists: 3/4/12

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 3/4/12:


DOWNTOWN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jimmy McNeal

• Love Shines - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Philip Edsel, Matt Carter) 
• Your Great Name - The People's Church (Michael Neale, Krissy Nordhoff) 
• God I Look To You - Bethel Live (Jenn Johnson)
• I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin (Louie Giglio, Matt Maher, Jesse Reeves, Chris Tomlin)

Sermon: "And Then They Will Fast" - Halim Suh 

• I Will Rise - Chris Tomlin (Louie Giglio, Matt Maher, Jesse Reeves, Chris Tomlin)

ST. JOHN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jimmie Ingram 

• Mighty To Save - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan) 
• One Thing Remains - Jesus Culture
• Holy - Matt Redman (Jason Ingram, Jonas Myrin, and Matt Redman)
• God I Look To You - Bethel Live (Jenn Johnson)

Sermon: "And Then They Will Fast" - Halim Suh  

• Praise to the Lord - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Logan Garza, Matt Carter) 
• Hosanna - Hillsong United (Brooke Fraser)

WEST CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Justin Cofield 

• Forever Reign - Hillsong (Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram) 
• All To Us - Chris Tomlin (Matt Maher, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves, Chris Tomlin)
• Mighty To Save - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)
• The Stand - Hillsong United (Joel Houston)

Sermon: "And Then They Will Fast" - Halim Suh

• 10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman)
• Praise to the Lord - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Logan Garza, Matt Carter)

Set Lists: 2/26/12

Here are the set lists from the Austin Stone Community Church on Sunday 2/26/12:


DOWNTOWN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Aaron Ivey 

• Love Came Down - Bethel Live (Jeremy Edwardson, Brian Johnson, Ian McIntosh and Jeremy Riddle)
• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter)  
• 10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman) 
• Praise to the Lord - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Logan Garza, Matt Carter) (7pm)

Sermon: "The Pursuit of a Sinner" - Matt Carter 

• To Know Your Name - Hillsong (Matt Crocker)  
• Forever Reign - Hillsong (Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram) 
• How He Loves - John Mark McMillan  (7pm)

ST. JOHN CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Jeff Johnson 

• The Stand - Hillsong United (Joel Houston)
• Forever Reign - Hillsong (Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram)
• Stronger - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)
• 10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman)

Sermon: "The Pursuit of a Sinner" - Matt Carter 

• Solid Rock- hymn (William Batchelder Bradbury, Edward Mote, and Vineyard Music Group, Jeff Johnson, Aaron Ivey)
• God Is Able - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan)

WEST CAMPUS:
Worship Leader: Todd Agnew

• 10,000 Reasons - Matt Redman (Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman) 
• God Undefeatable - The Austin Stone (Aaron Ivey, Ross King, Matt Carter) 
• God Is Able - Hillsong (Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan) 
• Come Thou Fount - hymn (Robert Robinson and John Wyeth) 

Sermon: "The Pursuit of a Sinner" - Matt Carter

• Come Ye Sinners - hymn (Dan Hamilton, Taylor Johnson, Ryan Owens, Robbie Seay)