This was funny… top five worst worship songs

I was looking for worship music resources on the internet and ran across this blog. Thought you might enjoy it. May need to pray for this guy though…

Can’t Miss the Arrival of Deer Season

Wow, you would think that the rapture had happened last Sunday at church. Now, this is my first “Deer Season Sunday” as a senior pastor in this part of the world, but I wasn’t expecting THIS. A full one-third of the congregation was missing this Sunday, and as it turns out, this is normal for every church around the area. One minister even said jokingly he was trying to decide if he should prepare a good sermon, or save a good one for later -when everyone is back.

Really?

Of course, going to church is not magic, and it’s not a sin to skip no matter what the Catholic Church says. It’s just practical. And maybe… it’s a little bit of where the rubber meets the road kinda thing? When we put our faith in Jesus and accepted God’s plan of salvation, we were committing ourselves 110% to God. (It was in the fine print) Anyway, going to church on Sunday is ONE way a person keeps centered on that commitment and maintains a focus on God instead of the many things that pull us away from him. That’s obvious though isn’t it?

Athletes don’t become great athletes without commitment, and God likewise has asked us for total commitment. As Pastor David said the other night at a Men’s Meeting… why do we insist on excellence on the football field and accept “good enough” in the church? You know, he was right! Wasn’t he? Jesus is not just my Savior, he’s my Lord. Church helps me maintain my focus.

Terrell Owens, wide receiver for the Cowboys, could skip a meeting or two as he’s getting ready for the game, and you know what would happen?? The Cowboys would fine him and us sports fans would criticize him. We demand excellence in football. In church we demand….

Shame, because not only can I think about God here, not only can I grow in my understanding and knowledge here, (I can learn the play book so to speak) but I can serve God, too. Being active in a church not only allows you to feed your brain, but to use your faith.

The spiritual battle is that I am constantly having my allegiances pulled away toward worldly things and toward myself. Every day the pull to live for myself only and no longer worry about my commitment to God tugs at me. It’s the same thing that happened when I was running cross country and my body constantly begged me to quit running and rest, forget about the race, forget about the prize and just rest… up here by that tree…. over there in that shade…. hey why not just fall down right here??? My body was sometimes so insistent that I did slow down and twice I even stopped! Amazingly, I never won a race by stopping or slowing down.

The challenge spiritually is similar. It’s a battle to maintain my allegiance and commitment to God, and it’s always a little disappointing when I realize I’m not giving 110%. Can I skip church, go deer hunting, or travel to a football game (like I did this season), and still be giving 110%?

Sure. I think so.

But only you can look in the mirror and answer that question for yourself.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. -I Corinthians 9:24-27 (ESV)