Day with the Rawlings Kids

The singles painted Matt & Julie's house this past Saturday. Julie and I took the kids out for several hours while the painting craziness was going on at home. We hung out at the McDonald's playground, stopped by a couple of stores and went to the Hispanic Heritage Festival at the Greenville library downtown. It was a very full day, but lots of fun!

Ecstatic Rejoicing!

"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." Romans 6:1-11 (ESV Bible)

"The amazing truths of passing through the waters of judgment safely, of dying and rising with Christ, and of having our sins washed away, are truths of momentous and eternal proportion and ought to be an occasion for giving great glory and praise to God." -Wayne Grudem

So Exciting!!!

I finally have caught my check book up!!! Yeah, this sounds like a silly thing to post about, but I'm excited! It's such a weight off my shoulders... mostly because I stopped procrastinating and actually did it. I'm glad God forgives my slothful behavior! Hopefully I'll keep up with it a little better now. :)

We Sing!

Verse 1
We’ve come together in Your name
We’ve come together to proclaim
How great You are
Once we were going our own ways
Now we’re a people for Your praise
How great You are

Chorus
We sing as sons and daughters
Sing to God our Father
All because of JesusWe sing, His blood has bought us
Sing, Your mercy called us
All because of Jesus we sing

Verse 2
Jesus, You’re powerful to saveJesus,
You’ve risen from the grave
How great You are
Your blood gave us peace with God
Your love has broken down our walls
How great You are

Bridge
By grace we have been saved
To be Your dwelling place
You took our curse and made us one
It’s nothing we could do
Our only boast is You
So we rejoice in what You’ve done

"We Sing" by Joel Sczebel, Pat Sczebel, and Todd Twining.
© 2009 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP)/Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI).

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