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Freedom Is Here – Hillsong United – Across The Earth: Tear Down The Walls
Mystery – Charlie Hall – The Bright Sadness
Our God – Chris Tomlin – Passion: Awakening
God Of This City – Chris Tomlin – Passion: God Of This City

Never Stop – Planetshakers – Never Stop
Song of the Redeemed – Charlie Hall – Flying Into Daybreak
Freedom Is Here – Hillsong United – Across The Earth: Tear Down The Walls
Revelation Song – Kari Jobe – Kari Jobe
Hosanna – Hillsong United – All Of The Above

from J Pettigrew

Throughout our lives we go through times that are painful, times that are difficult.  Some get so bad they make us want to throw in the towel and give up.  We deal with deaths of loved ones, destroyed marriages, financial problems, lost jobs, hurt, etc.  Sometimes we like to think that because we are Christians our lives shouldn’t be hard.  We shouldn’t be going through the tough times.  But nothing could be farther from the truth!

All throughout the Bible there are people who were very acquainted with having their world’s rocked.  Job, David, Paul, Peter, and on.  God didn’t spare the leaders from the Bible from hurt and pain, yet we live our lives not expecting anything to ever happen.  They will come.  Times will be rough.  You will have hurt.  But there is good news.  They aren’t there just to torture us!  We go through those times to to learn, be taught, be drawn to God.  We have hope in Him because He knows what He is doing!  David and Job are very vocal about their hope.  When the world seemed like it was about to end for them, they had hope in God.  The hope helps sustain us.

Without hope the world is a pretty dark and depressing place.  When the hard times strike, hope in God.  It may be painful right now, but He knows what He is doing.  He has a plan.  He does so that we can have a future and hope!  He’s not just up their flipping a coin and waiting for you to screw up.  He loves you!

When the hurt seems more than you can bear, He is there for you.  When you get to the point that you don’t think you can go on, hope in Him.  When the world around you, family, friends, leaders fail you, be filled with hope in God!

Set this hope in me, Set this hope in me

That I may be pure and holy
That I may be like You only
That I may be completely free

Though You slay me I will hope
Hope inspires my endurance
Your hope is my anchor
God of hope fill me

- Charlie Hall – God Of Hope

Hope everyone is having a great week!  We are suffering terribly through June Gloom, but it will be over soon.  And it’s Sunday!  So here’s our list for Kingsfield this week!

Everlasting God – Lincoln Brewster – Let The Praises Ring – The Best Of Lincoln Brewster
Healer – Hillsong – This Is Our God
Closer – Charlie Hall – Flying Into Daybreak
Glory To God Forever – Fee – Hope Rising

Last night our concert series continued with one of my favorite bands!  Orange County was given a very special treat last night with the Charlie Hall band and their very own home town Phil Wickham!  It was a great night.  We were very excited to hear that they were coming to Santa Ana.  Not only do we love the Charlie Hall Band (no offense Phil, you are growing on us but still new to us) but I grew up with a few of them and went to church with the rest of them!  So it was a great to see some Oklahomans here in California!  But then to top it all off we got in and got some backstage passes too!  Woo (not that we needed them…the band is generally wandering around all over anyway).

Quint Anderson and Dustin Ragland both grew up in the same church with me and played in a band with me in high school/college.  I love those guys.  Dustin and Quint are probably my favorite drummer and bass player outside the state of Texas (not gonna try to choose between them and Todd and Graham…just not worth it).  It was great to get to spend a little time with them.  Charlie Hall used to lead the music at my school when I was in high school and went to Bridgeway in Oklahoma City.  I also learned to play the guitar to many of his songs!  Not only that but Phil Wickham picked up an electric guitar player in Taylor Johnson (stud electric) that played with me a few times at my old church in Fort Worth.

So it was a great night of great music and great friends.  I miss those guys.  I miss playing music with them.  But they are doing great!

Highlights Of The Show – Catching up with Quint and Dustin is always great.  Quint is newly engaged!  Yea!  Charlie’s beard is amazing.  I swear if you chopped it off he would lose all his powers like Sampson.  Switching chairs during with KK during Phil Wickham and smelling the intense BO of the guy next to her.  (Sorry baby!)  The Charlie Hall Band has a new CD out and it is amazing!  Definitely a must have!