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Bible study #1 on "WooHoo" by Newsboys [song lyrics]
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"Request the Honour of Your Presence" "Request the honour of your presence Little brother, little sister, Woohoooooooo When I hear this verse, I can just think of a person going up to someone who has totally snubbed him, maybe a friend who betrayed him to hang with the 'in crowd' or just a person who has always thought of this guy as a 'lower species'. Either way, he's fed up with it and confronting the person, but he's doing it mockingly, treating her as if she really WERE the queen she's been acting like (hence the first verse). That's my first point; what do you do when someone snubs you? Well, as much as I'd like to say we can go up to the person(s) and give them a piece of our minds . . . I can't. Jesus himself said to "turn the other cheek". It's something we all need to work on, there have been times when I just want to go right after the person. Thankfully, I usually don't. What we really need to do is pray. Pray for that peace, strength, wisdom, that we can let go of our resentment, forgiveness for our resentment, and for that person. Yes, I said pray for that person. Maybe the reason they are acting that way is because they are going through some tough times, or maybe they haven't found Christ. My Sunday school teacher has said numerous times how she's wanted to just sit, pout, and cry over someone that hurt her, but her boyfriend makes her pray for that person, and she's always felt better afterwards. Yes, she's wanted to hold a grudge and just be petty about it, but her boyfriend doesn't give up on her until she prays. Aren't we ALL like that? Isn't there at least one time in your life when you've wnated to just act like a three year-old about something? I'm guilty, I know. My encouragement is that you'll work on 'letting it go'. 'this bitterness you hide, For anyone who doesn't know, that's from "Let it Go" (from the album Take Me to Your Leader). I think those are great lyrics, because it's true, holding grudges does destroy people. So let it go. Okay, my second point is on the chorus. It's all about being renewed in Christ. When you are baptized (underwater), you become a new creature in Christ (out of our ordinary selves). And that should bring us immense joy, I mean, "we've got the rhythm, we go the rhyme" ('Good Stuff' from the album Love Liberty Disco). Okay that's not what I meant, but that's what popped into my head there. We've got salvation, we've got eternal lie. That should make us just want to stand up with a joyful heart and go "WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" This also ties in with point one. If we've got the joy of salvation and Christ in our heart, then we should be able to find a way to forgive. To let it go. PS. I just want to make a quick note here, guys. If it's not okay for them to snub us, then it's certainly not okay for us to snub them in return. Don't you guys go acting like the 'crumpet and coffee queen! (More on that next week though) |
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"You Calling Me a Beggar?" "You say I'm acting like a beggar Let go the light of the tv If you have 'baggage', then you have serious emotional problems. If you are a momma's boy, then you live by your mother's word, what she says goes, no matter if it's right or wrong. Now if you take a momma's boy, put even MORE emotional baggage and send him of to school for the first time (ie away from mom) then you have one totally messed up person. "You say I'm acting like a beggar, but hey, I don't have nearly as bad problems as you do, momma's boy!" Do you have something that is holding you back from your relationship with God? Maybe too much tv, surfing the net too much (okay, so just about everyone on this list is guilty of that), or other things. Well, we are told to put that stuff aside, don't let anything block your view of God. And have you ever done something that has literally come back to haunt you later, even after you've repented? I know I have. Well, we have to put aside our guilt and "drop the chains that bind" us. Because we ARE forgiven and we have no reason to relive our pasts. As Christians, we should stop and look at our lives every once in a while and think. Are we where we want to be in our relationship with Christ? If not, how can we get there? We have to be striving to grow. It may not always be easy and we may come to a crawl at times, but we must keep trying to go forard. And if we DO fall back, we have to dust off our pants and get going again. Are you humble, would you consider yourself ot be a generally humble person? I try to be, however, I know sometimes I start to think just how much better I am than so-and-so. But lately, I try to catch myself before I do that. We ALL have to do that because, stop and think for a minute; who have YOU snubbed this past week? Who is it that you felt so much better than that you wouldn't even grant them a simple hello? When you find someone that you know you've snubbed, ya gotta pray for forgiveness and that you'll be free from those feelings of unhumility. Is hello THAT hard to pronounce? Last time I checked, it wasn't. We need to take the attitude of Jesus; here's the Creator of everything
we can possibly imagine, and much we can't, and not only does He come
to earth and live with us, he DIES for us. He didn't think that he was
'too good' for us, even though He was. As hard as it is, sometimes we
need to take that attitude and 'die to self' daily. That person you are
snubbing may feel hurt, neglected, and sad because maybe you aren't the
only one snubbing them. I know this might be a little far-fetched, but
maybe a simple hello or a conversation might save a person's life. Maybe
they are going through something really painful and need someon to talk
to. Maybe they have been thinking about ending life as it is, because
they feel worthless in people's eyes. Little far-fetched maybe, but still,
saying hello to a person, especially if that person hasn't heard that
word said to them all day, could really cheer them up. Nobody should have
to sit alone and be hurt when there are Christians out Finally, when the world seems like it's nothing more than thick fog and they can't see straight, send out the invitations. Get out there and preach. You could change a life or two. Get out there, die to self daily, live for Christ, and preach the Gospel. But above all, do it with a WOOHOO! |
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"To Save or Not to Save . . . Well, It's Your Life" "You say I'm acting like a beggar Okay, so we kinda already covered the "killing the fool" thang last week (TMTYL's note: I've REALLY got to get a program that will allow me to type stuff like kinda, thang, and oi without the spell check having a hissy-fit!) So really, I'm going to devote a whole week to the latter part of the lyrics above. To save your life eternally, you've got to give your life over to Christ. Not just give Christ a key to your life, but let Him run it. Borrowing this from another song "Always stalled by hidden fears (That's from "I Cannot Get You Out of My System" from the album Not Ashamed in case you didn't know) Now the application of car parts may turn you off, but it DOES have a good message. Until you give Christ your WHOLE heart, your life might as well just sit in the junkyard. SInce I've really gotten good with God, I've noticed a pretty significant change in my life. I notice things going on that I didn't see before. Things happen that I absolutely cannot explain. Lol, quite frankly, they can seem like the stupidest things to others, but to me, it's like "whoa!" To name a few briefly, one time I was listening to a song that was really touching and for no reason at all the volume went WAY down. I was not touching the remote or the stereo or anything! Another little thing (however this is probably more or less paranoia) is one day, I was listening to music ( I had the stereo on random) and would think of a song, for instance "Tuning In" and it would be the next song to play! 99% of the time it worked. Okay, anyway, back to an actually APPLICABLE lesson. I've seen God's blessings in my life, the more I surrender to HIm, the more I see. But there is a flip side to this also that I've noticed; the closer to God you get, the more Satan wnts to go after you. It's seems kinda depressing, doesn't it? You try to get GOOD with God and all this bad stuff happens! why not just stay a lukewarm Christian, or better yet, not a Christian at all? That is exactly what Satan wants you to think! "The left may not be the easy path, but in the end it's worth it. The right, yeah, it's the easy way out, but the question is can you stand the heat?" That's from an 'unpolished' song I wrote. I just happened to think of it while typing this. Living for Christ won't always be the easiest route here on Earth, but once we do get to heaven, we will have eternal rewards. In Revelation 3:16, God says that he would spit lukewarm Christians out of His mouth. It's an interesting concept. Like bitter, or just plain yucky tasting food, God will spit out he "lukewarm Christian." So really, not only do we have to give some of our life to Christ, but our ENTIRE life. Every aspect of our life, not just selected areas. I know that I'm guilty of that, sometimes it's like 'God, you handle this area, I'll handle this other one." It always seems like I've messed up royally whatever I didn't give to God. I can just see God looking down at me with a chuckle and saying "Ha ha, told you so!" I encourage you to look at your life, and see what you are withholding from God. Look at it and try to give it to God. Especially if it's a trial you are going through; God can lighten your burden. 'For His yoke is easy and his burden is light.' Spend time in prayer, not just when you are in a tough situation, but try to develop the habit of talking to God regularly. Okay, I almost made the whole devotional without mentioning someone from my church, but Mom, I'm about to blow it (She has joked that I tend to mention someone from my church in just bout every devotional) I bring up this point because my youth leader read this email. It was a "letter" from God to this person, who, even when he had the time, didn't talk to God at all. I've read the e-mail before, and there'a pretty god chance you have too. (well, possibly anyway). I'm not saying we have to have these 40 minute long prayer sessions 20 times a day, but you know, if you just say a "hi" to God, or a "thank you" it's better than nothing. But still, try to set aside a time of day that you can really talk to God if you can. Because here we have this relationship with God, this friendship, and sometimes we just put it on hold while we do this, or do that. We need to try and talk to Him more, and He'll be there, whenever you need Him. How long has it been since you last talked with God? I don't mean just to say "thank you for this food" or "thank you for this day" but since you really talked. Told Him everything. If you think about it, it might be scary. If it isn't, hey, that's wonderful, keep it up! But anway, my encouragement to you is to really give it all to God, get
fired up for God, and talk to God. |
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"Hoo Woo?" Well, this has got to be at least my sixth attempt at tying this. Not
that I've never had to retype on of these bfore, its' just that I've got
so much to say, but I don't want to say it all because I'm more focused
on the verses. To sum up my six attempts, I'll just say that I never thought
I'd be the one learning from these thing-a-ma-bobbers. But I have. I don't
know about you guys, but my relationship with Christ has really picked
up lately. I hop and pray that God will truly bless you guys and that
you'll be able to have the strongest relationship possible with HIm! thank
you all for your encouragement and I'm really looking forward to writing
these for a good long while (if only I can figure out what I'm doing next
month!) May God bless each and everyone of you! Verses to Woohoo by: Matt. 16:25 -- For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. (NKJ) Psalm 37:11 -- But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace. Matt. 5:5 -- Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 2 Chron. 7:14 -- If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Job 8:7 -- Your beginnings will seem humble, and so prosperous will your future be. Psalm 147:6 -- The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. Eph. 4:2 -- Be completely humble and gentle, be patient bearing with one another in love. James 4:10 -- Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up. Proverbs 11:2 -- When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 18:12 -- Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honour. Proverbs 22:4 -- Humility and the fear of the Lord bring wealth and honour and life. Phil. 2:3 -- Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain concet, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Titus 3:2 -- To slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, adn to show true humility toward all men. Proverbs 16:19 -- Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. Proverbs 29:23 -- A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honour. Micah 6:8-- He has showed you, oh man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. James 1:21 -- Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept hte word planted in you, which can save you. James 3:17 -- But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. |
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