Pastor Randy's Bloghttp://www.lakewoodnaz.orgWed, 23 May 2012 01:30:50 GMTMon, 07 Nov 2011 20:13:58 GMTUnchanginghttp://www.lakewoodnaz.org/unchangingMon, 07 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMTRandy GarmonLove this song "Unchanging"...  We need to worship the Lord because he never changes! 

I was imagining the other day what it would be like to try and serve a God who kept changing...  A truth that kept shifting...   How many times have I complained to Jesus that I just didn't understand Him and what He really wanted from me?   Hmmm...  I guess it was just me not wanting to adjust myself to the unchanging truth that He is.

According to Chris... His faithfulness is GREAT, His promises are TRUE and WIDE is His love and grace! Now that's something to raise up holy hands for.

Thank you Lord for Your unchanging truth... I can always depend on!

Randy

]]>http://www.lakewoodnaz.org/unchangingOh How He Loveshttp://www.lakewoodnaz.org/oh-how-he-lovesMon, 24 Jan 2011 06:00:00 GMTPastor RandyIt has been a long time since my spirit has taken flight with the help of a tune like this and a powerful poetic lyric.  John Mark McMillan wrote this song after his friend was killed in an auto accident.  His friend was a youth pastor who had recently prayed "Lord I would give my life... if it would bring about a movement of God in this youth group."  A week later he was killed. Here are the lyrics to OH HOW HE LOVES... our song for February.

1. "He is jealous for me.  Loves like a hurricane... I am a tree, bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.  When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory.  I realsize just how beautiful You are and how great Your affections are for me.

Oh, how He loves us so;  Oh, how He loves us. How He loves us so!

2. We are His portion and He is our prize, drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes. If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking. So heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest.  I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about... the way that...

He loves us; Oh, how He loves us.  Oh how He loves us; Oh how He loves.  Yeah He loves us; Oh, how He loves us. Oh how He loves us. Oh how He loves"

]]>http://www.lakewoodnaz.org/oh-how-he-lovesPraying Churcheshttp://www.lakewoodnaz.org/praying-churchesTue, 28 Sep 2010 03:29:10 GMTPastor RandyWow... we just finished our 24 hour prayer vigil.  In just a week and a half we filled the prayer chart with your names.  I got worried when a few people had to change at the last minute.  But as the doors opened on the first day... people started coming in and praying, whether they were signed up or not. I love the sense of God's presence on the Sunday morning after.  Today, more people came (the day after).  This is where church starts to happen.  When God's people PRAY!

]]>http://www.lakewoodnaz.org/praying-churchesFAITHFUL ONE by Brian Doerksenhttp://www.lakewoodnaz.org/faithful-oneFri, 30 Jul 2010 00:57:08 GMTPastor Randy GarmonFaithful One so unchanging
Ageless One You’re my rock of peace
Lord of all I depend on You
I call out to You, again and again
I call out to You, again and again

You are my rock in times of trouble
You lift me up when I fall down
All through the storm
Your love is the anchor
My hope is in You alone

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