2011 – Page 32 – GOSPEL ON REPEAT

January 3, 2011

Lecrae’s New Album – REHAB: THE OVERDOSE

REHAB from Lecrae is my favourite album from 2010. Brilliant. Each track is packed full of encouragement to live a counter-cultural life. He has a follow up album coming out on 11 Jan 11. Can’t wait! Here’s the press release from Reach Records:

Around every corner is the lure to consume. A desire to be satisfied. Unfortunately no human being has found anything under the sun that brings satisfaction. So we consume more, and more, and more. Eventually, we overdose. However, there is hope–if Christianity is our Rehab. In Jesus, satisfaction can be found. Grace, love, peace and hope can be found…and there is always more. Consume more of Jesus. Overdose.

Rehab: The Overdose officially hits stores and online outlets 11.1.11. Promo video:

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January 2, 2011January 4, 2011

Pinch + Punch // January 2011

I forgot to do this 1st of the month blog post. It’s now the 4th of the month. But I will backdate it and pretend I wrote it on the 2nd. Does that all make sense? (If not, re-read it slowly) Haha. With the start of the new year, comes a change in employment status. I’m no longer a full-time student, but rather I’m working full-time with St Faith’s Anglican Church Narrabeen. Boom! It’s a wonderful family to be part of, and we’ve really valued being at church here since August. Now it’s time to get my game face on.

This Pinch + Punch doesn’t have all the other fluff it normally has, just the smashing magazine desktop calendar for Jan 2011. What’s your desktop rocking this month?

January 1, 2011January 2, 2011

Resolved: Read the Word

Happy New Year! The number 1 Christian New Year’s Resolution is to read the Bible more. Here are 4 reasons from 2 Timothy 3:14-17 why it’s a good resolution: 1) v14 Christianity is all about remembering and continuing; 2) v15 The Word is God’s Power for Saving People; 3) v16 All Scripture is breathed out by God; 4) vv16-17 The Bible is useful for all of life. Below are some resources to help you read it, remember it and pray it.

Read It

Have a plan, stick to it!
DMDC – Read the Bible in a year
Youversion and BibleGateway have a stack of different reading plans
Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s daily Bible reading – various forms of delivery
Free Don Carson Devotional via blog or email or RSS – based on McCheyne plan
Free Audio – NIV OT MP3s; NIV NT MP3s (put this or this into iTunes to automatically download as a podcast)
Read on your phone – ESV Bible App; youversion; logos; avery bible; no need for iphone – esv; biblegateway (stacks of versions)
Daily Reading Bible – the small booklets from Matthias Media are GOLD!
Quiet Times – these are a great resource for teenagers from Youth Surge
Read with your family
Kids Bibles – The Big Picture Story Bible and The Jesus Storybook Bible

Remember It

Navigators topical memory system (you can buy their cards or make your own based on their verses)
Fighter Verses are a verses from Bethlehem church in the USA. Do them the same speed as their church or go through the archives. Why Memorise Scripture? – by John Piper. How do you memorise scripture? – by John Piper
Forever Grateful Music – Scripture Memory Songs by Mark Altrogge
Boom Chicka Boom – this is a 30 track Bible Bonanza from Col Buchanan. You don’t have to be a kid to utilise Col’s memory verse songs!!
Extreme Memory Verses (PDF) – this is an approach to memorising large chunks of scripture.

Pray It

Pray in response to the verses you read
Pray in response to the verses you remember
Don’t close your Bible when you pray, but let the priorities of the Bible shape your priorities in prayer.
A Call to Spiritual Reformation – a good book by Don Carson showing Paul’s priorities in prayer
Summary of Paul’s prayers from Carson’s book – PDF (h/t Dave Rogers)