Jason Koeppe is a worshiper. For the past 10 years he's been leading contemporary worship in Vineyard churches in central Ohio and can't wait for the day that God opens the door to lead His people into worship vocationally! He now lives in a suburb in Cleveland, OH with his beautiful wife, 2 amazing kids, 2 wonderful dogs, and 2unbelievably noisy guinea pigs.
While reading the book, “When I Don’t Desire God” by John Piper, I came across a section that I thought of vital importance that I’d like to share on early-morning prayer. Here’s what he says:
The example of Jesus and the testimony of lovers of Christ throughout
the centuries points us to early-morning prayer as decisively important.
“And [...]
I am a wretched man. And earlier tonight I felt like a divided or conflicted man. It’s a feeling I’ve felt before after realizing my sin, but tonight was like no other. I knew I needed to write about it here and share what I believe God showed me.
I know that I’m saved by Grace [...]
Do you know the importance of Jesus’ genealogy? This Messianic Genealogy chart, lists all the men who were descendants of Adam and ancestors of Jesus.
I recently found an talk done by Bob Kauflin and it affected me as a worship leader. I think it’s so important, that I want to share it here. It’s a 2 part audio/MP3 download and you can download it here
Choosing Songs Wisely Part 1
Choosing Songs Wisely Part 2
by Bob Kauflin
Why do the songs we [...]
Ok, I love it when churches do stuff WELL! Check out this take on “The Old Spice Guy” commercials…introducing Lord Spice Bodywash!
I subscribe to the DesiringGod.org blog as the content they produce is always phenomenal. One of today’s posts was just something I had to share with my L2W (Live2Worship) readers. It’s from Jon Bloom on praying the 6 d’s. Check it out:
A few years back I wrote about the 5 “D’s” I [...]
“Why me?”
You hear people ask questions like this all the time. Or…
“What did I do to deserve this?”
Maybe you’re even one of them? I know I used to be and still lapse back into THINKING this type of thing every now and then when things get really tough. But after reading a book [...]
“To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.”
–William Temple
I try really hard to not OVERUSE [...]
Every Christian should expect trouble, persecution, hardship and tough times from time to time. The Bible promises us these things will come our way. However when you’re in the midst of that “stuff”, these 7 facts about God and why we’re here can help you re-align your life with His purpose and allow Him to carry you through the tough times of life.
I used to fear the return of Christ.
Then, at some point later in my walk, the fear of His return turned into resistance for lack of a better word. In other words, I had (and have) a great life here on Earth and so while I would have told you I loved Jesus dearly (more [...]
