My plan was to really shake things up a bit this week using upright bass and the cajon on a couple of songs but all the planning was put on hold when our bass player canceled out this morning.
I had my electric gear which wasn't going to work so I quickly drove back home to collect my acoustic setup and re-arranged the songs in my head while I was driving. We had already lost our mid-week rehearsal and now had a very small pre-service window, so we ran through what we could with piano, acoustic guitar and light percussion.
As I prayed before the service I was drawn to a verse surrender everything in faith and wait on God. So with no time left, instead of trying harder, I trusted.
You already know how this worked out. He always provides what we need. Standing at the mic it isn't always clear how He's working... but He's working.
Music Plan
You Never Let Go [Redman]
Prayer of Focus
Everlasting God [Brown]
Waiting Here For You [Tomlin, Reeves, Nockels]
Affirmation of Faith
Your Awesome Love [Kline, Mann]
Message
The Lord's Prayer [Walker]
Sunday Setlists at theworshipcommunity.com
Pray on,
Eddy
Eddy, that's great! God always provides! I like the picture in your post, too!
ReplyDeleteBarry Westman
It's amazing how our plans can get thrown out the window, isn't it? No doubt He was still glorified.
ReplyDeleteI've had similar situations happen to me a number of times. Someone doesn't show up and I think all my plans are shot and my brain is frantically trying to figure out what to do and then God makes something more beautiful happen than I could ever have planned or come up with. God is good!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the morning went well despite the circumstances. It still does just come down to our hearts communing with God's, no matter the songs or instruments.
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