Stones on Standby

I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice
To worship you, Oh my soul rejoice!
Take joy, my King, in what you hear
May it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear

Last Friday night I had the privilege of joining nearly 12,500 voices sing those words in soulful unison during the Rock & Worship Road Show. (That's an actual photo above!) It was a moment of pure praise where we all caught a whisper of what Heaven might be like. We couldn’t help but take part in lifting our voices to Jesus! And we knew that even if our voices were cracking and some awful to the human ear, our King took joy in our song of adoration.

This weekend in HD we’ll be learning about Palm Sunday, how large crowds gathered to welcome Jesus to Jerusalem, praising Him, waving tree branches and crying “Hosanna!” – “Lord, save us!”

In Luke’s version of the story (Luke 19:28-40), the Pharisees asked Jesus to make the people “stop shouting!”

In response, Jesus replied, "I tell you, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."

Isn't it amazing how the glory of our Savior compels His creation to worship?

I imagine those multitudes of people in Jerusalem and the thousands of concert-goers at US Airways Center last week felt a similar force of desire just to worship Jesus, to praise Him for who He is, and lift voices, “Hosanna!” – “Lord save us!”

Along with praising Jesus this Palm Sunday weekend at Radiant, we’ll also have the opportunity to worship Him in an act of sacrificial giving. During services on Saturday and Sunday we’ll be given the chance to invest in eternally in our kids through the Miracle Offering for the Children’s Ministry of Radiant Church.

The goal of the Miracle Offering is to renovate our Children’s Ministry Areas. The renovation will create more room and update our spaces in order to bring more of our community’s families and kids to Christ. As a volunteer in HD, you know firsthand what Jesus means to our children and their families - you love our kids and want Jesus to be their Savior.

This will be a huge weekend for all of us in HD, please pray for our Miracle Offering and please prayerfully consider how you will join in us giving our kids the space they need to grow closer to Jesus.

Thank you for praying and thank you for giving! Let's keep those stones on standby and sing a "sweet, sweet sound in His ear" this weekend!

Announcements

• Did you know that 3000+ kids attend Radiant on Easter Weekend? We need your help this Easter! Be sure to fill out an HD Easter Volunteer Sign-Up Form in your ministry areas this weekend.
• Easter Registration Packets will be available this weekend at our table in the lobby!
• Hey batter, batter! Radiant's going out to the ballgame May 29 for Family Fun Day with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Get your tickets for $10 this weekend in the lobby and receive a FREE game ticket for opening day April 6.
• Did you know you can see what's going on in Elementary and Preschool each week by clicking on the green Elementary and Preschool buttons at the top right of this post? Check them out!