{"id":10757,"date":"2016-02-25T15:41:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=10757"},"modified":"2016-03-21T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:21:12","slug":"our-fathers-house-rocks-22516","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=10757","title":{"rendered":"Our Father&#8217;s House Rocks! (2\/25\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">We need to put Jesus Above All else!\u00a0 Is He greater than your favorite TV star?\u00a0 Is He greater than your favorite athlete?\u00a0 What about music?\u00a0 Is Jesus your favorite Rock Star???<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday Feb. 22 a group from Our Father&#8217;s House (our preschool), joined their own &#8220;rock band&#8221;, picked up their plastic guitars, started out with &#8220;ABC Rock&#8221; and then moved on by &#8220;rocking&#8221;\u00a0 to many Spiritual Hits such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He&#8217;s Got the Whole World in His Hands<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m Happy All the Time<\/li>\n<li>This Little Light of Mine<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8230; and many other &#8220;bonus tracks!<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elvis might have been &#8220;The King of Rock and Roll,&#8221; but Jesus is the King of our Lives!<\/p>\n<p>The kids learned that Jesus is Our Rock (that&#8217;s how we roll&#8230; or do anything).\u00a0 This morning&#8217;s musical lesson was a fun way of extending our praise of Jesus as the true foundation of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been learning Psalm 62:6&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also been thinking about how we can build our lives on God&#8217;s firm foundation instead of our own &#8220;sandy&#8221; foundation..<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.\u00a0 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won&#8217;t collapse because it is built on bedrock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> But anyone who hears my teaching and ignores it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.\u00a0 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Matt 7:24-27<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And to bring the analogy even further, we made &#8220;prayer rocks.&#8221;\u00a0 Holding on to a rock while praying can be a strong reminder that our Rock (Jesus) hears our prayers, and that He holds on to us even more tightly than we can grip our rock.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Rocking with Jesus is Fun!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Beyond all of the learning and Spiritual concepts, the kids flat out had a great time!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a glimpse of what happened&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class='et-image-slider et_sliderfx_slide et_sliderauto_true et_sliderauto_speed_5001 et_slidertype_images'>\n\t\t\t<div class='et-image-slides'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/OFHrocks-2016-02-25-_IMG_2642-24293_x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"300\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/OFHrocks-2016-02-25-_IMG_2644-19805_x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"300\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/OFHrocks-2016-02-25-_IMG_2645-18233_x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"300\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/OFHrocks-2016-02-25-_IMG_2647-22813_x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"300\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/OFHrocks-2016-02-25-_IMG_2649-17774_x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"300\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div> \n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent et-image-slide'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/et_temp\/OFHrocks-2016-02-25-_IMG_2650-25141_x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"300\" \/><span class='et-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et-image-slider -->\n\t\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">God is Our Rock&#8230; 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