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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday October 08TH 2023, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

I’m in Sebring Florida this morning for the first time on a Sunday (all day) since 3 weeks ago, and I’ll be praising and worshipping my Lord God Almighty alongside my Highlands Community Church family for the 3RD time. We’re also having a potluck luncheon after service, so I’m looking forward to food and fellowship with my new brothers and sisters of this fantastic journey.

I’m still settling into my new home (after nearly 7 months). I’ll be doing that well into 2024. (It’s a marathon – not a sprint.) Over the past few days – I’ve been reviewing and sorting church bulletins (what we handed out as you entered the sanctuary) from my first church from 2007 to 2015. (I saved all of them.) Seeing and remembering those old Sunday morning memories from 10 to 15 years ago brings a smile to my face – especially the ones with a photo of me and my brothers and sisters at the time. I thought I would be with that church family forever, but forever only lasted for 8 years. God had other plans for me after 8 years, and He led me to new open doors and new unlimited horizons.

A couple of days ago I saw “The Blind” at the movie theatre. What a fantastic faith-based movie. You know I’ve never seen a single 1 of the 131 episodes of “Duck Dynasty”, so I know little to nothing about the show. And the same with Phil and Kay Robertson. This is a biographical movie about Phil and Kay and their family, so everything I know about them now – I learned from the movie. It’s rated PG-13 due to heavy smoking and drinking and domestic violence – depicting Phil’s life as he was spiraling out-of-control. He eventually hit rock bottom, and this movie depicts that event with the devil intensely.

He was soon rescued out of the pit of despair – out of the mud and the mire when he accepted Jesus Christ as His Lord + Savior, and he got baptized in the water. I shed tears of joy at that moment, as I was recalling the start of my own salvation some 17 years ago. I also saw the devil before I was rescued. The final 30 minutes of the movie showed him as a born-again Christian getting closer to God with each new day.

There’s an excellent review of this movie here.

Stay tuned at the end of the movie, as Phil Robertson (today) delivers a short message on God’s salvation.

My testimony is featured here each week on #SundayScripture whether it’s part of a sermon, or just me writing about the events of the past week. Hopefully it encourages you and inspires you to seek the Lord, and get closer to Him with each new day.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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My Top 10 Hits – Week 346

Every Monday I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday October 01ST 2023 – the 346TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 11 Praise You Anywhere
[6TH week @ # 1]		 Brandon Lake
2 2 7 Hallelujah Feeling Caleb & John
3 3 8 Praise The Lord Micah Tyler
4 5 9 Heaven Changes Everything Big Daddy Weave
5 7 13 To Not Worship You MercyMe
6 4 12 The King Is Alive Jordan Feliz
7 6 5 Parking Lot Cochren & Co.
8 10 8 Jesus Does We The Kingdom
9 9 3 What Are We Waiting For ? for King + Country
10 – 1 Loved By You Riley Clemmons

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Good Morning Mercy” – Jason Crabb
2021 – “What If” – Matthew West
2020 – “God So Loved” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

RILEY CLEMMONS – She’s back with her 5TH hit – and her first since January 2022 when “For The Good” peaked at # 6. In her new song Riley reminds herself that she is believed in, she is held on to, and she doesn’t have to wonder who she belongs to. She’s always wanted, she’s always known, and she’s always treasured. She is loved by You God.

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on X and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Sunday Scripture

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday October 01ST 2023, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

WordPress (this social media platform) recently congratulated me for 16 years on here. I created my account during the last few days of September of 2007 when I was looking for an alternative to MySpace. A couple of weeks later I began promoting my future blog on here with a series of teasers. By the end of November my blog was active on here. I’ve been on WordPress longer than any other social media platform, but that comes with an asterisk. I was largely inactive on here for about 7 years from the end of 2010 through the end of 2017. (That’s when I was exploring the former Twitter – and eventually Facebook.)

This blog will continue on indefinitely into the future, and #SundayScripture will remain the centerpiece of it. This is actually the 275TH edition. I’m looking forward to sharing with you what God has done for me on this fantastic journey as I ease into full-retirement over the next 5 months.

And now here on #SundayScripture it’s the conclusion of the refresh, renew, and reboot of my sermon on “Pray & Believe” – originally preached on Sunday June 16TH 2019. Here’s Part 10:

[CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK]

Pray for your neighbors. If you know what their specific needs are – then ask God to fulfill them. Be intentional when you pray. If you don’t know what their specific needs are – then pray for them anyway. Be genuine when you pray.

(At this point in my original sermon I identified my family in Ohio and Texas at the time – followed by my church family – by name – and I stated what I was praying for each of them. When I preach this sermon again – I’ll update the names and the prayers.)

I pray for each and every one of you. You know – I don’t know your specific needs unless you’ve shared them with me. I’ve often said that if you want someone to pray for you – then tell them what they should pray for. God surely knows your needs. Pray to Him about them. Expect miracles. Never be discouraged. Be patient. God sends His miracles in His time – when we least expect them.

I don’t know your specific needs, but that will never stop me from praying to God for you and with you. I will always pray for my brothers and sisters – my friends and coworkers – my neighbors and even strangers – as the Holy Spirit calls on me to do so. That’s the living God at work within us.

And family – pray for me too. Pray for my continued forward momentum on this fantastic journey that God created and customized uniquely for me.

As our Worship Pastor Ben comes up here to the stage – I’ll close my message with this Scripture from Ephesians 6 – Verses 18 and 19. It’s Paul telling the church to:

Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. And pray for me too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike.

And that’s my message for you on this day. Let’s continue our worship. Let’s sing to our Lord.

[TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK]

If you wish to learn more about the God I know then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp

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Blogging Christian God Ministry Music Radio

My Top 10 Hits – Week 345

Every Monday (this week on Tuesday) I post my all-new Top 10 Christian hit music chart based on personal preference and influenced by radio airplay from the previous week. It’s the continuation of a weekly hobby that goes back over 45 years. Here’s this week’s chart – for the week ending Sunday September 24TH 2023 – the 345TH week of this current era that began on Presidents’ Day Weekend of 2017:

TW LW WKS SONG TITLE ARTIST / SITE
1 1 10 Praise You Anywhere
[5TH week @ # 1]		 Brandon Lake
2 2 6 Hallelujah Feeling Caleb & John
3 4 7 Praise The Lord Micah Tyler
4 3 11 The King Is Alive Jordan Feliz
5 7 8 Heaven Changes Everything Big Daddy Weave
6 6 4 Parking Lot Cochren & Co.
7 5 12 To Not Worship You MercyMe
8 9 15 Every Hour David Leonard Ft. Josh Baldwin
9 10 2 What Are We Waiting For ? for King + Country
10 8 7 Jesus Does We The Kingdom

# 1 This Week In:
2022 – “Good Morning Mercy” – Jason Crabb
2021 – “Into The Wild” – Josh Baldwin
2020 – “God So Loved” – We The Kingdom
2019 – “Nobody (But Jesus)” – Casting Crowns Ft. Matthew West
2018 – “Only Jesus” – Casting Crowns
2017 – “Broken Things” – Matthew West

CALEB & JOHN – I’m still waiting on that extra radio push for “Hallelujah Feeling” so that it can climb to # 1 on my chart. I love the song. I love the feeling of the song. I can’t sit or stand still when I hear the song !

This concludes another weekend of blog posts. I’ll do it again with the new weekend – and 3 new entries – known as #TravelThursday, #SundayScripture, and #MusicMonday.

Your likes, follows, and comments are always appreciated. Thank You for being part of my online ministry to share God’s Good News and win souls for Christ through His music. I’m also on X and Flickr.

Be blessed my friends !  May our God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

All rights reserved (c) 2023 Christopher M. Day, CountUp