About
Doctrine
I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God.
I believe in the trinity, the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. One God in three persons.
I believe Jesus, God incarnate, died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
I believe He died & rose again, and now sits at the Father's right side, interceding for us.
Purpose
I believe God has given us each unique gifts and there are no two people alike. I believe our purpose is to use our gifts to glorify Him and to encourage each other. In the Bible is says we are blessed as we give.
Only Jesus is perfect and is to receive our worship. He alone is to be lifted up in our hearts and in our lives. God has raised up leaders, but they are to be servants to the body of Christ.
No one, and no thing deserves our attention as much our God who created us. That's another Scripture. It's just required that we walk humbly with our God.
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Jean,I picked up a guitar and started practicing chords when I was about 55 years old. I am now a month short of 64. I wish I could tell you that by now I am an accomplished guitarist, but it is just the opposite. I know most of the basic chords, including the ones used for most Christian hymns which I want badly to do. I can strum and do fingerpicking but still sound awful. I tried lessons for about 3 months going once ;per week, but it didn't really improve things, since my technique is still not very polished. I don't know. I love the guitar, but I wonder if the Lord is telling me that maybe this is not my area of talent. I am a retired NYS civil service employee who relocated to Arizona this past April. I am a college grad and am qualified in writing and literary areas, computer skills are fair, but for some reasons, my guitar skills are troubling. I want to play only Christian music, slow hymns and ballads, and I would be happy to just learn about 10 God Glorfying songs to play. I am not interested in public playing because my skills are poor, but I do not want to give up on the guitar, because I enjoy the time spent with it. The only other thing I like more than the guitar is reading my Bible and praying to Our Lord. Thanks for any feedback or suggestions. John Flanagan
John… thanks for your comment. I see you only had lessons for three months. That's not very long. Do you have our program? There are many suggestions there that can help your playing.
You also say that you love to play the guitar, so I don't believe you should stop playing. It's true that some people pick up music quicker than others, but that doesn't mean that those who don't pick it up as fast should quit.
I suggest, if you want to improve your playing, finding a different guitar teacher and/or getting some good guitar training programs, like ours.
God Bless,
Jean
Jean, would you mind if I ask a question?. Have you ever heard of an old gospel or country Christian song that has the words, " Jesus ,stilled the troubled waters one more time" or words to that affect in the song? I have heard it once on the radio, but could never find this song listed anywhere on the internet. If you would know the chords and lyrics to this song, I would appreciate it. thanks God bless. John flanagan
John, I haven't heard this one.
Blessings,
Jean
Jean, I just wanted to say thank you for your quick responses. God bless.
HI Jean, Thanks so mcuh for your site and lessons. I want to sing and play, 'I am a Servant' so much. Could you help me with the easiet chords to play this with?