The Mind of Malloy

The best part of coming home...

I love coming home to my family after work! The kids greet me at the door, Tammy usually has food on the table, we are all set to go! It's great. My wife is amazing at making my home a fun place to come home to. Sometimes the house is crazy. That makes it even more fun!

What about you? What's the best part of coming home from work?

-G-

Church...

Yesterday...we had church! It was amazing. The Spirit of God was pouring over his people. It's really neat to see people come alive during the services. God's word was taught, His praises were on our lips, decisions were made. What more can we ask for? How can anyone say God is not moving in our churches and our nation? God is at work in a big way. Let's join Him...

Set list:

Awesome is the Lord most High-Tomlin

Love the Lord-Brewster

All that thrills my soul-Harris/Malloy

Revelation Song-Gateway Worship

My everything-Pocket Full of Rocks

-G-

Why are you here?...

"Why are you here?" is a great question. When I was being interviewed at Hickory Grove North Campus, my Pastor kept asking me "Is God calling you here?" The wisdom behind that is great. Think about it...if God is calling you to go or do something, He will equip you. He will give you the things you NEED. So my Pastor, Dr. Brown, knew that if God was calling me, then I would be equipped to do the work of the ministry.

I have no doubt in my mind that the Lord has called me to be the worship pastor at Hickory Grove North Campus. He has equipped me to the work here as well. There are bumps and roadblocks from time to time. That's part of equipping...on the job training, if you will.

So ask yourself:

1. Why am I here? (not my church, but actually where you are)

2. How has God equipped me to do ministry?

Once you get those questions answered, do what you learn. 

If you are not supposed to be somewhere, find out why then do what you need to do to go elsewhere. That's good for all parties.

But if you know that God has called you to a place, stay there. That means stop looking elsewhere. 

This does not just apply to people in vocational ministry. This applies to everyone.

-G-

CD Giveaway...

 This week's winner of the free Hillsong CD is....

Jena Sadowsky!

Jena, all you need to do now is send you addy to geraldmalloy@mac.com. I will ship it out to you asap.

Thanks again for playing this week guys. See you all again soon.

-G-

Earworm...

So it's Tuesday. 

I have a cd to give away. Hillsong's This is our God

 

This album has:

Desert Song

Stronger

Healer

You Deserve

With everything

Plus so much more!
 

Comment to win it...Drawing will be in the morning around 10am...

-G-

Late start, good crowd...

Yesterday we decided to get a late start to the morning and only have one service. It was due to the icy conditions after a weekend full of snow. I wasn't sure what to expect...

I think we had about 400 or so finally show up. It was a pretty good crowd.

We had to do a little switch-a-roo with the songs. The extremely talented Scott Chatham was unable to make the drive in so I had to pull his songs and add two others. The band and tech crew, as usual, rose to the occasion, even with the last minute changes.

So after a delayed start, helping a lady who was stuck, and sliding all over the road in a big ole truck, here's the set list:

Highest and Greatest-Hughes

Unchanging-Tomlin

Mighty to save-United

Our God Saves-Baloche

Jesus Messiah-Tomlin

Nice donuts Steve!!

-G-

Unexpected source...

Every now and then I will have some thoughts that are helpful to certain leaders. I hope to be able to provide some encouragement for you all. 

Yesterday, I had a difficult day. When I ventured out of the office, I ran across a lady who I had never seen before. She recognized me and just wanted to share a word of encouragement. She was quite a bit older than me so honestly I was a little worried about what she wanted to say, due to the day I was having. She proceeded to tell me that the Lord has defined me. He has purpose for me and my ministry here. It was incredible. All of the words that she spoke went straight to my heart. I was a little bit emotional during this encounter. It was exactly what I needed. She was an unexpected source of power from the Holy Spirit that I needed. I have never seen her before. No one here knew her. She was aimlessly walking around in the lobby. I love those kind of encounters.

Be defined by Jesus. Don't let the world shape you. Don't even let other christians define you. Be defined by Jesus. Purpose. Life. Joy.

-G-

See Through...

So I've been thinking...This is normally dangerous when I stop to think.

I want to be transparent to the people that I serve and serve alongside. I want to write down some thoughts each week, good and bad, so you can know what I'm thinking. I understand the vulnerability in this, but I also understand the power in this.

I recently read a post from someone who I respect greatly. His blog post was about not having to defend yourself to others. This is huge for me right now. I feel like I am getting hammered from every side. The critics and complainers are relentless. So therefore, I have been defending myself. I am trying not too. I love my job, church, and my calling, and none of that is in danger, but sometimes it's hard. It's not just hard on me, but my family as well. I told a fellow yesterday an analogy...If I move to your neighborhood, and with a nice gesture, you bring over a meal or cake, how would you feel if I told you that I did not like it? Would you consider me rude? That's how I feel sometimes. 

I am called by God to minister to His people. That's it...

BUT GOD...I love those words together! He hears and knows our hearts.

By no means am I trying to get pity from anyone. I don't want or need that. However, it is always good to hear someone's perspective on things from time to time. So, love your Pastors. You have no idea what they are going through...Pray for them...All the time!

-G-

Worship Recap...

I always enjoy leading with our Worship Team. We have a small "choir' kind of feel with our Worship Team. They are all worshippers who enjoy leading in worship. They always add an extra level of sound and energy. These times that we lead together are usually very sweet times of worship.

This week's set list:

All because of Jesus-Fee

On our side-Tomlin

My Savior lives-Desperation Band

You alone can rescue-Redman

You alone can rescue is a fairly new tune by Matt Redman. I first heard it at Passion2010. This song is a gift from God. It is a call to rely on God. We can't save ourselves. We may think that we are saving ourselves but in fact it is God who ordains our days and lives. 

You alone can rescue, You alone can save

You alone can lift us from the grave

You came down to find us

Led us out of death 

To You alone belongs the highest praise.

-G-

CD Giveaway...

So Patrick came in here and did the drawing for the CD giveaway...

And the winner is... JC Hitzing.

Here are your instructions JC.

You must provide an address so I can mail this to you. If I don't hear from you by this time next week, then I will just recycle this into the giveaway pile. Email your addy to geraldmalloy@mac.com

I will try to do this every week so check back. Also, I may increase the prizes...

-G-