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i was genuinely excited about yesterday morning. it had been a particularly hectic saturday with graduations, meetings, graduation parties, house cleaning for a baby shower, and last minute prep for sunday morning. it is always good to put in a full day, but when it happens on a saturday, it usually leaves me pretty drained going into my “big day”…
in spite of that, i really was excited. yesterday did not disappoint.
you should think about coming around 9:15 and hanging out with the “early” crowd. there’s a lot that goes on between 8:00 and the start of the 10:00 service. lots of laughter and relationship building goes on early!
come and join us for prayer in my office at 9:25. it only lasts for about 15 minutes, but it’s a good time to get focused on the lord and pray for the morning. we are dedicating our time to praying for bon voyage the next few weeks.
speaking of bon voyage, i think our promo material for the adventure looks awesome. logan and debbie do a great job with this stuff. the lobby looks exciting. can’t wait for this coming sunday…
it’s obvious that we are getting to the time of our year where people are needing to take time off for family…trips, graduations, weddings, family commitments, school demands, even job requirements…you name it.
as much as i miss seeing friends (and even a full house) on sundays, i love being part of a church family that doesn’t define it’s existence or purpose by what goes on during two hours on one day during the week.
we are going to have a real problem if all of our new babies decide to show up on the same sunday! wish i could be in the nursery that day…maybe not.
speaking of the nursery, have you ever thought about serving people this way?
every week after the sermon these days, i can’t wait for monday to roll around so i can get back into preparing for the next week. this is a good thing.
yesterday’s sermon on anger caused a bunch of different responses. at least people were listening.
as you could tell, i am pretty convicted over how god wants us to deal with our anger. king david’s “prayer of anger” in psalm 109 is riveting, brutal, honest, raw, passionate…and proper! i know it’s troubling to think that someone could be angry enough to want god to kill them, but we need to be careful not to miss the point.
the goal of the prayer is not to get the dude wasted…the goal of the prayer is come clean before god and let god deal with the sin that is causing the depth of the anger.
sure, it’s easier to just dump our anger on the person. they deserve it. but it’s not god’s way and if we really are god’s people, we better start being about god’s way.
great music…as always.
i had a friend show up unexpectedly to the 10:00 service. i met him in 1980 when he was eight years old. that makes him 37 now. he was a kid who grew up in my youth group in the eighties. he became a youth pastor for a while, but is really gifted in creative technology and is a “tech” pastor at a large church in southern california. he was here in texas for a church technology conference and stopped in on his way to the airport yesterday morning.
seeing him was a great reminder of why i do what i do. somewhere in the past, i got to play a small role in a kid’s life that god used to make a huge difference in the lives of many. what an honor.
it makes me think, though…who is that kid whose life you need to play a small role in? by teaching a sunday school class, or rocking them to sleep in the nursery, or playing kickball in the parking lot, or giving them a ride to church, or simply giving an invitation to join us at “bon voyage”???
it’s going to be a great week. are you ready for god is going to do with you?
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