Sunday Ruminations (6-28-09)

28 06 2009

I am VERY excited to fly to St. Louis today.  My wife and kids have been gone for 2 weeks and I’ll reunite with them tonight.  I also get to see all my dads side of the family.  Gonna be a BLAST hangin’ in St. Louis with the crazy Maness family.  White Castle is in my future.  Couple of Cardinals games.  Fireworks under the Arch.  Gonna be a GREAT week.  Here are my Ruminations on today.

— 10 people stood up and confessed Jesus as their Savior today.  WOO HOO.  So awesome!

— Third service we had one young lady, a first time guest, who stood up ALL by herself and confessed Jesus as Lord.  No one else stood that service.  She was beaming after church.  LOVE IT!

— If only for the one!

—  WOW, first service was sparse.  Ended up being a good turnout today.  2nd service was VERY full.  Summer attendance is upon us.

— Today’s topic:  God is generous.

Here are some things I said today concerning God’s generosity:

— When we say “generous” in concerns to God, the furthest thing from His mind is money, possessions, status or health.

— It is freedom from sin, not financial gain that God is most concerned with.

—  It is victory and not valuables that God ultimately desires for us.

— God wants to do a work IN us before He ever wants to do a work FOR us.

— Sang a GREAT song written in 1225 today.  NO, not AT 12:25 but IN 1225…the year.  All Creatures Of Our God And King.  AWESOME hymn and the band rocked it out today.

—  I love coconut cake.  Talked about that today!  lol

— Ok, that’s all I got.  I’m tired and I can’t wait to go see my family.  Plane flies out tonight at 9:30 PM.

— I’ll see you all on the other side.

Following Christ,

Jeff





One Prayer Day 28: Alive

28 06 2009

Matthew 28:  God is ALIVE

This is the last day of our 28 day journey through Matthew and through praying for our city.  I can’t think of a better way to end our 28 days than with this GREAT reminder about God.

Matthew 28:5 says  5The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.

Jesus WAS crucified.  He is NOT dead any longer.  He is ALIVE!  God is ALIVE!  That should change us.  That should rally us.  Encourage and inspire us.  Our God is NOT in a grave, or bound to a book.  He is NOT just a story!  Our God IS ALIVE!

He’s ALIVE!  He is with you where you are, He is ahead of where you are going and He has FORGOTTEN your forgiven past.  He is ALIVE!

This Truth is THE MOST IMPORTANT Truth of our Christian faith.  God’s not dead, He’s ALIVE!  Live like it!

Living because HE’s ALIVE,

Jeff








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