Sunday night thoughts (the remix)…

Seems that my first post did not make it on the site… sorry for the delay.

• Week three of our “Epidemic” series.  We used Acts Chapter four and talked about the unseen side of  a “successful” church.  Some highlights of the message were…
  • Every thing has an unseen side.  With ANY thing successful you very rarely see what it took to become so.
  • Pain is part of becoming the church that God intends.  Many see persecution as a bad thing or a sign but it WILL be part of a church that is spreading the Epidemic of Grace.
  • Peter RISKED a lot by preaching the truth to the religious leaders.  It took great faith to proclaim the Gospel so boldly… God is pleased NO OTHER way.
  • Many want to eliminate all risk from their lives.  They will not move if they cant figure things out logically yet we are to operate in FAITH.  The Bible is pretty clear that we can NOT please God with out it.
  • The Disciples left EVERYTHING to be a part of the Epidemic.  Are we?
  • Sacrifice – giving up something you love for something that you love even more.
• Tons of kids running around the theater today… I LOVE kids!
• Speaking of TONS of kids… send tammy@lifesonglive.com an email to volunteer in Lifesong Kids 😉
• The band did a great job today… run through was tough but it all came together in the end.
• Life Groups start in a couple of weeks… send greg@lifesonglive.com an email to get plugged in.
• I can not wait to start our new series, “Break Free” in a couple of weeks.  Do EVERYTHING you can to INVEST and INVITE someone to be here for this series.  Trusting that God is going to do GREAT things!
• Lots of stuff to work through right now… would really appreciate your prayers!  God is doing some great, and uncomfortable, things in me and I do not want to mess things up!