Sunday night thoughts…

• Awesome day at Lifesong church!
• Wrapped up our “Epidemic” series today and talked about different pictures of the church found in the Bible.  Some highlights of the message were…
  • The church is a building (1 Cor. 3:9) but NOT how you think.  WE are the building.  You can go to a meeting… you can go to a building, but you CAN NOT go to church because YOU are the church.  The reason that the early church was so successful in spreading the epidemic was because they understood this principle.
  • The church is a bride.  You can’t say that you like Jesus and NOT like His bride.
  • The church is a family.  One of the reasons that the early church was able to get through so many difficulties was because they were CONNECTED in FELLOWSHIP.  They really got the idea of doing life together.
  • God is VERY protective of the UNITY of His church… Read Acts chapter five to see just how serious.
  • The church is a body (Rom. 12:5).  If you are not doing your part then the body is not functioning as it should.
  • If more churches understood that we were ALL part of the Body of Christ then maybe we would be more interested in COMPLETING one another instead of COMPETING with each other.
  • The early church understood that they were part of an ARMY and were in a battle that they could not lose.  For far too long we as the church have been on defense, but as I read the Bible, Jesus calls us to forcefully advance His Kingdom.
• My wife (AKA Hot Momma) was able to sleep in and actually just ATTEND a service today for the first time since we started… very cool!
• Several guests with us today.  Many of you are INVITING your ONE to Lifesong and they are showing up!  GREAT JOB!
• God answered prayers last night… we were forecast to have snow flurries and rain overnight with 20 degree temps.  I prayed for God to give our set up teams a break and He did 😉
• The band really ministered to me today.  So thankful for their talents but more importantly their heart for Jesus.  A guest turned in a connection card that simply said, “WE LOVE THE MUSIC!!!”  No mention of the preaching 😦
• Pray for the mail out hitting this week for our “Break Free” series.  Do WHATEVER it takes to get your ONE here for this series.
• Don’t forget… Superbowl party next Sunday.  Come watch the game on the real BIG SCREEN.  This is such a big deal that we canceled Sunday night services 😉
• I am honored to be your pastor!