This is a house. This is the house that God built and we get to give back to him. Sweet.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Transferring the Title
This is a house. This is the house that God built and we get to give back to him. Sweet.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Fusion this week!
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Bring your A-game this week! We're celebrating so much on Saturday and Sunday. We're closing the sermon series and confirming our youth on Sunday. It's a lot, so be sure to invite everyone for the celebrations!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Pressing on Toward the Goal
What a sermon this week! Let me say this, though: do not be discouraged or dismayed. There are so many people who are in need because we don't talk about a healthy sex life in the church. Please talk with us if this is something you want accountability with or advice: we're here to serve you!
Philippians 3:13-14 says this, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward to Christ Jesus." My wife and I have started training for the 2011 Disney marathon in January. If I know any feeling besides the pain and joy of pounding the asphalt minute after minute, it is that of the last mile. It doesn't matter if I've run 3 miles or 18 miles: When I know I am at the last mile, I get a slight spring in my step. I feel lighter. My brain tells me I am happier, though my body may be aching from hours of torture. That last mile, I forget everything that was behind me in the race (and everything else going on in lfe) and I strain for the end. My body gets excited to finish that last bit and to taste the victory of crossing the finish line.
That's what Paul is talking about here. When we know what we are running the race of life for, we strain towards it like there is nothing else in the world going on. And there is no greater feeling than collapsing in the arms of Christ Jesus through stressful and difficult times! Be encouraged wherever you are in your race, that we are all racing together to do the work of Jesus. Keep running!
Philippians 3:13-14 says this, "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward to Christ Jesus." My wife and I have started training for the 2011 Disney marathon in January. If I know any feeling besides the pain and joy of pounding the asphalt minute after minute, it is that of the last mile. It doesn't matter if I've run 3 miles or 18 miles: When I know I am at the last mile, I get a slight spring in my step. I feel lighter. My brain tells me I am happier, though my body may be aching from hours of torture. That last mile, I forget everything that was behind me in the race (and everything else going on in lfe) and I strain for the end. My body gets excited to finish that last bit and to taste the victory of crossing the finish line.
That's what Paul is talking about here. When we know what we are running the race of life for, we strain towards it like there is nothing else in the world going on. And there is no greater feeling than collapsing in the arms of Christ Jesus through stressful and difficult times! Be encouraged wherever you are in your race, that we are all racing together to do the work of Jesus. Keep running!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Something to think about...
What do you think of when you're working? What's your work space look like? Mine is like this:
Very cluttered. Sometimes I can't figure out if I've got a lot of projects going on at the same time, or just really messy. I tend to over-religeous-ise all that I do. What I mean by that is everything turns into an issue that I need to take to God. I start worrying about how the work of my hands will look to others, how God will view it, and what people will think. So I start to self-doubt and think about how I might fail. But Philippians says this, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." It's the simple truths of our faith, the ones I found so easy to grab as a child, that trip me up now. Do you find it hard to give everything to God and stop worrying about it?
Through any trials or speedbumps in life, I remind myself to always trust in God and let him be the perfector of any work I do, so it is not I who receives the glory, but him.
Very cluttered. Sometimes I can't figure out if I've got a lot of projects going on at the same time, or just really messy. I tend to over-religeous-ise all that I do. What I mean by that is everything turns into an issue that I need to take to God. I start worrying about how the work of my hands will look to others, how God will view it, and what people will think. So I start to self-doubt and think about how I might fail. But Philippians says this, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." It's the simple truths of our faith, the ones I found so easy to grab as a child, that trip me up now. Do you find it hard to give everything to God and stop worrying about it?
Through any trials or speedbumps in life, I remind myself to always trust in God and let him be the perfector of any work I do, so it is not I who receives the glory, but him.
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