Sunday Reflections

Here are some thoughts from a great day:

• It was the third and final week of our Come Home series.  We talked about the story of the Lost sheep in Luke 15:1-7.
• You can catch the whole message here.
• We are all sinners in need of the Savior. (Isaiah 53:6) If Jesus welcomes sinners so should His church!
• If you find the "perfect" church, don't go.  You will mess it up.  We are just imperfect people worshiping a perfect God.
• Jesus' mission must be our mission if we are going to claim to be followers of Jesus!  What was Jesus' mission: "to seek and save those who were lost." (Luke 19:10)
• We started Elevate to bring home the ONE.  We must never be satisfied with who is in the church but focused on those who are not in the church.
• The shepherd didn't try to sit and appease the sheep who were already safe BUT instead reach the ONE lost sheep.
• If you lose something of great value to you, you can't rest until you find it.  
• God wants to use you to redirect someone's destiny.
• Yes, it is a matter of life and death. (James 5:20)
• Paul was left for dead outside of a city and went back in to preach Jesus (Acts 14:19-21).  That is called persistence!
• Don't ever give up on those God wants to use you to reach.  Remember God didn't give up on you!
• Read and memorize Galatians 6:9.  Keep praying.  Keep inviting.  Let God do His thing.
• It is was so powerful to hear Elizabeth's  come home story: "Something moved inside of me that day and I have been forever changed!"  Thank you Jesus.
• Yes, I know I can't sing.  I proved that on Sunday.   :-)
• I loved the words of Spring of Life: "Jesus, you're the well that won't run dry. Jesus, you're the drink that satisfies." Yes He is!
• Send me an email if you need to be baptized.  We are doing baptisms on Sunday, May 2nd.
• We are starting a new series on Sunday called The Ghost.  We are talking about what it looks like to have the Holy Spirit unleashed in your life.  Yes, it's going to be an incredible series and it will have amazing potential for our church!