Sunday Reflections

Here are some thoughts from Sunday:

• It was a great day at Elevate!  It was the last week of our Encore series and we did a message called Breaking Free from Worry.
• I am so proud of those who took the time to invest in and invite people to Elevate.  The church is people NOT a building.  It was great to see our people getting that!
•  The message really helped a lot of people.  I don't know one person who doesn't struggle with worry including ME.
• Let's call it what it is: Worry is a sin!  
• Worry is trusting yourself instead of God.  It is actually you trying to play God yourself.  It's trying to control the uncontrollable.
• It is time to stop trusting in everything BUT Christ. (Psalm 20:7)
• Read Matthew 6:25-34 and Proverbs 3:5-6.  If you need to, read those verses over and over.  Let it sink in. 
• The good news is you aren't born with worry.  Over time you and I train our minds to drift into worry.  If it is learned, it can be unlearned.  You must re-train your mind from thoughts of worry to thoughts filled with faith.
• If you have time to worry, you have time to pray.  Turn your worrying into praying!  God can do much more with it than you could ever imagine.
• To worry about something you can't change is useless.  To worry about something you can change is ridiculous: Change it!
• It was a great day at Elevate and the best part was three people receiving Christ as their Lord and Savior!  THAT is what this is all about. 
• Next Sunday we start a series called Crank It Up: Living an Amplified Life.  Who can you bring with you on Sunday?  We are talking about Cranking it up with God.  
• Too many of us have settled for ordinary when God has called us to extraordinary.  It's time to step out in your faith and let God step in!