Saturday, February 21, 2009

Time to Set Priorities

I know I know --
The Gospel is our life -- our hope!
The opening of the Sprung is exciting!
God is changing lives daily!
Adam Wainwright and Chris Carpenter are healthy! HAHA!

Sorry, that I haven't posted in a while.
Jesus loves me, this I know for the Bible tells me so.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Last Sermon in E-Hall

Yesterday felt like it was an explosive day spiritually for The Bridge. Here are my top five memories of what could have been my last sermon in E-Hall:
5. "Correct doctrine is important, but it is not doctrine that saves you; it is a right relationship with Jesus Christ that saves you."
4. On eternal security, "I don't believe that someone who has truly been cut through the heart probably can forfeit his salvation, but he should live as though he can."
3. Powerful movement of worship through the music. We still have many people standing around talking or being busy instead of engaging the Holy Spirit in music, but the percentage of those who got ready to do business with God (especially at 9:00) was high.
2. Busting out hair (or lack of) jokes on Matt Pratt and Krishna. Sorry Matt.
1. Seeing Steve (the floor stainer from Springfield) flat out broken before Jesus Christ. He thought he came for the weekend to get our floor in the new building looking great and he ran headlong into the King of Kings. He was not the only one in the building that had a big day with God; many others came clean before the Lord. His Word is powerful, and His glory matchless.

Quote from Steve: "I have never seen a church like this, never seen people like this. It is over 3 hours from here to my home, but I would consider driving that far every week to experience what I experienced today." I really think that what impressed him was the God that made the day so special. Both he and Curtis (the boss of the floor crew) are bringing their families back to worship next weekend if we are in the new building. Praise be to God and thanks to God for making yesterday very special.

By the way, the Super Bowl was much better than the commercials. Great athletes playing at a very high level -- it was good as sports gets. It would have been a cool story to see Kurt Warner get another ring, but he cemented his place in the Hall of Fame. Way to go, Kurt. You know as well as played though, it was not nearly as important as the fantastic talk he gave last summer to a few thousand men at The Men at the Cross about King Jesus.