Recently in our grow group two members shared stories of Christians who went to church but weren’t very concerned about inviting anyone else. One was a story about a family, all dressed up, trying to take a picture outside their house on Easter Sunday. A neighbor saw them and asked if he could help. After snapping the picture and finding out why they were so dressed up and where they were going, he wondered why they never asked him to go with them.
As I write this blog the New Year is upon us. My daily reading started at Luke 8:22 where I see Jesus saying to his disciples, “Lets go over to the other side of the Lake.” How appropriate for me in my position at Singing Oaks! I was reminded of a sermon I heard on this text many years ago, one that I really liked, took notes on and stuck in my Bible. I wondered if I still had them. I pulled out a thick stack of old notes from the pocket of my Bible, and there it was right on the top (pretty amazing for me). This text applies so much to me personally, my job at Singing Oaks and what I would like 2020 to be about for us.
Being in my 60’s I do think about investments every now and then; it’s hard not to in our culture. I get bombarded all the time with information about the stock market, interest rates and how I should be saving for the future. Then I read a passage like Matthew 6:19-21 for a true prospective about the most important investments.
I was in a meeting last week and Brandon Bell brought up a great scripture as we talked about reaching the lost on the college campuses.
“This went on for two years so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.” Acts 19:10
In two years everyone heard the word of the Lord in the whole Asian province. This is pretty amazing! Now this was probably not all of Asia Minor as we usually see on our Bible maps, but it was still a large area with lots of cities, towns, villages and people. And all of them heard! My immediate thought was, if they can do it, we can do it! But how?
I am always surprised on mission trips. Things just happen that are unexpected, both good and bad. The current trip is no exception. There have been many surprises, some pretty crazy, but here I mention three involving music and all good.
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| McKinney at Cardinal 101 Cardinal Drive Denton, TX 76209 940.387.4355 |
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| 10:10 - Bible Class (Birth to 8th grade following the Kid's church time until the end of service) | |||
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| Wednesday Evening Schedule | 6:30 - Celebrate Recovery | ||
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