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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Word of the Week for Nov. 29, 2009
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! It is hard to believe that we are less than a month away from Christmas. The month of December is filled with lots and lots of church activities I know you will want to be a part of. We will begin a series this morning focused on the gifts of Christmas. We get so focused on the gifts of the world and lose sight of the incredible gifts God provides us. I look forward to this series and the celebration of the birth of our Savior.
I hope you have a great week!
I hope you have a great week!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
My Christmas Wish List
I wish I could remember sitting on Santa Claus’ lap when I was a kid. I just don’t remember ever going to the mall and doing it! So now that I am 38 years old, I want to crawl up in Santa’s lap and tell him all I want for Christmas this year! Here it goes . . . (Just so you know — a lot of my list involves you!)
First, I want peace on earth! Am I asking too much already? I don’t think so . . . well, maybe I need to start with peace in Grandview. Here is how I believe peace can come to our earth and to Grandview! We have to tell the world about the Prince of Peace. I want you to mark your calendar for April 11th and 12th, 2010! We are going to be having a citywide crusade, so everyone we know can come and hear about the Prince of Peace with the hope they will realize what Christ has done for them. John Randles is going to come and preach the event, and I believe God is going to do amazing things in our community as a result of our work. In January we will begin community prayer meetings, prayer walks, planning pre-events, designing post-event follow up procedures, and even begin to anticipate the great things God will have in store for us. I “wish” everyone in our community will take part in this exciting event! Start making plans now. Remember to mark your calendar and make those days a priority!
Second, I wish God’s people (me included) would realize the excitement of the New Testament church as written about in the book of Acts and begin living with the urgency of the early believers. The world we live in today is in serious trouble, and we need to stand up and be counted as believers in Jesus Christ. I am concerned that we have placed ourselves in a bubble and watch as the world is moving away from Christ and are not doing enough about it.
Third, I wish as a church family we would realize just how much God hates sin. I am afraid we have become so consumed with Grace that we have lost sight of the fact God absolutely despises sin. I wish believers would realize how we must constantly be seeking to live lives of purity and to be salt and light in a dark world.
Finally, I would like to ask for a shiny new red bike. I don’t think I need training wheels, but if the bike comes with them, I will take it. I would also like to have a little horn on the handle bars.
It is interesting to me that the bike is so much easier to get, yet it is the only item on my wish list which has a financial price tag on it. Financially speaking there is not a price on my first three wishes, but we all know there is a price. Are you willing to step to the register for Jesus?
First, I want peace on earth! Am I asking too much already? I don’t think so . . . well, maybe I need to start with peace in Grandview. Here is how I believe peace can come to our earth and to Grandview! We have to tell the world about the Prince of Peace. I want you to mark your calendar for April 11th and 12th, 2010! We are going to be having a citywide crusade, so everyone we know can come and hear about the Prince of Peace with the hope they will realize what Christ has done for them. John Randles is going to come and preach the event, and I believe God is going to do amazing things in our community as a result of our work. In January we will begin community prayer meetings, prayer walks, planning pre-events, designing post-event follow up procedures, and even begin to anticipate the great things God will have in store for us. I “wish” everyone in our community will take part in this exciting event! Start making plans now. Remember to mark your calendar and make those days a priority!
Second, I wish God’s people (me included) would realize the excitement of the New Testament church as written about in the book of Acts and begin living with the urgency of the early believers. The world we live in today is in serious trouble, and we need to stand up and be counted as believers in Jesus Christ. I am concerned that we have placed ourselves in a bubble and watch as the world is moving away from Christ and are not doing enough about it.
Third, I wish as a church family we would realize just how much God hates sin. I am afraid we have become so consumed with Grace that we have lost sight of the fact God absolutely despises sin. I wish believers would realize how we must constantly be seeking to live lives of purity and to be salt and light in a dark world.
Finally, I would like to ask for a shiny new red bike. I don’t think I need training wheels, but if the bike comes with them, I will take it. I would also like to have a little horn on the handle bars.
It is interesting to me that the bike is so much easier to get, yet it is the only item on my wish list which has a financial price tag on it. Financially speaking there is not a price on my first three wishes, but we all know there is a price. Are you willing to step to the register for Jesus?
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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Word of the Week for Nov, 22, 2009
Tonight is the Grandview Community Thanksgiving Service at the First United Methodist Church. The service begins at 6:00pm and I hope everyone from our church will be there. We will gather for a time of worship and challenge from God’s word and then enjoy a meal together that will be catered by R & K Café.
We are so blessed to live in a great town and what a privilege to gather to worship with our brothers and sisters in Christ. I hope you will plan on attending and being a part of this great evening!
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!
We are so blessed to live in a great town and what a privilege to gather to worship with our brothers and sisters in Christ. I hope you will plan on attending and being a part of this great evening!
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
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Word of the Week for Nov. 15, 2009
I am always looking forward to Sunday! I know that is what preachers are supposed to do, but I really do. I look forward to our worship times together and getting to fellowship with God’s people. However, next Sunday is different! I am REALLY looking forward to NEXT Sunday!
We will be having a time of thanksgiving together as a church family. We will be baptizing, hearing testimonies of what God has done in the lives of your fellow church members, having a time of sacrificial giving, and celebrating the Lord’s Supper.
I hope you have been praying about what God would have you bring to the altar in the form of “sacrificial” giving on this day. Be praying for God to do something exciting in our midst next week as we are encourage by the greatness of our God!
Have a great week!
We will be having a time of thanksgiving together as a church family. We will be baptizing, hearing testimonies of what God has done in the lives of your fellow church members, having a time of sacrificial giving, and celebrating the Lord’s Supper.
I hope you have been praying about what God would have you bring to the altar in the form of “sacrificial” giving on this day. Be praying for God to do something exciting in our midst next week as we are encourage by the greatness of our God!
Have a great week!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
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Word of the Week, Nov. 8
Last week our church sold our old 1994 van. We will be figuring out a safer transportation option at church conference next week. I tell you about the van because of the process we had to go through to sell it. First, we had to get the title from the safe deposit box at the bank. Next we took it the courthouse. Then we had to take pictures of the van to prove it was a fifteen passenger van and not a “bus.” It was a huge ordeal just to transfer the title!!!! It made me grateful for the fact that when I transferred the title of my life over to Christ, the difficult part had already been done by Him! Just a quick reminder of how grateful we should be to Christ for His sacrifice!
I hope you have a great week!
I hope you have a great week!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Word of the Week, Nov. 1
November 22nd is going to be a great day for our FBC family! We are going to be celebrating Thanks“giving” together during our worship time. In your newsletter this week I challenged you in the area of “giving” sacrificially. In our service on the 22nd we will be celebrating baptism, the Lord’s Supper, a time of harvest giving, and what God has done in the life of our church this year. I believe it will be an incredible time of worship together, as we celebrate all the things we have been blessed with because of our Jesus Christ. I hope you will make this Sunday a priority, as well as be seeking the Lord in what He would have you “give” that day!
I hope you have a great week!
I hope you have a great week!
A Time to Give Thanks!
November is the month we set aside to slow down from our hectic schedules and lives to give thanks for all we have been blessed with. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why we seem to do this only once a year. We have so much to be thankful for!
I do want to challenge you in the area of giving, since the month is about thanks“giving!” A couple of weeks ago for the first time all year our church fell behind in our budget contributions. I realize we are in the midst of tough times economically. The approach I want to take with you is one of helping you to realize just how much “giving” we are able to do as a church family because of your “giving”.
Let me share with some of the things your giving has enabled this body of believers to do in the name of Christ. One Saturday a month we go to Ft. Worth to feed and clothe the homeless. In August we provided school supplies, haircuts, and other essentials for children to head back to school. We provide all types of activities for teenagers and children of our community on a weekly basis. We even help people who are struggling financially with their bills. The list could go on and on and on…. What a privilege to be able to be the hands and feet of Jesus to the community in which we live! With the help of Christ we are making a difference!
I say all of that to challenge you in the area of “giving!” It takes money often times to be able to do ministry. If we begin to struggle financially as a church, we will not be able to be as effective as we have been in the past. So I have a challenge for you. Here it is!
I want to designate Sunday, November 22nd as Harvest Sunday at FBC Grandview. I want us to pack the house that morning to be able to have a time of praise for what God has done in our midst as well as have a time of sacrificial giving for the ministry needs of our church. I do not want to set goals for the number of people or amount of money we need to raise, because I trust that the Holy Spirit will work in each of our lives, and we will be obedient to what we are individually called to do. I know in the past if there has been a need in the church whether to renovate the sanctuary, buy the bus, build a playground or other special needs we have given above and beyond our means. I challenge you with this thought . . . is there a greater need than to share Christ with the people around us? Our giving will enable us to do just that!
We have been in a sermon series called Power in Life on Sunday mornings and have seen the power of God at Pentecost. I pray for that same type of movement in Grandview. May November 22nd be that type of day for Grandview! Be praying now for that day of worship and the result of what our obedience to God will be!
Happy Thanks“giving!”
I do want to challenge you in the area of giving, since the month is about thanks“giving!” A couple of weeks ago for the first time all year our church fell behind in our budget contributions. I realize we are in the midst of tough times economically. The approach I want to take with you is one of helping you to realize just how much “giving” we are able to do as a church family because of your “giving”.
Let me share with some of the things your giving has enabled this body of believers to do in the name of Christ. One Saturday a month we go to Ft. Worth to feed and clothe the homeless. In August we provided school supplies, haircuts, and other essentials for children to head back to school. We provide all types of activities for teenagers and children of our community on a weekly basis. We even help people who are struggling financially with their bills. The list could go on and on and on…. What a privilege to be able to be the hands and feet of Jesus to the community in which we live! With the help of Christ we are making a difference!
I say all of that to challenge you in the area of “giving!” It takes money often times to be able to do ministry. If we begin to struggle financially as a church, we will not be able to be as effective as we have been in the past. So I have a challenge for you. Here it is!
I want to designate Sunday, November 22nd as Harvest Sunday at FBC Grandview. I want us to pack the house that morning to be able to have a time of praise for what God has done in our midst as well as have a time of sacrificial giving for the ministry needs of our church. I do not want to set goals for the number of people or amount of money we need to raise, because I trust that the Holy Spirit will work in each of our lives, and we will be obedient to what we are individually called to do. I know in the past if there has been a need in the church whether to renovate the sanctuary, buy the bus, build a playground or other special needs we have given above and beyond our means. I challenge you with this thought . . . is there a greater need than to share Christ with the people around us? Our giving will enable us to do just that!
We have been in a sermon series called Power in Life on Sunday mornings and have seen the power of God at Pentecost. I pray for that same type of movement in Grandview. May November 22nd be that type of day for Grandview! Be praying now for that day of worship and the result of what our obedience to God will be!
Happy Thanks“giving!”
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