New Space - New Sermon Series
Happy Friday – This has been a great week. Easter Sunday was quite possibly our best service ever. I have heard so many people comment on the impact of attaching our “sins” to the cross, the music, the readings, the space the message of the Resurrection, etc. We are at the edge of EXTREMELY exciting times at New Life. We have some pictures from Easter Sunday online!
So yesterday, I was driving to the office and had a jelly filled doughnut. I was eating in my car (JUDGE NOT), I had some freshly brewed coffee in the cup holder, and my mind was racing all over the place. I took a bite of the doughnut knowing that I was at risk to be wearing it.
There is a strategy involved in eating jelly filled doughnuts, and I can assure you I don’t have it down yet (I think that is a good thing). As I was driving and eating, I came to the crucial bite where the filling can either make a smooth transition from doughnut to mouth or it can get a mind of its own.
I felt it hit my shirt! It was the sick sound of white filling landing on a dark shirt. I looked down and two rather large plops of jelly filling were resting on my shirt. It actually looked like I had spent a little too much time under a birds nest. Oh well, I made it to a bathroom and cleaned up enough to make it through the day.
However, it did make me stop and think a little about this busy life that we all live. We all seem to have such good plans to make things work seamlessly and even though we are aware of the potential difficulties and we do our best to guard against messing up, we often end up with misplaced filling. When this happens we look bad, we feel bad and we regret even trying.
If you can relate to making a mess when the last thing you want to do is make a mess, then the sermon series I am starting on Sunday is for you!
We will begin a 10-week journey through the book of 2 Peter. If you have not read this book recently, I encourage you to do so. As Christians, life on this earth can be quite disconcerting – in a limited way reminiscent of the current economic crisis. 2 Peter, then, is the manual for surviving current conditions and guaranteeing future victory.
Peter’s advice:
—Change frivolous habits
—Listen to the One who knows the future
—Build a quality foundation
—Use a HIGH risk approach
—Learn from proven track records
—Shun crooked advisors
—Realize patterns of failure
—Watch for predators
—Learn from mistakes
—Ignore skeptics
—Know when to gun and when to run!
This Sunday, I really hope you can join in this study that will transform how you think about this life and prepare you for the next—I hope you can come.
So yesterday, I was driving to the office and had a jelly filled doughnut. I was eating in my car (JUDGE NOT), I had some freshly brewed coffee in the cup holder, and my mind was racing all over the place. I took a bite of the doughnut knowing that I was at risk to be wearing it.
There is a strategy involved in eating jelly filled doughnuts, and I can assure you I don’t have it down yet (I think that is a good thing). As I was driving and eating, I came to the crucial bite where the filling can either make a smooth transition from doughnut to mouth or it can get a mind of its own.
I felt it hit my shirt! It was the sick sound of white filling landing on a dark shirt. I looked down and two rather large plops of jelly filling were resting on my shirt. It actually looked like I had spent a little too much time under a birds nest. Oh well, I made it to a bathroom and cleaned up enough to make it through the day.
However, it did make me stop and think a little about this busy life that we all live. We all seem to have such good plans to make things work seamlessly and even though we are aware of the potential difficulties and we do our best to guard against messing up, we often end up with misplaced filling. When this happens we look bad, we feel bad and we regret even trying.
If you can relate to making a mess when the last thing you want to do is make a mess, then the sermon series I am starting on Sunday is for you!
We will begin a 10-week journey through the book of 2 Peter. If you have not read this book recently, I encourage you to do so. As Christians, life on this earth can be quite disconcerting – in a limited way reminiscent of the current economic crisis. 2 Peter, then, is the manual for surviving current conditions and guaranteeing future victory.
Peter’s advice:
—Change frivolous habits
—Listen to the One who knows the future
—Build a quality foundation
—Use a HIGH risk approach
—Learn from proven track records
—Shun crooked advisors
—Realize patterns of failure
—Watch for predators
—Learn from mistakes
—Ignore skeptics
—Know when to gun and when to run!
This Sunday, I really hope you can join in this study that will transform how you think about this life and prepare you for the next—I hope you can come.
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