15 to 1. 15 people baptized & 1 great God.

15 to 1. Yesterday was great. No matter what else was going on around your life and mine, it is obvious that God smiled on The Community Fellowship as 15 people chose to be baptized.

1 Corinthians 1:30 NASB

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

It is God that is changing lives all around us. He is even changing our lives. Have you noticed the struggles that so many people are going through? God is still at work, and there is more to come.

Each of these 15 people have a story. Some of them I have known for years. Others I have known a very short time. What is so very exciting for me is that 14 months ago we were having little impact on the Hispanic community around us, and part of yesterday’s 15 people were several from our Spanish speaking congregation. Pastor Miguel helped baptize these folks.

We are in this together. The church down the road and the one across town, we are all in this together to extend the kingdom of God. The business of our God is people. He uses the church, but the point has always been and always will be people.

What are you doing to make sure more people are meeting Jesus? This does make a difference!

Romans 12:1-2 MSG

So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

My brother Steve sent me those verses last week. Powerful. Easter is in three weeks, and this is the time when we celebrate the life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. The baptisms we were part of yesterday highlight the fact that God is still working in awesome ways. I cannot wait to see what God is going to do next.

Prepare yourself for Easter. Share your story. Be part of what God is doing.

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

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