Skip to main content

Gospel


The overflow.  You have been there and been a bit overwhelmed with what is going on.  Your emotions might be flowing.  Your mind might be racing.  Your heart might be too full.


Well, today is one of those days for several reasons, but I am not here to tell you that tonight.  This e-devotion is simply to recount some of the things that I shared during yesterday’s sermon at The Community Fellowship.  It was a good day


I have been sharing a three week series simply titled “things I learned on sabbatical”.  The topics have been: Jesus is enough, the problem of separation and the center of life and church.  The center is the Gospel or the purpose of God or Jesus following.


Here are some of the quotes I used today…


— Our theme, our goal and our call as The Community Fellowship is to Demonstrate the love of God to our community through random acts of kindness so we win the right to tell them about Jesus whether we have their attention for 5 minutes or 50 minutes.  It really is all about the Gospel.  The Gospel is central.


— All we were ever meant to do was reflect the Son. - Blaine Bartel


— Many of us would rather be in a good situation without God instead of a bad situation with Him. - Michael Todd


— You were born to be an accurate representation of who Jesus is. Don’t waste the purpose of God in your life.


Those are BIG to me.  I wrote them down weeks ago and had to share them in this message as well as continue to think through them.


May our lives literally reflect Jesus, the Son, because He and His message are the center of our lives!


These two verses continue to be heavy on my mind…


Matthew 7:13-14  NASB

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.


Doing things our ways leads the wrong direction, or to destruction as this verse says.  That makes a lot of sense especially in light of know that follow Jesus and obeying God, leads to success.


Finally I shared these verses last week and again today because they remind me of what having direction and having God at the center of our lives really means.


Proverbs 4:25-27 NLT

“Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.”


Choose Him.  Central for the church and each of us should be the Gospel.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

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
Post a Comment
Read more

why is it Good Friday?

  Holy Week is the time we focus on God and His gift of salvation.  We come to Friday.  The day we remember the cross, Jesus’ death and all God has done for you and me   Why do they call this day “Good Friday” because it doesn’t seems good?   Jesus was treated as a criminal.  He was beaten so much that He could not recognize Him.  His pain would have been too much for you or me to endure.  That is especially from Scripture I’ve read or as in the movie the  Passion of the Christ .   Yet it is a good day.  It is Good Friday because God had our good in His heart.  What Jesus did that day changed our forever direction. Here are some thoughts that come to me:   He is Redemption and Redeemer   He too our Pain and Punishment   He is our Righteousness and Reality   He is the Savior and Life   All of those happened from the cross.  It was meant for the worst lawbreakers.  It was not meant for a Savior who never broke a law.  It was lifted high so that onlookers could see the price Jesus.   Look
Post a Comment
Read more

Day 8 in Cuba

We have just come off and incredible weekend, and it is day 8 of the mission trip in Cuba.  Thank you to all who have been praying for this trip, the mission team and the impact it will have on those we serve.   Please don’t stop praying. Last week Alex and I served with a mission team in the mountains of southern Cuba.  There were several challenges, but God gave us safety, provision and opportunity to serve some of the sweetest people I have ever met.  No running water… sporadic electricity generated by a small, logo dammed up river, no transportation other than animals, limited food sources and more.  These people love the Lord and sharing their faith with others. Over the weekend we made our way back to Havana.  On Friday our vehicle broke down leaving us on the side of the road for several hours.  We then boarded a bus and rode 14 hours.  We arrived safely and even got some rest. Sunday was so, so good.  We visited two partner churches.  In the morning we were with one church that
Post a Comment
Read more