hold tight to faith

Sunday I enjoyed sharing with our church a message from our theme of HE>i from the book of Hebrews. We talked about how Jesus is greater than everything. Specifically He is greater than the angels, greater than Moses, greater than Joshua and greater than Aaron.

Answer this… what have you made great than Jesus in your life? That is a tough and telling question. Answer that and figure out why you feel alone at some points in your life.

The book of Hebrews has some incredible truth from the first to the last chapter with a huge portion being in chapters 11 and 12. But the crux of the book are these two verses:

Hebrews 10:23-24 NLT

Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let’s consider how to encourage one another in love and good deeds,

How do we make Jesus greater? We become less. We make more of Him, believe Him, share Him with others and spend time with Him. It will make a difference. In fact whatever is great in your life will take your time and energy.

In those verses we are encouraged to hold tight to our faith. Too many people run from faith or deny faith because of so many reasons. That is reason for us to hold tight to what we believe. When we hold tight, we encourage others to hold on tight as well.

Then God says to help others by pressing them, and us, on to love and good deeds. I firmly believe that we are acting in faith and living for God and holding tightly to what we believe when we love and serve others.

John 15:13 NLT

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

That is why we love. Jesus did that for us.

Matthew 5:16 NASB

Your light must shine before people in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Show others what faith looks like. May we this week help so many see that living with God is something that will change their life, their minds and hearts and make a difference for eternity!

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....

Catalyst ticket arrived

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

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