share the good news

Once again our team has the honor of serving at Martinsville Speedway this weekend through Raceway Ministry Martinsville. We are committed to loved people because of a few important reasons.

First, God loves people. Second, people matter to God, and third, lots of people are coming to our community. We have been blessed with an opportunity to share.

Did you hear that? We have an opportunity to share about Jesus. And it is the Gospel, the Good News about Jesus, that we get to share this weekend.

Mark 8:35 NASB

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Have we accepted what God has given us? The GOSPEL is the single most important part of our faith. This is a very simple truth that we get to share with others.

Easter was this past weekend, and it we learned about Him … Jesus is the son of God sent to the world to deal will our sin by the grace of God. He lived on earth as fully man and fully God after being born of a virgin, making him uniquely perfect. He was killed by being placed on a cross. Three days later Jesus rose from the dead. Now he is in heaven because His work of salvation is complete.

That is the good news. That is the most important of all the pieces of what God has given us. Without the Gospel we would not have the salvation that we talked about this week.

We are uniquely called, as God’s people, to share with people that need the Gospel. And God loves people. The Gospel must be at the center. Without it we miss our reason for existing, we lose our power, and we are empty of our God given purpose and useless.

Romans 1:16 NASB

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

May we share what is most important as we interact with people each day. Why? Because God loves people!

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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