Mother’s day… I’m gonna tell you, I’m a blessed man. I come from a great mom and I’m married to the best mother I’ve ever seen. NO, I’m not married to my mom! Sherri is an incredible parent! One of my greatest joys is watching her interact with “The Ladies.”
Weekend highlights…
- We are in the second week of a four week series – How to Know You’re A Christian. Last week we talked about “Faith Makes You” and today, the message was “Obedience Marks You.” This is a pretty basic series, but I’m finding that my heart is being challenged and my walk with Christ is under review!
- The Scripture for the week – 3 And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 4 If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. 5 But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. 6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. (1 John 2:3-6 NLT)
- Dave O. looks great in a skirt!
Seriously, I love the commitment of our drama team! This team writes all of their own stuff, practices a TON, and is committed to partnering with me and the rest of the team to create a high-impact worship experience! Thanks ya’ll (I’m getting practiced up on my “Southernese”)
- We ministered to 759 people this week!
- 6 more people gave their lives to Christ this weekend, plus several other “Recommitments!” That is a total of 56 people saved this year! Someone pointed out to me the other day that the average church sees “3 people saved per year.” That’s SICK! That is a shame. Why the heck does the average church exist? If we’re not leading people to Christ then we should change our mission statements, rewrite the “Great Commission“, and get a new Leader, ’cause apparently Jesus isn’t communicating His desire for the church clearly enough.
- Starting in June, I’m going to wrap up my last weeks with this awesome church with a four-part message series called, “Four Ways to Love Your Church.” I’m looking forward to this series.
- This weekend I have been overwhelmed (again) at how cool it is to be your pastor. I love you deeply and thank you for the honor of serving Christ and touching broken lives together with you.
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Pastor Paul,
Good message today, great series. The toughest struggle/challenge I face is being a good Christian. I often question if I am making the mark, and it seems I’m usually falling short if I’m asking. I’m thankful we have a merciful God that is patient with me.
Thank you for the validation. The whole drama team and Chip and I appreciate it more than we can say. For most if not all of us it is THE most fulfilling and satisfying way we have to participate in bringing and building. We are humbled and honored that God in His undeserved and amazing grace allows us to do so.
PS-I want you and the whole church to know that Jane D’Angelo created that Scottish costume from scratch; and Odie looked darn cute in it!
Jane, what would we ever do without you???