A Good Day

We had another good day yesterday.  One of the neatest things was meeting a visiting family.  Come to find out he came because he witnessed one of our own members being, well, a Christian.  This guy was at a gas station and saw Mike McGee pumping gas for one of our widows.  Evidently she was having some problems getting it to work so he walked over and helped her.  This other guy saw it and told him it was the coolest thing he had ever seen.  Mike told him they went to church together, so they did know one another.  His next question?  "Where do you go to church?"  To make a long story short, he brought his family Sunday morning for worship.  My observation through the years is, when someone really is living out the Christian life, people want to know where those people gather.  We should always find ways to invite others to attend services with us, but it sure makes it easy when the person asking is living an authentic life.

This is a great lead into our current sermon series.  Yesterday we tackled integrity.  This big topic has a lot to do with what we were just talking about.  Living the Christian life and not just talking about it.  I appreciate all the nice comments about this series and my hope is we give God the credit for anything good that may come as a result.  We have one more week in this study and we will end with a bang - the forgotten virtue of gratitude.

So what will we study next?  I will begin a three part series called "The Divine Compulsion", in which we will look at such topics as "The Perfect Will of God" (Rom. 12:2); "The Heart of the Christian" (II Cor. 8:11); and "Living in Sync with the Will and Power of God" (Amos 3:8).  I'm really excited about researching this series this week.  These are the topics assigned to me for a conference I will be doing in Trinidad in November.  The lessons assigned to me are challenging and to be honest, I love it.

Sunday night was another great time of service.  Our numbers were lower than the past couple of weeks but the people who came were in good spirits.  I was able to be a part of the intercessory prayer group for the first time.  It was great to hear all those names rising up to the throne of God.  In case you're wondering, the men and women meet in two different rooms in the upstairs Lynn Center.  After this was over I stuck my head into the Teachers Supply Room where all kinds of cleaning out and re-organizing is going on.  They instantly put me to work.  Which I don't mind when the people you work with have such great attitudes.  It was just a good day.

Keep looking for those who usually sit around you that may have been absent yesterday.  Give them a call to make sure things are alright.  It may be others you know have been sick and are in need of a card, visit, or phone call.  Let the leaders know of anyone that may need extra attention.