Here's a few thoughts on the weekend...
• Hearing hundreds of popsicle sticks breaking at once was an AWESOME sound! It was a truly powerful, humbling moment!
• Jesus calls us to do whatever it takes to bring all of our relationships to a place of healing and wholeness. Is that always possible? Probably not. But Jesus doesn't call us to create perfect relationships. He just calls us to do our part.
• Forgiveness is actually a pretty simple concept: cancellation of the debt. I say to the person who hurt me, "You don't owe me anymore." Simple. Easy? Not always. But here's the deal - Jesus doesn't call us to an easy, comfortable life. He calls us to an OBEDIENT life.
• Jesus made the first move in our direction when we wronged him. (Romans 5:8) We should make the first move in the direction of the person who has wronged us.
• Got some interesting info from our Groups ministry last week. It seems that we're connecting new people to groups much more quickly. So quick, in fact, that by the time we get around to doing a Grouplink, everyone who wants to be in a group is already in one! What that tells me is that we're building a culture of groups at New Horizon! Way to go Groups!
• And BTW, just in case you might not know, Susan and I are avid attenders of our own group. Our group meets on Sunday evenings and we're excited to be a part of it. It actually gives us a safe place just to be ourselves, which is sometimes hard for a Senior Pastor and his wife to do.
• Are you in a group? Why not? Stop by Next Steps on Sundays and the friendly folks there will get you hooked up!
• Excited about our new series beginning next week, Miracles. We're going to take six weeks to talk about six of Jesus' miracles and what they might mean to us today. And this coming Sunday we're starting with the obvious miracle...the first one Jesus performed...turning water into wine at the wedding at Cana.
• Who do you know who needs to hear this new series? Who do you know that needs to know that Jesus can turn their life into something better than they're experiencing right now? DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THEM HERE!!
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