A Warm Winter's Day

I'm sitting here in the middle of winter with a t-shirt on because it's almost 80 degrees outside today. It's funny how we expect every season but we don't want them when they are here. I personally like all seasons. When it's winter I want winter and so on. When the seasons are off it messes with my head, needless to say, living in the panhandle my head gets messes with all the time. I think I am finally over the fact that we are in the year 2009 already. I feel like I'm settling in to what the Lord has for us this year. I am ready to win some souls!!! I can't wait for the activities that we have coming up this year, most of which are geared around winning souls to the Lord. Every month this summer we will be having a community cookout in the surrounding towns. Talking to people about Jesus, and inviting them to come and check out the Church. God always blesses the group when we go out and the whole church comes out to the park for games and snacks. It's a fun time.

We are midway through our Discipleship Two class. We are studing the rules of Bible study right now. It is exciting to see the class getting into the Bible more than they ever have. World Vision is just around the corner at the end of the month. If you still have not registered and you going to need housing, now is the time to do so. We are expecting a good number of Pastor's from all over the country as well as some from Mexico City. We are going to focus this year on how to impliment discipleship in your Church. There are many ways to disciple, but there are some major principles that should govern any type of discipleship process. Needless to say God is going to speak.

I had a great time with the Lord this morning as he was teaching me about the kingdom as a whole. I am using a great book on the kingdom that would be worth looking at, for you Bible students: "The Greatness of the Kingdom" by McClain. Most people take a self-centered approach as the look at the Bible and think that the purpose of the Bible is to tell them about a the cross of Christ that brings them salvation. The truth of the matter is the cross is a means to an end. God is seeking after true worshipers in his kingdom. Those that desire to worship God have been provided a means of salvation from their sin to restore the relationship with God and worship him. How your worship going? Are you spending time with God? Are you walking in the Lord and more importantly is the Lord walking in you (2 Corinthians 6:16-18).