Sunday in Review 12.13.09

- Sunday was my 29th Birthday.  It was a great privilege to have the opportunity to share the Gospel and preach God’s Word on my Birthday.  It was an awesome morning for me.

- I have got to give a big shout out to our set up and parking lot team for their hard work in the cold on Sunday.  The lot was cleared, the cars were parked nicely, and I even had one couple tell me that the parking lot team valet parked their car and walked them up to the door.  NICE GOING TEAM!!  You are the 1st impression people have of our Church on Sunday Morning and you Rock!

- This Sunday was our Children’s Christmas Performance. There is NOTHING like hearing Children sing praise to Jesus and reading scripture.  We had a pretty full house on Sunday, I think just about everyone was there for the Children!

- We studied Matthew 19:16-30 and Mark 10:17-31.  We renamed the passage “The Man who had Everything, but Still Lacked Everything”.   As we shop the aisles of life, what we put in our “shopping carts” matters. Position, Possession, Adventure and Relationships will leave us empty.

- The Rich Young Man was more interested in the “Blessing of God = Eternal Life” than he was in a relationship with God.  The problem is you and I cannot earn, or work to obtain the blessing of God on our own – “Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27.

- Idolatry is when you and I take something that is good and make it is something that is Ultimate. When we look at anything other than Jesus and say, “If I had that my life would have added value or meaning”, we are at rick of creating an Idol.

- You cannot separate the way you handle your treasure and your relationship with Jesus (Matthew 6:21)

- We saw people respond to Jesus this week as we talked about not settling for cheap, knock off, 50% off overnight Saviors, that while they may be convenient, they will always leave you DISAPPOINTED!!

- Our Worship Team did an awesome job on Sunday.  The did a cover of Bebo Norman’s song ‘Now I Know” and rocked it!

- After service was over, John had everyone sing Happy Birthday to me.  How is it that “Happy Birthday” can make anyone blush?

- We had a bunch of family over on Sunday after Church for lunch and a Birthday Party.  We watched the Bears vs Packers Game, had a ton of, and celebrated growing one year older. Audrey made this HUGE cupcake for my birthday, it feed like 10 people, it was AWESOME!!

- The Bears are reminding me of all kinds of things this year.  Life Lesson from the Bears:  Coaching Matters!!  I applied for a Coaching Clinic with a group of Pastors that I am PUMPED about.  The Coaching Group is limited to 12 Pastors and I found out tonight that I got ACCEPTED!!  I AM STOKED!  Still need to double check a couple things, but I felt like the Lord prompted me to apply, I got accepted, and I believe this is a GOD ONLY OPPORTUNITY for me!