Sunday Night Reflections 1.31.10

It is hard to believe that Sunday is the last day of January.  There has been so much stuff going on that is seems like January just flew by!! Got to be honest, I am not sure that there could have been a better way to close out the month!

Here are some thoughts:

- We saw 3 people (that I know of) give their lives to Christ on Sunday and many others recommit their lives to Christ.

- More and More people keep showing up on Sunday Mornings and it is AWESOME!

- We are still working on some quick and practical ways to resolve our current parking lot issues and lack of seating.  We are hoping to have the loft set up with new equipment and opened soon. That should give us 30 more seats on Sunday Morning!!

- MAIN THOUGHT on Sunday Morning = “Religious Activity does not always equal Intimacy with God !”

- Sometime we get so caught up in trying to do all the right things and  that we forget about WHY we were ever doing them in the first place!

-God’s desire in our lives = RELATIONSHIP

- Somewhere along the line we invented Religious Activity to replace the Relationship!

- God does not desire our lip service, or routine religion, he desires a relationship with us!!  Isaiah 29:13

- In Matthew 5:20 Jesus tells his listeners (the hurt, the sick, the downcast, the forgotten, and those who have told they aren’t good enough) that to enter into the kingdom of heaven, their righteousness would have to exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees- which was impossible!!

- Here is the GOOD NEWS- Jesus says in Matthew 5:17- that He has come to FULFILL the law!

- You and I do NOT need to be PERFECT, we need to be RESCUED by Jesus who FULFILLED the law, so we don’t have to!!

On Sunday Night we had our yearly Annual Ministry Celebration. It was awesome to reflect on what Jesus has already done in and through Meadowland Church in 2009 and I am PUMPED about what He is going to do in us and through us in 2010.

Here are some highlights from the meeting:

- The food was OFF THE CHAIN Good!

- This has to be the most people Meadowland Church has ever had at an Annual Meeting!

- We approved the 2010 Spending Plan.

- We recognized our new Members.

- We affirmed our new Elders

- We talked about where God is leading us in 2010. Here are 3 things I believe God is revealing us in 20210:

1. I believe Jesus is calling us to places we have never been before.

2. I believe Jesus has called us to reach people no one else is reaching.

3. I believe Jesus wants us t0  ”see even greater things” as we continue to follow him through faith and obedience.

Meadowland Church- I love you and am so thankful to be on the Journey with you!