Sunday In Review

Great Sunday @ Lifepoint. Here are a couple thoughts:

• Jimmy preached about David from 1 Samuel before he confronts Goliath.
• Dustin and Barry lead one of the best times of worship we've had since Lifepoint began. It may have made a difference that Jimmy Hammond was right behind me singing like each song was his last.
  
• The Eby family came for church membership.
• We tied our attendance record. It is the second time in 4 weeks we have had over 50 people in our Sunday Service...very exciting.
• As Collin and I welcomed people at the front door at one point I looked across the crowd of people that was making their way to the "theatuary." I just thought, "Thank you God for these people and what you are doing in our church."
  
• We had the 2nd annual hayride Sunday night. Around 40 people showed up and we had a blast together.
  

To Do List

Last night around midnight I was writing a few things down that I needed to make sure and get done. I have several things that need my attention for an outreach coming up. I need to finish Sundays sermon, I need to check on my mom, etc. While I was thinking (I know working without tools) Collin woke up and walked into where I was working and asked if he could get a snack before he went back to bed. Wanting to be the cool dad I said, "you bet." Well he came back in where I was working with his pop tart (don't judge me) and asked what I was doing. I told him I was trying to think of some things I needed to get done tomorrow. Being the great kid he is he began to try and help me. He asked me if I had "eat ice cream" on my list? I told him I didn't but I would write it down. A few minutes later he told me not to forget to add "play football with Collin." I did.

I pray I never forget Collin is my greatest discipleship responsibility, and his love for God always stays at the very top of my to do list. (Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:5-7).

Sunday In Review

Great day on Sunday. Here are some thoughts about the day:

• We kicked off a new series - Questions.
• We answered the question: Why did Jesus have to die?
• Because we have a substitute we can have redemption. Because there is redemption we can be reconciled to God.
• When Jesus died on the cross it didn't take God by surprise. The death of Christ has always been part of God's plan. (1 Corinthisans 5:3, Acts 2:23)
• When Jesus died it wasn't that it was taken but he GAVE his life. Because He gave His life we can receive LIFE.
• One family joined Lifepoint at the end of the service.
• Some of the Lifepoint Kids sang a song during the service.You can check it out below. The performance track recorded a little loud but it is still awesome.
  
• Lifepoint went to South Lakewood for their evening service. It was great to share a meal with our sending church.

Questions Starts Sunday

Here is a snapshot of the the new series kicking off THIS Sunday. We are going to look at 3 QUESTIONS over the next 3 weeks. Here's the schedule:

September 13: Why Did Jesus Have To Die?
September 20: Is The Bible Reliable?
September 27: Does God Exists?

Invite someone to come with you as we spend some time answering these questions. Make a phone call, send an email, send an e-invite, and extend an invitation this week.

Sunday In Review

It was a great day at Lifepoint. Here are some thoughts:

• We are between sermon series. I preached on being being prepared for God to move in our life.
• Looked at a portions of Saul's life and how Saul thought he was looking for donkeys when God was choosing a king.
• Do we expect God to use us? Do we trust God to enable us? Do we lead as God instructs us? These are all questions that we find in Saul's life and we ALL need to answer.
  
• We had 3 first-time guest with us.
• One person was saved right after the service!!
• Gene Davis shared his testimony with us. It was incredible. It is worth 15 minutes of your time. You can check it out below.
• I'm amazed at how good the sound quality is in our sound system even though we are portable. Brian and David did a great job on Sunday.
• Can't wait for next week.
  

Extreme Makeover: Sign Edition

This is the 4th update to the sign in the last year. This time we fixed some broken parts of the frame. Made it 3 feet taller and painted the frame to match the logo. A big thank you to everyone who helped with the makeover.

Life Group Tonight

Enjoyed great discussion during our Life Group tonight. Lots of people sharing thoughts and asking questions about 1 John 5:14-21. This is a hard passage and it was stretching some people. I really like watching people think about the verses and share examples of how these verses apply to life. Jimmy has really done a good job leading the discussion through 1 John.