Hello Everyone
I sure hope and pray that your day and week is going well. I know for some it has been very trying and stressful with the start of school and some because the kids did not want to leave their fun in the sun summer. Let me give you some encouragement, Christmas is just around the corner and you will have some time off. Really. If you get paid twice a month, there is only 8 more pay checks till Christmas. Ok, so I added some more stress to your already stressful week. Glad I could help.
This week has seemed to be one of the longest ever. I was praying for yesterday to be the last day of the week, but that was not the case. I really don’t know why some seem longer than others.
I have been working hard on get things ready for our LIFE group kickoff that will take place the week of September 13. If you don’t know what this is, it is our small group ministry offered here at HBC. We are going to be studying Missional Living to start. Please sign up to take part in a group or to host one in your home. You can do this by emailing me dwain@harmonybaptistmo.org or by calling the office 573 774 5222
I have been studying this week on the way that God wants us to live. And what I have come up with is that He wants us to live for Him in all we do. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:16 “Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.” What this tells me is I cannot build myself up, but only God, it is not about me, it is about Jesus. I cannot boast, and it would be better for me never to have been born, than for me not to preach of God’s greatness and love. God has also shown me about love, 1 John 2:16 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”
Friends this is Missional living at its best. This is the person that I think God wants all of us to be.
Have a great day and week. Till next time.
Dwain