The Church at Work

The church is the Body of Christ. God works through the church. It is His plan and has been the plan since Jesus came and planted it around 2,000 years ago. This week I have seen the church at work. One act has stood out to me. 

We have a family that has faced a difficult health issue with a family member and had their house burglarized while they were at the hospital fighting for a life. The church came around them with love, financial support and probably other acts of kindness that I have not heard about. This is way cool and pleases God.

This is God being glorified. Praise Him for He is good.

Purple Cow Idea

Seth Godin has so many great things to say about business and ideas. Here is a really cool post about a restaurant in Colorado. The following is a snippet from his blog... 

www.soallmayeat.org is truly remarkable. Imagine going into a restaurant and seeing no prices on the menu. You might think that the food was really expensive, but that's not the case at the So All May Eat (SAME) Cafe in Denver, CO. The fact is that there are no prices on the menu because everyone pays what they can, many people pay more. 

To read the rest just click on link enclosed in "Purple Cow Idea".

Thought

Jesus sees.

A Good Name

A friend of mine passed away this year. I received a DVD of the funeral today since I was not able to attend his funeral. The front of the bulletin had Proverbs 22:1 written under his picture.

It says, "A good name is to be more desired than great wealth. Favor is better than silver and gold."

His name was a good name. When people thought of him they smiled and spoke well of him. He was someone who didn't sell his name. He cared about what other people thought him. But, more importantly, he cared about what God thought of him. 

He was a business man who was ethical. He was leader who was a servant. He was husband who was faithful. He was father who was honorable. He was a follower of Christ in the good and bad times of life. He had a good name in the community and he made God's name look great. 

This is something we can all strive for.

(In honor of John R. Cook)

Adequacy

I have been teaching on the life of Moses in Men's Bible Study. We are looking at his conversation with God in the "burning but not burning bush" episode. God is calling Moses to do the unthinkable. The Lord is asking him to lead a nation of slaves out of slavery in Egypt. Moses had already attempted to rescue them once and failed. Now forty years later on the backside of a desert mountain God calls Moses out to do what was he failed to do before.

Moses had a question like most of us carry in our hearts. Am I adequate to the mission that God has called me to accomplish? The unspoken answer is "no". That's why Moses failed the first time. He was going about the rescue in his way and in his power. Failure is the result of our attempt to fulfill God's purposes in our strength. But the spoken answer that addresses our real adequacy issues is the promise that God gave Moses in saying, "I will be with you."

This is the same promise God gives to us in Matthew 28:19-20. He is with us. It gives us the hope and courage to whatever He calls us to do. We are not adequate to accomplish God's purposes for our lives on our own. But if He is with us we can do anything. We can free the slaves from bondage. 

He makes up for what I lack. I am adequate when He is with me. I can lead GracePointe Church if He is with me. And the same is true for you. You can (fill in the blank) because He is with you as well.

The Greatest Advice From The Greatest Mother

In John 2:5, the mother of Jesus, Mary, gave the greatest advice in the history of humanity. If we applied it as a principle in our life we would see our lives transformed and our world impacted with the power of God. Mary gave the servants at the wedding in Cana in Galilee some powerful instructions that we would all do well to follow...

"Whatever Jesus tells you to do. Do it." (NASB)

It gives us pause to ask three important questions...

1. Am I open to do whatever Jesus tells me to do?

2. Am I listening for what Jesus wants me to do?

3. Am I willing to do what He says?

If we will follow what Mary said we may experience the miracle of God in our lives just like those servants did in the wedding at Cana.

The Latest

The Watson's

• Trish passed the GACE. She will be a teacher next year if the Lord grants her a position at Indian Creek.
• Connor's baseball team (GracePointe) is still undefeated. We won Monday 6-2 over McCrae's Pharmacy. Connor had a good game at the plate.
• We got rained out last night for baseball, t-ball and softball.
• AC has been out at home since Saturday night. It should be restored today if the rain will hold off. We have a freon leak.
• Caleb passed the test and will now be in the Quest program (gifted or something like that).

GPC

• Our mission team is planning our backpacking to school project for the end of July. We will provide backpacks with school supplies to every student at Broxton Elementary School. Most of the kids that attend this school live in poverty.
• The Catalyst Conference is coming up in October. I am really looking forward to it this year. The line up of speakers is great. Check it out at www.catalystconference.com.
• Our GracePointe kids served a spaghetti supper last Wednesday to raise money for GPC Village. They brought in $559. Awesome job.