Sunday morning retuning: So are you putting your minas to good use? If you were present with us Sunday you heard some compelling reasons to do so. To hear those reasons, and tap into other resources click here. Jesus gave everything He had to us, we should offer nothing less in return. “All that I am I place into Your loving hands, and I am Yours…” Rooftops, Jesus Culture, see below.
One of the problems with large organizations is that they can easily lose sight of the compelling vision of a better future that instigated their beginning in the first place. Denominations are no different. The leadership of Christian and Missionary Alliance has been trying to remind us of those beginnings and call us forward into what God had in mind for our part of the Kingdom work. This weekend will be for North-Mar Church an opportunity to embrace this call again.
Our President, John Stumbo, will be with us sharing this passion in a variety of settings. I am sure that many of you are aware he will be with us Sunday morning and you are looking forward to those moments, or at least intrigued with curiosity regarding the new leader of our movement. I want to strongly urge you to join us for one or both of the other two sessions, Saturday night at 6:30 pm where he will share about the Alliance family, and/or Sunday evening at 5 pm when he will answer the question “Why Does God Allow Human Suffering?” having been very well-acquainted with it himself.
I am imploring you to come because I have been listening to his monthly video blogs over these first 14 months his presidency. I have routinely found myself not only challenged by his words, but greatly encouraged. He has the heart of a shepherd and you will find yourself at each encounter desiring to enjoy the goodness of Jesus more and more, all the while helping others to do the same.
In his series of blogs he laid out a case for the Alliance thinking of ourselves as a “Christ-centered Acts 1:8 family”. [Intrigued, watch that video blog here.] I love that. It is clear, concise and compelling. It captures who we are, and points us to what we want to become. I am confident each session this weekend will leave you feeling the same way, so I want to encourage you again, come to more than Sunday this weekend. I implore you. You will be glad you did.
Jesus, make us into the people You want us to be individually, so we can be the people You want us to be collectively. We will be satisfied with nothing less. In Jesus name. Amen.
In Christ,
Pastor Timothy
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