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What a week! This week Pastor Jeff finished up the mini series Unstoppable: God’s dream for His church. We looked at Christ’s words from John 21:15-19 when He asks, “Do you love me more than these?” We looked at what “these” were; did he mean more than these other disciples love me? Was He asking if Peter loved Him more than he loved the other disciples? Or did He mean more than any other human relationship( Matthew 10:37)? Maybe He meant more than Peter’s own life and livelihood themselves. 1 John 4:10 shows us what love is, that we love because He first loved us. Are we willing to give everything up to follow Him in response to that love? Walk away from our own plans, hopes and dreams? How would we know that we were following the call? While this is something that each one of us must look at in our own lives, we are lucky enough to know a man who is willing to step up and say, Yes Lord, where you lead, I will follow, regardless of if it fits into the hopes and dreams I had for myself, a man who is willing to follow the call God has placed in his life. It’s with a mix of joy and sorrow that we learned that Pastor Jeff is answering the call of God on his life to shepherd another church. As we move forward together, I think of the words from Colossians 3:11, “Christ is all”, just like Pastor Jeff, my prayer is that each of our lives would reflect the fact that Christ is all to us, and that when he asks the question our answer would be a resounding yes. Yes, Lord, I love you more than these. . .
Launch Sunday is HERE! Next week our new service times start, be sure and join us at either 9:00 or 10:30! Sunday August 29 we will have a reception to show our love and appreciation to Pastor Jeff and his sweet family for their 11 years with us. Sign ups have started in the connection for this year’s Clothe-a-child event happening September 18 at Kohl’s in Mckinney. You can also now register for Upward basketball online at www.fbcmckinney.com\sports.
Music Set for 08/15/2010:
Not to Us – Chris Tomlin; Not to Us
Freedom is Here – Hillsong United; A_Cross_the_Earth
Open my Eyes – Hillsong Live; A Beautiful Exchange
Beautiful Jesus – Kristian Stanfill; Passion: God of this City
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