I am so blessed with such an AMAZING church family.
I can't even put into words what they mean to me.
This is Jeff, Pastor Jeff::
I've had the privilege of being able to listen to him preach the word of God this weekend.
Pastor Jeff was a part of GP long before I came around.
(he's now living in Louisiana with his family & planting a church there!!)
He preached to a full house this morning.
I can't possibly begin to explain to you the truth that was preached this morning, to try & sum it up in one blog would be ridiculous.
I'm overwhelmed with the love that God has placed in my life, not only from Him but from my church family as well.
you cannot measure faith
faith is not a formula
faith is initiated by God
faith is hard
Ephesians 2:8
God tells us:
"I've got a promiseland for you-start walking & I'll tell you when you're there."
faith people, faith
So, SO good.
Real relationships are key, not religion. Religion destroys, relationships build. Most importantly we need to nourish & take care of our relationship with Christ, then we need to invest in our relationships in the faith, we need to take care of our church family, build each other up, pray for each other, love each other. Finally, we need to love the lost, invest in the lost, introduce the lost to Christ.
Teach & Train
DISCIPLE.
Jesus, the lover of our souls, our savior who desires to protect us, heal us, teach us, & be in a personal, intimate relationship with us.
We need to teach the world about Jesus.
& how He saves.
I desire to be a servant for Christ. I want to serve people. Serving people is hard, serving people without Christ at the center is REALLY hard. I'm human, and some people are hard to serve, hard to like. However, I may not be able to like everyone, but I desire to love everyone. I want to love like Christ loves.
I want to see Jesus. I want everyone to see Jesus.
Good men, Pastor Matt & Pastor Jeff:::
both so very anointed.
I'm so blessed to know them & be a part of this family.
You don't have to know anything. You have to have faith & trust that God will lead you. I don't know anything, I don't know what I'm doing, I'm being obedient & trusting that God will cover me during this trip. So that He is glorified.
It's amazing to see how in my obedience, God is already stealing people's hearts. He's slowly revealing himself to people who have a distorted image of Christ, or don't know Christ at all. It's so exciting to see how He's showing himself to the lost.
That's the main goal:
that the whole world knows Jesus & experiences His love like I do.
I love Him, I crave His prescence.
At the end of it all
my only desire
is to be in His arms.
