Encouraging Sunday

Full house for church on Sunday

Sunday's service was encouraging on a few different fronts. Firstly, baby dedications are always a joy to experience. Seeing the mother and the father encourage and instruct their child from Scripture at such a young age is very special. This week in particular was especially cool because of the amount of visitors we had who came for the dedication. I was also blessed to lead worship for everyone as well!  Some were Christians and some were probably not and I was very thankful that the Gospel was clearly communicated and that God's Word does not return void. Please be in prayer that God would move in the city of Glasgow and that He would use us to bring people to His name and to fellowship in the local church to continue their growth in Christ.

Worship was also a great time of lifting high the name of Jesus. Even though most of the people didn't know one of the songs we sang, I was and still am encouraged by the lyrics of the song and praying that people come to a more full understanding of what it means to follow Christ. The song is called "I will follow" and it is off the new Vertical Church Band album! The song talks about following Jesus no matter what are circumstances are. That our circumstances should not dictate our affection for Jesus or our resolve to follow Him on a daily basis. Even if we are in a good season in our life we can tend to derail, thinking that we have everything figured out and in effect putting Jesus in a box.

C.S. Lewis said that if Christianity is true it is of utmost importance. If false, it is of no importance. The one thing we can be sure of, however, is that it can never be of moderate importance.

The question that keeps coming back into my mind as we are going through this series in Acts is, how important is living for and preaching Christ on a daily basis in my life? Maybe you need to answer the same question in your own life. Is Christ only of moderate importance, and how you will know will be found in your priorities!

YOU ARE LOVED!