A Full Day!

I rolled out of bed at 5:00 a.m. and this is the first moment I've had to sit down at the computer!  Worship prep started after a quick shower, and I was enthusiastic about today's "tough question," which was actually two tough questions--Can we lose our salvation? How do we prevent backsliding?"  You can hear the message at our website www.newlifexn.org, and someday I'll figure out (or have our webservant Lisa Johns take care of) making it possible to click to the messages from my blog.  After worship it was lunch with the family and then off to the hospital for a visit, and then to a graduation party and youth fellowship graduation celebration.  The pace of the day was a bit more hectic than I like, but everything I had the opportunity to participate in made a difference.  Bill Hybels often says that when the local church is going right there's nothing else like it.  Right now, it was one of those days when the local church was and is going right.  It was great to be part of New Life.  We had some new guests at worship who seemed excited about the service.  We enjoyed a new worship leader, Elaine, for the day, who will be back with us next Sunday, and I'm always amazed at our "veteran" worship team each of whom is 20 years old or younger.  They come early and stay late every Sunday morning, and they just impress the heck out of me with their commitment to see that our worship is glorifying to God.

As I sit here right now, literally pausing in the day, I'm glad to be the pastor of New LIfe.  The future holds promise.  New folks are joining us and getting involved in the life and ministry of New Life.  Long time participants are seeking the power and presence of the Holy Spirit for daily living. I had the opportunity to talk with a few folks about some preliminary plans for our mission outpost this afternoon and this evening, and it's fun to dream dreams about what God is going to do. 

I'll be taking a brief hiatus from "bloggin" this week.  I may not have access to a computer until next Sunday.  If that's the case then, I'll catch up with you then. If I have the opportunity, I'll check in periodically.  In the meantime, check out New Life's website and the blogs on my blogroll.  Have a great week and God's blessings!