I thought yesterday was my best sermon ever. However, I may be biased. :) Some people from Sunday may be thinking, "What?! I thought it was horrible." Ahhh.. the joys of our uniqueness and diversity.
The reason I thought it was my best, wasn't because I delivered it well (in fact, I am an amateur orator), but I thought it was the most prophetic sermon God has ever graced me with. Not prophetic in the sense of telling the future or concerning the future, but prophetic in the sense that Scripture and the human experience/reality were lined up against each other in a very clear way. In other words, God's Spirit enabled me to take the lens prescription of Scripture to bring greater clarity to the vision of our present situation.
My hope is that people heard what God impressed upon my heart, because I believe those words will be one of the most impacting and relevant words our Church will ever hear for the season that we live in (before Christ's return). The core issue of this message addresses the reality we face every day. Realities, like how do I raise my kids in such a corrupt and fallen world? Or... I hate how our country allows abortion, how do I save those lives? It's ultimately a question of light and darkness... how are we to advance the Kingdom of God in a world that seeks to aggressively extinguish our light? Yesterday we talked how the flesh advances the light (through motives of fear and how fear is rendered in many different faces/strategies). Next week, we will talk about how the Spirit advances light!
If you want to listen, click here: http://www.missionfoursquare.com/index.php/resources/sermons.html. The sermon doesn't begin until 10 minutes in, but I encourage you to pray along with the prayer at the beginning so that you can join with our Church in praying for the things we prayed for.
In other news... we had a good weekend. Saturday was busy and good... although the power went out again at 6:30... what's up with all the power outages? We've had three in the last two weeks.
After our gathering on Sunday, Ruby and I went to A&W with a few others and enjoyed our mama and teen burgers. They were short staffed and so the average order was about 15 minutes. Other patrons were verbally aggressive in their impatience. We were able to put the Spirit to work and exercise patience and extend grace to the stressed/overworked staff. It was good to catch up with Josh P. at lunch... he's been studying/commuting to BCIT for the last two years. He and Renee's determination and perseverance to get through this season of life is nothing short of amazing.
Sunday afternoon we did some yard work. Angela and Ruby planted their vegetable seeds and then vacuumed 5 pounds of raisins and cheerios from the car. I got to mow the lawn and wash the car.
On Sunday night we had some friends over for a wiener roast in the backyard. It was a good time of relaxing and chatting. You can see the last bit of smoke in the photo above.
This week I get to work at the College, attend a few meetings, and cheer on the Canucks. I hope you have a great week. "This is the [week] the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" (Ps. 118:24 NIV)
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