Sunday Reflections

Proverbs 3: 5-6
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.

This is the passage of scripture we were in this morning. We looked at the following four things:
1. you have to GIVE Up~ Trust in the LORD with all your heart
2. you have to GIVE In~ And do not lean on your own understanding.
3. you have to GIVE To~ In all your ways acknowledge Him,
4. you have to GO Forth~ And He will make your paths straight.

We started service out this morning with a responsive reading led by Zach Snow our Executive/ Teaching Pastor. Scott Finch our Worship/ Creative Arts Pastor did a great job leading us in worship this morning. There was a sweet spirit in the house today. I love hearing God's people respond to their Creator in praise. I love hearing my beautiful wife, Natalie sing. She stands next to me every Sunday and she pours her heart and life out to the One who made her. I am so thankful for Natalie and her passionate pursuit of her Savior. I have the most beautiful wife in the world. Thank You Lord for your divine appointments.

I love our church
I love our people
I love what He is doing in us
I love what He is doing through us
I love that He is not done with us

I leave you with the responsive reading from this morning::

But Where Will You Go? (Responsive Reading)

Leader: God, You said for us to follow you.

Congregation: But where will You go? Where will you take us?

Leader: We sometimes hope that you would simply reside in the church. But your heart always is drawn to the dark places that have never seen your light.

Congregation: Where will You go? Surely not into the darkness.

Leader: Will you go to the forgotten people of our society who live without hope?

Congregation: Where will You go? Surely not to the people we've chosen to pass by.

Leader: Will you go to the homes racked by divorce, infidelity, abortion, and spiritual warfare?

Congregation: Where will You go? Even to people who have made foolish decisions.

Leader: Will you go to the prisoners, the homeless, and the diseased? The terrorists?

Congregation: Where will You go? Must we follow you into jails and homeless shelters?

Leader: Will you go to our homes? Will you go to our offices?

Congregation: Where will You go, God? Where must we follow?

Leader: You've called us to follow. "Go into all the world, and teach all nations, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."

People of God, Do you see the answer? He states it clearly and he waits for our response as we ask ourselves. . .

Congregation: We will face the question, "Where will we go?" And we answer, "Where He leads us we will follow.

Leader: Lord, we want to follow you, to carry your light, to keep this great commission. Give us the courage to follow you as other saints have throughout history.