Good Morning!
I'm sitting here with the dog at my feet and a longer than normal "to do" list on my computer screen, so I'm at the blog a little earlier than usual.
Overall, it was a pretty good weekend. We were supposed to drive up to visit my family in Connecticut to celebrate my grandfather's 90th birthday on Saturday, but because of the impending snowstorm, we decided against that and spent most of the day at home.
Sunday we had a surprisingly average crowd for our service - I was really pleased considering it was snowy and just plain nasty outside. Had a chance to talk a little bit about one aspect of our church's vision, which is that we see ourselves as ordinary people empowered and equipped by the Holy Spirit to accomplish extraordinary things. It's definitely one of my passions in teaching, and I could tell I was totally engaged in the message, which always helps it to come across better to the church.
Had a lot of compliments on the message yesterday, which is always nice. Even better was the sense I had that God was working in our hearts as I was teaching - even my heart! I definitely was challenged to increase my dependence on God and his Spirit to be at work in me, and I was inspired to let God redefine what I see as ordinary and normal in my life. Opening ourselves up to God's heart will do that for us, so I encourage you to keep doing that, keep praying that he will reveal his heart in you and to you. It leads to an extraordinary life. I'm convinced of it.
If you're interested, I think we may actually have a podcast this week. The combination of a couple technical issues, and people being away has put a crimp in the recording, but I think we should be back up and running from here on out. So if you've been looking for it, and haven't found a recent one, it's not your fault, it's ours.
Oh, and a couple of people reminded me that I didn't get to "properly" close our service yesterday, so if you were waiting for it, here it is:
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