“Straight Talk,” our series in the book of James, is tilling up the ground of our hearts. Sunday we saw many, many hands go up acknowledging God was speaking to us about our lives. Specifically the things in our lives that reflect the heart of God to others. We say we have faith in Christ, but do the actions of our lives reflect that faith? It’s a question we asked ourselves on Sunday and I challenge us all to do it again today…right now. What actions have spoken for our faith today? These actions have not made us fully devoted followers of Jesus, they are the result of us becoming followers of Jesus. We do not serve others to become a follower of Jesus. We are followers of Jesus, therefore we serve. It’s an important distinction and one we can rest in today. You and I are not performing for God or others, but are expressing our faith in Jesus with every step we take in His shoes and on His paths. When we reflect His life with ours, we are connecting our faith with good works, and that kind of faith is certainly not “dead” or “useless.”
For this coming weekend we are going to be in James 3:1-12. It’s called “You Said What?” Take a look and jot down some notes before Sunday to see how God speaks to you about it.
We love you and thank God for you! We are so excited about what God is doing in your life and can't wait to gather with you to celebrate, catch up with friends and listen to the heart of God speaking through the Bible.
Pastor Craig, Becky, Seth, Hannah and Riley the dog
PS: Wow!!! We have been experiencing our largest crowds ever as a church in the last months and we know it’s been a little tight in the parking lots. Sunday we are going to talk about some exciting changes that will help us. I’ll give you three guesses as to what our growing church will need to do next, it’s going to be great!
