World Changers Savannah made the news!
During World Changers we made the news in Savannah.
I preached
Yesterday morning I preached. I preached about missions for God's glory because of God's glory. It is one of the few times that I actually felt spent after preaching. My prayer was that God would grant me the grace to lay it out wholeheartedly and not hinder the movement of His Spirit. I pray that I did just that.
It seems that I very seldom finish a sermon thinking how great it was. But isn't that the point. I don't want people (myself included!) thinking about how great the sermon was but how overwhelmingly amazing God is and how our lives should be dedicated to exaltation of His name.
Maybe God will use this sermon in some way to spur a greater passion for His name among the nations. I know there a couple of you are interested in the sermon. It is available through my xml or itunes feed or you can listen here.
Hanging on to the church
A good friend of mine sent me an article about the church. Many in my generation are often disenfranchised with what they view as an antiquated shell that needs to be trashed. I find that the author speaks clearly and biblically to this type of thinking. It's a good read. You can find the article here.
Back to Africa
This Sunday, I have an opportunity to do be a part of two things I love. The first is preaching. I am grateful to have the the opportunity to open the God's word with our church family. The second is missions. Our pastor, Michael Stovall, has asked me to preach on missions. I must say that this is a wonderful intersection for me.
The more I prepare, the more I think about Ethiopia. This place has a large place in my heart. Seeing the people and knowing the work that God is doing there, I can not wait to return. What's best, is that Lord willing, this September I will have the opportunity to go with representatives of Ewing Road Baptist Church and see them take part in global disciplemaking. I LOVE seeing people catch and understand missions. It changes your daily living. The only thing that is going to make this better is that I get to do it with my bride. We met doing missions with World Changers. We hope to take our children on mission with us in the future.
I am reminded that there is great lostness in Ethiopia. The dots on the map to the left indicate groups of people who are unreached and unengaged. There are 5,800 groups like this all over the world. We have been given the amazing privilege of representing Christ to a world that is estranged from Him. May we do it with boldness, tenacity, and the joy of our King.I hope you will be with us Sunday as we look together at the fact that, "Missions is Non-negotiable." Would you pray with me that God would open our hearts and eyes to how we can become and even greater part of His mission of redemption?
Preaching in Ethiopia in 2009
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