2/14 @ Crossroads
Review of today at church:
Mike spoke on love, and how it is the greatest gift of the Spirit (look at 1 Corinthians 13 if you disagree). It was a really good message, focused on how God gives us the ability to love others deeply, and how without that love, we’ve really got nothing. Mike compared (as does Paul in 1 Corinthians 13) not using spiritual gifts with love to a song played entirely on cymbals. Annoying. Not very effective. And probably hated by most.
This was our second week running the volunteer table, in hopes of eliciting volunteers for our 3rd service (as well as beefing up our other 2 services). If you’re interested in volunteering during the 3rd service or at some other service, click here. The theme was “Work it for Jesus. Volunteer.” and we dressed in construction worker-esque costumes. Clearly Jim was in the spirit of things…
In high school, I spoke on John 6 and the feeding of the 5,000. Our focus was on lunch boxes, like this one:
Seriously, what mom gives their kid a lunchbox that says “Tonight we dine in Hell!”? Ridiculous. Anyway, we discussed the idea that God has given all of us lunch boxes (meaning skills, talents, gifts, etc), like the kid in John 6, and we can choose to give our lunchboxes to Jesus or keep them for ourselves. Like the kid in the story, if we give our lunchbox to Jesus we’ll see how He can use it for so much more.
So chew on that. What’s in your lunchbox? Why do you have those particular skills/abilities? Who around you might benefit from those things? Who around you has God placed on your heart?
After that, the band finished it off with a few worship songs: Extravagant Worship, Above All Else, Came to My Rescue, and Everything About You.
It was a good day.
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What do you think?