Before I jump into today's weekend preview, let me remind everyone to please keep praying for little Alexander, Bruce and Nikaa. They had a really long night, and they've still got a long way to go as Alexander still has another surgery to go through before they can come home. Please keep praying also for Susie, Therman, Frieda, Gary Mize and all the folks on our prayer list. Our God is bigger than all of the pain, sickness and disease that seem to be plaguing so many!
I'm so super pumped for this HUGE weekend that I can hardly stand it! It's already off to a great start as I got to speak to the football team and cheerleaders this morning at the prayer breakfast. I shared the story of Shammah from 2 Samuel 23:11-12. Long before there was a fictional character named Rambo, there was a REAL man named Shammah who took on the entire Philistine army and single-handedly defeated them. Of course, he wasn't really alone, because verse 12 tells us it was the Lord who brought about a great victory!
Tonight should be AWESOME as the first football game of the season kicks off on "The Hill" and is followed by our Fifth Quarter at Wellborn Park. I hope you can come and join us tonight. You may have to stay up a little (or a lot) later than normal, but I promise you it will be totally worth it. God really moved at last year's Fifth Quarter, and we're expecting even greater things this year!
And let's not forget about SUNDAY!!! I'm really excited about the message God has given me for Sunday entitled The One And Only. This sermon will be directed at two very different audiences: First, it will be for those who see Christianity as just one of many ways to get to God. This message will show how Jesus sets us apart from every other major religion in the world.
Second, this message will be for Christians who want to be better able to share their faith, but need some ammunition when it comes to defending it. It's important that we not just believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven; we need to know WHY He is the only way. In a world that seems to be caught up in the spirit of, "It doesn't matter which God you worship, just be sincere about it," we as the Body of Christ have a responsibility to warn them. It's our job to proclaim that Jesus is not one of many ways to get to heaven or even the best way to get to heaven; He's the ONLY WAY!
Are you ready for a BIG weekend EFBC? God's got greater things in store, He's not finished working in this church, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
God's Challenge To Us
OK, so I can't even find the words to describe what happened here at EFBC this past Sunday! Panther Day will go down as one of my all-time favorite days at church that I've ever experienced! God showed up in a HUGE way! Thank you church for all of your hard work and most of all for your prayers! Thank you to all of the coaches, faculty and sponsors at Wellborn who supported this outreach! And thank you Jesus for changing lives!
Now a question for all EFBC members and attendees: Do you believe that this Sunday can be just as good as or better than last Sunday? I do! We serve a BIG God and He can show up this weekend just as powerfully as He did last weekend! So keep praying, keep investing and inviting, and keep expecting GREATER THINGS!
This Sunday's message will be one that could've very easily have been included in the I'd Rather Not Talk About... series. God, however, wasn't quite yet ready for me to preach it. This week's message is entitled God's Challenge To Us, and it's a sermon that some folks might not want to hear. What's it about, you ask? Well, I'm going to leave that up to your imagination until Sunday morning. Just be praying and asking God to prepare your heart for this challenge.
Church, God's not through with the Wellborn/Eulaton community! We've seen that in the past year, and we definitely saw it this past Sunday! Greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done in this city, this community, and YES, in this church! It's been great, but we ain't seen nothin' yet 'cause THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!
Now a question for all EFBC members and attendees: Do you believe that this Sunday can be just as good as or better than last Sunday? I do! We serve a BIG God and He can show up this weekend just as powerfully as He did last weekend! So keep praying, keep investing and inviting, and keep expecting GREATER THINGS!
This Sunday's message will be one that could've very easily have been included in the I'd Rather Not Talk About... series. God, however, wasn't quite yet ready for me to preach it. This week's message is entitled God's Challenge To Us, and it's a sermon that some folks might not want to hear. What's it about, you ask? Well, I'm going to leave that up to your imagination until Sunday morning. Just be praying and asking God to prepare your heart for this challenge.
Church, God's not through with the Wellborn/Eulaton community! We've seen that in the past year, and we definitely saw it this past Sunday! Greater things have yet to come, and greater things are still to be done in this city, this community, and YES, in this church! It's been great, but we ain't seen nothin' yet 'cause THE BEST IS YET TO COME!!!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Panther Day
I'm out of my mind excited about this Sunday as we are having the first ever EFBC Panther Day! Excitement is building as final preparations are being made to welcome in the football team, band, cheerleaders and volleyball team from Wellborn High School. Please be praying for God to show up in a HUGE way on Sunday and for things to run smoothly and orderly. This will be a big undertaking, but I have no doubt that God is in it and that He's going to do great and awesome things!
We'll have our guests in the fellowship hall during the Sunday School hour, and we'll be serving them breakfast (anybody that wants to bring some fruit or doughnuts, please feel free). Then they'll all be moving to the sanctuary for our worship time. We'll have an overflow room set up in the chapel for our members who aren't able to get a seat in the sanctuary. It may be a bit of an inconvenience for one Sunday, but I think you'll all agree with me that it will be TOTALLY WORTH IT.
The message God has laid on my heart for Sunday is entitled Get In The Lifeboat. It is a straightforward, simple Gospel message. Please be praying for those students, parents and coaches who don't know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Let's pray that God will fill this place with His presence and that lives will be changed!
Come prayed up and expecting God to do GREATER THINGS! Jesus lives! He's working in our midst! THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
We'll have our guests in the fellowship hall during the Sunday School hour, and we'll be serving them breakfast (anybody that wants to bring some fruit or doughnuts, please feel free). Then they'll all be moving to the sanctuary for our worship time. We'll have an overflow room set up in the chapel for our members who aren't able to get a seat in the sanctuary. It may be a bit of an inconvenience for one Sunday, but I think you'll all agree with me that it will be TOTALLY WORTH IT.
The message God has laid on my heart for Sunday is entitled Get In The Lifeboat. It is a straightforward, simple Gospel message. Please be praying for those students, parents and coaches who don't know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Let's pray that God will fill this place with His presence and that lives will be changed!
Come prayed up and expecting God to do GREATER THINGS! Jesus lives! He's working in our midst! THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Two Special Sundays
It's probably no surprise to anyone who reads my weekly ramblings that I'm SUPER-PUMPED for church this Sunday...actually the next TWO Sundays! This Sunday and the next we'll be lifting up Wellborn to the Lord as a new school year begins on Monday. I hope you'll plan on being here for these special services.
This Sunday, Koy will be doing a special commissioning service for the youth who've been training this summer to be Campus Missionaries. This will be followed by a sermon I've entitled Being A Missionary that will be taken from Acts 8:26-40. It's my prayer that we'll realize that God has called us all to be missionaries right here where He's planted us.
The following Sunday, August 15th, is going to be Panther Day here at the church. We've invited the football team, band, cheerleaders and volleyball team to come and be with us that morning. We're planning on having an overflow room for our church members who aren't able to get a seat in the sanctuary. The potential for this day is HUGE!
Please be praying for these two special Sundays. I believe God wants the fires of revival and renewal to burn WHITE HOT in this church, in this community, and yes, even in our schools! Don't stop praying now, Eulaton, 'cause the best is yet to come!
This Sunday, Koy will be doing a special commissioning service for the youth who've been training this summer to be Campus Missionaries. This will be followed by a sermon I've entitled Being A Missionary that will be taken from Acts 8:26-40. It's my prayer that we'll realize that God has called us all to be missionaries right here where He's planted us.
The following Sunday, August 15th, is going to be Panther Day here at the church. We've invited the football team, band, cheerleaders and volleyball team to come and be with us that morning. We're planning on having an overflow room for our church members who aren't able to get a seat in the sanctuary. The potential for this day is HUGE!
Please be praying for these two special Sundays. I believe God wants the fires of revival and renewal to burn WHITE HOT in this church, in this community, and yes, even in our schools! Don't stop praying now, Eulaton, 'cause the best is yet to come!
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