Reflections

Last night our daughter Alexandra called from Springfield, MO. to tell us she read my blog post regarding BridgePoint's 1st preview service. She also read P. Jeff's & P. Nick's mentioning the picture of the "sign". She told Francie, "It's really cool that you can see in the glass the reflection of the houses across the street from the James 5:16 center." What a great image of what the church was created for...to announce to people there's hope for their lives found in Jesus Christ who connects them to God. Once that connection is made we're to be the best reflection of Christ that we can be.

Reflections can also be meditative. Moments where we look back with fondness (hopefully) to the past events of our lives. In the movie "The Passion of the Christ" Mel Gibson effectively used reflections or "flashbacks" of the characters to move the story along.

Thursday is my fasting & prayer day. It's the day I spend extended time with God in prayer & reading His word. Today it started @ 6:30am and here are some of my reflections of the past week & preview service:

Jesus never fails to show up when we honor Him....

When people who love God come together to do His will there's nothing they can't do...

Praise & Worship with sincere hearts is inviting to the presence of God...

There's no such thing as "Lone Ranger Christians"....

God knows exactly which people to connect together...

The less we're able to do...the more He's able to do...

I love being a part of God's family...

What attracts people to church should be love...

God put forth His best effort & so should we...

Doing ministry as a team is extremely fun!...

Thank you so much to P. Jeff, P. Nick, the leadership of APC and all the churches in our network for holding us up in prayer for our service. Personally it means a great deal to me knowing that heaven is being stormed with prayers for BridgePoint. Words can't begin to express my feelings of how much that means. So, it's with excitement that I say...fasten your seat belts. This is just the beginning of what God wants to do in Tarentum & the Allegheny Valley region.

WAY TO GO, GOD!!!