My man hit a homerun yesterday with the kickoff of the Jonah series. Don't you love how I got baseball and football in there, yeah cheesy I know. I'm the only one laughing. Just still so pumped from yesterday. I went to both services and so glad I did. The music was awesome in both services!! The crowd was great!! God is working and I am so grateful be able to witness Him working here at Millbrook.
Loved the intro to Jonah reminding us that every day we are faced with different ships and the challenge to get on the one headed in the direction God is pointing us and not the one that our flesh is screaming for us to board.
I also loved how Eddie gave us the history of the Assyrians. It made it so much more understandable why Jonah refused and what the struggle was all about.
Had 2 very favorite parts:
One, I love how God's call is personal. It's true that we are called to the general things...salvation, ministry, but He calls us to very specific things as well. Where we will serve Him, how we will serve. Eddie was so right, it's that call that really does sustain us when others question us or talk about us or don't agree with us. Praise God for that personal call on our lives in EVERY area of our life.
Second, I loved the part on Jonah's fall. How calculated it was, how he must have rationalized, wow, just like us. It is so amazing the lengths we will go to do our own thing our own way. How costly our decisions can be not only to us but others as well. Just as Jonah paid the fare to run from God, we also pay the fare when we choose to run. As Eddie said, "If you want to run from God, the devil will be glad to provide the transportation. It looks like it was all coming together for Jonah, when in reality it was all falling apart". What a reminder to us!!
Side note...loved the wedding illustration, just hoping Eddie's just as in control when he is father of the bride and pastor over the ceremony. We don't need a nervous pastor and if he's the one falling out we can't leave him there, we won't have a wedding.
Phrase to remember...Get Back!!! Awesome job worship band!!!!
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