Monday Morning Perspective

What a day at Fairview! It was a frigid, blustery day outside, but people came with hearts blazing ready to worship! The coffee was brewing at Holy Grounds, our band led us with energy and excitement, scripture reading of Jonah set a powerful tone getting us ready for the Word, and Eddie brought a much needed message! Eddie presented Jonah as a castaway making a comeback. The comebacks Eddie shared from our world and the bible opened our eyes to see that no matter how bleak things may look, a comeback can always happen. We see Jonah finally prayed when he hit bottom. It's the most intimate part of the book of Jonah as he prayed recognizing the disciplining hand of God. 

I love how Eddie wrapped the message by putting out there the two lies Satan feeds us. 1. Whatever you're thinking about doing, just go ahead. No one else will suffer. God will forgive it anyway. 2. That's it, you've done it. He won't forgive this. You've gone too far. Don't buy these lies! Wherever we are on the path we can choose to stop and turn back to God. Jonah made the best decision in the worst place. He died to self and his own will and returned to God. 

We learned after church yesterday that Edgewood voted 100% to become a multi site campus of Fairview and become Fairview East! For both churches to vote unanimously to do this shows us in a powerful way that God is all over this! He's brought it all about and He will do with us and through us what He will as we continue to seek Him and follow Him! Whatever it takes to win the east side of Greenville for Jesus, let's be sold out to doing it. As the pastor there said yesterday, "let's roll"!!!

Stay safe in this winter weather. More snow please Lord than ice! Enjoy it as time slows down, read a book, eat some comfort food, relish some Jesus time as schedules get tweeked a bit.