Monday Morning Perspective

I'm writing this on Sunday afternoon as we head out on vacation with a car packed tight with people, luggage and groceries. It's also the first time I've written a post on my phone so we shall see how this turns out. I'm fairly sure I won't spend any time in the morning on the computer since the plan is to be on the beach so thought I'd go ahead. It was way too good of a service to just skip the week.
We continued the series Identity Crisis in Ephesians 1, I am redeemed. So thankful that God not only saves but also redeems. He has lavished His blessings on us.  What perfect timing to also observe the Lord's Supper. God's presence felt so thick I could've bawled all the way through it. As I watched our band lead us it was so obvious that they were worshipping as they led.  So thankful for Ryan Burns leadership and for Tom Burns as they work with Eddie to bring a God glorifying worship service every week. Our sound/lighting/media folks are great and add so much!! Thankful that this ministry team is into details and excellence. God gave His best for us anything less than that back to Him just doesn't seem right!!
Hope all have a great week!! We are so excited to be spending it with our whole family plus a fiancée who will be making his way back from almost 3 weeks in Romania doing mission work and a sweet girlfriend. Praying for a relaxing week with tons of laughter and sweet conversation.  God is good and ever faithful!!! We love Him so!!! Keep serving Him!!! Fairview family...invest and invite!!!! We love you!!!

Monday Morning Perspective

We are only week 2 into this series Identity Crisis and I'm crazy in love with it.  My husband is building a great theological foundation that I believe is going to benefit us for years to come.
Yesterday was You Are Chosen from Ephesians 1:3-6.  After a great review we jumped right in to some deep waters which my man maneuvered with much grace and great insight.
I love how he referenced Deut 29:29 that the secrets belong to God and reminded us that there's no way an 8oz human brain can totally grasp the mind of God.  That tells me that if we think we know it all and we have a total grasp on the issue of predestination, we are fooling ourselves.  Bottom line is that God is the source of salvation and it only comes through belief in Christ.  How awesome the gospel was presented yesterday.  If you missed it you can hear it online.  On my home page there's a fairview link.

Monday Morning Perspective

I thought it would be a good time to get back to this since we started a new series yesterday at Fairview. I'm so excited about it because I think it can be life changing if we will let it.  We started a study in Ephesians under the title of Identity Crisis, Who Am I?  The reason I think this can be a life changer is because so many times the decisions we make in life boil down to how we see ourselves.  Our thought life revolves around how we see ourselves and most people act our of what they truly believe.  And I believe that if we see ourselves as Christ sees us, it will make all the difference in the world in how we treat others, how we make decisions, and how we live our life.  Ok, so that's my introduction.  Now for my husband's series introduction...
Identity always comes before activity.  We see that in Ephesians as the beginning deals with our identity in Christ and then we get to our activity.  Who does God say we are?  We allow others to identify us and oftentimes we don't even have an accurate view in our own minds of who we are.  Paul tells us that if we are in Christ, we are saints.  That has everything to do with our position not our morality.  I love how Eddie stressed that when we meet Jesus EVERYTHING CHANGES!!  Yes, He changes everything.  Forget the past and move on.  Noone has a past worse than Paul's yet Paul says forget what is behind and move on because Jesus is a life changer.
Too many of us have listened to the wrong voices for too long.  We've listened to what Satan and our peers have said about us and the only voice and opinion that truly matters is God's voice and He says that we are saints if we are in Christ.  It's time to tune all of the other voices out and press in to hear God's voice!!