Monday Morning Persoective

Yesterday at Fairview we celebrated the Lord's Supper together. It was probably the best Lord's Supper service I remember. The music was so worshipful and appropriately upbeat. The message was great!! We looked at the supper in relation to the past, future and present. And we were reminded that if it wasn't important Jesus wouldn't have taken time to do it! Jesus knew we needed to be reminded from time to time of all that He's done for us! 

Monday Morning Perspective

Well I can hardly believe we are through with our journey through Nehemiah. I love this book! Every week I was amazed at how timely and relevant it was, but that's just God! His Word is alive and active and every word speaks to us and our situation.

Yesterday we saw a surprise ending to the book in chapter 13. We saw Nehemiah return from Susa and he wasn't a happy camper. By the way, I loved the details on the travel time and mileage. Chalk that up to my love for details. Anyway, Eddie asked us some questions that went along with the message that were challenging and certainly worthy of sitting down and thinking through, being totally honest with ourselves. 

1.  Are you as close to God as you used to be? Has there been a drift or a circumstance that just sent you quickly away from God?

2.  Is there a Tobiah in your temple you need to get rid of? Has he crawled up on the throne of your life and taken over?  

This one is worth watching online if you missed yesterday. 

We start a 4 week series on the end times in 2 weeks and what better or easier time to bring someone. People are always curious when you talk about that especially with our world the way it is now. John shared with our students Wednesday night the statistic of how many people have never even invited someone to church, not share their faith, but never even invited someone. That's amazing. Just invite them or bring them with you. Eddie will do the gospel sharing for you. He does an amazing job presenting the gospel the end of every message. All we need to do is get our lost friends there. And statistics tell us that an overwhelming number of people say they would go to church if someone just invited them. Let's get busy! It starts with caring enough about someone to not want them to spend eternity in hell separated from God. Another question to end with this morning...do we care enough?

Monday Morning Perspective

I say it I say it every week I know, but my man brings it EVERY SINGLE WEEK!! We are blessed! I am blessed! No taking it for granted!! 

We looked at what true celebration is based on Nehemiah 12. Taken straight from the scripture we saw that celebration involves worship. Love how Eddie pointed out three key words: glory, offer and sacrifice. Remember worship isn't just when we gather. It's also when we scatter. 

Celebration involves cleansing and thanksgiving. It involves rejoicing and giving. The world says to celebrate when we get something. We celebrate a bonus, a promotion, a new job. God wants us to discover whether we see ourselves as sovreign, which says "I will decide what I do with my money because it's mine".  Or do we see ourselves as stewards which says we believe God owns it all and we are managers. 

The reminder was that we can't outgive God. We may make what we consider sacrifices but the greatest sacrifice of all was Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. We are called to be living sacrifices. 

We will wrap Nehemiah next week. Don't miss it or you'll miss the surprise ending ☺️. 

Have a blessed week. Be intentional as you seek opportunities to share Jesus. If we are not intentional, it will never happen!! Eyes and hearts wide open, be blessed!!