What makes the way we do church different than everyone else?
LBC is making a real impact in our community and we are constantly showing and sharing the love of Christ. In the last couple of months – Here is a small sample of what we have done:
We raised over $1,500 to help Dawnville Elementary buy food to send home with children they think are going hungry
We handed out book bags and school supplies to communities and schools in the hundreds
We took up over $7,000 [so far] for our world missions offering that will help support missionaries all around the world
We bought “snacks” for Cedar Ridge Elementary to help them feed hungry kids – $ cost and value in the hundreds
We have bought – and are buying – coats for children that Cedar Ridge can give out to kids who are cold
Many of our SS classes adopted families and bought Christmas who would not have anything otherwise
Our Men’s Ministry took up an impromptu offering and bought Christmas for families who wouldn’t have had it otherwise
You pledged over $18,000 for FAITH missions for next year
A church in London was recently told to be quiet – literally! [Read about it here: http://bit.ly/2miyW6 ]
They were worshiping too loud – causing a disturbance – making too much noise – GOOD FOR THEM!!
Wouldn’t it be awesome if people complained that YOUR/OUR church made too much noise? I don’t mean just audible noise – I mean the “news” kind of noise. The kind of “noise” that told about how:
God was at work in the church
Lives were being changed
Sin was being confessed & forsook
Exciting worship was being engaged
The community was being changed
People were leaving false religions and turning to Christ
The Gospel was being preached on every street corner
Too much Jesus was going on
Let’s do it! Let’s go out into the world and make a lot of “noise” about Jesus!!
Go to work ~ school ~ community ~and make much ado about Jesus!!
Acts 17:6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
Over 4,000 10 & 11 year olds were studied in Canada. The study was done to determine how their body shape effected their happiness. What they found … http://twurl.nl/ftk0oi … was that society is putting too much pressure on kids. If a young girl has an overweight body, she had lower levels of happiness. If a boy was too skinny, he had lower levels of happiness [hold on boys it will change later in life : -) ]
You know we are living in a hedonistic society when 10 year olds are worrying about their body shape. Obviously, there may be some extreme cases where they should worry. That would be the exception not the rule. A few pounds here and there shouldn’t even be on the mind of a 10 year old!
If you are one of those kids – don’t fall into that trap. Don’t set the rock / country music or Hollywood stars up as your idols.
If you are a parent, don’t push that on your child. Let them be a kid. Teach them the greatest qualities in life are character & integrity. Teach them that their walk with God is far more important than their external looks.
1 Timothy 4:8 Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important, for it promises a reward in both this life and the next.
Johnny Diaz recently spoke to the same issue in his new song…enjoy….
Hey guys. I’m officially starting my blog. Now, this blog is going to be about anything and everything – here are some topics that will definitely be discussed:
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