Day of Praise

Mo, 07/29/13, "Day of Praise"

"And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved." - Acts 2:46-47

Living for God, worship, outreach, and fun can go together. It's probably one of those "you had to be there" things, but the positive spiritual buzz at our church yesterday was amazing. It usually is, but yesterday was one of the best ever.

There was the baptism of little John Everett McLean. He cried a lot, but people smiled at him nonetheless. There was answered prayer, awesome music, people laughing together after worship, a lot of people smiling, engagement rings being shown, appointments being made for fellowship. There were little kids, retirees, people moving away to California and Colorado and Namibia, and people talking about visiting California, Colorado, and Namibia. There were new people and people who asked when they could join the church. There was a sermon on prayer and a testimony about the mission trip that returned Saturday night. There was the sharing of Holy Communion around God's table.

Lots of fun.

And there was an announcement that next Sunday, after our last worship service, we're going to have a Zumba class for our monthly wellness night. Can you imagine pastors doing Zumba? Maybe you'll need to be there to see it for yourself. It should be hilarious!

Read today's verse again. They had lots of worship and outreach and joy and fun together. And they had it every single day.

I know today's Monday. But if you're a Christian and believe that Christ is alive and dwelling in your heart and joining your heart to others, then don't forget the fun.

And have fun inviting some non-believers to the same.

Praise God!

(For an archive of "Day of Praise", please visit my daughter Calley's website at  http://dayofpraisepc.blogspot.com/?m=1)


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson