Day of Praise

Thur, 09/29/16, "Day of Praise"

"Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers." -- Acts 9:31

The Church
A place to be reminded
What the world will not remind you
That God loves you
And is bigger than anything that comes your way
Which makes a difference
When your chips are down. 

The Church
A place 
Full of imperfect people
Which is the same as the world
And yet different 
Because in the church
Our relationships are built on God's perfection
And not our own perfection
Which makes a difference 
When you're not perfect. 

The Church
A place to learn 
To really learn with some depth
Some roots 
To make strong 
What the world won't teach 
Namely, how to get what will never wear out or run out or blow out or fall out
And in fact, to learn 
That there's no "getting" about it
To learn that there's only receiving
What God freely gives
And gives
And gives
His gracious, never-failing provision
Which makes a difference 
When you wonder how you're going to work things out
And you're reminded
By the church
That God has already worked it out. 

The Church
A place that gathers
To remember 
What the world has long forgotten 
Because it's only remembered through a trusting relationship with Jesus 
So the church then scatters
In the power of the Holy Spirit
To tell the world
And anyone in it who will listen
About Jesus
That God 
Loves 
Imperfect people and
Gives
Never-failing provision
Which makes a difference
In a world
That has long forgotten
That there's a God
Who cares and 
Is bigger
Than anything that comes our way. 

The Church
God working through imperfect people
With a love and 
A message and
A truth
That changes 
The world and especially those 
Who believe the message and
Who work together to spread it around. 

You are always welcome
To get more involved with God's team
The Church.

Praise God!