Wellington Church of Christ

Today a small group from the church will be traveling to Westview Boys Home for five days of mission work.  This will be our third trip to Westview.  We don’t know exactly what lay in store for us, but that’s just part of the adventure of missions.

We know that, based upon our group, we’ll likely be doing something that can be classified loosely under the title of construction.

I love that the Lord loves celebrations.  The Lord loves celebrations so much that He commanded several celebrations in the Old Testament law.

We typically don’t call them celebrations, but instead, we call them what the Bible calls them, Feasts. If I’m honest, I don’t even like celebrations that are not also feasts.

There’s no shortage of articles about the failure of the church in The United States.  Churches are closing their doors at a record rate, and especially in small towns.  The Christian Chronicle news publication has even been documenting the closings of small churches across the country in recent articles.

We have reached a momentous moment as a church family.  We have reached the end of the Book of Matthew.  I have had a handful of other temporary series and lessons mixed in with the Matthew series over the last four years, so it’s hard to calculate exactly how many lessons we’ve had, but I think we’ve had around 3 ½ years, at least, of studying Matthew’s gospel alone.

Did you know that the most amazing miracles recorded in Scripture are not the ones that you are most familiar with?

To me, the greatest miracles of God can be summed up by Romans 8:28 –

²⁸ And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

There may be some different variations of that same sentiment, but the motivating force is the same every time, no matter how it’s said.

The Danger We Don’t See

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love adventure.  What I love about adventure isn’t necessarily the risks that usually accompany it, but simply the unknown.

It’s the unknown that makes an adventure.  It’s in the unknown that risk lies. 

A little bit of risk is fun.  Too much risk is terrifying and no fun.

A Bible verse that comes to my mind very often is the teaching of Jesus, If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me (Luke 9:23).

I’ve learned that it’s more of a state of mind than a physical reality in my life, but even as a state of mind, it’s still a real teaching of Jesus, so as such, how can I apply it?