WEEKEND UPDATE (012311)

Happy Monday!  Great weekend at Crossroads.  Like I said last week, you can really feel momentum picking up.  We had our biggest crowd since Thanksgiving.  Really looking forward to our February series and going back to two services as it gives people options.  Here's a few take-away's from Sunday morning:

• First off, great job by everyone in our Children's Center working to provide a warm, caring, and fun environment for Corssroads attenders precious children in the midst of a major remodeling project.  you guys are troopers!  Thanks for your hard work and for the patience of all our parents!
• I thought worship was excellent yesterday.  Nic and the band sounded great!  Our crack tech crew is doing a great job too, tweaking our gear for maximum quality.  I love 'Our God is Greater' and 'You're Love Never Fails'.  Got 'em back to back Sunday.  Woo-hoo!  Great job everyone!
• Awesome to create some space to REMEMBER and REJOICE on Sunday as we dug into Psalm 19 verse by verse.  I rarely ever teach that way.  It was a departure from our normal mode of teaching, but it was so great to dig that deep into the Word!
• I love the idea that "the heavens proclaim the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1-4), that their unspoken testimoney goes to the ends of the earth, that while language barriers may exist between nations, the heavens speal a COMMON LANGUAGE with which to teach ALL MEN at the same time.  Blows me away!
• I love that God's Word gives us LIFE! (Psalm 19:7)
• I love that God's Word gives us WISDOM! (Psalm 19:7)
• I love that God's Word fills us with JOY! (Psalm 19:8)
• I love that God's Word gives us INSIGHT FOR LIVING! (Psalm 19:8)
• I love that God's Word REVIVES, MAKES WISE, BRINGS JOY and GIVES CLEAR DIRECTION!
• I love that God's Word warns us of our responsibility to Him and to others, warns us of our sin and its consequences, and points us to His mercy and forgiveness through Christ!

This week, may the words of your mouth and the meditation of your heart be pleasing to God.  May the words of your mouth be words that build up and not tear down.  The Apostle James said that our tongues are like a rudder on a ship.  It follows that the words that come out of our mouths have EVERYTHING to do with the direction we have gone in life, and EVERYTHING to do with the direction we will go from here.

As you meditate in your heart on God's amazing Word this week, may you REMEMBER and REJOICE!  Knowing that as we do, our hearts are changed, and as our hearts are changd, our words become more and more pleasing to God, setting the course for the destinations He desires for our lives!

Peace.