New Church

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I started attending a new church, I have been twice and I LOVE it!  It is a small country church that doesn't have it's priorities on politics but on people!  They just went on a missions trip to help tornado victims last week and next weekend they are doing a barn raising for a family in the congregation.  How awesome is that, a barn raising!!!  The music is from the heart and not a big production and the message is relavant and actually touches me. 

We are talking about "The Way of the Cross" Here are some samples of what I have taken from the messages so far:
1.  We can chose to do 3 things with the cross...  we can resent it, avoid it or we can carry it.  The Cross demands determination (Matthew 16:24)  Daily we need to choose to live for Christ, to stop and remember to pick up and carry the Cross.
2.  What is my destination, where am I headed?  Heaven is the destination, the cross is how we get there.  There are 5 approches to the same destination, which one pertains to you?
  • Good Merits
  • Following "Religion"
  • Following "Government"
  • Fate - taking life as it comes, Karma, Destiny
    or
  • Living a life like the repentant criminal who was hanging next to Jesus who simply said "Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom"  Relying fully on Jesus and asking him into our hearts, living a life like his.
Only Jesus can transform death into life, embrace the cross and receive life.
I really LOVE my new church home and the kids seem to like it as well.Photobucket

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