It is amazing when you sense God's leading, act upon it, and then see Him accomplish what He was trying to do through you. This weekend we at emc experienced the reality of that.
Today at emc we looked at stories of what God has done in the lives of specific people because of the efforts of the team at emc. I then shared about the converse of what these people may have experienced if we hadn't created the unique community that is the embassy.
I shared how the converse isn't that they would have to go to a "boring church". EMC wasn't established just so we could wear jeans, rock out , and have cool lights. You can get all that at a bar, and actually have sincere friends more than most of you ever found at a church. The converse of not establishing emc is that many of these would go to hell if they died. Others would have succumbed to their addictions. Many would have repeated the patterns of their families only to destroy future generations.
I then challenged our body to "imagine" if they really believed this...how should that change their lives.
God has created a unique community of faith in Woodstock, GA that is beginning to make a huge impact. It is time for us to rise up and "swing hard" and see what God can do if we will give him an opportunity (II Kings 4:1-7)
The next few weeks will be holy, sacred, full of intensity, passion, and anticipation. We have never challenged our people to go large in the area of giving. As you sensed today God is up to something amazing. It's time to pray hard, dig deep, and do something audacious for God. Make plans to present your sacrificial gift on Palm Sunday.
I am believing that together we will be blown away by what we can gather for God's use. I am praying for you to have courage, and faith to give a crazy offering to the Lord. Let's just see what we are made of, and then let's watch as God shows us what He can do!!!
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