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Living Fully
Message Series
May 11th -
Mother's Day
"Honoring your Father & Mother"
Kids Own Worship Special Music
May 18th -
"Handling Misguided Faith"
May 25th -
"Quenching your Thirst"
Our worship services are believer driven, seeker friendly and include elements of healing through prayer and renewal. Believer driven means that worship is primarily designed for those who already believe. "Seeker" is a word used to describe people who may be seeking God but are unfamiliar with Christian practices. We take time in our worship to explain what we are doing, not assuming that people know and understand. We want all people who worship to feel that they belong because God welcomes everyone to come to Him. Healing is available through prayer with one of our leaders up front near the end of services and by hearing the Word of God through the messages.

LIVING FULLY

What does it mean to have a life that is complete? How do we define what it means to have a life that has meaning? So many times we define a full life by external realities. We can look at our careers or our financial portfolio to define success. When things are struggling in our lives does that mean we are unsuccessful? Mother Teresa has a healthy perspective on what it means to have a full life. She asks for God s faithfulness. She states: I do not pray for success. I pray for faithfulness. I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that he didn t trust me so much. Mother Teresa I know in my own life I can often miss the blessing God has in store for because I give in too easy. I give up and don t see the big picture that God has in store. I don t see immediate success or at least my definition of success. At times like this I read the John Wesley journals in my office.

From the preaching diary of John Wesley

May 5th - morning - St. Anne s - Was asked not to come back anymore. evening - St. John s - Deacons said Get out and stay out. May 12th St. Jude s -Can t go back there, either.

May 19th St. Somebody Else s - Deacons called a special meeting and said I couldn t return.

evening - On a street - Kicked off the street. May 26th In a meadow - Chased out of meadow as bull was turned loose during service to disrupt me.

June 2nd At the edge of town - Kicked off the edge of town.

afternoon- in a pasture - Ten thousand people came out to hear me.

This series on living fully will not offer 3 keys to a successful future. It will ask some tough questions on how to trust in God when you are not sure God is there. It will challenge you to see how God is with you in the good times and the bad. It will remind you that God is both the rock of your salvation and the living water that sustains you.

In Christ's Service,

Pastor Paul