Sunday afternoon thoughts…

For the last two weeks, our worship gatherings have been… well, incredible. One person I talked to afterwards today said, “That was almost like a party.” And it seriously was. So many evidences of God’s grace in our midst right now. Here are some thoughts from today…

• Our passage was 1 John 3:11-18 about sacrificially loving God’s family.  If we take it seriously, we may have to rearrange our entire lives… but it would be worth it.
• I know I believe The Bible, but does my heart REALLY believe Jesus’ statement that “It is better to give than to receive”?
• I’m completely geeked, amped, pumped, excited (whatever word you want to use) about our Vintage Church kickoff.  To keep non-Bridgers in the loop, we’re canceling our worship gathering at Chapman’s Retreat and meeting in House Churches across Spring Hill on July 12th to remind ourselves what “church” is really about.  If it was good enough for the first 300 years of church history, it’s good enough for us.  Oh, and the church-wide picnic at Evans Park afterwards won’t be too shabby either.  Here’s the video teaser from this morning…

• If it ever becomes true that when people hear “The Bridge”, they think “those are the people that adopt orphans” or “those are the people that feed the hungry” then Jesus will be so famous we’ll NEVER have enough seats for people to sit in to hear the gospel no matter what building we’re in.
• Check out how far we’ve come on the building.  Bottom floor: done!

• We never want it to be about our band… but they absolutely rock.  I’ve had that “Hosanna” song stuck in my head for three hours.
• Our Kids’ Ministry rocks and our Kids’ Minister (who may or may not be my wife ) is hot.  It will be sad when we can’t start our worship gatherings with the kids in there with us anymore.
• Team USA just blew a 2-0 lead to Brazil.  If I hadn’t had an incredible morning, this would really bother me right now.
• I LOVE my church!