Church was an "upper" today. There are days when the people's faces and the atmosphere in worship makes preaching seem natural to me. Today was one of those days. It was an absolute joy to preach about God inviting us to share in the ministry of reconciliation because we are ambassadors for Christ. This is all made possible because we are "new creation" people. God is really good and it is a joy to respond to the grace offered. Thanks to all for making worship a spirit-filled experience today.
That's not all I did today. After church Cindy and I headed out with Reuben and Shirley and went to Arrowhead for the Chiefs game. Got there about midway in the second quarter. It was a beautiful day. The 1-8 Chiefs gave it a shot but like they have all year, came up short. So now we are 1-9. But the crowd was still wearing red and into the game (at least for awhile). I'm going to keep being a Chiefs fan in case some day they get good -- then I want to be able to say I stayed with them in the down years.
But back to better things. We have even better support than you see at Arrowhead at church. When things are going well you will find people at worship. When times are tough you will find people at church. We really do have a great ministry of reconciliation. We are ambassadors for Christ representing the interests of the kingdom of God and of our Lord in the world. We are these things because we are "new creation" people. We are people empowered by the Holy Spirit to break down barriers of separation between people and God. We build bridges to cross the chasm separating people from God. We are in a ministry of reconciliation. It was great being in church today. It was fun being at Arrowhead today. It was a good day. I hope you had a good day too.
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Nice words.
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