Back to Church
Last night was a good night. It was GGB's 86th Birthday and a bunch of us went out to eat and then back to her place so hang out. It was good to see Aunt Betty, Aunt Wilma & Uncle Jack again. Dave and Sherri were there as well and we had a great time with them as well. We came home and ordered up a PPV. Went to bed about 1:30AM.
We got up for church this morning and I was beat and honestly didn't feel like going. For one reason or another we hadn't been since June 4th and it honestly felt like years since I had been. It's funny, my life used to be consumed by my involvment in actively participating in one way or another at church. Some of the best years of our lives was either working at a church, volunteering at a church and being able to minister to teens and impacting their lives. It has been a good 4 years since that has happened and I miss it. Unfortunately in the last 18 months or more it's not like I'm leading a life to be imitated. Am I drinking, smoking, etc. No I am not. My heart just hasn't been in it. It's not that Christ has left me, it's that I have neglected Him. He hasn't changed, I have.....which brings me to this morning.
Pastor Danny was out of town on vaction with his family and they had a guest speaker. They brought in the former youth pastor who in the last few years has planted a church of his own in Ft. Myers. I had only heard him 2-3 times in the previous years going to CC St. Pete and really enjoyed his perspective.
Today he opened up in Ephesian Chapter 4 and it really hit me. It's time to get back to Him. In someways I have lived as I desired and not honoring Him in all I do. I haven't put God first or prayed to Him unless I thought I was having a heart attack or was in some other need. I haven't sang praises to Him just because He Is. I don't want to be sure of my slavation, I NEED to be sure of my salvation. It's time to take John 3:16 up again and let the Holy Spirit reign in me.
Read the Bible.
Pray.
Do it again.
We got up for church this morning and I was beat and honestly didn't feel like going. For one reason or another we hadn't been since June 4th and it honestly felt like years since I had been. It's funny, my life used to be consumed by my involvment in actively participating in one way or another at church. Some of the best years of our lives was either working at a church, volunteering at a church and being able to minister to teens and impacting their lives. It has been a good 4 years since that has happened and I miss it. Unfortunately in the last 18 months or more it's not like I'm leading a life to be imitated. Am I drinking, smoking, etc. No I am not. My heart just hasn't been in it. It's not that Christ has left me, it's that I have neglected Him. He hasn't changed, I have.....which brings me to this morning.
Pastor Danny was out of town on vaction with his family and they had a guest speaker. They brought in the former youth pastor who in the last few years has planted a church of his own in Ft. Myers. I had only heard him 2-3 times in the previous years going to CC St. Pete and really enjoyed his perspective.
Today he opened up in Ephesian Chapter 4 and it really hit me. It's time to get back to Him. In someways I have lived as I desired and not honoring Him in all I do. I haven't put God first or prayed to Him unless I thought I was having a heart attack or was in some other need. I haven't sang praises to Him just because He Is. I don't want to be sure of my slavation, I NEED to be sure of my salvation. It's time to take John 3:16 up again and let the Holy Spirit reign in me.
Read the Bible.
Pray.
Do it again.
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