10 Tweets

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choices Here's my sermon from last weekend in 10 tweets: “The Choice” (Joshua 24:15; Genesis 1-3)

1// Worship has to do with what you value most, how you think about life itself & how you perceive who you are

2// Choosing whom or what you will worship is your most important choice. It shapes all other small & big choices.

3// There is no none of the above option. You can’t not worship.

4// “You weren’t created to worship. You weren’t created for worship. You were created worshiping.

5// Cosper: ...when he made Adam and Eve, he made them creatures whose lives…exalted God—they…worshiped him—with every moment of their lives.

6// There is no all of the above options. Be glad.

7// If any way is good as long as sincere, you’ve made it about performance. Grace is eliminated. Gone from done to do.

8// There is only one good choice. All other gods (your idols) will "eat you alive." (David Foster Wallace)

9// Most people live by default on the choice & default flows away from a personal God who loves you & went to the cross for you.

10// Choose today. Choose now. As for me and my house, I will serve/worship the Lord.

Lightning Round

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Easter Island Tuesday is the all-staff lunch day and we do a lightning round on what’s happening in different ministries. Here are some highlights:

  • We’ve narrowed down the options to two for the global Summit we will help sponsor. I’ll I’m saying right now is that it will be held on one of two islands. Should know soon where we will be in October.
  • Mini-Volunteer Ministry Fair this weekend as part of the Choose series.
  • The big survey went out this week.
  • Working on sound system and projection improvements for the CLC.
  • Small Group sign-up month.
  • We’ll be offering a different wrinkle to Communion for the rest of this series.
  • A Bible Study Fellowship women’s pilot group will be using Five Oaks on Monday night for BSF.
  • Our parenting conference is coming soon: February 7.
  • Looking for a point person to lead the Five Oaks Summit team here at Five Oaks for August.
  • Student Ministries going sledding on Monday and gearing up for this summer’s Challenge conference in K.C.