Sunday Scripture

Today was another awesome day – praising, worshipping, and celebrating our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ – with my church family. It’s good to see slow and steady growth within our local church body with new faces joining us each week. God’s Kingdom continues to expand worldwide – including right here in Homestead Florida.

Today I led our church service. I preached my 28TH sermon over the past 3 years. It’s a message that God placed on my heart over the past few weeks. It’s all about God’s “Kindness & Love“.

Here’s an excerpt:

So today I talk about God’s “Kindness & Love” knowing that there is no other in creation who is so kind. There is no other in creation who loves us so much.

We as mere humans are worldly. We are sinful in that we are not always kind, and we are not always loving. In fact I’ll go even further to say that we are not kind more than we are kind, and we don’t love more than we do love.

Our God is always kind. He is always loving. Not a moment goes by where He fails to be kind. He never stops loving us. He created “Kindness & Love”, and He wants each of us to show more of it on our day-to-day journey to get closer to Him.

Here’s another excerpt:

God is doing a work in you. God won’t give up on you. He wants you to trust Him to continue His work to slowly change you into the likeness of His Son Christ Jesus. God will never give up on you. Don’t give up on God.

God is doing a work in me – one day at a time. I’m a perfectionist. If I want something done right at work then I do it myself. In fact – nobody’s allowed to do my job at work when I’m not there – when I’m on vacation.

I returned from my 13-day road-trip to and from North Texas on October 01ST. I was away from work for almost 2 weeks. I often thought about what crises – what scandals – what bad decisions were being made by others while I was away. I’m getting better at worrying less about work – when I’m not at work – but I still need to work at it. I’ll probably stop worrying about work – once I retire in a few years.

And another excerpt:

So back to my faults. I have – OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder). Any other OCDers here ? Of course. I’m not alone. An estimated 1 out of every 40 adult Americans have some form of OCD. Guilty.

I have a temper at times. “No Chris. You’re too mild-mannered to have a temper.” Actually I’ve been known to throw temper tantrums when I least expect it – even at the age of 52. Why I threw at least two temper tantrums at work this past week.

Oh ! – and I’ve been committing sins for as long as I’ve known the difference between right and wrong. Any other sinners here ? Of course. I’m not alone. An estimated 10 out of every 10 adult Americans is a sinner.

You know we all say things that we shouldn’t. We all do things that we shouldn’t. We all think things that we shouldn’t. And you know what ? We all don’t say things that we should. We all don’t do things that we should. We are not perfect. We are far from perfect. But our God is so rich in mercy, and He loved us so much, and He loves us so much. Oh ! – and He’s perfect in every way.

And finally this Scripture from Titus 3:4-7:

When God our Savior revealed His “Kindness & Love” – He saved us – not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins – giving us a new birth – and new life through the Holy Spirit. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Because of His grace He declared us righteous, and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.