Category: God

1.  For the 2ND Sunday morning in a row we had showers during the two services as a cold front blew through. This is a powerful cold front. Temperatures could bottom out in the mid-to-upper-40s here in Homestead tomorrow and Tuesday morning with wind chills approaching the upper-30s !  BUNDLE UP !

2.  The Information & Sales tables have become stale and predictable. We had a short ‘think-tank’ session this morning with Anne, and we plan to begin making changes to it all starting next Sunday morning. We need to keep up with our neighbours over at the ‘Kids Life’ table which always looks new, exciting, and special.

3.  The maroon LPC ‘CHURCH ROCKS !‘ tee-shirts are a smash hit that keeps on multiplying. I must’ve seen at least 25 of them being worn all throughout the LPC complex. If you’re wondering how you can purchase one for yourself then wonder no further. Visit us at the new-and-improved Information & Sales tables next Sunday morning. We’ll set you up. It’s the fashion statement of the season !

4.  Moving the distribution of the weekly bulletins down to the pier door may have been a temporary fix, but I think that it worked out so good that it should be a permanent move. You grab a bulletin as you walk in to the theatre. How simple is that ?

5.  Lead Pastor Travis spoke on being cross-cultural. God created us all in His image, so to surround ourselves with only those who look, sound, act, and think like us is to diminish His creations. We need to mix ourselves up a bit with one another. The melting pot that is South Florida is a perfect place to do that. It’s what Heaven looks like. Different colours. Different accents. Different languages. Different opinions.

1.  It was a cloudy, chilly, drizzly, and raw Sunday morning here in Homestead – one of those rare mornings that only occurs about 3 to 5 times a year. It was a good 20 degrees colder this morning than it was yesterday morning. God decided that we needed a little bit of change in our mundane lives down here in our subtropical paradise, so He delivered Winter with a punch.

2.  I haven’t missed a Sunday morning yet at Life Pointe Church due to sickness, and I wasn’t about to start today on my one-year-anniversary. It’s Day 3 of my 2ND bad cold in less than 3 months, and I could have been sick and miserable in the darkness of my home, or I could have chased the daylight of my church family. I chose the latter, and it felt great to be with everyone. I hope that I didn’t infect anyone with my cold germs. I tried hard to keep my hands and my hugs to myself.

3.  I think I drank the equivalent of 4 large cups of Starbucks coffee this morning while serving during the first service. After awhile I forgot that I was sick because I was pinging on caffeine. The hot coffee went down so smoothly down my sore throat.

4.  Pastor Travis was about 55 miles away this morning at the grande 10:29 AM launch of InDependence Church up in Weston Florida. Hopefully Travis and Nathan will do a ‘Sunday Wrap-Up’ of how things went up there with the official start of the brand new church plant.

5.  Pastor Paul substituted for Pastor Travis this morning, and he delivered another powerful teaching to us. We are disciples. We are ministers. We are priests. God wanted all of His believers to serve as priests. There are many functions of being a priest. Here are 5:

• Discipleship – to disciple to others
• Intercession – to pray for others
• Evangelism – to tell others about Jesus Christ
• Service – to serve others
• Worship – to celebrate Jesus Christ with others

If you’re not doing all of these functions then you are dysfunctional as a priest. We are all dysfuctional in one or more of these key areas, but it’s very easy to correct the situation. Maintain your strengths, but focus on your weaknesses. Never settle for mundane. Always strive for better. Look toward and move forward to those thousand points of light !