I want to thank so many of you for your prayers yesterday. Beverly's procedure went well. However, she was extremely sick for about 6 hours of recovery. I managed to get her home about 6 PM, and then she began to improve. This morning, she is sitting up in bed and feeling much better.
HOW 'BOUT THEM ASTROS! I am so glad to have a World Series in Texas. This is going to be exciting.
Right now we are scheduled to close on our Trophy Club house on the morning of November 2nd and our Decatur house a few hours later. Isn't that incredible! God is so good.
This Sunday, I will begin a series about living in the Kingdom of God. It will focus on the Sermon on the Mount, where the King presents to His subjects what life in His Realm is to be like. I'm excited about this. It is one of my passions right now. I think we (the church) have made a big mistake in trying to make "church" attractive to the world by conforming to it. The Kingdom of God is a radical one. It is upside-down from the thinking and lifestyles of this world. And ironically, it is that difference that makes Jesus and His reign attractive. I'm going to entitle the series, Standing in the Reign.
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5 comments:
Looking forward to hear it. The church in Decatur has been blessed we your wife and yourself. I look forward to many great and glorious day.
The kingdom of GOD is so BIG!!!
Hope Beverly is doing go.
How about them "stros".
Let's go Texas.
GOD Go With You.
Phillip,
I am so sorry to hear about Carmen's uncle. I pray that the Lord will bless your family with peace and comfort.
Tell Beverly the Joneses are glad she is doing well and has such a good and caring nurse to take care of her.
I'm looking forward to your series. I have not studied the idea of the kingdom like I should but have ideas on what I believe it truly means. I know your lessons will challenge me to think through it more deeply and spend time in the Bible understanding His word and will better.
I almost forgot...
GO ASTROS!
There's a fine line between making church attractive to the world by importing the world into the church and making the church unattractive to the world and to our fellow Christians by importing human ideals of righteousness on top of God's world.
I look forward to your series and am glad to hear the Beverly is doing well.
I can truly say I don't care much about sports one way or the other.
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