Sunday Thoughts

• Today was one of those very solid days.
• One person committed their life to Christ.
• Talked with a couple people after that were blown away by hearing how much God wants be their father and fill the emptiness they may be feeling, because of not having a good relationship with their earthly father. I knew this talk would hit home with many people even those that have decent relationships with their dad. I hope you have found a heavenly father that wants to see you live your full God given potential.
• Thanks to all our hard working volunteers. You bring a big smile to my face.
• Thanks to Jack Martin who rescued my family from a flat tire.
• Thanks to those in our church that are caring for those that are needy in our church. You are the hands and feet of Jesus.
• Thanks for giving regularly. We are getting closer each week to covering our expenses. Thanks to those that are tithing each week, you are trusting God by faith and worshiping him by giving. Thanks for those that are working closer to tithing, keep giving more. For those that aren't I want to encourage you to be part of the great faith adventure. When you give, you pay the the rent, you pay the salaries, you buy the equipment, you buy the bibles, you invest in leadership training, you provide fun place for kids to learn the Bible, plus much more and by doing all this you enable CATF to impact lives.
• It was great to let everyone in on the good news - that is if you were with us today. If you weren't I forgive you. So here it is, one more time (because it's really good news). We are officially part of the Life Church Network of Churches and we are still CATF. So why bother making the commitment? Here are just a few of the benefits, more time for me to invest in our leaders, leadership development for me as pastor, more time to focus on connecting new people at CATF, the privilege of having a world class teacher like Craig on our team (like adding a staff member at no cost), the opportunity to reproduce what we are doing in other communities and the opportunity to be part of a group of churches that is and will change this world. We are ultimately doing this because, somewhere this evening there are people for whom faith is a mystery, life is overwhelming and hope is elusive. There are men and women I don’t even know, some of whom are falling apart, who will connect with CATF or one of the LC network churches / campuses in the next week, their lives will be turned right side up, they will start a life-giving relationship with Jesus and will be on the road to total recovery from the hurts of life. People without hope and without Christ will have become children of God. They will never be the same - for all eternity. That’s why I'm so excited about our new network with LC. Not only for the souls that will come to Christ, but for the followers of Christ that will grow both through what they hear and through serving in a church that is fixated with seeing people come to faith. It's all about life change. With so many churches that are inward focused, we will do whatever we can to be outward focused. Thanks LC - together we will reach 100's, 1000's and millions world wide.
• See everyone next Sunday - if you have to drag yourself out of the house you need to be with us. Let's celebrate together.