Sunday, September 27, 2026
Good morning Church
I recently watched a baking challenge where ten amateur bakers were tasked with making a very complicated dessert. All of the necessary ingredients were provided but minimal instructions were given.
The end result was ten of the same dessert with ten very different results - some not bad, others not great :)
So many people drift through life by trial and error, wishing someone would just tell them what to do.
As disciples of Jesus, we have been given the recipe - the full set of instructions. We don’t need to stumble our way through to the right path by a process of elimination. He has hidden nothing from us!
Whether in our personal Bible reading, in the preaching of the Word, in prayer, or in our time of worship, we can confidently expect to hear Him say “This is the way, walk in it.”
And when we do, success is guaranteed!
See you at church!
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Good morning Church
A relay team running a race can only be at its finest when each member shows up ready to run their best.
An important part of the readiness is the pre-exercise stretches and warm-ups that wake up your muscles, loosen the joints, and focus the mind so that one is physically and mentally ready for the upcoming race.
The preparedness of every team member greatly influences the outcome of their race.
As believers, we have a personal race to run but as an assembly, we also have a corporate objective. By starting our day with some personal worship, we are warming up our spiritual muscles and preparing a grateful heart, bringing our personal best.
Our individual preparedness greatly influences what is accomplished by our corporate worship. Let’s be at our finest this morning!
See you at church.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Good morning Church
The law of fluid displacement (Archimedes' Principle) states that when you drop an object into a container of water, it pushes some of the water up out of the container in order to make room for itself. The water and the object cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
We can apply this same principle to our hearts. If we want to have a heart of gratitude, we must be putting gratitude in. If we allow resentment or complaining to have a place in our hearts, gratitude is displaced – they cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
In order to keep our hearts filled with gratitude, we must be intentional about it:
- thank God every morning for waking up to a new day
- don’t overlook the small wins
- give voice to our gratitude to God
- express our thankfulness to others
- separate ourselves from anything that breeds discontentment
If we are not making deliberate choices to cultivate thankfulness, ingratitude will soon move in and displace gratitude.
See you at church, where we can corporately express our gratefulness
Sunday, September 6, 2026
Good morning Church
In a survival situation, starting a good fire from scratch takes some serious effort, especially if you find yourself without matches.
In addition to a supply of dry tinder, kindling, and wood for fuel, you must have some knowledge of fire starting techniques and the physical stamina to do so. It’s a strenuous and time consuming task.
To do that over again every day would be draing but, once you have it burning, you can bank a fire to keep it slowly smouldering instead of burning out. Rather than restarting from scratch, a banked fire can be easily rekindled into a full blaze by simply exposing the hot coals and adding more fuel.
However, even a banked fire will not smoulder forever. It requires some effort daily to stir it up, rekindle it, and fuel it.
So it is with our life of worship!
Keeping our passion for worship burning really is a matter of survival.
See you at church.