Preparing For Sunday

October 17, 2010

Songs we will sing:
Holy Is The Lord
Your Name
What A Savior
Amazing Grace
How Deep The Father's Love

Sermon:
Acts 4:1-13. After spending a night in jail, Peter and John appear before the Sanhedrin. These are the same men who condemned Jesus to death. They had all night to think about it, and now the moment has arrived. How will they react? What will they say? One word describes Peter's response: BOLD. Join us this Sunday as we continue our Acts sermon series Upside Down.

Do I Give God Leftovers?

Does God get my leftovers? It is a haunting question. I've been thinking about this ever since hearing another pastor preach about it last week and reading about it in Crazy Love. We all know what leftovers are. Some people give their best to their work... or hobbies... or the football game the night before (or some other event). Then Sunday morning rolls around and they drag themselves to church and give God leftovers. So sad. So heartbreaking. And yet it happens all the time.

Here is what Francis Chan wrote about it:

"For years I gave God leftovers and felt no shame. It's easy to fill ourselves up with other things and then give God whatever is left. God gets a scrap or two only because we feel guilty for giving Him nothing. A mumbled three minute prayer at the end of the day, when we are already half asleep. Two crumpled-up dollar bills thrown as an afterthought into the church's fund for the poor. Fetch, God!"