Archive for August, 2008
God is Bigger Than We Think
There are too many times in my life when I pray small. I think small. I act small. And my faith gets very small in the process. In those times, I need a mind, heart and soul shift. I need to remind myself through prayer, reading the Scriptures, serving others or by simply watching a sunset that God is bigger than I think.
I was reminded of this last week when I first saw this video from our Global X team about Moldova. It reminded me how big our world is and how bigger our God is. Take a moment to watch this and let it do the same for you.
Then take a moment and answer this question for us today on the blog. How do you remind yourself of the Bigness of God? Your answer might just be the mind, heart and soul shift someone needs today.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
Be an Encourager. Right Now.
Meet Viola Blackshear.
She’s the principal of Woodson Elementary, the school we’ve adopted as an Intersect partner.
Friday, her students will receive their brand new shoes that you purchased for them.
Despite some difficult circumstances, Ms. Blackshear is constantly encouraging her students in amazing ways to become upstanding, college and university graduates. “You do your best and we’ll do the rest,” is her constant charge to the students.
She’s such an encourager that I started to wonder if anyone is encouraging Ms. Blackshear? Sometimes, those that encourage others rarely get encouraged themselves. So, that’s where you come in.
Today, I would like to ask you to encourage Ms. Blackshear by leaving a comment on the blog. You can encourage her that she is doing a great work and that we stand by her as a church. We will print the replies out and give them to her as encouragement on Friday.
In doing so, you’ll be living out 1 Thessalonians 5:11: “Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.”
Jeff
One night you don’t want to miss…
This Tuesday night we are privileged to have two more amazing guests with us as we close out the summer and this chapter of 7|22.
Passion Lead Worshipper and sixsteps recording artist, Charlie Hall, is releasing his new album “The Bright Sadness” on Tuesday at 7|22 and…
Dan Kimball will be sharing some further thoughts on his book: They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations as we conclude our summer series “Unabridged.”
It all gets started at 7:30, but if you want to hang out with some other singles before hand and get a good seat, be sure to show up a little early!
Joel Thomas
Director of Singles & College
Buckhead Music Project
What would it look like if we took our passion for Jesus into bars, clubs and venues around our city? Well, we’re about to find out. We hope you come along for the journey.www.buckheadmusicproject.com
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Jeff
