Citizen Of Heaven

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I took a break this week from our current series "A Life Of Worship" to muse on some current realities. 

Times are interesting to say the least. Every four years there is a huge push to make several decisions that can affect our lives on so many different levels. As citizens of the United States it is our right and privilege to vote based on our beliefs, values and principles. As citizens of heaven we have a daily choice, not an every four year choice, of how we will live on earth and what kind of contribution we will make. According to the Bible our decision is a simple one. LOVE GOD, LOVE OTHERS, MAKE DISCIPLES. God made us for a purpose. He gave us charge over the planet to protect it, He gave us the ability to love our neighbors, He gave us the ability to worship, he gave us the ability to pass on what we have learned. I have to admit that this election year has been a real roller coaster for me. I got really caught up in the right and the wrong, the issues and the candidates, the ethics and the integrity. Quite frankly I became very frustrated and a bit pessimistic with all of it!!! - I believe that God places people in positions of power for a reason, I also believe that my vote does count on certain issues and sometimes even certain candidates, however there is one question that has really been nagging me through this whole process - AM I LIVING AS A CITZEN OF HEAVEN HERE ON EARTH? - Am I loving God the way He desires me to? - Am I loving my neighbor the way Jesus told us to? - Am I making disciples, followers of Jesus, lovers of God? I hope that we will  all go to the polls on November 4th to vote, but even more important than that, I hope that we will live out God's purposes in our lives daily. That's the way He intended for us. The Apostle Paul put it this way in his letter to the Phillipians:

"For you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns."

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 29th - 1/2 & 1/2 Christmas Choir Rehearsal 6:30 pm - Room 129

October 31st - Harvest Fun Fair WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND CANDY!!!

November 6th - New Members Added To The Christmas Choir

November 7th - Fall Celebration - 6:00-9:00 at MY HOUSE!!!