I preached yesterday.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to fill in for my pastor as he was at another church (one of our church plants) to be a part of an ordination. I had a blast, even though I was still battling laryngitis. I preached on Trials out of James 1. As most of you know my wife and I are in the adoption process. 17 months in it has become a real trial! So I was preaching from my on going trying experience. Here are some points from my message:
James 1:2-8,12
The Subject: Trials
The Initial Result: Patience
The Purpose: Maturity
The Gift: Wisdom
The Expectation: Faith
The End Results: Blessing for Us and Praise to God!
After the message Jeff closed the morning with a wicked praise "Reckless". Over all it was a great morning. I had a blast and felt like I delivered the message that the Lord wanted. I know the church will be very happy to have our pastor back in the saddle on Sunday.
Labels: Ministry
posted by Chris Goeppner @ 3:56 PM
3 Comments:
Given the adoption process...I'm sure you had a lot to draw from. I will be exciting to see you and Penny as parents...I will be the first one teach the kids how to eat cheetos and surf the web with your mac!
Romans, James, Ecclesiastes, and the Gospels...if I had to pick out just a few books to have, those are them. You could put Psalms in there too.
I guess my point is that I love the book of James.
And Ecclesiastes may seem to be a weird choice, but I've always liked it...now, after listening to the Matt Chandler series on it, it's solidly up there.
Oh, also, how many times did you say, "Does that make sense?" You have to say that at least three times to preach there, I think :-).
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