Easter Weekend reflections and this Week at the Grove
Apr 09
Big Idea:
Toxic Religion: I have to live up to a certain standard for God to accept me.
The Jesus Way: As I put my trust in Jesus, God accepts me into His presence and His family no matter what.
Jesus says, “Come to Me.”
Scripture Memory:
Matthew 11:28-30 (English Standard Version)
28(A) Come to(B) me, all who labor and are(C) heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and(D) learn from me, for I am(E) gentle and lowly in heart, and(F) you will find rest for your souls. 30For(G) my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Action Step:
Pray this prayer daily during this series: ”Jesus, please show me your way.”
Random Thoughts:
- What a great weekend overall for the Church at the Grove family!
- I loved the Easter Egg hunt and partnership with Corndawgs on Saturday. What a crazy day! We probably had 3000 children and possibly a couple more thousand adults there. It was wild! At one time, the traffic was backed up to Youth Middle School!
- I love our volunteers! What a great group that helped us with the Easter Egg Hunt and served at Corndawgs on Saturday. Thank you to all who did such an awesome job working and serving to make the Easter Egg Hunt a great family and community experience!
- I was wiped out on Saturday after a crazy time with the Easter Egg Hunt!
- Sunday was an awesome day! It was our largest crowd since we moved into the new school and the second largest crowd ever for Church at the Grove!
- I love Gabe, Austin and the band! They did an awesome job putting together an awesome Easter celebration.
- We had several people to turn to Jesus and follow him on Sunday! What a great thing to see people trust Jesus for forgiveness. That is why we do what we do!
- My family had the opportunity to eat lunch with an incredible group of people at the home of Jimmy and Christi Spears. Jimmy can surely cook! I love eating his sweet potato souffle! We had a blast!
- I am so excited about what God is doing in and through our church! We are growing and God is bringing so many new people into our fellowship.
- I am excited about our DETOX series. Religion was and is the enemy of Jesus! We must detox from the pull that religion has on our life and focus on the person of Jesus. Religion is man’s attempt to get to God, Jesus came to initiate a relationship with each of us.
- I need you to help us follow up with all the guests you brought with you over Easter and recent weeks. We know that people connect quickly through relationship and responsibility! Please give them a call and invite them back and connect them to some other people!
Keep praying, Keep investing, Keep inviting!
