I am just absolutely overwhelmed at all the Kingdom goodness happening with our North Side family right now!
I tried some different things in our services today concerning order and elements. We had a lot going on but it was a powerful time.
- Reading Psalm 19:7-11
- Song – “Your Word” [from “The Word”]
- Welcome and Intro to Service (I talked about where we were heading in the service. My sons helped out by reading 1 Thess. 5:11 and praying that God would work in us and not have a critical spirit.)
- Song – “What a Savior” [from “The Word”]
- Baptisms (I love watching pastors and fathers baptize those they led to Christ – moved to tears)
- Summer Missionary Commissioning – Sending these college students and young adults to the nations!
- Our Mozambique missionaries prayed over them – what a treat!
- Song – “Faithful and True” [from “The Word”] – As we sang this song, we had pictures of the places that our students are serving this summer.
- Message – “A Critical Spirit” – James 4:11-12
- Reading – John 13:34-35
- Song – “Unite Us Together” [from “Overcome”]
- Prayer – Edgar Enriquez just returned from Mexico doing seminary and prayed us out – what a great way to end our services!
Even beyond these great, full services, we began a new check-in system today and our teams were super prepared and everything went great!
We also released our new CD today, and I was so excited to hear all the excitement about our people getting copies to take to friends and family!
Still processing things from today’s message on being critical. I loved how Jeff showed the difference in calling out sin in another and just being critical.
Some of my notes:
- Speaking truth brings healing, speaking evil brings harm.
- If I can’t confront someone with an open Bible, I should keep my mouth shut.
- You cannot turn a sinner around without addressing the sin.
- The standard must be the Word of God.
- If someone criticizes another in your presence, ask them this:
- Why are you telling me this?
- Where did you get your facts?
- Have you talked to that person about it?
- Can I quote you?
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Travis Agnew serves as the Lead Pastor of Rocky Creek Church in Greenville, SC. His most recent book is Just (About) Married.
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