I haven’t posted anything for awhile, so here is the sermon – ENCOUNTER GENEROSITY, which started a number of great conversations with our people. One young woman told me that she was at her favorite coffee place when the barista was going to make her usual grande coffee. She said, “No, make it a tall and keep the change.” He was puzzled and asked her why. She said, “do you really want to know?” When he said he did, she said, “My pastor has challenged us to be more generous, and I am trying to see how it works.” The barista chided her told her not to give her money away and gave her a grande.
However, his tune changed when she came in a few days later and was greeted as “Giving Girl.” He said, “Grande coming up?” And she said, “NO! Tall and keep the change.” This time he replied, “you really are doing this! It seems to make you smile, I’ll try it too!” Great stuff!
This last week we dove into the an important topic – ENCOUNTER PATIENCE. It is amazing how much time we spend in the “fight or flight” parts of our brain when God has given us such miraculous ways of thinking, reasoning, and processing emotions with the rest of our brain! Patience is so needed in our culture today!
Lastly, we recently explored the topic of REAL Commitment in the form of the Biblical Covenant in the sermon ENCOUNTER COMMITMENT. You may never look at a marriage ceremony the same way again!