Into The Deep

This morning I was meditating on Luke 5:4 - And when He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, "Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a Catch" Of course, you know the rest of the story. On that night they caught a catch like they had never caught before to the point that their nets were breaking due to the massive weight of all the fish. They even had to call over their friends in other boats because they ran out of room in their own vessel. Now most of you know that I love to fish so naturally passages like this in the Bible tend to grab my attention, recently I was bass fishing at a local lake and we were really having a banner day however, we began to notice a pattern that when we fished in the shallow waters we tended to only catch the smaller fish, but when we could find the deep channels and deep underwater creeks we seemed to catch larger fish. When I was reading over the Luke 5:4 passage this morning God spoke to me and said don't settle for being a shallow water Christian, but dare to dive deeper, love greater, dream bigger, and give more. As I reflected on this I began to realize that Jesus was teaching the disciples a far greater lesson than just about where to fish. He was more importantly trying to teach them to stay out in the deep things of God, to dive deeply into His word and discover the depth of God's Greatness and love. I encourage and challenge you today to not settle for being a shallow water Christian, but dare to dive deeper with God. Yes sometimes the deeper you go the stronger the current, but remember that those who swim in the fast current are those that become stronger because of it. Be willing to launch out into the deep and get ready for God to blow your mind.

Your Friend,
Jake

Clash of The Titans

I am really pumped about the upcoming sermon series that I am going to be starting this week called -Clash of The Titans-. You will want to make sure and be here for this one, as we will be exploring the different clashes and struggles that so many are facing in the current day and age. We will also be taking an interesting look into the Word of God to see what it has to say about this topic. Make sure and dont miss this weeks introduction message to the series, I look forward to seeing you there.

On another note this Sunday was another historical Sunday for our church as we have had another record breaking attendance at an estimated 130-140 people (this is counting men, women, and children). Great things are happening as new folks are visiting every Sunday and many are making a commitment to follow Christ either for the first time in thier lives or in a recommitment to follow God. We have had over 25 decisions to follow Christ since January 1, 2010 and we have doubled in size as a church since October 2009. God is so awesome!!! I can't wait to see what God has in store for us in the coming months.

Just His,
Jake