sunday’s scuds (march 28, 2010)

Sunday @ NewPointe brought us the final message in The Me I Want To Be series. What an excellent series it has been. I have talked to so many people who say they’re growing by leaps and bounds in their journey toward Christ-likeness. It’s so much fun to hear people talk about what God is doing in their lives.

GREAT message by Dwight today. If you were there then you know how hard he brought it. No way you could be there and not get the message loud and clear.

His message was about sharing Christ with others. Here are some of the scuds he dropped on us:

• Not only is God more interested in you becoming His best version of you than you are—he’s committed to doing that for everyone.
• The Christian life demands an explanation.
• You and I need to be ready to give people an answer.
• God doesn’t call us to be weird—a little peculiar, yes—but not weird.
• Your mission as a Christ-follower: Invite people into God’s family.
• People don’t want to know about your religion. People want to know that there’s hope for their lives.
• If people aren’t asking you questions about why you’re different then something’s wrong with you.
• If you are a follower of Christ, then you have a story to share that’s worth hearing.
• What you have to say to people about what God has done in your life is indisputable.
• People do not find God through rules, regulations, and rituals—they may find religion—but not God.
• The #1 reason people fail to become “the me they want to be”: guilt and shame.
• I don’t know very many people who have real purpose in their lives.
• Apart from knowing and serving Christ, there is no real purpose to life—it’s just existing—waiting to die.
• Most people just HOPE they’re going to make it to heaven when they die. It doesn’t need to be that way.
• For something that’s this important—you want to be certain.
• People are hungry for the good news of Christ.
• If you’re not COMPELLED to share Christ with others then you probably ought to question if you really know him.
• We’re not here to pressure and manipulate you. We’re here to share truth.
• People don’t want to be lectured. They want to be loved.
• Unfortunately most churches do more lecturing than loving.
• Everybody spends forever somewhere.