What's on our hearts lately...

The Gospel.
Nothing can change everything in your life quite like the grace of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ. That period at the end of that sentence is critical, for Jesus Himself said boldly, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" John 14:6 which sums up Acts 4:12 in "there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
If you want to see the gospel in an even clearer section of Scripture, there may be no better description than what Paul provides in Romans 3:19-26, which comes right after chapters 1 and 2 of Romans in which it's clear that all mankind from birth are guilty as sinful people before God's holiness and therefore are without excuse in regards to His commands. And thus the only hope for any of us, is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. To do as Christ first commanded in Mark 1:15 and "to repent and believe in the gospel" which is to repent of our sins and self-focused life and to trust in Christ by faith, only then will God see all our sins as being imputed to Christ on the Cross and His righteousness as imputed to us, so now when God sees us, He sees us as having lived the life of Christ! 2 Cor. 5:21, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."
What grace.... what mercy!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

A Pacific Hope Send off Party...






So our incredible family from Pacific Hope held a get together to fellowship over our departure as well as the Judd family. Our friends Chris and Nicole Halloway have a little girl named Nina, full name is Virginia, but needless to say, Keenan and her have a little thing for one another... See below. Also the first picture is funny and great. Funny, b/c Keenan has just knocked my glasses off, but great, b/c you can really see how much fun everyone is having behind us, so many blessed friends and memories, Meliss and I know we are leaving a rich and unique group of redeemed sinners. But we will have our brother's and sister's for eternity, so that is our hope now and years from today.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 25, 2010 at 7:53 AM

    Thanks for sharing the pictures. What a blessing to be sent off my such a loving church family. How awesome is our God for using this body to accomplish so much, including building up your family. We will be praying with you for the transitions that lie ahead.

    Hope to see you guys this summer in Minnesota. Chicago is only a hop, skip, and jump away. Maybe we can talk Hank and Stacy to coming over from Ohio and all meet up in Chicago..

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  2. Sarah and DrewMarch 29, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    I love the family pics. You were well coordinated! :) I'm sorry we couldn't be part of the festivities. The April countdown is almost here! Gasp!!! Sniff!!!

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