Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Ushering Guidelines Theme of the Week: A Diverse Communion Thursday, June 10, 2004
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Men of IntegrityMay/June 2004Ushering GuidelinesTheme of the Week: A Diverse CommunionThursday, June 1073
Key Bible Verse: With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God (Psalm 84:2). Bonus Reading:Psalm 84:1—4, 10—12
Scripture says we ought to have hope. I'm not talking about invisible hope. I'm talking about hope that's obvious.
I remember my first year at Mount Zion. Every time I started preaching and folks got happy, ushers would drag 'em out. Get a little fire started over here, and they'd drag 'em out. Somebody looks like they might shout over here, drag 'em out.
So I went to an usher board meeting and said, "I want to ask you a question. I confess that I'm a little new here. Why do you all drag out folks that seem to be getting a little happy?"
They said, "Oh, pastor, we don't want them to disturb your preaching."
I said, "That's very nice and kind of you, but I want you to stop that. How can I get a fire started when every log that starts burning, you drag it out?"
Then I said, "If you really want to help, and you want to take out the one that's disturbing me, then that deacon who's asleep down there, take him out! That's really disturbing me. Here I am preaching my heart out, and he's down there asleep. Take him out, walk him around, and wake him up."
—E.V. Hill in A Savior Worth Having
My Response: Is my abandon or reserve in worship more a function of my spiritual fervor or of my culture?
Thought to Apply: In the church of God two opposite dangers are to be recognized and avoided: they are a cold heart and a hot head.
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