Words...

I said a lot this morning on a lot of things. I am not sure what got into me ;) I was nervous about all that I had on my heart to say. As a pastor their are weeks like last week when you preach as if you are in a zone and wonder if you will ever be as good and then weeks like today that you have a strong message to unfold. I keep running through this message and here are my thoughts.

• I went to long. I never go this long but I had a lot on my heart.
• I pray that people got the heart of what I was trying to say and not focus on the things that can distract them.
• I wish I could have given it a test run... maybe I should have. But it is also fun to preach it with initial in the moment passion. When we do a second service this will give me a chance to rework it between services.
• Alcohol is not the problem... lack of self control is.
• I am concerned that we may have people not come back because of it. I suppose that people have not come back for less important reasons. 
• Next week we will move on to something totally different but I think I could do a whole series on the role of responsibility we all have, the way we discern our actions for ourselves after reading scripture and What happens when we mess up.
• We are to live by faith. Faith that the Holy Spirit will do his part to lead us into right living.
• I got a lot of positive feedback. One guy said... "He preached the truth not opinion." I like that.
• Create in us a clean heart o God and restore in us the Joy of your salvation.