Simplify!!

So the quest continues for us to find "the" church..after 10 years at Fellowship..it seems (to me) that they have "lost it" for me in the past few years. SO I am on a quest to find a good church!! Every Sunday we are going to a new church to "try" them out!!

Today we went to Faith Heights church...now as we walked in I was not impressed because we were obviously lost and new, but no one offered help..hhhmmm But the praise and worship was very good!! and the Message was just what I needed!! The pastor I thought was good--kinda reminded me of those tv pastors though--kept shouting can I get an AMEN--lol

But today I got ALOT from his sermon!!

1st--JOY...DO NOT loose your JOY, no matter what!! WHY?? because GOD loves you and you shouldn't care about anything else--you must Believe in God and Believe God has a plan for you!! You should be joyful at all times (YES I do struggle with this ALL the time) I get pissy throw a fit when things don't go my way--well guess what..that must mean it is not supposed to go my way--Good Point huh

2nd-Forget the past--Because it is in the past!! Great Point!! I try to really do this!! I have forgiven those I have needed to...It is also said that those who don't forgive us--forgive them and move on--if they don't forgive you that is THEIR problem now--not yours--Great Words (wish I had that part before Christmas!!)

3rd-SIMPLIFY you life!! get rid of all necessary events, clutter, kids activities and so on.  Serving and Worshiping God should be #1..if you are to busy or tired to do so--you need to get rid of some things! But never get rid of your GOD time.  GREAT words there too...this past year we haven't been to church much--why? because I would rather sleep in and be lazy--OK OK I am working on changing that too.  He went on to say that serving God should not cause you any stress--Stress comes from not doing Gods will or trying to cram his will into my busyness--Don't BUMP God out!!

So I am not sure if this is "the" church as we have others to visit--this message was awesome and just what I needed to start the new year!!!

2013--Simplify