Everybody
likes a good story. We tell them around
camp fires; we read them to our children; we watch the evening news to hear
about stories from around the world. We
laugh and cry with them; we are motivated by them; we learn from them. Most of all – we connect with them at some
personal level.
As created
beings, we have a connection with the most important story of all – the story
of God! God’s story began with time
itself, at the dawn of creation. We
connect with this story because we were woven into its fabric long before we
were physically created. As God planned
and prepared to create the heavens and the earth, he did so with us in
mind. He designed his creation knowing
one day you and I would be a part of His story.
To better
understand how we fit into God’s story, I am going to begin a new series on
July 22nd, 2012 called “Life’s
Little Stories.” This series will explore
some of the parables of Jesus. Parables were used to communicate an
understanding of God and His story in ways people could understand and connect
with. As we better understand these
stories, we will discover ways to better connect with the story of God.
I want to
challenge you to participate in as much of this series as possible. It has the potential to be incredibly life
changing for every person who attends. In
fact, I believe it will be so life changing I want to challenge you to invite
someone to experience this series with you.
Who do you know that needs to discover their place in the story of God?
If you
live outside of Seattle or can’t make it to a service in person, you can watch
one of the Sunday Replays Tuesday through Friday (check online.gothope365.com for
times). You can also listen to the sermons
in the resource section of www.gothope365.com, at sermon.net/gothope365, or on
iTunes (search “Community of Hope Seattle” or “David Chambers”). New sermon
audio is usually available the Tuesday following the service.
Whatever
you do… DON’T MISS THIS SERIES!
Until
next time,
David
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