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am not normally the kind
of guy who “counts their
chickens before they hatch.”
I can however, occasionally
get ahead of myself. Once in
a church service I was pray-
ing an eloquent pastoral
prayer for a lady and her
long nine months of pregnan-
cy ahead.
As I raised my head and pro-
nounced the expected
“Amen,” the entire audience
began to snicker and laugh
out loud. I quickly discovered
my blunder. The mom-to-be I
was praying for was actually
in the crowd and already a
mom. She had delivered a
healthy baby nearly 6 months
earlier. I had misread the
folded piece of paper with
the morning prayer requests
on it. I was praying the wrong
prayer. Ooops.
We all make mistakes; no one
gets it right all the time. We
share this in common with
every other person on the
planet. Some mistakes are
bigger than others for sure.
People often have to start
things over. Aren’t you glad
for second chances? I sure
am. That day in church I just
laughed right along with the
audience.
People can
make mis-
takes, even
a praying
pastor.
Even worse than getting ahead
of ourselves, though, is getting
ahead of God. Once, Jesus in-
vited a hated tax man, Zac-
chaeus down from a tree. He
not only was a tax collector but
a crooked one who took more
than was owed. Yet Jesus gave
him a chance to redeem him-
self. You can read the whole
story for yourself in Luke 19:1-9.
Zacchaeus became a real and
forever Jesus follower. What are
the odds of that happening?
Aren’t you glad for second
chances? Everybody gets one;
even you and me. We should
never get ahead of God and
assume it’s too late for anyone.
No one is without hope; God
can do anything. That is some-
thing we say often at Journey.
It’s not just talking points and
rhetoric. I really believe this to
be true. The Bible is filled with
example after example of peo-
ple who begin to follow Jesus
against all odds.
Can I be very honest with you?
When I blew it in the morning
prayer time it wasn’t my imme-
diate reaction to just be trans-
parent and accept my embar-
rassing mistake. If we’re honest,
sometimes we tend to defend
M ISS ION : To create an
i r res i stible pass ion for God and for people seek-
ing Him.
our position even if we’re
somehow mistaken. We all
need a second chance be-
cause we all make mistakes.
I am grateful for God who
gives grace in spite of our mis-
takes. We all make mistakes,
but God never does!
Moving Forward..
God is good
.
“10 pm Walmart—diaper run. Exit store
to find my car bumped into another car.
I forgot to put it in park .”
Everyday stresses of life challenge us all.
A relationship with Jesus is easy. Join us
for this 3-week series
“It’s not Complicated.”
October 11 & 12 BELIEVE
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and
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One little drop can cause a ripple in your community...
But God is not like that.
J o u r n e y C o m m u n i t y C h r i s ti a n C h u r c h 1050 US Hwy 27 South, Suite 8 Cynthiana, KY 41031 (office) 859.235.8449 [email protected] Bobby Duncan, Lead Minister (cell) 859.588.6642 [email protected]
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In gods at war, Kyle Idleman helps readers recognize and battle the false gods at war with-in each of us, the things that keep us from truly fol-lowing Jesus.
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