Weather wise, fall is still making its entrance to the Southside, although this week is going to be pretty cool. The forcasted high on Tuesday is suppose to be 50! The leaves are just starting to change color. Today was a pretty day with a high right around 70. The day started off very cool.
This morning I thought we wouldn’t have any students, but by the time Sunday School arrived we had more students than adults. We would have had even more, but we had some sickness going around. We ended up with 30 for Sunday School and 39 for worship. It was good to see so many here for Sunday School.
I preached on Salvation by Faith Alone, making today a Reformation emphasis. We even changed the altar cloth to red for the occasion. The sermon went well. Tonight we continued our series on Noah. The question is what kind of risk are you willing to take for God? Is God asking you to do something you might think crazy or impossible? Just think at 500 years old, Noah built an ark that was 1.5 football fields long (an aircraft carrier is 2 football fields long) Three stories high, and 75 feet wide, using no modern equipment, no Home Depot, no power tools and just four men! Talk about a risky move and then he risk the ridicule of his neighbors. Why would anyone build a boat in the middle of nowhere?
Noah was obedient to God and because he was obedient, God saved him. What is God asking you to step out in faith to do today?
Now, it’s time to go watch some Phillies baseball. I would love to see them wrap it up in Philly, but that would take a sweep of the next two games. More later!
