Let's not Be Anxious

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 6:25-34

I love people. I love talking to people. If you have known me for any length of time you probably know this about me. One of my favorite things to do during the week is to go get coffee with people to talk and see how God is working in their lives, I do this almost everyday with different individuals, usually either younger than me or somewhere similar to my age. My blog is even called coffeeshopgod. During the course of these conversations, conversations on the phone, and my life, I have noticed something in general about people. We are anxious about our lives.

It seems as if we as a culture are always looking for the next step. It starts at a younger age and continues through life. A drivers license, high school graduation, college, college graduation, marriage, job, children, children’s drivers license, children’s high school graduation, children’s college, children’s marriage, grandchildren, retirement, ect.. There is nothing inherently wrong with being excited about any of these events, but when the expectancy of or lack of these events alter your satisfaction/joy, then there is a problem. Each day is a gift from the Lord.

I am as guilty as anyone. I am anxious for graduation from Seminary. I worry about financial issues. I make plans for tomorrow and wish today would hurry up and get over. Each day is a gift and God has us in each situation in life for a reason. Let’s take joy in where the Lord has us each day.

Is Your Church Missional?

Is Your Church Missional?

Are you as a church effective in your community? Sure we have services Sundays and Wednesdays, meetings almost every other night, activities, and fellowships. We are all very active and busy. You may have visitors every Sunday, many whom are invited by many of you, others who wonder in because we are located so closely to a freeway. But are you as a church effective in your community?

I have been thinking this week about ways that as a church we can be more effective in our communities as a light in a darkened world. If we are going to be missional churches that have passion for our communities then it takes a lot of work. We cannot just expect to have church on Sunday and have people show up and become followers of Christ. What are some ways that we can began to love on our communities with the ultimate hope of showing and sharing the gospel?

Food is one. People love food. Is there a business or school where you could as a church began to intentionally feed the employees as just a simple thank you from your church? Could you imagine the message that would send and the doors that one simple act of love might open if you fed all the employees of the local Wal-Mart? God would work through that.


What are some other ways that you could reach out to our community through acts of love with the ultimate hope of sharing the gospel? I encourage you to think about that this week, pray about it, and let God show you ways we can become more intentional missionally. Time is short. Death is near. If we have a true gospel theology then it demands an urgent missiology. I don’t know about you, but my time on earth is short, and the harvest is plentiful. Does your heart burn for the lost? Do you know the lost? Are you surrounded by the lost?

And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:16-17

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37

True Gospel Theology Demands an Urgent Missiology

True Gospel Theology Demands an Urgent Missiology

Death is upon us. Each day you hear of tragic accidents, family members, elderly people, freak accidents, and many other ways that people meet death. It is no secret or surprise that each day we have the possibility of meeting death. Each breath, and each moment we have is a gift. At any point we could meet death. Then why do we often have the mentality that we are somehow promised tomorrow? We save up, make plans, have retirement, and take for granted that we are given tomorrow? Not that it is bad to plan ahead, but we should never take tomorrow for granted.

As Christians unless we realize the brevity of our life, and more so the brevity of others lives, then we will never have an urgency for the gospel. Billions around the world who have never heard the name of Christ, millions around our very metroplex who have never heard the true gospel, and their life is fleeting. We must retain a missional lifestyle. Not a lifestyle of bible beating, or telling others that they are going to hell in the first sentence that you meet them, but a missional lifestyle. In the world that we live in today we must earn the right to share the gospel. We get to know someone first, find out their needs, meet their needs, and then share the gospel.


Life is short. Death is upon us. If we really believe what is in the bible, if we really take it serious, then our gospel theology will demand an urgent missiology. “Those who are the most effective in reaching the many are the most passionate about reaching the One”. Lets seek God passionately like there is no tomorrow for us, or for them.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Your Life is Fleeting - What Will You Do With It?

Life is Short. Go Hard.

Go Hard or Go Home.

Go Hard or Go Home.

I am ashamed. I call myself a Christian but there are days that I don't share the gospel with others. It is hard to the missional in our lifestyle, It is a sacrifice in our finances, and it hurts. But if we are not willing to get our hands dirty then we need to just go home. We need to be in the community, sacrificing, and giving. If it doesn't hurt then we're not being missional enough. Began to pray that God will show you how
to be a part of your community and lets began to get people by the van loads to share the gospel with.

I love these Lecrae Lyrics on the Song Go Hard:

Lord kill me If I don't preach the gospel
I'm still in my 20's- but I'll die if I got to
Already dead- so forget my flesh
I done been crossed over see the full court press
I'm a full court mess if the Lord don't use me/
Running from my trials thinkin everythangs groovy
If the Cross don't move me then I don't wanna breath no mo/
If I aint seeing Christ potna I dont wanna see no mo
Rep every day without worrying about bruising
I been to china man I seen some real persecution
If U didn't know em would ya life look the same
Can they tell you value Jesus by the way you rep his name?
man what's the point of living if Im living for myself
Lord empty out my life before I put you on the shelf So for God I got Hard I dont' wanna die tonight/ It's too many people living who aint heard about my Christ
Go Hard or Go Home(2xs)
Lord Use Me Up(2xs)

Verse 2:
(Lecrae)
Went to Asia had to duck and hide-for Sharin my faith They tell me water it downwhen I get back to states [ Lecrae Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ] They say tone the music down you might sell a lot a records But it's people out here dying and none of em heard the message Took my wifey on mission trip - central america Shared her testimony 40 people stood and stared at her When she said Jesus shoulda seen it was insane cause 40 out of 40 never heard of Jesus name/ Aw mayne we aint focused on the war we just kickin it/ worried bout our image and our space up on the internet// take me out the game coach/ I don't wanna play no mo/ If cant give it all I got and leave it out there on the court/ Thank you for the Grace for the will and the desire/ got me living for your glory stead of living to retire/ But I pray I'll never tire of Going hard for Messiah/I don't need no motivation You the reason I'm inspired.

Verse 3:
Go Hard/Go Home, Go Hard/ Go Home/ That's what that is baby/that what that mean/that what that mean/ That what That is baby/That what that mean/that what that mean/ Wha-What that mean?/ That mean that we, should be out up in ok streets/ Not just in houses with our bible's summrizing what we read/ Man this aint deep (man this aint deep)/why we aint doing what we read/ Its like we sleep (its like we sleep)/ But sinners sleepwalk when they sleep/ So why can't we (so why can't we)/the redeemed of the LORD/ Act out, what He said/and make a scene for the LORD/ Action-cut, say what, like we was the director/ But you better get a Grip like movie sets, and get to stepping/(Martin) I know you done it/da-done it, da-done-and heard it all You was going hard for the Lord before you heard this song/ But don't play yourself to save ya self/and walk in fear/ Scripture's like a mirror/the truth is closer than it appears/