Dear Readers,
I have taught for years that when you begin sharing your relationship with Jesus Christ with others that the people you are talking to already agree with you.
The trouble is in our minds that are darkened with strongholds from the enemy of our eternal souls. These strongholds come from ideologies, trauma, betrayals, and other ways that satan uses pain and anger to cut us off from peace with God.
In other words, satan wants you DEAD! Jesus came to give life, abundant life!
There is a way to bypass the mind and awaken the heart. And it isn’t through religious debate.
Most of the time we are too busy arguing about what we believe, the data we debate, that we don’t ever introduce people to the Person we believe.
Look at this graph:
This now empirically shows what I have been teaching for years. People agree with you. But rather than just talking information let’s enter into formation. Making disciples through relationships.
I will be sharing more on this in the near future, but if you want to hear more on this, then anytime I am teaching you will find this to be a constant and major theme of my life.
TUESDAY TAVERN TALKS
Each Tuesday morning at 7am you will find 25-40 men gathered to hear each other’s stories, to encourage one another, to teach scripture and pray together.
This gathering is at The Mission Cigar & Social in Spring Hill.
Taverns Talks is about our stories and God’s story. It’s not about perfect people with perfect stories but authentic working out this salvation in our lives.
One recent attendee sent me this text after our last meeting: “Thank you for making me feel so welcome. I am already looking forward to next week!”
COMING UP:
March 4- Brian Shake shares his story
Bring your coffee, your Bible, Febreze if you go to the office after, an open mind and open heart. You can purchase a cigar as well to enjoy your first cigar of the day.
We are really grateful to Mark, Monte and Willie for opening up The Mission early each Tuesday and participating in Tavern Talks!
SWEETWATER
Sweetwater Church have invited me back to preach on March 9th. I would love to see you there! I had a bunch of friends who drove out to fellowship with us and it was encouraging to see everyone.
Sweetwater rents a small church building from Glendale Methodist Church, so their meeting time is 11:30am, which is actually an awesome time to meet! You can sleep late, enjoy a leisurely Sunday morning at home, then come worship. And when you get to lunch the church crowd is gone!
They meet at 1423 Culleoka Hwy, Columbia, TN and your GPS will take you right there.
Until next time in The Three Taverns!
Looking Up! (Luke 21:28)
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