Cultivating Contentment 11-21-2010

Cultivating Contentment is the theme of my message this week! When we are considering the battle that we as followers of Jesus have with a culture that tells us that what we have right now isn't enough, and we need to spend more money and buy more "stuff" in order to find contentment...what did Jesus say?

"Life is not measured by how much you own." Luke 12:15 (NLT) Contentment is a great virtue for us when it comes to many areas of our lives.

At the same time, we need to have DISCONTENTMENT in other areas. Jesus challenges us not to be satisfied with just loving Jesus. We need to be discontented about people being far from Him. We need to be discontented about people being homeless. We need to be discontented that there are huge numbers of people in the Abingdon area who don't know Christ! We need to be discontented with church as normal that doesn't include us reaching out to our neighbors and friends who are disconnected from Christ.

We know there is hope in Jesus for every man, woman, youth and child. That is why we do what we do at 21 Linwood Ave and why we are sending out The Vine to a new place of ministry. I want to remind you why we are doing The Vine! Watch this video from March 2008 that Toni Pitrat created which cast the hope and vision for what is now the The Vine. Listen, read and pray!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v1ElEJqw_c&feature=youtu.be
In Jesus,


Barry

PS I am counting on you to prayerfully commit to our ministry in 2010 and step forward for a second gift for The Vine. We can do this by being content with what we have and give away what we might have spent on ourselves.