Mon
May
10th
2010
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Nourish (Guest blog from Shanna Lehr)

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This Thursday, Southbridge Fellowship women will be gathering for Nourish, our Women’s Ministry event. We will host Paula Rinehart who is an author, speaker, and counselor in Raleigh.  As I talked with Paula over lunch, I sensed a warmth and thoughtfulness about her as well as a deep love for God’s Word.  She will speak for two short sessions.  Here is a sneak peak at the content of her talks:

“Two bedrock truths must be ours, in ever deeper measures, as we move through life:  God’s greatness and His empathy.  What would it mean to walk out your days with God, resting in his sovereign grace? Experience the cure for our regrets, the calm for our fears.”

Join us at the Hilton RTP off Page Rd at 7pm this Thursday, May 13th for an exciting evening with our women. Paula’s books will be available for purchase at the event.


Mon
Aug
3rd
2009
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Requirements of Generosity

What are the requirements of living a generous life? One of them is not that you have money. Ask Peter and John in Acts 3:1-10. They did not have money, but they met the requirements of a generous life. They were able to see past a man’s expectations to his real needs and had the courage to give what they had.

How many times do we miss opportunities to give because we fail to see real needs or we are afraid to give what we have? Those are the requirements of a generous life:

1. Eyes to see real needs.

2. Courage to give what we have to meet those needs.

Do you meet the requirements of a generous life?


Sun
Aug
2nd
2009
1

Community Group story

One of our Community Groups sent me this story of life change:

A memorable Community Group effort started last Christmas when we were offered the opportunity to sponsor a needy family at Christmas time. The family we got to sponsor was a mother and her five children ranging in ages from 2 to 11 years old.  Also the father of the last four children, is actively involved with the family.  We collected up the gifts and took a meal to them and they were very appreciative.  But that is just the beginning.
 
Our group was convicted that a one time giving of gifts was not what God wanted, so we got involved with the family.  Some of our group started going over on Thursday nights and helped the kids with their homework, took a meal or just plain shared fellowship.  Near Easter, one of the members of the group shared the Easter story and then the Gospel and the entire family prayed to receive Christ.  They have been coming to SBF as their schedule permits.  We had a community group night at the Durham Bulls and took the family.  We had a group cookout and invited them and they brought a teenage neighbor who also stated he wanted to come to church.  So our community group grew from a simple gift giving effort to shepherding a family which led to multiple salivation’s.  Now that is PRAISE the LORD material.

That is great. Thank you for sharing.


Sun
Jul
19th
2009
0

I want that!

Have you ever seen what someone else had and thought: I want that? Perhaps you have walked into a restaurant and saw what someone else was eating and all of the sudden thought: I want that. You could have just bought a new whatever and then you see a truck pull in your neighbors driveway. They got a new one too and you thought: I want that. Maybe you have seen it with kids. Our kids can be playing and one of them will bring out a toy we have not even seen in six months because it has been buried in the bottom of the toy box. All of the sudden when one of them pulls it out the other one is saying: I want that. What is that? There is something in us, that when we see what someone else has all of the sudden we want that.

The church should function like that. When the world sees what we have (Jesus) they should say: I want that. However, the church has become lame. It is more of a routine than a revolution. The early church was different. Success was not measured by attendance. It was more than a one hour routine. It was not about a bunch of people singing some good music and hearing a good talk from one guy. The early church was different it was a revolution that turned their world upside down. What did they have? COMMUNITY. By Community I simply mean being connected in relationship. Connected in relationship first with Jesus Christ then with each other. You can hear more about this by listening to the message from today: I want that!