GOD HAS GIVEN US A PURPOSE FOR LIVING

Do you look forward to getting out of bed on a typical Monday? Some people are probably thinking right now, "Are you crazy, Pastor Larry? Of course not! Why would I want to get out of bed on a Monday morning?" Many people crawl out of bed each morning only because they "have to." They "have" to go to work or to school or go tend to a crying baby. For many people, life has become rather mundane — routine.

But does it need to be this way?

At Christ's Covenant Church as we are journeying in the book of Ephesians we are reminded that "the gospel changes everything." The Lord has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ. It‘s as if God has given us a treasure box full of His indescribable blessings, granted to us because of the life, death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. The Christian‘s glorious challenge is to "unpack" that treasure box of the gospel for everyday life. If we seldom open the treasure box of the gospel, we live without full enjoyment of the blessings that are already ours in Christ. Instead of enjoying the gospel treasure, we end up looking for joy and purpose in other places — and those "substitutes" always let us down eventually. Over time, life becomes dangerous at worst and disappointing at best. Eventually, we don‘t even want to get out of bed.

Again, does it need to be this way? Might not the Lord want us followers of Jesus to deeply enjoy life — to see it as having great purpose? Sunday, October 25th we asked and answered these very questions. If you were not able to be with us in person, you can listen to what you missed at www.hisfameministries.com