The Christian life is a great adventure

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Good morning everyone,
 
Our theme for this month: “The Great Adventure”
 
Our Bible verse for today: “The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus.” John 1:35-36 (CSB)
 
Our thought for today: “The Christian life is a great adventure”
 
In 1993 the Christian singer/songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman released a song called “The Great Adventure.” At that time, I was in the early years of exploring my call from God to full-time professional ministry and I was wondering what it would entail. I was on the verge of retiring from the Navy and by then I knew I would spend the rest of my life in vocational ministry, but at that point the specifics of it were very unclear. All I knew was that I was in for an adventure and this song spoke to me in a powerful way. Here are some of the lyrics but I encourage you to Google the song and listen to it as part of your devotional time this morning:
 
Started out this morning in the usual way
Chasing thoughts inside my head
I thought I had to do today
Another time around the circle
Try to make it better than the last
I opened up the Bible
And I read about me
Said I’d been a prisoner
And God’s Grace had set me free
And somewhere between the pages
It hit me like a lightning bolt
I saw a big frontier in front of me
And I heard somebody say ‘Let’s go!’

Saddle up your horses
We’ve got a trail to blaze
Through the yonder of God’s Amazing grace
Let’s follow our leader into the Glorious unknown
This is the life like no other whoa whoa
This is The Great Adventure

Those two disciples of John the Baptist referred to in John 1:35-36 (above) were about to discover what an adventure it is to be on-mission with Jesus in this world. How about you? Do you approach your life as a follower of Jesus is a great adventure? Well, it’s supposed to be! All this month we will explore that idea and think about ways in which we can be part of the great adventure of following Jesus.
 
God bless,
Pastor Jim

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