Hello Church of the Way!
I'm praying for you and friends you're inviting this Sunday to our new series "Coming Home." I'm so excited about the series. We'll be dealing with what it means to come home to a relationship with God. Whether it's been a while since you've been to church, you're trying to get back in the routine, or have never been...God all wants us to come home. Can't wait to see you there!
Thought for the Week
"One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother." Proverbs 18:24
Friday morning, I had the honor of speaking to the entire Student Body at Archer High School, over 2,000 students as part of their beginning of the year rally to strive to reach high and then JUMP even higher. Their motto is a "High Performance Culture." It got me to thinking about something that I'm not sure adults think about enough. When I think "High Performance," I think high performance cars. And high performance cars need the best fuel available. We need fuel, too. One of the most important kinds of fuel with which we fill ourselves is relational fuel -- the people we hang out with. Motivational Speaker Jim Rohn famously said that you are the average of the five people you hang out with the most. Simply, we become who we befriend. Proverbs says that if we surround ourselves with unreliable people, it will ruin us and destroy our lives. Peer pressure lasts through adult-hood. Are you surrounding yourself with positive people who stick closer than a brother who push you to be the best you? Are you hanging out with people that are drawing you closer to Jesus? Or, are your friends constantly pulling you down, constantly being negative forces in your life and prying you away from Jesus? Think about it. Your friends matter. Choose your friends...choose your future.
See you on Sunday!
Carter
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