My New Horizons

I really love the CHURCH. By that I mean the whole universal Church of Jesus Christ. I also love our local body here in NHCC. It’s been encouraging to study through the book of Acts this month and consider what the original first century Church was all about. This past Sunday we looked at a third powerful church in Acts from the city of Philippi. The amazing thing about those folks 2000 years ago was how much joy flowed through them. One of the reasons for their outrageous joy that we noticed Sunday was their confidence that “he who began a good work in them would carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (1:6) As I worked on the sermon last week I thought of that reality for the church in Philippi long ago and how that also applies to us today. As individuals, we can know that God does indeed have a plan for our lives and that we are not merely the products of random chance. But also for our church family here in Rancho we can know that God likewise has plans to complete in us. Even as Debi and I make plans to step out in faith to a new ministry in July, we can all be confident that just as God worked through us all to plant this church; He has even greater plans for the future. So be encouraged NHCC family. God is nowhere near done with you yet. In fact, as the old song from the 80s goes, your future is “so bright that you’ve got to wear shades!”