Today was another amazing Sunday! I don’t know why we had never thought of combining tailgating and worship before! Today, we not only thought about it, but we also accomplished it and had a blast doing it! Here are just a few thoughts that I am taking to bed with me tonight!

*We have a great core group of people who bless me with their willingness to give of themselves to make the dream a reality!

*God is teaching all the time and there is still much for me (all of us) to learn!

*Friendship with God is possible and should become a major focus and ambition of our lives!

*When our friendship connection with one another is right, our community brings glory to God!

*I really do love my congregation and desire to grow our friendships!

*Believe we’ve got a lot of work to do and will have to battle through some major spiritual warfare to make progress to the amazing place that God created us for!

*Know that it’s worth it and look forward to doing the things that bring a smile to God’s face!

I love you all! I am glad that I get to be your pastor, and I am even more thankful that God allows us to grow our friendships! Good Night & G3!

Excuses!  We make them so easy and if we are not careful we will find ourselves making them every day all throughout the day!  They come in all shapes and sizes and from every direction you can imagine!  Excuses do not have to be a bad thing!  The problem with an excuse is not the excuse, but getting stuck in it!

If you want to turn an excuse into a good thing, then learn to use the excuse as motivation for moving forward!  The circumstances of life are what they are and you have what you’ve got, but you are not stuck with it!  Even with a “truck load” of bad circumstances, you still have the opportunity to make the choice of how you are going to respond!

Think about this:  The things that hold some people back or the very same things that push other people forward!  The difference is not the circumstances, but the people and their responses!

You don’t have to stop making excuses, but you do need to stop getting stuck in them!  Listen to your excuses and decide what you can do about them and do it!