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Hip Check

Posted on October 1, 2009 | Filed Under West Rome, What I'm learning, XL

Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to give you an update on how I’m doing with the new hip. God is healing like crazy. He has just amazed me at how quickly He has worked in me and healed me. No, He is not completely done yet. I am still doing my rehab and feeling some good quality pain every once in a while. However, I am moving forward quickly and God is the one Who gets the credit. I also have to brag on my wife for a while. She has done a superb job of taking care of me. She has done everything in the world for me and I am totally blessed to have her in my life. She rocks!!

So, that’s how the hip is doing. I will be back preaching Sunday morning at West Rome. I can not wait to get back up there and see what God has planned. Chris Lodge has done a terrific job the last two weeks and God has done some great things. I’m just FIRED UP to be back!

Kris Pyle will be speaking at XL Sunday night. That is not something you want to miss.

Have a great week. See ya Sunday.

Jarrod

16 Hours to Surgery

Posted on September 13, 2009 | Filed Under West Rome, What I'm learning

Well, it’s about 16 hours now until the good Dr. replaces my hip. Fun times are ahead. I’m focusing on tomorrow morning, but can’t stop thinking about what God did today at West Rome. Seriously, you do not want to miss what God is doing each week around here. I recommend you bring all of your friends back next week to hear Chris Lodge bring the message God has placed in him. It is going to be a great two week series. I am sorry that I will have to miss it. However, I’ll be listening on the web.

Now, if you have any wisdom on how to heal the hip quickly, just send your comments. I’m gonna have to blog a list of these things so you can all use them when you get your new hip. I’ll be spending the next couple of weeks at home so you should pray for Tiffany most of all. She might need a break pretty soon. Just kidding. To be honest, she’s the best in the world and I know that she’ll take great care of me through this whole process. I’m sure God has something to teach us both through this time.

Have a great week.

The Challenge of Pride

Posted on August 23, 2009 | Filed Under Sunday Night Updates, West Rome, What I'm learning, XL

We learned a lot this morning in our study of King Solomon. We all know that Solomon was the wisest man in the Bible. We’ve heard how God gave him the opportunity to ask for anything in the world and he asked for wisdom to lead God’s people well. Yeah, that’s what I would have asked for…! HA! I must say, I think we all learned something about ourselves by seeing Solomon’s choice that day. However, the one thing we really learned this morning is that “it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.” See, Solomon started strong and made some great decisions up front. But, at the end of life, he’s writing books like Ecclesiastes where we learn that everything seemed meaningless to him. What was it that took Solomon from having everything that we could all want or dream of, to sitting on his porch as an old man talking about how meaningless life was. Here are the four things we saw today that took Solomon down the wrong road:

1. He began to forget where all the blessings came from.
I think this is where the “slow fade” toward pride began in Solomon’s life. He began to think that some of the great things that God had done for him were actually his fault. We must be very careful to remember the blessings of God.

2. He decided he could handle things on his own.
When he started marrying the daughters of the Kings of rival nations, he was going directly against the command of God. At first, it’s a slow fade. Then, we are going directly against God’s direction for our lives. Be careful!!!

3. He surrounded himself with people that did not support his love for his God.
God specifically told him that, if he married these foreign women, they would turn Solomon’s heart against God. And, that’s exactly what they did. Learn from this. You cannot surround yourself with people that do not support you, and expect to grow toward Christ. They WILL have an affect on you.

4. He actually began to worship other Gods.
Anytime we allow the slow fade toward pride in our lives, if not stopped, it ALWAYS ends up with us worshiping something other than our God.

I was challenged this week that the story of Solomon reminds me of a lot of men in our churches today. We begin to think the good things we have accomplished in our lives have something to do with us. We move from there to trying to handle our lives on our own, and in our own way. Then, we find ourselves spending most of our time with people that WILL influence us against God. And, then, finally, we end up worshiping things (cars, houses, jobs, money) other than God.

Where are you on this scale? Are you fading slowly? Stop it now. Are you already worshiping things other than God? Repent today, and get back on track. You don’t want to end up like Solomon, looking back on a life that ended up meaningless. REMEMBER, it’s not how you start, but how you finish!

Have a great week.

Knowing Who You Are

Posted on May 13, 2009 | Filed Under What I'm learning

One of the most amazing things that God has taught us during our fast is to remember who He has made us. We talked two Sundays ago about how big God is and that was just amazing. It was so awesome to look at God telling Moses that His name is “I AM”. He always has been, always will be, and is today I AM!!! That is so cool to me. Along with that, this last Sunday we talked about what that makes us as His children. We spend too much time thinking we’re nothing when God has made us His children. We think we are helpless and weak when God has told us we have total access to Him. We think we don’t have value when God sent His only Son to die on the cross to “purchase” us and make us His own. The enemy would like nothing more than to steal your identity and convince you that you are not who God says that you are. Today, fight off the enemy by reminding yourself of all the great things that God has made you. He chose you, bought you, and loves you completely. Don’t let anyone tell you anything other than that.

Peace!

21 Day Fast – The Day After

Posted on April 27, 2009 | Filed Under West Rome, What I'm learning

Good morning everyone. I have to say, it was a beautiful day getting up and eating some stuff that I haven’t had for a while. I know many of you are too busy drinking your fourth cup of coffee to read this right now, buy you’ll get to it later. We had a great day, yesterday, celebrating what God has done in our lives over the last 21 days. Relationships are being healed, people’s financial situations are being corrected, and people are being saved. How awesome is that?!!! God has come through on His promises that He always blesses our sacrifice. However, I still don’t think He’s done. I know that He has even bigger things planned for His church and it really fires me up that He allows me to be a part of it. There is no place in the world I’d rather be.
My prayer now is that we will all step up to the challenge and allow God to continue to work in our lives as He has over this time. The last thing I want to do is starting eating more and stop spending my time with Him. He must remain the priority. He has reminded me through this fast that He is the sustainer, not what I eat. I pray that our whole church family is never the same again.

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