Please explore download a free introduction booklet to 'Listen to My Life: Maps for Recognizing and Responding to God in My Story,' that contains the artwork we refer to in this episode. Please join us for a virtual journey thru 'Listen to My Life' starting Septemwith Sharon Swing, Sibyl Towner and Joan Kelley. The God Hunt: The Delightful Chase and the Wonder of Being Found is a book by Karen Mains, available thru Amazon. Listen into this delightful conversation that helps us understand that detecting God in our ordinary days has the potential to help us see the extraordinary in ordinary moments - if we can train ourselves to notice. When the concept of sacrifice is lost, the church is in big trouble.David and Karen Mains are joyful followers of Jesus, prolific authors, and teachers. For example, in their giving, they’ve passed by purchasing what they wanted so a new sanctuary could be erected. The advance of the church, it’s come as people have been willing to be sacrificial. The Old Testament sacrifices foreshadowed God’s incredible sacrifice of His Son, so the sins of the world could be forgiven. The concept of sacrifice is found all through Scripture. So, they’ll give up a valuable out for the chance of a subsequent hit then scoring a run. In baseball, when a team has a runner on first, they’ll often sacrifice to move him to second. Sacrifice-it’s the giving up of something valuable in order to obtain what’s worth even more. Wonderful!Īnd, when the names of new friends are written on a note inside your Bible, you can get people’s names right, too. So, go to church this weekend with this marvelous promise from the Lord that He even remembers your name when He welcomes you to His house. Even if a mother could forget the baby at her breast, which is highly unlikely, I’ll not forget you.” There’s a great Scripture passage in Isaiah. That’s been helping me with my problem of forgetting names. Hey, I’ve started writing people’s names on notes I keep in the front of my Bible. Do you know what it is? What makes me nervous is that sometimes I can’t remember people’s names. One thing makes me nervous about going to church. “Best Years Fellowship”-I kind of like that. But, neither are those of my friends 55 and older. I mean, let’s face it, my gifts haven’t been exhausted yet. The experience BYF people offer the church, their gifts, their time-well, they’re valuable indeed. And, that’s why they form ministries like “Best Years Fellowship.” In a culture that emphasizes youth, the wise church knows that older people are still important. So, it just makes sense for the church to pay attention to such folk. With more and more people living longer, that age group gets bigger all the time. Hey, I more than qualify for that category! What are those best years? Ages 55 and older. Please click here.īYF-that stands for “Best Years Fellowship.” At least in the Wesleyan Church it does.
You will find a variety of other helpful resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. In this book, I offer some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what their pastor has said from the pulpit. This book is available at by clicking here.
I am grateful that I continue to hear how positively readers are responding to my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole-Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. Hey, it was like God was using my own words now to build my faith-and church hadn’t even started yet! Let’s step out in faith and believe the Lord will provide.’” And, a layperson in the congregation came up and said, “David Mains, I remember when we were frightened by such a big move, and one of those early church meetings, you said, ‘We’re out of space. Well, before church started that Sunday, I was looking outside at the new sanctuary that was 2/3 done and now totally underwritten. I’m facing some scary decisions regarding new avenues of ministry.” When it was my turn, I said, “I’d want the Lord to build my faith. I remember a Saturday night when several in my family decided at dinner to answer this question: “If God meets my needs at church tomorrow, here’s what I’d want Him to do.”
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