First Church of Christ in Christian Union

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10/12/2020

Beautiful!

10/12/2020

We are blessed to live in a country where we have freedom to worship the one and only God. Thanks to those who helped put our flag up today. Pray that God will continue to bless America.

08/25/2020

New steps being put in

07/24/2020

07/19/2020

Baptism

07/19/2020

Baptism

06/05/2020

As a kid growing up, I had balance down to an art. I could do tricks on my bike that drew a crowd of other neighborhood kids every time I performed. It was awesome. Yet as a married young adult, I had no idea what balance in a marriage was all about. My balance in marriage was awful.

The first time that I heard the analogy of a man being the hunter who pursues the woman of his dreams, I did not get it. As hunters we pull out all the stops to get her, but once we do - once she says "yes"� and the ring is on her finger - we go out to conquer other things. We quit pursuing her and move on to a career or a hobby or something else. (Thank you, Dr. James Dobson. I just wish I had listened.)

I guess the best way to define balance in a marriage is to keep your spouse number two. In the first years of our marriage, I did a really bad job of balance. I pursued a career and tennis and running and working in the yard and friends, and Nancy went from being my number two to way down my list. You would have to ask her where she felt she fell on my list of things that are important. So the time in our marriage that almost ended it was in direct correlation to a marriage that was terribly out of balance. God gave me a wakeup call and another chance. I had to get this balance thing down. You know what I learned? Getting our marriage in balance took a lot of work, but I found that I liked my life in balance a lot better that a life not in balance. I liked putting Nancy number two and when I put her number two, guess where she put me? Yep, I was now her number two.

This is the cool thing God taught me. I am busier today than I have ever been, but if you asked Nancy where she ranked in my life, she would without hesitation say she was number two! I ask God to show me what I need to do each day for Nancy to know how much I love her and how important she is to me. You know what? He does!

Prayer: Ask God to show you where you are out of balance in your marriage and then ask Him to help you put your marriage into balance.

06/03/2020

God is a Master Restorer as well, but He doesn't restore old cars He restores the lives of broken men. Most men who have lived some time on this Earth and have put in some long miles on this life, probably have made many mistakes and have had some “accidents” in their life. Perhaps early on in life they thought they could do anything, they were young, vibrant and full of vitality destined to change the world but after being knocked around a time or two by the hard knocks of life they may feel they are left in some back lot of the junkyard just rusting away feeling like their purpose is done and gone and they are not good for anything. Life can steal your shout and rob your roar if you let it; by either going through the motions of the mundane or dealing with blow after blow of hardship.

However, The Restorer of our souls has a vision for broken men. He desires to make them better men than they were ever before. If you allow God to work on you, he will cut out the rusty parts of your life and restore them with bright shiny new parts.

And when God has fully restored and renewed a man, the world has to take a step back and hear him roar with love, kindness, and meekness.

When was a difficult season in your life that gave you some dings and dents?

What areas do you need God to cut out the “rust” in your life and restore?

How do you want to shine bright for Christ as a fully restored man of God?