Henry Judy

• It was a most incredible day today at Life Point.
• We worshiped and we had a good crowd and the new space is awesome!
• We talked about the 2 kinds of repentance: The Judas Repentance that comes from getting caught then feeling remorse and the Peter Repentance that comes from the realization we have sinned and let our Lord down
• We then have a heart change, a head change and then a change of direction. That is what true repentance is; a change of direction.
• Once we are back on track Jesus will restore us and then set us back in ministry as He did with Peter.
• Most people are more comfortable with the Judas Repentance: Its easier and we want an easy Christianity
• Jesus calls us to take up our cross daily to follow Him
• So... Great day.
• 4 Weeks to Easter. We will announce our plans after Wednesday. But are starting a brand new 4 week series which is going to knock your socks off!
• Wednesday night is Y-God and we will be in the book of Matthew looking at the last few weeks of Jesus ' life and then we will show the historical evidence for all the events of the Passion Week including The Resurrection.
• There is more evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus than there is for Lincoln writing the Gettysburg address.
• You should know this stuff since Christianity stands or falls on the resurrection of Jesus.
• Did I tell you I LOVE EASTER!!!
• Alyssa & Alex we missed you today. Feel better.
• Gorgeous day in south Florida. I am solidly pumped at what God is doing. Thank you all for today. It was truly a great day.
• Now I am tired and am SO looking forward to watching the Academy Awards tonight with my lovely bride Darlene. Yea!
• What are you going to wear tonight to watch it?
• Oh all right. I am tired and I am done.
• Peace!

Leaders have been called by God to…LEAD!

However, the thing that keeps getting in my way is…me!  (I have always said that I am my biggest leadership barrier!)

So…from time to time I have to literally focus on some things and really dig deep and refocus/recommit myself.  Here are 3 areas…

#1 – My View Of God!

I am begging God to reveal more of Himself to me.  Isaiah was ruined when he saw God…I want that as well!

I think the reason that I have many times backed off of what I felt the Lord was pressing into me was because of my small view of Him.  AND…I believe with all my heart that He is calling me to take greater steps of faith both personally and in ministry…but I will never do so if I don’t get an ever increasing view of Him!

He’s a HUGE God…and because of that His church should be willing to attempt HUGE things.  “Normal” and “average” should NOT be in our vocabulary!!!  He’s not a “normal, average” God!  The message that we have is NOT “normal and average,” it is one of LIFE and HOPE!!!

I will never fully discover all He wants for me if I don’t continually discover who He is!

I know that I will not fully know Him this side of heaven…but I want to know Him more because seeing Him as He is will empower me to do as He tells me to do.

#2 – My Personal Integrity!

I am trying harder than ever to let my yes be yes and my no be no….which is SO hard for me because I hate telling people no…so I commit and then have to back out later because I am stressed or can’t find the time!

I am constantly making very intentional efforts to be holistically pure.  I don’t want to blow my life and for it to fall to pieces…so, I am setting higher standards in this area on a continual basis.

Integrity HAS to be an issue in my life…or one day it WILL BE an issue in my life.

I heard Brian Houston , “it’s not what people say about you that you have to worry about…it’s what they say that’s true that will hurt you!”

Leaders…we can not EVER undervalue how important integrity is in life and ministry.

#3 – My Desperation For God!

I want Life Point to be a great church. Reaching people for Jesus and to be creative and innovative…but…

Reading Proverbs 21:31 reminded me the other day that we can do the best job that WE can do…but unless God shows up then all we have produced is wood, hay and stubble.

Innovation and creativity are not the goals of our worship services…salvation and repentance are!!!  We can do the former without Him…but if we do so then the latter will not take place!!!

It’s HIS CHURCH…and WE NEED HIM!!!

I don’t want to see what I can do…I don’t want to see what we can do…I want to see what HE can do!  AND…honestly…I don’t think we’ve even seen the beginning of what He wants to do here!!!

What about the LIFE in Life Point? We believe every life has a point. God made everyone in His own image. We know He wishes that all would be saved. Because of that our vision and everything we do centers around the vision which is that Life Point Church exists to:

"CREATE FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST"

How do we do that?

1: LOVING GOD. First and foremost we want to help people LOVE GOD MORE. It is about the GREATEST Commandment of all. To Love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strength.

2: INVESTING IN PEOPLE. Second it is about people. People matter to God. God commanded us to LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OUR SELF. So we want to invest in people to help them become fully devoted followers of Jesus

3: FOLLOWING JESUS. God gave us the complete ability to become like HIM when we became a Christ-Follower. We believe in teaching people to live a life that honors Christ and knowing that God, who began a good work in us will continue that work until He calls us home.

4: ENGAGING CULTURE. Most people believe in God. However, most people believe there are many ways to God and Jesus is just one way. We want to present the TRUTH OF JESUS in the most creative and compelling manner possible. We believe that Jesus is the ONLY way and are looking for the most creative avenues to present this timeless truth. We will do this by being real, rocking, and relevant to the people God brings in our path.

So there you have it. THIS is what Life Point is all about and why we do what we do!

• Yesterday was one heck of a day at LPC
• A very Worship Oriented Day
• I like it when we all connect in a way that puts us in a Spirit of Worship
• I taught on John 8:1-11 The Woman caught in adultery. We took a little bit different angle
• The narrative is not about the woman. She sinned and according to Jewish Law deserved to die.
  
• Whats interesting is Pharisees did not drag the man out just woman. Jewish law says both guilty and should die
• This story is about the Pharisees trying to trap Jesus and stopping his Kingdom Work
• When Jesus ask them who was without sin let them cast the first stone they knew they all had sin
• However JESUS HAD NO SIN and COULD RIGHTLY HAVE CAST THAT STONE... HE DID NOT... HE FORGAVE HER
• A SYMPATHETIC SAVIOR
• See The Point of the teaching yesterday is that there will be people coming to attack the People doing Gods work by bringing up sins and the past and problems all to hurt Jesus Ministry. When that happens People have to decide which of the 2 Camps they are going to stand in
• THE STONE CAMP...... - Ready to judge condemn correct no matter the cost, humiliation, harm to the ministry. No matter who gets hurt or if it divides the church   OR....
• THE SYMPATHETIC CAMP.... - Where we be like Jesus... Going one on one to tell them about a sympathetic Savior who loves and will forgive and restore.
  
• The Woman caught in Adultery walked away with 2 blessings:
  
• 1: A NEW LORD... She actually calls Him that. She got saved.
  
• 2: A NEW LIFE.... Jesus told her to go and sin no more and after meeting Jesus she now had the power to do that.
• The question is when problems and issues come up with people or the church or whatever.. which camp will you stand... THE STONERS like the Pharisees or THE SYMPATHIZERS like JESUS?
  
• WOW...
  
• Anyway great day.
  
• Wednesday night Y-God at the church and we will be discussing our plans and future stuff.
  
• There is some warm weather FINALLY....
• Busy week this week. Pray for me and the church... We got alot to do in next several weeks.
  
• I love each of you but I am REALLY tired so I am done for now
• Peace