Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Notes for Sunday September 21, 2008

Read: Isaiah 43 Tool Time: Witness

Your witness gathers all your gifts into one place. In witness you make known that which is your passion. Through witness you share your goals and dreams for yourself and others around you. Everyone shares a witness. Good or bad everyone shares a witness with the world.

Think of a great big tool box. Every good work you will ever want to accomplish will have a tool, ready for you, stored in the tool box. As we reach to open the drawers, we will find tools to accomplish amazing tasks. There are always more tools than there is energy for the day. These tools allow us to accomplish our work with integrity and precision.

The prophet Isaiah shares the power of God to renew and restore all things. This God is the creator, the master builder, the keeper of the tool box. God has called us and named us. God breaks the bonds which hold us captive. We are a witness to this amazing power. We see, and then share. We experience, and then proclaim. We receive a witness, and then share a witness.

The power of witness is the power of the Spirit in at work in the world. Our witness is a tool chest brimming with potential. Let’s go to work.

Worship Next Week
Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-12
Sermon Title: “The Tool Box”

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