Life Together: Joy Abounds

Sermon By Pastor Corky Calhoun

The longer I am in ministry the more I am keenly aware that the enemy really does want to come and kill and destroy. I think he would love nothing more than to separate us from our life together with petty quarreling and denominational skirmishes. Lastly he wants to wreck your life and steal your joy. In response I think there is a huge difference between "God with us" and "God in us". The latter is like fire retardant for our soul. When Jesus is "in us" through the Holy Spirit, then he goes everywhere we go. When he is "with us" it implies we can choose to acknowledge or ignore his presence. Jesus "in us" means that his joy in us is untouchable, it cannot be snatched away and it for sure is not circumstantial. I am an extrovert so doing Life-Together is a great source of replenishing joy in my life, the more the merrier. God creates the church and its united community as a vessel for sharing joy, for celebrating and for being reminded that our circumstances, no matter how difficult never have the last word. When I invite people to church, one of the first push backs is that they have been to church before and it is boring ( I am always thankful that Georgianna is not the church they have visited). Church should never be boring!!!!!!! The fact is that simply being rescued from death is plenty of reason to celebrate and to be filled with an expressive and abundant joy. Join us Sunday as we affirm what I think we do best...sharing joy.