"Finding God's Plan for Your 2011!"

Jesus Christ Is God’s ultimate yes!

2 Corinthians 1:19

A generation ago, a very devout missionary to India by the name of E. Stanley Jones wrote a life-changing book while he was in his 80s. The book was called The Divine Yes! It touched so many people. It was quoted by Billy Graham, Bill Bright, Robert Schuller, Norman Vincent Peale, Oral Roberts, and Pat Robertson. And my grandfather Rev. Floyd White had the chance to meet E. Stanley Jones in Tacoma, Washington at Puget Sound University and attend his School of the Prophets. It had a profound impact on Grandpa’s life. E. Stanley Jones had been a friend to Mahatma Gandhi, but he was most famous for being a follower of Jesus Christ in such an authentic way that it impacted a whole generation.

We as a church are involved in a life-changing study of 1 and 2 Corinthians. We are expecting a revolution in our understanding of love, worship, spiritual gifts (and how we use them in the church), and skills for having a heart that finds God’s plan for the complexities of 2011. I love the passage in 2 Corinthians 1:19-22 “For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between ‘Yes’ and ‘No.’ He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate ‘Yes!’ And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ (which means ‘Yes’) ascends to God for his glory. It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and he identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.”

That just thrills my heart to hear that. It warms my soul like some of my mom’s homemade potato soup. Am I the only one that is revived when I hear those verses? In this negative age of cynicism and despair it seems so doggone positive to see our job is really pretty clear―not simple or easy, but clear. Say “Yes” to God by following Jesus Christ- - - and if a whole church has that attitude- - - then watch out world!

I believe our church is on the edge of a “Brazilian style” revival! And we are all not only going to be blessed by it- - - we are going to become a huge blessing to our community because of it!

“Humility is a magnet for the Holy Spirit.” Rick Warren

Your friend for the rest of my life,

Dr. Tim White