It is so hard to get back into a good habit once you take a break. The last few Monday's have "gotten away from me" especially with one of them being Thanksgiving here in Canada. Love having turkey! The other Monday was spent in line a immigration...I get to do a lot of "fun" stuff!

It has been a great trip through these stories because they are such a powerful display of what God can and will do through his servants. For Thanksgiving Weekend, October 10th, I preached about Elijah and the Prophets of Baal. I never thought about the fact that is was Thanksgiving but something was being cook and it was't the prophets of Baal's sacrifice! It was a supernatural display of God's work through the man God sent. The major themes of the prophet is that he must be called of God, speak only the message God gave him, and God be the only One to get the glory through it. At the end of this message, I talked wholeheartedly about what I had expected to happen in starting Burlington Community Church and what actually happened. To make a long story short, we are in a position in which much prayer and proving God must take place. Only God can give us the increase and only He will get the glory out of what is being done! I pray He is ready to bless this little church with His power and glory!

On October 17th, I preached about Esther and how she was in the right place at the right time. We have all had those type of experiences from as little as a good sale on something to a powerful moment like salvation. Whatever can be said of Esther, she was in the right place and ready to do what she needed to to save her people. The simple but profound application is that the people coming to Burlington Community Church are here by design and God can and will use us if we are ready to see that He has called us "for such a time as this!"

Yesterday, October 24th, I preached David and Goliath. This is a classic story of the underdog winning. Beyond winning was David's ability to see and say that "the battle was not with sword or spear but the battle is the Lord's!" Giants are hard to miss in our lives and we have to face them...it is our destiny as it was David's. What giants are you facing and are you confidently putting them in God's hands? At the end of this message, we talked about the giants a church start faces and encouraged each other to take on the City of Burlington for the Lord, give in finances to the budget we must face, and the service we must commit to to be ready for visitors.

This Sunday, October 31st, I am preaching about Satan and his final destination. I figured this is a pretty appropriate topic for Halloween, right? ;-)

EPIC - sermon 1

We started a new series this past Sunday called EPIC. This is a series that will run for through Christmas and we will add a special emphasis at the end of November for Christmas. The idea of these messages is to help those new to faith get familiar with the greatest stories from the Bible ending with the Nativity. It was interesting to watch the faces of those who have never heard the story of Daniel and the Lions' Den. To pull together the elements of the story and draw the application for our lives. I thoroughly enjoyed preaching it.

Daniel is a great character in the Bible and one I admire for his wisdom, conviction and boldness. He knew what was right and followed it no matter what. The end result was that God shut the mouths of the lions and Daniel was rescued.

The final point of the message was in regard to the law of the Medes and Persians which cannot be broken just like we face the law of sin and death for eternity. As Daniel was rescued by God from the terms of the law, we are rescued by God from the terms of the spiritual law. As Daniel was doomed to face the lion so we were doomed to face the "roaring lion" (Satan) except that God rescues.

If you haven't read the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den, it is found in Daniel 6. Read it and discover once again all the great applications of consistency in prayer, conviction to stand, integrity before the world and much more!