There are some times as a pastor where I have to stop and pinch myself. I look around at the people that gather together at our church, and my jaw hits the floor. I just marvel thinking about how much of a miracle it is that anyone is that anyone comes to Hope. I mean, why would someone come to this church? This is a church that doesn’t even have a building yet. We are meeting at the park for church this weekend! And you don't come to this church because we boast the city's most comprehensive programs. And you don’t come to this church because the pastor is wise or experienced or particularly charismatic.
And so I have to pinch myself as a pastor and recognize something: that people come to this church week after week for one reason- the Word of God. That’s it. It’s the Word of God. It’s full of God’s own words, it’s full of his heart, and it’s full of his power.
And why did God give you that word? So that you could know him- his saving love, his enduring mercy, his unending passion for saving people from their sins.
