Yesterday was a great day at Lifepark. Eighteen people from our three services were baptized! We have been preaching through Joshua and a couple from our church had a cross commissioned to be sculptured as a stone of remembrance based upon Joshua chapter 4. The cross is Springstone with a high iron content and a fine texture. There are only a few mines, primarily in Zimbabwe, where this stone is found. It is a beautiful dark stone that polishes to a high shine because of it’s density.
I had the privilege of preaching from Joshua’s farewell address to the Israelites:
Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:14-15)
Associate Pastor – Discipleship. The Church at LifePark
Professor of Discipleship, Columbia International University
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