A writer named Cheryl Forbes once said people who live imaginative lives are what if? people. They respond to ideas and events with a what if? attitude. They behave in what if? ways.
What if? is a big idea, as big as God, for it is the practice of God. That’s our God. Our God thinks, “What if I make a universe? What if I make people in my own image? What if, when they sin, I don’t give up on them?…”
You guys all know next week we’re going to walk together through a really important vote, and we’re asking every member of our church to pray, because we’re seeking together to discern God’s leading for our church. We’re asking all of you who are members to come back next weekend. Come early. Come at 8:30. We have to get registered. We have a 9:30 service. We’re asking everybody to come early….
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Menlo Park Presbyterian's John Ortberg Preaches Last Sunday–"Imagine"
A writer named Cheryl Forbes once said people who live imaginative lives are what if? people. They respond to ideas and events with a what if? attitude. They behave in what if? ways.
What if? is a big idea, as big as God, for it is the practice of God. That’s our God. Our God thinks, “What if I make a universe? What if I make people in my own image? What if, when they sin, I don’t give up on them?…”
You guys all know next week we’re going to walk together through a really important vote, and we’re asking every member of our church to pray, because we’re seeking together to discern God’s leading for our church. We’re asking all of you who are members to come back next weekend. Come early. Come at 8:30. We have to get registered. We have a 9:30 service. We’re asking everybody to come early….
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