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a new commitment

as many of you know, i began visiting the Austin Stone Community Church after i returned from the DR back in August. melody had become a partner, and so marissa had also begun to attend. not only that, but i had met probably close to 100 people from this church during my time there. i have never been less than amazed by the people who are a part of this church.

saturday morning, marissa and i went to a connection class. last night we went to a connect group. two more connect groups and i become a partner. i'm not much of a church hopper. i don't see the point in it really. but the Lord has been pulling me to this church for longer than i even know. there are a lot of connections i have there that i don't need to go into here. i'll just leave it with saying that it's good to know the roots of a church, to know that the foundation is solid, and that the leadership wants nothing less and nothing more than to glorify God in its very being.

but the new commitment i have made isn't to the Austin Stone Community Church, for that one day will fade away like everything else in this world. but it is a commitment to daily live the life God made me live. now this isn't some new thing for me. but it is a daily thing. i think we too often forget that daily part. as i've become a part of ASCC, it hasn't been as easy to forget. the passion that the Lord has put within the people of this church is contagious. it's a passion for Truth, a passion for the Word of God, a passion for worship, a passion for discipleship - a passion for the supremacy of the Name and purpose of Jesus Christ.

my hope and prayer is that this passion would continue to be contagious to all believers in the city of Austin and that we would be united for His glory. for it is only the work of the Lord that can change a city, not individual believers working on their own.

posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 10:27 AM