You may not know this, but at least one time each month, all of the Bible study shepherds and the leadership of GraceLife meet together to discuss our ministry, to pray for you, and to hold each other accountable for shepherding you all effectively.
At one of these meetings—the last one Don Green attended before he left for Cincinnati—the men asked him what he was going to preach first when he got to Truth Community Fellowship. He said that he wasn't going to do something new right out of the gate. Now, I just figured that was the smart way to go because it would buy him some time. When you're moving across the country and starting to meet a bunch of new people, it can be helpful to have a bit of extra time. But that's not the reason he gave. The reason he did give stuck with me. He said that there were certain messages that the Lord had used to just mold and shape him in life-changing ways, and that he wanted to bring this new group of people, whom he loved, along with him in the path of those blessings that he himself had experienced from God's Word.
Well this morning, I want to do the same. The Lord has used the truths of 2 Corinthians chapter 4 to really shape my thinking and my affections regarding the nature of the Gospel, and the nature of Christian ministry—especially over these last few years as I've been training at The Master's Seminary. And I want to share some of that with you this morning...
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Mike Riccardi serves as the Pastor of Local Outreach Ministries at Grace Community Church, which includes overseeing Fundamentals of the Faith classes, eight foreign language outreach Bible studies, and evangelism in nearby jails, rehab centers, and in the local neighborhood....