Nebraska Update

What a trip!  Our three days in Nebraska were rich.  Steve Grace was a huge blessing as you could see his twenty years of missionary experience make itself evident.  We presented him with all sorts of unique situations and he was ready to serve through it all.  He couldn't get over how in a matter of minutes we went from selling bull semen to starting worship service.  What a joy to share in his maturity. 

      Adriano Morias was the featured bull rider at the service and he gave a great word on how so many of us struggle with worshiping created things and not the creator.  He was open about his own struggles with this and set the stage for me to teach on what is called the sin of idolatry. We defined it more clearly as allowing our  job, possessions, relationships, hobbies, etc. to be the dearest thing to us.  I explained how by doing this we are in reality making these things our God's and consequently our lives are becoming futile and empty.  Every god, accept the living God, takes from you.  By serving Jesus you gain a richer and fuller life.  Nearly every hand went up when I asked if anyone else needed to repent of allowing the things of this world to be the object of their worship.  How about you.  I love serving with men who are like me in that they know that they don't have it all figured out, but they are refusing to remain the same.

     The time we had in the small rural community on Sunday was a huge success.  I don't usually mention many numbers but I think this was cool.  We had nearly three hundred people show up to this little country church that is planted in the middle of corn fields.  Just a few men had a plan to reach their community and by God's blessing they did.  I am certain that it was the biggest gathering this area has ever seen other than maybe a county fair.  Travis Briscoe and Cole Taylor were the guest bull riders that joined us.  Travis spoke on his own experience of how allowing the center of his life to be anything other than Jesus left him empty, even when he was living his supposed dream. I trained a colt and Steve sang.  I left that place with a greater anticipation than ever on how our Father can use this simple little living parable as a means of transforming lives.   

 

 

In service of the King,

 

 Todd Pierce