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How to Be Cheerful

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Cheerfulness and kindness comes from the heart. However, sometimes it's hard to be cheerful and optimistic towards others. Here are some ways to draw out these wonderful qualities.

Steps

1. Be comfortable in your own skin. You are your own special person, with your own individual traits and strong points. Be proud of these abilities and be happy about who you are. Understand that even though you're not perfect, you can still soar to your full potential.
   
2. Help someone who is in need. Not everybody is as fortunate as you are, nor do some people have as much love as you do. Try to help them out by donating to charities, running a food drive, or even offering a simple smile. Your dedication will shine- and you'll make someone else happy along the way!
   
3. Look on the bright side, but be honest. If you're having a bad day, identify it! You shouldn't just ignore the fact. Then, after you've analyzed the fact that you're experiencing a bad day, think up ways to make it better. For example, say you're stuck in a terrible rainstorm, and need to get home. You should certainly identify what a problem this is. However, you can remind yourself how lucky it is that you're only 5 minutes away from your house- while your friend Mike is 40 minutes away. There's always something positive.
   
4. Listen. Reassure others, and listen to their thoughts. You may find some insight, or even a laugh!
   
5. Keep an open mind. Let the chips fall where they may. Something may look worse than it actually is.
   
6. Don't put people down. Instead, encourage them to rise and accomplish their goals. Display optimism, and cheer them on each and every step of the way. Your optimism will become contagious.
   
7. Never judge too harshly. Never judge a person by physical appearance. That quiet girl in the back of the room may look scary, but inside she may like soccer just like you! You never know if you'll be in that position someday and need a friend. Be a friend.
   

Tips

• Don't be negative, cynical, or deceitful.
  
• Always be sure to smile. It'll make everyone around you feel good!
  
• Get out of the house. Sometimes being alone is good but loneliness can consume you. Take a bike ride in the sun or ask a friend out for coffee.
  
• Say hi to people, not just the same people every day but let others know that your willing to be friends with everyone.
  
• Listen to your mind some of the time, and your heart all of the time.
  

Warnings

• Although you should always feel good about yourself, never become conceited. We all have our negative points too- no one is perfect, not even you.
  
• Cheerfulness is often mistaken for being fake. Don't talk in little high voices and pretend to be perfect. You'll just end up annoying everybody.
  
• Be careful; with the opposite sex, sometimes kindness can be misconstrued as a come on. Make sure your intentions are clear, if unwanted.
  

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Introducing Word Poets

One of the most beautiful, yet challenging, books of the New Testament is the Epistle of James.  Written by the brother of Jesus after he became a leader of the early church in Jerusalem, James stressed that an authentic faith is a faith that works; it is not merely verbal, but visible through our attitudes and actions.  James is addressed to Jewish believers who were scattered throughout the Roman Empire who were struggling with spiritual apathy, disunity and materialism.  

Through his letter, James encouraged these believers to obey the truth and to apply a living faith in Christ to attitudes and actions.  He contrasts profession of faith with possession of faith, and argues that a genuine faith is expressed in deeds.  James stressed that while faith alone justifies us before God (Romans 4), it is only by the works of faith that we are justified before others.

In James 1:22, James beautifully illustrates this point by saying "be doers of the word, and not hearers only."  In the original Greek, the word for "doers" is "poietes"...a theatrical term meaning performer or poet.  So James is telling us literally that we should be poets of God's word; that we would live our lives in such outward obedience to God's word, that we would be God's poetry to a watching world.  What a beautiful image!

Beginning today, in the spirit of James 1:22, Love Granbury is starting a new email devotional called "Word Poets".  Word Poets will be a short, weekly scripture passage and devotional thought focusing specifically on how the local Body of Christ can be God's poetry in our community.  Look for it each week!  

    

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Kindness Explosion 2010 Wrap Up Summary

"When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade"...so goes the old saying. The Apostle Paul put it like this in the book of Romans...

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)

Such was the case with this past weekend's Love Granbury Kindness Explosion. Not even an all day torrential downpour on Saturday could deter the Church from sharing God's love with the greater Granbury area! In fact, the rain only served to make most of our kindness projects even more powerful than they normally would have been! How's that for God working things out for the better?? :-)

So here's a run down on the weekend's events:

The Friday night worship service was nothing short of amazing. To kick things off, we had a skit called "John's Creed" that was written and performed by a drama group made up of students from a number of different student ministries. The skit illustrated - in a pretty humorous way I might add - our focal scripture found in 1 John 4:12.

Lincoln Wiseman and Carolin George led us in worship on Friday night, and as usual, were superb! Then, our special guest speaker for the evening, Dr. Al Tizon, brought a great message about the true meaning and importance of unity in the Body of Christ. We hope to have Dr. Tizon's message uploaded to the Love Granbury blog sometime later this week so that you can listen to it or download it if you would like.

Dr. Tizon then led us through a time of repentance and renewal as the altars were filled with God's people pouring out their hearts. It was truly an amazing sight! Suffice to say that the Church went out of the Acton Baptist sanctuary on Friday night challenged, fired up and ready to spread God's love on Saturday during the Kindness Explosion.

We know they must have been fired up because the rain that had started on Friday evening and that continued pretty much all night long and on into the morning hours didn't even slow down most of Saturday's kindness projects. The cookouts at the city park and the couple of car washes that had been planned were scrubbed...for obvious reasons...but everything else went forward as planned! And by the way, those cookouts at the park have been rescheduled for this Thursday evening (Granbury Church of Christ) and next Saturday morning/afternoon (Lakeside Baptist). So instead of Kindness Explosion weekend, we are having Kindness Explosion week!! Actually, we did have one group that held their cookout in spite of the rain, and they had a great day basically delivering their hot dogs and hamburgers right to the neighbor's doors!

By the time the 10:00am start of Kindness Explosion rolled around, it was pouring down rain by the bucket full. As I said, this only served to make the kindness projects even more powerful. The groups doing carry out at Walmart, Brookshires, Big Lots, and David's Supermarkets were very popular people as they were ready and on the spot to help shoppers get to their vehicles under the cover of huge umbrellas. Those same people were simply blown away when the Love Granbury people let them get in their vehicle while they loaded up their groceries!

Others helped out by drying off the shopping carts as they came back in from the parking lots so shoppers would have dry carts to use. Still others grabbed mops and started mopping up the wet floors at the store entrances. It was a phenomenal sight! In the time that I was there, I can't tell you how many times I heard the question, "why are y'all doing this?" What a great opportunity to explain to people exactly why we were doing this...to show them an example of God's free and unconditional love!!

Then we had others pumping gas for people at several self serve gas stations around town. People were pleasantly surprised when they were greeted by one of our Love Granbury folks who offered to not only pump their gas (not much use in washing the windshields though) but to take their money in and pay for them as well!

We had one group standing out in the rain handing out bottled water to people as they entered one of the local gated communities...we had two groups on the Square - one handing out brownies - and one handing out fresh cut flowers to passersby.

We had a number of groups that visited some of the local nursing homes delivering cookies, singing for the residents and painting finger nails and toe nails for the ladies. One group even adapted to the bad weather and went and cleaned a senior citizen's home.

One of our groups served those who serve us by baking cookies and taking them to the local police station, the Sheriff's Department, the hospital, and the local fire departments!

We had one group that had a gigantic free garage sale that had been advertised and promoted in it's Healthy Kid's neighborhoods and through some of the local food pantries. There were tons of people who got items they desperately needed. One family came in that had had to sell just about everything they owned, including all of their furniture, in order to pay their bills after the husband had lost his job. They were able to get their entire house re-furnished through the free garage sale!!

Finally, after all the kindness projects were completed, a bunch of soaked and soggy saints gathered back at Acton Baptist Church for lunch with food donated by a number of local eating establishments. After a great lunch, we all gathered back in the Acton Baptist sanctuary for our closing celebration service. We were led in worship by the Acton Baptist Student Praise Band and if you were there, you know how great they were! Actually, this group had already played for several hours down at the town square under the Granbury Plaza pavilion, so they played their hearts out Saturday!

We heard testimonies from each and every congregation about their kindness project(s) and how they saw God work through their servant efforts. There were some awesome testimonies!
All in all, it was a fabulous day!! So many seeds of God's love were planted all around the community this weekend.

A special thank you to Jason Turbeville, Pastor Glen Ward and all the wonderful folks at Acton Baptist for being such incredible hosts this year! You guys did an awesome job and were so very gracious!

Thanks to all of you for making Kindness Explosion 2010 a wonderful success!!

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It's Time for an Out of Church Experience!!

Are you ready for an "out of church" experience?? After months of planning, Kindness Explosion 2010 is here, and it's time for the Church to leave the building...time to get out and Love Granbury in Jesus name!

Be sure to join us tonight at 7:00pm at Acton Baptist Church for our community wide worship service that will kick off the Kindness Explosion weekend event. Great worship being led by Lincoln Wiseman and a great message brought by Dr. Al Tizon. You will not want to miss this worship service. Christians from a vast array of denominational and non-denominational backgrounds will come together as one unified Body of Christ to worship our awesome God! It will be an experience you'll not soon forget.

For more information about any of this weekend's Kindness Explosion events, call Micky Shearon at 817-408-5273.

Final KE2010 Meeting Tomorrow (April 14th)

Please remember to be with us tomorrow, April 14th at 12:00 noon at La Fiesta for our FINAL meeting before the Kindness Explosion 2010 kicks off this Friday evening at Acton Baptist Church at 7:00pm. As always, we will have the back dining area reserved for the meeting.

I'll have everyone's tee-shirt orders ready for you to pick up, so if you have not already given me your tee-shirt money, please be sure to bring it with you to the meeting tomorrow. We will also be going over the final kindness projects everyone will be doing and I'll answer any final questions anyone might have. If you cannot be at the meeting tomorrow, please have someone attend in your place if at all possible.

Finally, I'll ask you all to be in prayer specifically for the following:

For Dr. Al Tizon, our Friday night speaker. I will be picking Dr. Tizon up from the airport on Thursday evening, so please pray for safe travel for him and that God will continue to impress upon his heart the message he wants us to hear on Friday night.

For Lincoln Wiseman, our worship leader for Friday night. Pray for God's annointing upon Lincoln as he puts together the worship service for Friday night. For the Acton Baptist Youth Praise Band as they will be leading us in worship and celebration at our wrap up service on Saturday afternoon.

For Tatianna Benson, our speaker for the Saturday afternoon wrap up service. Tati is coming in tomorrow afternoon from Atlanta, so please pray for her safe travel and God's annointing on her as well.

Pray for all those, who are yet unknown to you but not to God, that you will be touching on Saturday through your respective Kindness projects throughout this community. Pray that seeds of God's love will be planted in the hearts of every person touched by this weekend's Kindness Explosion and that the Holy Spirit will do it's work of drawing people into relationship with Christ.

Finally, pray that this weekend, especially Friday night, will be a time of repentance, renewal, restoration, fellowship and unity among the Body of Christ here in the greater Granbury area!

God is great!

Micky Shearon

On Mission: Shift from local to global thinking

Send us around the world with the news of your saving power and your eternal plan for all mankind. Psalm 67:2 (LB)

God is a global God. He has always cared about the entire world. "God so loved the world...." (John 3:16) From the beginning He has wanted family members from every nation He created. The Bible says, "From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be." (Acts 17:26, CEV)

God has done all this, so that we will look for him and reach out and find him.

Much of the world already thinks globally. The largest media and business conglomerates are all multi-national. Our lives are increasingly intertwined with those in other nations as we share fashions, entertainment, music, sports, and even fast foods. Probably most of the clothes you're wearing, and much of what you ate today was produced in another country.

We're more connected than we realize and God can use that connectedness as a means for us to fulfill his Great Commission. Jesus gave us a pattern for such involvement: "... You will tell everyone about me in Jerusalem, in all Judea, in Samaria, and everywhere in the world." (Acts 1:8, CEV)

His followers are to reach out to their community (Jerusalem), to their country (Judea), to other cultures (Samaria) and to other nations (everywhere in the world). Note that our commission is simultaneous, not sequential.

We are called to be on mission to all four groups in some way. How would you identify these groups in your community? What nations do you believe God has called you to serve in some form?

On Mission: Shift from 'me-first' to 'God-first'

Jesus said to his followers, 'Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.' Mark 16:15 (NCV)

People with "me-first" faith ask, "How can God make my life more comfortable?" They want to use God for their purposes instead of being used for his purposes.

'God-first' believers know they've been saved to serve and made for mission. They're eager to receive a personal assignment and excited about the privilege of being used by God.

Their joy, confidence, and enthusiasm are contagious because they know they're making a difference. They wake up each morning expecting God to work through them in fresh ways.

Which type of believer do you want to be?

God invites you to participate in the greatest, largest, most diverse, and most significant cause in history - building his Kingdom. History is his story; he's building his family for eternity. Nothing matters more and nothing will last as long.

From the book of Revelation we know God's global mission will be accomplished, that someday the Great Commission will be the Great Completion. In heaven, an enormous crowd of people "from every race, tribe, nation, and language" will one day stand before Jesus Christ to worship him. (Revelation 7:9, CEV)

Becoming a 'God-first' believer will allow you to experience in advance a little of what heaven will be like.

Getting Your Church Noticed: Sticker Shock, of a Good Kind!

Sticker shock at the gasoline pump is a subject on nearly everyone’s
mind these days. Ease a little bit of the burden in your own community
by lowering the price of gas at a chosen gas station for a few hours one
Saturday. You’ll see lines at the pump, but drivers will all have smiles on
their faces for a change!

Here’s how it would work: Your church would pledge and collect a
specific amount of money. Before your event, go to your congregation
to raise the necessary funds. Explain that your church would like to
offer a benefit to the community by helping people lower their gasoline
prices at the pump. That money would be used to allow customers at a
specific gas station in your town to pay less at the pump for a few hours
on a given day. For example, if the regular price of gas is $3.00, your
church could enable customers to buy the same gas at $2.75 from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. on a specified Saturday.

Next, find a local gas station at a prominent intersection. Ask the
owner if your church could take two hours on a Saturday to offer
gasoline at prices lower than the regular cost. Explain that your church
will make up the difference. Say that your church simply wants to do
something helpful for the community. (It wouldn’t hurt to point out that
the event will probably garner the gas station lots of free publicity!)
Ask the owner approximately how much gas the station sells during
the specified two hours on any given Saturday. This will give you an
idea of how much money your church needs to raise.

This event will likely result in long lines at the pump. For once, that’s
a good thing! So don’t be conservative in your fundraising estimations.
The more money you collect before the event, the more you can give
away!

Before the big day, make lots of signs that tell the “new” price of
gas and the hours it will be offered. Make sure your church’s name is
clearly displayed.

If you want to go the extra mile, have church volunteers offer
drivers soft drinks as they wait their turn at the pump. Kids from your
youth group could be available to wash windows as an added service.
And when anyone asks why your church is sponsoring such an event,
just say that you want to help people and spread the love of God
around town!

KE2010 News

Hey all you Kindness Explosion church reps...don't forget to make arrangements with your church's media person this week to have the Kindness Explosion intro video shown this next Sunday sometime during your service. Since the video is only 2:38, it fits perfectly into the beginning, middle or end of your service. Hint - it works really well in place of special music during the offertory!

But whenever it runs, lets try to have everyone run it this next Sunday. Also, if you run the video, you need to start having sign-up sheets available for people to sign up. I know a couple of you were planning on running it today. Thanks for the head start!!

Also, Janie Walker has graciously agreed to facilitate a weekly prayer calendar for us in the weeks leading up to KE2010. Each week, Janie will be Emailing out a scripture for us to meditate on, a short devotional thought, and a suggested prayer focus for that week. Actually, her first email went out yesterday for this week. Please make sure that Janie's email (office@paluxybaptist.org) is in your address book so her emails don't get spammed :-). I really want us as the corporate Body of Christ to spend some focused time in prayer asking God to bring together His Church in this community in a spirit of unity and worship that will result in an outflow of God's love to the hurting and unchurched people in this area!

Have a great week, and if you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call at 817-408-5273 or email me at micky@lovegranbury.org.

Love Granbury Announces KE2010 Speaker!

Love Granbury is excited to announce that we will have Dr. Al
Tizon, Assistant Professor of Holistic Ministry at Palmer Theological Seminary of
Eastern University and Director of Word & Deed Network (www.worddeednetwork.org)
as our guest speaker for Kindness Explosion 2010! Dr. Tizon is a nationally
acclaimed speaker and we are thankful that God has opened the door for us to bring
him to Granbury! You will not want to miss hearing Dr. Al Tizon!

KE2010 Meeting Recap

We really had a great meeting on Wednesday for Kindness Explosion 2010! My thanks to Jason Turbeville and Acton Baptist Church for hosting our meeting and for providing our lunch. If you were not able to make it, we really missed you! We are so excited about what God has in store for Kindness Explosion this year as the Body of Christ in the greater Granbury area comes together to love God with all we have (worship) and to love others as we love ourselves (community service).

Here's a recap of what we talked about at the meeting on Wednesday:

Each person needs to go back to their respective congregation and:
Begin talking up Kindness Explosion
Start getting people in your congregation signed up for Kindness Explosion (don't forget T-shirt sizes!)
Start brainstorming about possible service projects for your congregations and then let me know what projects you've decided on
Begin showing the Kindness Explosion information video in your worships service, to your Bible study classes, etc...
Utilize the Kindness Explosion flyers and bulletin inserts to spread the word in your congregations
For those of you who were not able to make it to the meeting, all of the resources (flyers, bulletin inserts, etc) are available on DVD. If you will call me at 817-408-5273 or email me at micky@lovegranbury.org, I will send you the Resource DVD.

As for the Kindness Explosion info video, you can download it by clicking any one of the following links:
http://www.youtube.com/user/lovegranbury
http://vimeo.com/groups/34998/videos
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Granbury-TX/Love-Granbury/76575694388?ref=ts

Please download the video and ask if it can be shown to your congregation at least twice between now and the end of March. When it's shown, be sure to have plenty of informational flyers to hand out as well as sign-up sheets.

In the meantime, should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. God bless!! 1 John 4:12

KE2010 Planning Meeting

If you're in or around the local Granbury/Hood County area, please join us tomorrow, Wednesday, February 17th at 11:30 at Acton Baptist Church for our Kindness Explosion 2010 planning meeting. A complimentary lunch will be served. So come get your congregation signed up for Kindness Explosion or just come get the information to take back to your congregation!

Servant Series: Servants Do Every Task with Equal Dedication

"Unless you are faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful in large ones. If you cheat even a little, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities." Luke 16:10 (NLT)

Servants do every task with equal dedication. Whatever they do, servants "do it with all their heart" (Colossians 3:23 NIV).

The size of the task is irrelevant. The only issue is, does it need to be done?

You will never arrive at the state in life where you're too important to help with menial tasks. God will never exempt you from the mundane. It's a vital part of your character curriculum. The Bible says, "If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody" (Galatians 6:3 NLT).

It is in these small services that we grow like Christ.

Jesus specialized in menial tasks that everyone else tried to avoid: washing feet, helping children, fixing breakfast, and serving lepers. Nothing was beneath him, because he came to serve. It wasn't in spite of his greatness that he did these things, but because of it, and he expects us to follow his example (John 13:15).

Small tasks often show a big heart. Your servant's heart is revealed in little acts that others don't think of doing, as when Paul gathered brushwood for a fire to warm everyone after a shipwreck (Acts 28:3).

He was just as exhausted as everyone else, but he did what everyone needed. No task is beneath you when you have a servant's heart.

Great opportunities often disguise themselves in small tasks. The little things in life determine the big things. Don't look for great tasks to do for God. Just do the not-so-great stuff, and God will assign you whatever he wants you to do.

There will always be more people willing to do "great" things for God than there are people willing to do the little things. The race to be a leader is crowded, but the field is wide open for those willing to be servants.

Sometimes you serve upward to those in authority, and sometimes you serve downward to those in need. Either way, you develop a servant's heart when you're willing to do anything needed. Remember, "small things done with great love, will change the world."

Servant Series: Servants Serve With What They Have

"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done." Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NLT)

Real servants do their best with what they have. Servants don't make excuses, procrastinate, or wait for better circumstances. Servants never say, "One of these days" or "When the time is right." They just do what needs to be done.

The Bible says, "If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done" (Ecclesiastes 11:4 NLT).

God expects us to do what we can, with what we have, wherever we are. Less-than-perfect service is always better than the best intentions.

One reason many people never serve is that they fear they are not good enough to serve. They have believed the lie that serving God is only for superstars. Sadly, some churches have actually fostered this myth by making "excellence" an idol, which makes people of average talent hesitant to get involved.

You may have heard it said, "If it can't be done with excellence, don't do it." Well, Jesus never said that! The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it...that's how we learn.

We need to practice the "good enough" principle: It doesn't have to be perfect for God to use and bless it. Remember, small things done with great love will change the world!

Servant Series: Servants Pay Attention

"Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now." (Proverbs 3:28 TEV).

Real servants pay attention to needs. Servants are always on the lookout for ways to help others. When they see a need, they seize the moment to meet it, just as the Bible commands us: "Whenever we have the opportunity, we have to do what is good for everyone, especially for the family of believers" (Galatians 6:10 GWT).

When God puts someone in need right in front of you, he is giving you the opportunity to grow in servanthood. Notice that God says the needs of your church family are to be given preference, not put at the bottom of your "things to do" list.

We miss many occasions for serving because we lack sensitivity and spontaneity. Great opportunities to serve never last long. They pass quickly, sometimes never to return again. You may only get one chance to serve that person, so take advantage of the moment.

"Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now" (Proverbs 3:28 TEV).

John Wesley was an incredible servant of God. His motto was:

"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can."

That is greatness. You can begin by looking for small tasks that no one else wants to do. Do these little things as if they were great things, because little things done with great love will change the world.

Servant Series: Serving God by Serving Others

Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Mark 10:43 (MSG)

The world defines greatness in terms of power, possessions, prestige, and position. If you can demand service from others, you've arrived. In our self-serving culture with its me-first mentality, acting like a servant is not a popular concept.

Jesus, however, measured greatness in terms of service, not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.

This is so contrary to the world's idea of greatness that we have a hard time understanding it, much less practicing it. The disciples argued about who deserved the most prominent position, and 2,000 years later, Christian leaders still jockey for position and prominence in churches, denominations, and parachurch ministries.

Thousands of books have been written on leadership, but few on servanthood. Everyone wants to lead; no one wants to be a servant. We would rather be generals than privates. Even Christians want to be "servant-leaders," not just plain servants. But to be like Jesus is to be a servant. That's what he called himself.

God created us for service, not for self-centeredness. Without a servant's heart, you will be tempted to misuse your gift for personal gain or even tempted to use it as an excuse to exempt yourself from meeting some needs.

God often tests our hearts by asking us to serve in ways we're not gifted. If you see a man fall into a ditch, God expects you to help him out, not say, "I don't have the gift of mercy or service."

While you may not be gifted for a particular task, you may be called to do it if no one who is gifted at it is around. Your primary ministry should be in the area of your giftedness, but your secondary service is wherever you're needed at the moment.

Your gift reveals your ministry, but your servant's heart will reveal your maturity. No special talent or gift is required to stay after a meeting to pick up trash or stack chairs. Anyone can be a servant. All it requires is character...the character that comes from maturing walk with Christ...the suffering servant.

It is possible to serve in church for a lifetime without ever being a servant. You must have a servant's heart.

How can you know if you have the heart of a servant?

Jesus said, "You can tell what they are by what they do" (Matthew 7:16 CEV).