The Pastor’s Garage December 6th, 2019

Here is this week’s Pastor’s garage by Pastor Mike who is preaching this
weekend.

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*PASTORS GARAGE DEC 6, 2019*
MIKE ZORN

WELL LIKE IT OR NOT WINTERS HERE! ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CHRISTMAS
IS LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY! I’VE ALREADY GOT ONE THING SCRATCHED OFF MY
ANNUAL WINTER LIST. UNFORTUNATELY I DON’T MEAN THE BUYING OF YOUR
CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

IT SEEMS THAT EVERY WINTER, WITHOUT FAIL, I MANAGE TO TAKE ONE GOOD
SPILL ON THE ICE AND THIS YEAR IS ALREADY NO EXCEPTION! LAST MONDAY I WAS
LEAVING THE HOUSE EARLY ON MY WAY TO THE AIRPORT, LUGGAGE IN HAND, WHEN MY
FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER ME AT THE TOP OF OUR FRONT STEPS AND I PROCEEDED
TO RIDE MY TAILBONE DOWN THE FROZEN COLD HARD STEPS TO THE BOTTOM! WEIRDLY
THE FIRST FEW DAYS AFTER DIDN’T FEEL TO BAD, BUT THE LAST SEVERAL HAVE BEEN
A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING! THIS LEADS ME TO THIS MORNING. OUR WONDERFUL
PRE-K TEACHERS PLANNED A FAMILY TOBOGGANING MORNING WITH OUR CHILDREN. I’M
ALREADY IN CONTENTION FOR BEING THE OLDEST, LARGEST PARENT SO YAH, I
MIGHT FEEL I HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE! EVEN IF I DIDN’T HAVE A VERY SORE
TAILBONE I LIKELY WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST PERSON TO RIDE A CRAZY CARPET DOWN
A FROZEN LUMPY HILL, BUT THEN THIS LARGE CRANIUMED, VERTICALLY CHALLENGED,
CUTE LITTLE BOY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, “DADDY PLEASE GO DOWN WITH ME!”
WHAT WAS I TO DO! IT HURT….QUITE A BIT…..BUT THE LOOK OF PURE JOY ON
BEN’S FACE WAS SO POWERFUL I DID IT A COUPLE MORE TIMES! I’M STIFF, I
HURT, BUT I’D DO IT AGAIN.

I DELIGHT IN MY SON! DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER DELIGHTS
IN YOU? HE WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU! HE WANTS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU! HE
WANTS TO RIDE THE CRAZY CARPET OF LIFE WITH YOU, OVER THE BUMPS AND THROUGH
THE SLIPPERY SPOTS! ZEPHANIAH 3:17 SAYS THIS, “FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD IS
LIVING AMONG YOU. HE IS A MIGHTY SAVIOR. HE WILL TAKE DELIGHT IN YOU WITH
GLADNESS. WITH HIS LOVE, HE WILL CALM ALL YOUR FEARS. HE WILL REJOICE OVER
YOU WITH JOYFUL SONGS.” THIS IS THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS! THERE IS A SONG
BY VINEYARD CALLED FATHER OF LIGHTS BASED ON JAMES 1:17, IT GOES LIKE THIS,
“FATHER OF LIGHTS, YOU DELIGHT, IN YOUR CHILDREN, EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT
COMES FROM YOU, FATHER OF LIGHTS!” GOD LOVES TO SEE YOU SMILE! HIS HEART
ALSO BREAKS WHEN THERE’S NO SMILES TO BE HAD BUT TEARS! KNOW THAT YOU ARE
PRECIOUS!

PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AS I SPEAK THIS SUNDAY ON JAMES 1:26,27, PLEASE
PRAY FOR LISA OSIOWY AS SHE AND HER TEAM LEAD US IN WORSHIP. MEN,
REMEMBER THERE IS A MEN’S BREAKFAST SAT MORNING AT 8 AT THE CHURCH. TWO
BRAVE MEN FROM MOOSE JAW WILL BE JOINING US TO SHARE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES
THEY HAVE WALKED THROUGH AND HOW A PROGRAM WE ARE PLANNING ON STARTING
EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR CALLED “CONQUERS” HELPED THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY!
ALSO PLEASE MARK THURSDAY DEC 19, 7PM ON YOUR CALENDAR AS WE ARE HAVING A
CHRISTMAS DESSERT NIGHT HERE AT THE CHURCH TAILORED FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE EVENING PLEASE CONTACT
ME!

KEEP YOUR FEET UNDER YOU!
PASTOR MIKE