The Life Changing Gospel of Jesus Christ

I am sitting in the Country Bean in Paola, KS enjoying a vanilla latte. This is usually where I write this bi-monthly blog. The temperature is about 70 degrees and the door is open allowing a refreshing cool breeze. I was thinking about the nature of the gospel of Christ and how it has changed the course of my life and many others that I know. I preached last Sunday on the text "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation..." I know that when I accepted Christ as a 16 year old in Kansas City, nothing has ever been the same. One cannot come face to face with the living God and it not affect their life in tremendous ways. I have never regretted coming to know the Lord many years ago. The gospel certainly transformed my life, and consequently the lives of my family and churches that I would pastor. I have been concerned with modern day believers, though, who seem content to live in defeat. With some, there seems to be no regard that they do not reflect the victorious power of the gospel by living with addictions, defeat, and sub-normal Christian living. I have determined to live in the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Verses such as "The people of God shall be strong and do exploits", and "God is able to do exceeding, abundantly, above all that we ask or think" come to mind. I refuse to live a sub-normal, status quo, barely getting by, powerless, just enough, careless, apathetic, non-sacrificial, convenient kind of Christian life. With God's help, I want to live in the power of the gospel. Would you join me?