GBC Community Update: God chose us before we chose him

​Good morning! I hope you’re making this a great week.  Last night, as many of you know, we held our Oasis@Midweek Oasis Reunion edition. It was an AMAZING night!  We had 33 kids out (our biggest ever for this event) and there was a TON of energy. We had a number of new kids out plus many from our GROWING Children’s Ministry.  Thanks to the Kid’s Church and Youth Ministry teams who put on a great program and let their lights shine as we looked at the theme of ‘you are treasured by God’.  Thanks also to all of you who prayed for the Lord’s blessings on the event.  God’s doing some great things here!
 
 
Join us on Sunday in-person or on our livestream as we look at a church in motion
This Sunday at 11am I will be continuing our fall series: “A church in motion”: the book of Acts.  I’ll be looking at the beginning of the missionary movement in chapters 13 and 14.  What did it look like and what can we learn from it for today?  We’ll see on Sunday!
Remember, you can join us as we gather in-person or you can connect through our website www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE.
 
 
Thought for the day: God chose us before we chose him.
We are to be a people of hope as followers of Jesus.  No matter what’s going on we should be the most hopeful of people.  I’m going to share some thoughts on hope in the next few updates. 
Not sure that you’re hopeful? Okay, fair question!  Why else should we be hopeful despite everything going on? How about this?  Even with everything happening and even with all the mistakes we sometimes make, God chose us before we chose him. AND he even knew how we’d turn out!
Peter tells us, “You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by his Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be purified by his blood.”. Long before you chose God, he chose you. Your salvation was his idea. God took the initiative. And you were chosen for his purpose—to make you holy and get you ready for heaven and what you’d do in his name until that time comes.
We all know what it’s like to feel chosen—whether you’re chosen for a team, a job, or as a spouse. But the highest honor you will ever receive is this: God has chosen you to spend eternity with him. That’s a big deal and that gives us hope on a cold, overcast day!
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris