{"id":662,"date":"2008-11-09T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T00:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=662"},"modified":"2009-10-16T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T00:38:19","slug":"today-the-gathering-november-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/today-the-gathering-november-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Today @ The Gathering – November 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today at The Gathering<\/a> was an exciting time as people gathered from all over metro Nashville to experience worship in a loving, safe, caring environment.\u00a0 It really is true that The Gathering is becoming a great church people love going to.\u00a0 It\u2019s evidenced in what you see going on in the hallways before and after the two services.\u00a0 People are standing and talking and relating and laughing.\u00a0 And people are coming up and asking for more information:\u00a0 How can I get involved?\u00a0 How can I volunteer?\u00a0 How can I do something that makes a difference with my life as The Gathering continues to grow more vibrant and significant with each passing week?<\/em><\/p>\n

We heard a timely message in our series \u201cMastering My Emotional Monsters\u201d<\/em> with the talk entitled, \u201cWhat To Do When You Feel Dumb.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We talked about how we get into situations where we do really dumb and desperate things.\u00a0 Here are four:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We do really dumb things when we make the wrong compromises<\/span>.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We do really dumb things when we make the wrong comparisons<\/span>.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We do really dumb things when we use the wrong measurements<\/span>.
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We do really dumb things when we listen to the wrong people<\/span>.<\/p>\n

We highlighted right out of the Scriptures, God\u2019s prescription for what you do after you\u2019ve thrown away your job, your life, your career, your family, your marriage \u2013 anything that\u2019s sacred and valuable that gets lost when we make sinful choices.<\/p>\n

What do you do after dumb?<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turn to God<\/span>.
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Forgive yourself<\/span>.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find a tribe<\/span>.
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be an inspiration<\/span>.<\/p>\n

As you read about the good things that are going on at The Gathering, remember this: it is God\u2019s idea that we gather each week to worship Him.<\/span> Gathering is in our DNA.\u00a0 It\u2019s what we were made to do.\u00a0 Life is not a solo sport.\u00a0 You can\u2019t learn or grow and mature in isolation.\u00a0 Remember The Gathering is a great place, a great church made up of real, ordinary people; sinners, broken people, people who are winning more than they are losing, people who are gaining on their demons.<\/p>\n

This would be an excellent place for you if you are looking for a real, revolutionary, life-changing relationship with your Creator; not just a set of dead rules, not some dusty to-do list, but real-life, everyday, where-rubber-meets-the-road help from the sacred Scriptures and from the tribe of grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today at The Gathering was an exciting time as people gathered from all over metro Nashville to experience worship in a loving, safe, caring environment.\u00a0 It really is true that The Gathering is becoming a great church people love going to.\u00a0 It\u2019s evidenced in what you see going on in the hallways before and after … Continue reading “Today @ The Gathering – November 9”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}