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Sweatshirts and pumpkin spice lattes. Football and Hot Apple Cider and Bonfires. It seems like only recently that we were navigating 100 + degree heat indexes. And I hate to say it, but within a short time, we will be braving snow and ice…warming up our cars and scraping windshields.

When the weather is hot, we throw on a T-shirt and shorts and head out to our next activity. When the weather is cold, we need to think more about the layers we are going to wear and bring along.

I remember braving windchill factors colder than 40 below zero. Can you imagine going out there in a T-shirt and shorts? Not a chance. We bundled every part of our body up and quickly walked from the house to the car that had been running for 15 minutes.

This is true with the weather and it is also true with our spiritual journey…We live in an environment of extremes. And we need to be prepared.

This Sunday, we finish up our sermon series in Ezra. In the final two chapters, we will learn that the exiles who returned back to Jerusalem from Babylon quickly adopted the sinful practices of their surrounding people groups.

And this was the story of God’s people. A repeating cycle of leaders rising up as influencers for God … and then suffocating influence from the people around them.

I look forward to sharing a sermon from Ezra 9-10 with a challenge to be an influence for God and not be influenced by the world.

I hope to see you at 8:00, 9:15 (Full KidCity available), or 10:45 am (Full KidCity available), or you can watch the Livestream on YouTube (Like and Subscribe) or Facebook at 9:15 am. Additionally, we are also publishing our sermons on Spotify.

Have a great weekend, you might need to prepare for at least 2 maybe 3 seasons 😊,

Troy