If I
speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong
or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all
mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove
mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I
deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is
patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It
does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
As I had my silent time with God this morning, like many people I
asked the Lord how maintain that Easter feeling of joy and love? I asked how I
continue this feeling on a Monday morning, let alone days into the future. Many
of us that return to work the day after Easter may find ourselves tired from
the busy and well fed Easter schedule.
As a pastor who had a full sanctuary yesterday, I have even asked
myself: "how do I keep that Easter feeling going, how do I minister God's
Spirit in such a way as people will want to repeat their worship
attendance"?
Pastor Hal Seed writes in an article
in Church Leaders.com called "4 Ways to Keep Easter Guests
Coming Back" about how to keep the Easter feeling going
on in the church after Easter Sunday.
1. Prepare
for them
These steps are not only excellent for having visitors return to
church, but can be used in our retaining that Easter feeling long after Easter
Sunday. Beloved, Easter is not a one day experience, but rather and experience
in which we are made a new people.
1. Prepare yourself to meet people, by preparing
your attitude and your actions prior to gracing the day.
May "Attitude and Gratitude" be
your mantra going into the future, long after Easter Sunday. Because of the
cross and the empty tomb, we are not just a one day Easter people, we are an
Easter people eternal
This is the day that the Lord has made.
1. Prepare
for them
2. Pray for
them
3. Connect
with them
4. Give then
a reason to return
1. Prepare yourself to meet people, by preparing
your attitude and your actions prior to gracing the day.
2. Pray for people before you begin your day, pray
for people during your day and pray for people as your day is concluding.
3. Connect with people and work on building
relationship rather than tearing down a relationship.
4. Give people a reason to return after meeting
you, make your departing conversation even better than your introduction
conversation.
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