Scripture: 2 Chronicles 30:18
Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone 19 who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.” 20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Observation / Application
We have missed it in the church world if we foolishly believe that God is more interested in the rules of the sanctuary than He is the relationship to those who seek Him. I love this text and want to point out a few phrases in the text that I believe are PROFOUND and teach us what God values as we come to Him:

Key phrases in 2 Chronicles 30:18-20
1) had not purified themselves
2) contrary to what was written
3) Hezekiah prayed, “”May the LORD, who is good, pardon everyone
4) who sets his heart on seeking God
5) even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary
6) LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people

Please allow me to translate into a modern prayer,
1) Just as I am, I come, 2) I realize that my life is far from Your Holy standards for me, 3) yet I know You are a God of Grace, 4) and as I seek Your face, 5) I know I don’t deserve Your amazing love because I have broken Your rules, 6) yet, I come and know that You are healing me.

Sunday Morning one of the great visionaries at Celebration Church goes home to be with Jesus. My friend, Gene Feenker, died early Sunday Morning in his home on Gaston Ave. As far as I am concerned, Gene Feenker is one of the finest men in the whole world. I remember so many times going over to his house and talking about what Celebration Church could be. He would say “Pastor, I can see thousands of people at Celebration Church.” We would sing worship songs, pray, and always talk about the goodness of God. We will all miss him, but I guarantee you his life will be remembered by the prophetic words he spoke and the Godly life he lived!

Please be in prayer for the family! Our staff could be in contact with you regarding providing meals and visits for the next 3 weeks for the family so be alert. The viewing for Gene will be here in Fairhope on friday, June 5th at 11am at Bayview in Fairhope. The Graveside will follow at Pine Rest in Foley, Al.

Thanks Tim 

Perfection is what I always tried to live up to in my early years as a follower of Jesus and every time I ever fell short of that (which of course was very often) I was tempted to throw in the towel and declare that I could not live a life as a follower of Jesus. UNTIL I discovered that perfection was not something that God wanted from me, OR was something he could even use! What I discovered was that perfection is not what God wanted out of me, it was pursuit! I learned that God could receive His Glory by revealing Himself to be incredible and powerful through my weaknesses. And in the areas I was weak, He could in turn reveal His strength and glory! I soon learned that even the greatest figures in Biblical history fell short of perfection, but it was the actual imperfections that God chose to use to change the course of history. God is never finished with less than perfect people!!!!  Got a great start this weekend with our new series No Perfect People Allowed. Great crowd in both experiences and great times of worship. Jesus is very much appreciated for all His good work in people’s lives. I wanted to include two resources for the good people of Celebration Church that we used for putting together this series. One is John Burke’s book No perfect people allowed and the other is Newspring.cc / a series they did called No perfect people allowed. See you this weekend

have a great day

tim

I am still in awe at the timing of God and how He chooses, in His brilliant sovereignty, to know WHAT we need, WHEN we need it, and deliver it on time in ways UPS could never dream. I am not advocating that God is Santa Claus and He looks at our Christmas list but that God has us covered and His ways are higher, smarter, more reasonable, and better than ours. I am just recounting the 2 1/2 years we have spent in our church as Lead pastors and the dozens of really cool miracles that we have experienced to be where we are and to be doing what we are doing. I mean anywhere from the right person at the right time, to the right amount of resources at the right time, God always comes through. As I write this I am baffled as to why I ever doubt the nature of God.  God is a giving and good God who deserves our trust he has earned our trust, His record is perfect! later

Live at Dr. Music will be coming available soon to the internet for downloads for all my friends who are not local and have requested a copy of the album. thanks for being patient. I am a techotard so sorry for the inconvenience. Also thanks for all the cudos that have been handed down about the album. It is very much appreciated! thanks, later  

vital-signs-challenge.jpg  Here are the details of our fast that we launched this weekend. We had a great response to the Vital Sign Challenge, 60 families accepted the fast and have started this week. we are fasting and praying for three things at Celebration Church. That 1) the families of CCF become more healthy than they have ever been. (Physically, Spiritually) 2)  The families of CCF reach more people for Christ than we have ever reached. 3) That God supply every need this year to accomplish what He has called our church to accomplish. 

If you are one of the 74% of new families that find a new church home by searching the internet, I SWEAR our church is not as outdated as this site is. I apologize as lead pastor that this website is so outdated, old, busy, rarely kept up, old podcast, old events, etc……………things are going to get better. I could continue ranting but I a only getting more frustrated as I type, SO SO SORRY! later

I don’t know about you but I am incredibly stoked about 09. There is just something in the air, We have been planning the year this week at Celebration Church and can’t wait to get crankin’. We are starting the Daniel Fast in our church this weekend for 14 days and strategically praying for the families of CC 1) to become more healthy than they have ever been 2) to reach more people than we have ever reached, and 3) have all the resources we will need. It is an amazing thing to know that this is the year that people’s live will transformed by Jesus and changed forever and for that’s what it is all about.later      

Hey guys, live recording will becoming out in the next few weeks. Really Stoked about it! Simple, raw, acoustic sound. We recorded live at Dr. Music downtown, it was alot of fun. Make sure you pick up a copy. It will be available on this site and you can order it and be shipped later. 

Hey guys, I will be doing a live recording on Nov. 7th downtown Fairhope. For ticket information call 928-0343. It is going to be a raw, simplistic, acoustic album, 12-13 tracks, about half new worship music and the other half folk-country-?????? whatever I am. We will post on site to purchase after we get it done. Should only be about two weeks after the eventsorry for not doing it sooner  tim