{"id":935,"date":"2010-04-22T14:48:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.wordpress.com\/?p=935"},"modified":"2010-04-22T14:48:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T19:48:26","slug":"amazed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/amazed\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have to take a minute to say how thankful and proud I am for The Gathering.\u00a0 The more I think about what Scripture says the Church is supposed to be, the more I see The Gathering becoming that.\u00a0 That word “becoming” is so important as we must remember we’ll never arrive this side of heaven, but we must NEVER stop becoming.<\/p>\n

I have witnessed God at work in you through the adoption process of little Claire Dasom by the McAfee Family.\u00a0 You all stepped up to the plate and hit it out of the park, responding with literally thousands of dollars to go towards that effort.\u00a0 We are closing in on the last week of money to be raised and we are within $2000 of the total needed and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if God didn’t raise up one or more of you to bring it home.<\/p>\n

Another example of the grace God is demonstrating through you is in The Gathering Garden.\u00a0 Two Sundays ago we had a meeting to discuss how we could revive the garden.\u00a0 After walking out into it with a small group of our members, I was thoroughly discouraged that it would not happen this year.\u00a0 Then I left for the week and came back to a different place.\u00a0 The whole 6 garden plot was practically ready to plant!\u00a0 Unbelievable.<\/p>\n

Man, I am amazed and encouraged by you.\u00a0 I also want to encourage YOU by reminding you that we’re just getting started.\u00a0 I believe there is so much more that God has for us if we stay the course.\u00a0 Like Paul, we must fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.<\/p>\n

The best is yet to come!<\/p>\n

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I have to take a minute to say how thankful and proud I am for The Gathering.\u00a0 The more I think about what Scripture says the Church is supposed to be, the more I see The Gathering becoming that.\u00a0 That word “becoming” is so important as we must remember we’ll never arrive this side of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[685],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s3jKZO-amazed","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":93,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/the-gathering-storm\/","url_meta":{"origin":935,"position":0},"title":"The Gathering Storm","date":"October 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday was a great day worshiping at thegathering.\u00a0 Music was spectacular and I enjoyed bringing a challenge for us to become \"The Gathering Storm,\" taking on injustice, hopelessness and meaningless in Chattanooga.\u00a0 I am encouraged by the spirit of those who make up thegathering and looking forward to how God\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Church"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":696,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/2010-year-of-the-mission\/","url_meta":{"origin":935,"position":1},"title":"2010: Year of the Mission","date":"November 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I met with our Mission One:Eight Team this past Wednesday night and left so encouraged and excited about the coming year at The Gathering.\u00a0 God has moved in some pretty big ways over the last couple of months, removing the inward focus that largely characterized what this church has been,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Missions"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidcprice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/missions1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3241,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/blessed-with-another-year-at-the-gathering\/","url_meta":{"origin":935,"position":2},"title":"Blessed With Another Year at The Gathering","date":"December 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"December4, 2006 was a Monday. \u00a0On that day I was excited, uncertain, confident, humbled, overwhelmed and\u00a0a knotted bundle of a hundred other emotions. \u00a0I was beginning my first week as the Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, the foundation upon which The Gathering would be built and I had no idea\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Church"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2524,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/at-year-seven-a-personal-message-to-the-gathering\/","url_meta":{"origin":935,"position":3},"title":"At Year Seven, A Personal Message to The Gathering","date":"December 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Seven years ago today, I walked into this office for the first time.\u00a0 It didn't look anything like it does now (thankfully!), but I remember well how overwhelmed I felt.\u00a0 I had no idea what I was walking into and couldn't know just how difficult the road ahead would be.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Church"","img":{"alt_text":"office","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davidcprice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/office-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":673,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/the-gathering-in-a-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":935,"position":4},"title":"The Gathering…in a year.","date":"November 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I had someone ask me this week where I hope The Gathering will be in a year.\u00a0 It didn't take me long to come up with a few things I hope to see this church being in the coming year: 1. 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