I live with the reality that every weekend we may only have one shot to impact a person’s life. Maybe they decide to visit on a whim or they are visiting family or a friend has invited them to NCC. But we’ve got one shot so it needs to be our best shot. But every once in a while it’s like fishing. You hear about the one that got away!

I got an email from someone who visited NCC who was really in need of personal prayer and after numerous attempts to get prayed for, they left without feeling like they had been personally ministered to. In a very kind and constructive way, they emailed me to let me know. That’ll break your heart! I know we’ll have worship sets and sermons and services that fall flat. But the email was a healthy reminder that we may only get one shot so we better give it our best shot. And I can honestly say that I try to approach every message like it’s the last message I’ll ever preach because I know I’ve got one shot.

I guess I have a renewed sense of the eternal significance of what we do. I have a renewed sense that everybody who walks thorugh our doors is a divine appointment! And I have a renewed resolve to make sure that we give every weekend our best shot.