Jesus is all about filling the empty chairs. In his parable of the great banquet, Jesus ends the story with, "Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so my house will be full.'" (Luke 14:23)
If you were one of those who stood up on that day, I want to help you out. One thing I've learned is that for commitments like this to work, they need some kind of a deadline. Otherwise, we never get around to them. It's not that we were being less than honest when we stood. The truth is, we had every intention to fulfill our commitment; however, without a deadline, our best intentions get put off. For this reason, I want to give you a deadline. Someone once said that a goal without a deadline is only a wish.
The weekend of November 2 & 3 is "TIME CHANGE" weekend. It's the good one... the one where we get to set our clocks BACK AN HOUR and get an extra hour sleep. It's a great day to invite your friends and family because they have one less excuse that day than any other day of the year! I want to encourage you to pray and work between now and SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, to have somebody sitting in your chair.
Together, we can make NOVEMBER 3 a fantastic day and gain some serious momentum as we head into the Holiday Season and turn our sites toward 2014!
