I've never been to church before

I've heard this phrase a lot in the last three months in our student ministry. Our students are bringing their friends who have never been to church! What's more, they are bringing them on Sunday mornings and everyone of them has showed up a second and a third time. Today, two more students joined us upstairs and had not, before today, ever dawned the door of a church in their lives! My heart is deeply encouraged that our students aren't just desiring that their friends encounter Christ following students when they come, but they also desire that their friends encounter God through His Word. The Word of God is revealing the glory of God. I am so humbled to have the privilege to stand before our community of students and make known His promises that will stand forever. My heart has been focusing on these words from the heart of Isaiah in his 40th chapter,

"And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken." A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." - Isa 40:5-8 (NIV) Amen!