Pray for Matt Chandler

You've got to read this story about Texas pastor Matt Chandler.

The best paragraph is
Another cancer patient Chandler has gotten to know spends his time in radiation imagining that he's playing a round of golf at his favorite course. Chandler on this first Monday in January is reflecting on Colossians 1:15-23, about the pre-eminence of Christ and making peace through the blood of his cross.

I've been listening to Matt's sermons for a few weeks and I love him. He's 33 years old and has the wisdom of Solomon. He is easy to listen to, but he's not an ear tickler – he brings the truth and usually makes it understandable. My favorite thing about him is his emphasis on our raging sinfulness and God's surging power. As in, God is previous to everything. He loves how the first chapter of Ephesians talks about how God choose us before the foundation of time and he loves to point out how God's love for us therefore has nothing at all to do with our deeds, but it has everything to do with God's love.

Check out his sermons, especially this one, and pray that he continues to suffer well.