Show the Team Colors

It is fun to be on a team, even better, a winning team. Follow the merchandise sales of the Super Bowl Champs, National Champs, World Series, NBA Finals; and you see those sales shoot through the roof. We like to identify ourselves with the winning team. Now, the die hard fan is the one who wears those colors even when the team loses and loses and loses. Looking around here today it is clear we have some die hard fans. I am one of these guys who tends to get the gear of his favorite teams. My favorite team: the church. There is the capital "C" church which is all genuine believers of all time everywhere. When we repent from our sins and turn to the Lord Jesus we are immediately a part of that team. That is to be evidenced in our being a part of the local team or the little "c" church. It has changed my life to be added to the team of the capital "C" church and I don't mind telling you I am pretty proud to belong to the little "c" church of Colonial Heights Baptist. A team has up and down seasons and our team is having a pretty good season right now. I don't do stuff like this in worship very often, but I think periodically it is good to get an idea of how the team is doing. There are a variety of ways to do that, and the simplest for right now is just some stats.