The Lucarellis

You’ve possibly heard the news…

beckyluca — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:15:47 +0000

Bella announced it to the entire world after Mom and Dad were able to call some friends and family. You can still hear her announcement here. Everyone wants details, but we don’t have any.

We’ve neglected this blog thing for the past several months. Being in transition made it difficult. Jeremy closed his blog down altogether. We’ll do our best to get the pictures and baby stuff to you along the way.

We’d appreciate your prayers! God is doing some amazing things around us in the lives of people. We’re constantly going back to the stories of Gideon and his army reduction, Joshua and the crazy victory without a fight, and countless others where the Lord shows Himself strong to those whose heart is fully His.

We miss all of you! Jeremy and Bella, of course, are praying for a boy.

131 Main bliss in Charlotte

beckyluca — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:33:29 +0000

Family favorite, banana cream pie at 131 Main. Daddy is gonna need to get that long run in tomorrow after church!

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Haiti Hater?

beckyluca — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:16:07 +0000

Yet another gospel-saturated post ”Does God Hate Haiti?” by Together for the Gospel and Al Mohler.

Worth the read. Should spur us to action for the sake of the gospel as stated in I John 3:17-28

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

Ladies from prayer class

beckyluca — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:15:41 +0000

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The sin of prayerlessness

beckyluca — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:40:50 +0000

I’m taking a class this week… my last in order to get my M.Div. I’ve been amazed at how God has orchestrated my classes throughout the years in order to speak truth. For the past few months I’ve been studying prayer and discipleship. One of the required materials is E. M. Bound’s Power through Prayer. The small little book packs a serious punch.

The church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men. (8)

What the church needs today is not more or better machinery, not new organization or more and novel methods. She needs men whom the Holy Spirit can use – men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. (9)

What do you think about those statements?

class act humility

beckyluca — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:57:39 +0000

I’m not a Texas Longhorn fan. I’m not an OU fan either. I’m a Tarheel fan, which rarely ammounts to much when it comes to football. I worked in the land of the SEC for years, so Rocky Top and Roll Tide, though both make my ears hurt, have a special place in my heart. Congrats to the Alabama team… especially for defeating Florida.

Yet, the real winner of last nights game didn’t even make a play. Colt McCoy isn’t just talk.

His is a life that is moved for the gospel.

Colt McCoy http://bit.ly/3nXwMvand the lead pastor of my churchhttp://bit.ly/4P8SxU puts football in perspective

haunting realizations

beckyluca — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:39:45 +0000

“Christianity has no cost in America. We’ve made it way to easy to be ‘born again’–perhaps much easier than Jesus intended. When do we get to the point at which we accept smaller numbers of intensely devoted people rather than feverishly investing in filling auditoriums and stadiums with massive numbers of lukewarm ‘Christians’ that Jesus promised to spew from his mouth?” — George Barna

“Are we more committed to packing our churches than penetrating our culture?” Bill Hull, “Choose the Life” p. 40

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

But,

We have made GO optional.

We have changed “all” to “some.:”

We have changed “teaching them to obey” to “suggesting” or “hoping they’ll obey.”

We have made disciple-making an insular process in a closed system.

Bella sings Happy Birthday

beckyluca — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:33:38 +0000

So great being a dad!

Download now or listen on posterous

Memo.m4a (1734 KB)

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Kids table is where it’s at!

beckyluca — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:25:36 +0000

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White Christmas

beckyluca — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:27:30 +0000

We’re in NC, but Max is enjoying a White Christmas!

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