It was so good to be back at NewSpring Church today…some thoughts…
- We saw over 100 people step across the line of faith today and receive Christ…uh…that NEVER gets old!!!
- Clayton King preached one of THE BEST messages on the subject of hell that I’ve EVER heard…WOW!
- This series on the End Times has been GREAT…we didn’t set any dates, but simply talked about WHAT will happen WHEN it happens.
- BTW…I don’t really think the world is going to end in 2012. BUT…if it does…I’m ready!
- REALLY excited about beginning a brand new series next week called, “Don’t Get Married Until…”
A few more thoughts before I head to bed…
- God absolutely rocked my world this week…in a HUGE way.
- I was able to get away to Colorado and spend some time with Him…totally disconnecting from my normal routine.
- (It’s amazing how LOUD His voice is when you aren’t caught up in a routine!)
- I also was able to meet for an entire week with a Christian counselor to help me process all that has happened in my life in the past 10 years in regards to leading NewSpring Church.
- WOW!
- I can honestly say this…I have MORE FIRE, MORE PASSION and am MORE EXCITED about the vision of our church than EVER!!!
- Seriously…I have NEVER been this PUMPED UP about the future of our church!!!
- AND…I am excited about the changes that Jesus is leading me to make both personally and in ministry.
- (I will be sharing my journey over the next several weeks…still trying to process all I learned this week.)
- One of the decisions that was made was…I will be blogging and twittering less.
- I am not going to stop…but the blog has began to control me rather than me controlling it…so…I will be blogging, but only when I feel I have something to say.
- And twitter…yes…I love it…but it is going to consume less of my time so that I can focus on some things that are way more important right now.
- Hey pastors…if you don’t take control of your schedule…it will take control of you!!! (And RUN YOU IN THE GROUND!)
- The counselor I met with told me about a study that took place in 2007 said that 90% of the people who enter the ministry DO NOT retire in ministry!
- Uh…that means that 9 out of every 10 people who enter the ministry either quit, burnout or have a moral failure!!!
- Uh…that means the STAKES ARE HIGH…and pastors/church leaders NEED TO TAKE their spiritual, emotional and physical health SERIOUSLY!
- It’s sad…but we’ve made an unsustainable pace “spiritual” in our churches today…and pastors are DYING because of it!
- Hey pastor/church leader…your church needs you to be healthy…not “superman” (or “Wonder Woman!”)
- Like I said…more about that later…just wanted to share one of the reasons the blog may be taking a different shape in the near future.
Hey NewSpring…I LOVE YOU!!! I can’t believe God has brought us this far…and I am SO LOOKING FORWARD to where He is going to take us next!
We are NOT the perfect church, we never will be…because I am the pastor…
BUT…I can promise you that we will always be a church who seeks His heart and tries our best to do WHAT He says to do WHEN He says to do it.
The best is yet to come!!!
Ephesians 3:20!!!