A few thoughts on a great day before I hit the hay!
- We saw over 40 people give their lives to Christ today…THAT never gets old!
- We talked about Isaiah 6:1-8 today, that particular passage of Scripture has always messed me up.
- The best thing God can do for a man is RUIN him…because then he will be completely surrendered and used for HIS glory!
- Ephesians 2:10 is true about YOU…He didn’t create you to be a chia pet…but an instrument used for His glory!
- God will often use a tragedy to get our attention.
- I don’t want a church with 10,000 regular attenders…I want a church with 10,000 MINISTERS of the Gospel!
- We will never do what God wants until we see who He is!
- AND…we will never discover who God is apart from reading HIS WORD. We launched a 30 day Bible reading plan today - HERE is the link if you are interested - come on and join us as we journey through the Proverbs, John and Acts.
- COME ON…it’s just 30 days…I believe that if you will commit to this that you will hear His voice clearer during this next month than you’ve ever heard Him before.
- We will never do what God wants for us until we understand we He’s done for us!!!
- When a person understands WHO God is and WHAT God’s done…surrender is a natural result. (See Isaiah 6:8)
- A person who is completely surrendered to God cannot sit still when He clearly says to move.
- Jesus did not promise a life that is free of pain and trouble (see John 16:33) - BUT HE did promise a life that is FULL and more amazing than we could ever imagine (see I Corinthians 2:9 and John 10:10.)
- I challenge EVERYONE to memorize Ephesians 2:10 this week…SERIOUSLY, get out a note card, write that verse on it and look at it often every day this week!
- Next week at NewSpring Church will be one of the most amazing weeks we’ve ever had, I will tell you more about it later on…but I can promise this…many of us will be MARKED by what happens on the 7th and 14th in a way we will never forget!
- Hey Anderson campus…remember, no 6:00 service next week…so SHOW UP at 4:00 and show up READY!
- Thanks to everyone who braved the “major winter storm” we had today! :-)
- I want a cheeseburger RIGHT NOW…hoping/praying that someone MIGHT want to cruise up to Copper River tomorrow and get one! :-)
- I am REALLY excited about speaking at this event next week. I feel like the mule that got invited to run in the Kentucky Derby…blown away that I have the privilege to serve with these guys for this occasion.
- We announced here on Thursday that we’ve opened up 500 seats for Unleash...and 250 of them are already GONE! If you want to come you had better sign up NOW!
- Looks like I am going back to Kenya in May…SUPER excited about it…it will be a “different” trip, praying for God to do GREAT things.
That’s it…I need SLEEP!