Howdy NewSpring Church, FIVE things I would love to share with you today…
#1 - The final numbers are in, 29,163 attended an Easter service (online not included) at one of seven locations all across the state…and 1,033 gave their lives to Christ!!! Side note—there was a salvation at every campus at every service! AND…this matters SO much because every number has a name, every name has a story and every story matters to God! (AND…REALLY excited about the “official” launch of the Spartanburg campus with 1,424 in attendance and 39 people receiving Christ! AND…our Myrtle Beach campus with 547 in attendance and 22 people receiving Christ!)
#2 - I love my church and love the fact that we embrace the value that “Found People Find People!” For those who invited someone to church and they received Christ…THAT’S AWESOME!!! Thank you for going all out. For those who invited someone to church and they did not receive Christ…THAT’S AWESOME because that means they are one step closer, take God at His Word, He makes EVERYTHING beautiful IN HIS TIME (see Ecclesiastes 3:11). And for those who invited someone to church and they did not come, be patient with them (as God was with you, II Peter 3:9) and DO NOT give up on them (see Galatians 6:9!!!)
#3 - Some things I won’t forget from this past Easter message are…
- “If we are IN CHRIST then our history does not have to establish our identity nor determine our destiny!”
- “God’s love is not achieved, it’s received!”
- “The cross wasn’t given to us for a decoration but rather as a DECLARATION of God’s love for us!”
And finally, I won’t forget the taste of glass! :-) That’s right, when I smashed the mirror in the 11:15 service on Sunday morning I apparently had my mouth open…and a few pieces of glass wound up in there! I didn’t know what to do…never had that dilema while preaching before. So, I swallowed the glass. No side effects as of yet!!!
#4 - For those who wanted to see the opener to the Easter message that we ran before I preached I posted it here yesterday--check it out.
#5 - Let’s do EVERYTHING we can to get the word out about the new series we are starting THIS SUNDAY! It’s awesome we brought people to church last week…let’s do ALL WE CAN to get them back this week as we are diving into the subject of Biblical manhood. The sermons will be…
- April 15 - “The One Question Every Man Must Answer”
- April 22 - “Four Things That Every Man Must Know About A Woman”
- April 29 - “Three Things That A Man Cannot Have”
- May 6 - “Three Things That Every Man Needs”
- May 13 (Mothers Day) - “What Every Woman Wants”
As I said on this post yesterday, help us get the word out by going to our Facebook page and like, comment and share the promotional video for the series. And do whatever it takes to get someone to church with you as I can promise this is going to be one of THE BEST series our church has ever experienced together!
Finally, I know I say it all of the time…but I LOVE MY CHURCH! I can’t even believe I get to do what I do! I love seeing lost people get found, and then seeing found people get grown up! I can’t WAIT to share the next phase of what the leadership believes that God is getting ready to do here at NewSpring Church…and it looks like that is going to be taking place in the month of May. Keep your eyes and ears open as announcement will soon be made in regards to some pretty exciting stuff!!!
We’re on our way to reaching 100,000!!!