So…as of yesterday’s post I will be doing a weekly letter to NewSpring Church every Tuesday…here’s the first one, really excited about it…
Hey NewSpring Church - Found People Find People! (See John 1:35-51 for two back to back stories illustrating this point.)
And I want to thank all of you because you get this! We asked you guys to invite people to this marriages series and you have responded in an overwhelming fashion as we have seen an enormous amount of first time visitors on every campus.
And…to say that God is working in lives in and through this series would be an understatement!
- We’ve met couples who have agreed to fight FOR their marriage instead of in it.
- We’re hearing about couples praying with and for one another for the first time.
- We’ve literally seen couples STOP the divorce proceedings they were in and have began attending church together.
- We’ve seen couples that desperately needed help in their marriage but were always too afraid to ask drop their pride and confess they have “issues’ in their marriage.
I could go on and on…but there is one thing I don’t want us to overlook. I told our entire church back in August that while this was packaged as a marriage series that it was actually going to be a GOSPEL series…because EVERYTHING we do as a church always points back to Jesus! Saying that…we’ve seen around 250 people surrender their lives to Christ in the first three weeks alone (and we have four more to go!!!)
Jesus is changing lives…and so for those who have been bringing people (and serving every week)...THANK YOU…your willingness to do what God has put in your heart to do IS making a difference.
Before I close…a few prayer requests in regards to our church…
#1 - Pray for our services THIS SUNDAY as I honestly believe we could see HUNDREDS of people receive Christ. This Sunday’s message is one of the messages that I’ve been MOST looking forward to.
#2 - Pray for who YOU need to invite to church this Sunday. Seriously…and if God puts someone on your heart then do whatever it takes to get them to church! AND…remember…satan isn’t going to place someone on your heart, I promise…so as you pray and seek HIS face and HE puts a name on your heart…pursue them like Jesus pursued you!!! (And if you are tempted to dismiss what God wants you to do—see James 4:17.)
#3 - Pray for launching of our Charleston campus that will officially launch on January 9th.
#4 - Pray for me as I will be speaking and Clemson University’s FCA this Thursday night at 9:19pm (I am usually in bed by this time!)
AND…don’t forget the homework Clayton assigned on Sunday…to read through Proverbs 31:10-31 and ask Jesus what is the ONE THING I can do to prepare to be a great spouse (OR what is the one thing I can do right now to BE a better spouse.)
Love you NewSpring…the best is yet to come.