A few thoughts on a great day at NewSpring Church…
- Pete Wilson was our guest speaker today…he is the pastor of Crosspoint Church in Nashville, TN…and I thought his message was INCREDIBLE!
- After spending some time with Pete this weekend I can see why God is blessing his church so much…he is a humble leader who has surrounded himself with great people…and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to reach people far from God.
- His first question blew me away, “Where in the Scriptures did God give anyone an easy job to do?” WOW!
- I also loved the statement, “we automatically assume that God is not with us when bad things happen.” (Despite the fact that in Isaiah 43:1-3 He promises to walk with us!)
- And finally his statement, “My greatest temptation is not to chase after the ridiculously evil but to chase after the deceptively good,” ROCKED my world…seriously going to marinate on that one for a while.
- Pete just released his first book called Plan B…here’s the link...and I HIGHLY recommend it.
- If you are from Crosspoint in Nashville…you really do have an amazing Pastor (his wife is awesome as well!) Get behind them, pray for them…encourage them because your best days are ahead of you…I can’t WAIT to hear about what happens next up there.
- I spent the entire last week in Colorado with Dr. John Walker, an INCREDIBLE, Godly, biblical counselor at the Blessing Ranch in Colorado...pastors, EVERY one of us need a counselor…and if you don’t have one, I HIGHLY recommend John.
- Anderson campus…I will be blogging more about this later on during the week…but I really want us to step up big time for this food drive, seriously, let’s do all we can to IMPACT this community.
- I cannot believe The Gauntlet (our youth beach camp) is only two weeks away! We have 1,008 students going to the beach…and are praying that Jesus moves in amazing ways.
- I’m also SUPER excited about our all staff meeting this Thursday…we didn’t get to meet in June and I feel that this upcoming staff meeting is going to be one of the BEST we’ve ever had! EVER!
- The passage of Isaiah 61:1-4 is ROCKING my world right now! Can’t stop thinking about it!
- Two years ago this weekend we launched our Greenville campus…wow…can’t believe how much has happened since then. So proud of our Greenville staff and volunteers!
- Also had no idea at the time that we would also be launching Florence, Columbia…and pretty soon, Charleston!
That’s all for now…already looking forward to next Sunday!