This has been an amazing week…and here are a few thoughts before Monday rolls around…
- I really missed NewSpring Church today!
- BUT…I heard we had over 1,800 people show up in Greenville…AWESOME, another attendance record! WOW!
- AND…we had 191 show up for our second preview service in Florence…two more than last time. AWESOME!
- I met a guy here in Australia who said to me, “Hey mate, I heard of your church…I was talking to a guy in Sweden who was telling me about it…” WOW! Seriously!!! Someone from Sweden hearing about what’s happening in Anderson and then telling someone in Australia!!! God is doing great things…
- Our best days are still ahead of us…after this trip I am SO convinced of that!
- God is doing an amazing work at Hillsong Church…seriously, I believe every pastor should do whatever he can to get down here and experience this place at least once!
- God has definitely been rocking my world and teaching me some awesome things…some of which I will be sharing on this blog…but…
- NOT BEFORE our all staff meeting this coming Thursday at our Greenville campus! Hey guys! I CAN’T WAIT!!! I AM FIRED UP!!! WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BLAST!!!
- Joel Houston is REALLY tall!
- I totally geeked out this morning while speaking at a Hillsong Church service when I saw Darlene Zschech! I said, out loud, from the stage, “Oh my gosh, you’re Darlene Zschech!!! WOW…you are SO COOL!!!” I think it slightly embarrassed her! :-)
- God’s dreams for HIS CHURCH are SO MUCH LARGER than ours! I am BEGGING HIM that He will allow me to dream bigger dreams!
- It has been incredible to be able to sit down with pastors from all over the world and hear about all that God is doing and being able to learn from them!!!
- Brian and Bobbie Houston are the REAL DEAL! All three of their kids are serving Jesus in full time ministry…THAT IS SUCCESS!!!
- I miss Southern cooking!
- Seeing Hillsong celebrate their 25th anniversary made me think about the fact that we here at NewSpring are not far away from celebrating our 10th year anniversary!!! WOW!
- The Australians can’t wait for the American election to be over!!!
That’s it for now…