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Living However the Hell You Want

July 8, 2010 in GOD, Life Change, Revolution Church with 5 Comments

We can’t meet Jesus and stay the same. There is a change! The change is not from notorious sinner to being a perfect little angel all the time…but when we meet Jesus we CHANGE.

You can’t pray a prayer, say you met Jesus, leave the church and live however the hell you want to live.

Some of you are going “that makes me uncomfortable.” That might be your biggest problem, that you think the church is here to make you comfortable.

One of the problems in the church is that we’ve gotten so stinking comfortable that we have forgotten to preach the Gospel. We are so concerned about being comfortable that we are sitting in our own pew and the world around us is dying.

Jesus got uncomfortable on the cross for us and its time that we got uncomfortable with how comfortable we are so that we can begin to reach the WORLD.

Somebody had BETTER amen this post…

Fire Insurance

July 6, 2010 in GOD, Life Change, Revolution Church with 1 Comment

I’ll never forget, when I first became a Christian the deacons at my church said “now you got your fire insurance!”

That bugged me. I never could figure out why until later in life. It bugs me because it conveys the idea of “I prayed the prayer, got my fire insurance, but now I do whatever I want.”

Jesus said when we meet him there will be a change! We cannot meet Jesus and stay the same!

You can pray the prayer all day long and still not know Jesus, because its not about a prayer. It is about confessing that Jesus is your ONLY chance. Its about confessing that He is your LORD and SAVIOR. Its about believing that He died on the cross but still conquered death. Its about living everyday in a relationship with Him because you love Him.

What do you do with an insurance policy? You pay for it and stick it in your filing cabinet and hope that you never need it again. The only time you mess with it or get it out to look at it is if something bad happens.

And THAT just doesn’t sound like a relationship with Christ to me.

Five Questions to Ask…Unless You’re Scared of God!

June 26, 2010 in GOD, Leadership, Revolution Church with Comments Off

Time off is important. This last week I got to spend some much needed time off from preaching and from Revolution. During that time off, I focused on five questions. And God jacked my world up. Get ready Revolution!

Here are the five questions:

Have I done everything in my power to make sure my team is living without any unconfessed sin?
What faith risk is God calling me to take?
Am I doing ministry from memory or from fresh direction from God?
Am I living with delayed obedience toward God in any area of my leadership?
Is there a person who needs to be moved to another role or removed altogether; one that I am avoiding?

9 Years and Counting

June 23, 2010 in Family with Comments Off

Today, Amber and I celebrate nine years of marriage! WAHHHOOOOO!

We celebrated by going back to the spot I asked Amber to marry me, eating way too much good food and staying in the same place we stayed the first night we were married. We had a blast!

To celebrate here on the blog, there are nine things I would like to say to Amber (and Couper) in public:

Amber, I love you more than anything or anyone on this Earth. You are simply incredible. I wouldn’t be anywhere else with anyone else, ever.
I absolutely love Revolution Church. Its my baby. But not as much as the two of you. I eat, sleep and breathe Revolution Church, but I refuse to put Revolution before either of you and if I ever do, smack me around.
Couper, one of the best things I can do to show you what it means to be a Godly man is love your momma. So I am going to do my very best to take her on a trip once a year WITHOUT YOU. Man, that sounded mean, but even if it is just for one night, this is a goal.
Couper, I will also take your Momma out on a date at least every other week. Get used to hanging with baby-sitters.
Amber, I will continue to pursue you romantically every day just like when we first met in 6th grade! WOW! Can you believe we met in 6th grade and now we have been married 9 years and have a energy filled three year old boy? CRAZY!
Amber, even when we are 80 years old and wrinkled up I will still think you are beautiful. I will continue to hold your hand, open the door for you, and embrace you each day. I will do all that I can to make you feel beautiful, honored and special.
Amber, I am who I am in part because YOU believe in me. Even when I have a crazy, God-inspired idea (like launching a church or escaping from a straitjacket suspended 30 feet in the air) you support me 100% and believe I will succeed. Thank you for that. I often have confidence only because you believe in me!
I will continue to pray with and for you just like I have since day one of our marriage. Our relationship is first and foremost about God. Let’s keep it that way.
Amber, I appreciate that you take the time to care for yourself. You are absolutely gorgeous and you’ve grown more beautiful each year that we’ve been married! I still catch myself checking you out every day when I come home for lunch and each evening when we are together. Sorry, I can’t help it…