March 22, 2009 in
Confessional, Mi Vida Loca, The Connection Church with
- Today was amazing!
- I can’t remember ever seeing such a huge response from people in a church service. It looked like every person in the room responded. The response time was straight up youth group style. Write your sins on a red sheet of paper. Be specific. Walk tot he front, fold it up, throw it in the trash and tell sin “you sin are NO LONGER my master. JESUS is!”
- I got nervous about speaking this morning. Not sure why. I usually just get the adrenaline rush, but today it was different. Maybe because its been two months since I preached. As soon as I walked on stage the nervousness disappeard and turned into adrenaline. Booyah.
- Starting off the sermon inside of a trashcan was a blast. And gross. But going back to the trashcan over and over throughout the sermon was a perfect illustration of what we do with our sin. See pics below…
- Yes, I said the word “GAG-A-MAGGOT” in the sermon. Gag-a-maggot is what my dad and I say when something is just nasty.
- There are stinking JUNE BUGS on my porch. Isn’t it march?
- The band was ON today. They opened with my favorite song, Alive and Running by Kristian Stanfill. Check it out here. AMAZING.
- Cole (yes, our lead pastor) had to step in on bass guitar today. He did an absolutely incredible job! And, I’m pretty sure he didn’t mind too much.
- If you are an iPhone user, be careful. If you try to text your wife that she is a “hottie” iPhone won’t help you out much. It corrects it to “Hogtie.” Oops.
- I went to Surge, our middle school ministry tonight. The girls in that ministry amaze me. They know more Scripture by heart than most pastors I know. Sad, and incredible at the same time!
- I feel that God told me to do something crazy cool today. I don’t know how I can do it financially, but everytime I step out on faith, He is always FAITHFUL to me.
- Glad that spring break is over. Everyone should be back in the office tomorrow. I won’t lie…it absolutely STUNK last week to be completely alone at the office. I especially can’t wait to see Nic. Miss that guy big time.
- The buzz right now at The Connection Church and the anticipation that you can feel in the room are unreal. People are ready to see God do some crazy stuff at Easter.
- We have a deaf woman coming named Kristine Waltman. She has brought at least 3 new friends with her every week now for as long as I can remember. All of these friends are other deaf people. God keeps blowing my mind with the ministry that is springing up at TCC for the deaf! WOW!
