- PUMPED that I will have my son and wife in my arms after being apart for three weeks in about 10 or 11 hours. Its like Christmas…no sleep for me tonight!
- PUMPED about taking all I learned at Experience Life Church today. A mega thanks goes out to their Lead Pastor Chris Galanos and his entire staff for letting us see their church behind the scenes all day!
- PUMPED that Experience Life Church is baptizing over 100 people TOMORROW. Insane!
- PUMPED that my family is almost home…I know, I already said it but cut me some slack…I MISS THEM.
- PUMPED about the logo design contest and all of the incredible logos that are coming in!
- NOT PUMPED about taking Amber to the new rent house for the first time…she’s never seen it…not even a picture! Hope I picked a good one…
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Saturday Night Shots
Best Life Change Story Ever?
Want to read one of the COOLEST LIFE CHANGE stories ever?
Check this out.
It happened at my good friend, Tim Beal’s Church. He is a pastor at Experience Life in Lubbock, Texas.
Click here. Read it. An AMAZING story of God’s grace and forgiveness lived out in real life.
I Could Feel It…
Over the Thanksgiving break, we spent some time in Lubbock. While there, I got to hook up with Tim Beal. I served with Tim at a church in Wolfforth, TX early on in my ministry. My first years in ministry were extremely frustrating.
I could feel it. That gut feeling that church could be and should be different. Didn’t Jesus love the unlovable and accept those who were beat up and broken? At the time, I couldn’t really verbalize it. At the advice of what I thought were “mentors” in those days, I pushed forward ignoring my gut feelings. Eventually it ate me up inside so badly that I eventually reached a point where I was ready to quit.
Enter Tim Beal. Just as I was about to throw in the ministry towel, Tim came on our staff and brought those gut feelings to life! God used him to awaken my soul and re-energize me for ministry.
My gut feelings were right. Ministry IS ACTUALLY all about Jesus. Its all about people. And, its all about making the two intersect.
When I met with Tim this past week I finally got to look him in the eyes (6 years later) and thank him. It felt good. I think he maybe even cried a little. And now, I just wanted to thank him publicly.
We wrapped up by praying together and committing to pray for each other. God is using Tim in some BIG BIG ways. The church he is now at has been around for about 2 years and has grown to over 1,200 people meeting on the weekends. I am pumped up about how God is going to use Tim next.
Who has been your Tim Beal? Who re-energizes you for the mission you have been given?
Sunday Mind Dump
Its dump-a-rif-ic!
- Thanksgiving week is ALWAYS one of the most insane, busy, tiring, stressful weeks in my life…even more than Christmas.
- We wrapped up “Freakonomics” today. I think it was THE BEST message series we’ve ever done related to finances, giving, and money. Cole preached the best I’ve ever heard him preach on these topics. It was clearly a series that reminded me of how GOD is moving at The Connection Church!
- As always, I am PUMPED UP and READY for the new message series. Its called Re:Gift. Check it out here.
- Also, I finished up the new website this week. connectionchristmas.com. Check it out! This is where you’ll be able to find our Christmas plans every year.
- I think my middle toe is broken and my knee is still sore. No more marathons? Yeah right…
- I put up a TON of Christmas lights today. Pics/vid maybe coming this week.
- My debt week posts were POSTponed due to technical difficulties. They be on the blog this week.
- Black Friday makes me sick at my stomach.
- Alex and Mary Rodriguez spoke on stage today. If I had to make my top ten incredible people in the world list, they’d both be on it.
- 1st quarter budgeting is coming up. Oh boy!
- Couper is the coolest most fun kid in the world. Ever. Ok, maybe baby Jesus was a little bit cooler, but Couper is definitely number 2 or even a tie with baby Jesus.
- Christmas is in the air! I can feel it. And, just for the record, I LOVE CHRISTMAS!
- I got to hook up with Tim Beal while in Lubbock this week. Awesome time together. More on that this week.
