It’s Thursday…And My A-D-D is KICKING In a MAJOR Way!!!

OK…this is going to be random…I have several thoughts that I want to pour out!!!

#1 - We had 20 people register for our conference yesterday…dang!  Folks, I can’t tell you how pumped we are around here about this event.  AND…I requested that, if they felt led, that some of my blogging buddies mention it…and they did…check out what they had to say…some are longer than others…but if you are wondering as to whether or not you should come…this is worth your time!!!

• Thanks Steven
• Thanks Gary
• Thanks Mark
• Thanks Scott
• Thanks Tony
• Thanks Jonathan
• Thanks Todd 

If you haven’t signed up yet–what are you waiting for???

#2 - Prayer requests…from time to time I will post prayer requests on this blog…and I have a few pretty major ones.

The first is our baby–relax, nothing is wrong…but Lucretia and I are daily praying for our child’s health…and we will find out if it is a boy or girl in a few weeks!  (If we have a little girl then I am so gone, we were watching a TV show with a little girl on it the other night and I just started crying…what the heck is happening to me?)

The second prayer request is for me to be able to sleep again…I am having really bad dreams…and so is Lucretia…and so are some staff members!!!  SO…pray for all of us.  God is going to do some awesome things here in the coming months…and the enemy always tries to distract us when things like this are about to happen.  Which leads to…

The third prayer request is for the health of our staff…we have had an unusual amount of sickness among the staff lately!!!  Pray for our health.

The fourth prayer request is for me & my pace in speaking.  I will be speaking for the South Carolina Baptist Convention this weekend and their college weekend…and I am PUMPED about it; however, I will not be completing the service until late Saturday night…and then there is a drive back from Asheville and four more services on Sunday!

#3 - I watched American Idol for a little while last night–DANG!  I haven’t laughed OR cringed that much in a long time.  It’s funny…I don’t like it when they get into the “good people” for some reason…but I can sit and watch those bad auditions all day long…I guess I can relate to them because Lee kicked me out of the NewSpring band years ago…and I’m over it…really…I don’t hate him…I promise!  :-)

#4 - THIS IS COOL!!!  I received a post card yesterday from Rick Warren!!!  To many that MAY not be a big deal…but you’ve got to understand…it MADE MY WEEK!!! AND…he sent me the card in response to this post, telling me that he was encouraged by it.

First of all…the fact that he read my blog is cool…and second, that he would take the time to encourage me is even cooler.

Hey Rick, if you happen to read this again…YOU ROCK!  Reading “The Purpose Driven Church” is ONE of the MAIN reasons we started NewSpring Church…and through that book you have touched more lives than you will even know.  If you are ever in the south…there is a redneck pastor who would love to buy you lunch…OR…I am willing to fly out there and do the same.  I was born in La Mirada County hospital–no lie!!!

#5 - My buddy Steven hits the ball out of the park once again with this post.  I know I link him a lot–but the brotha’ is just good!

#6 - NewSpringers…I preached on money Sunday and challenged you to contact Joe for one on one assistance…DO IT!!!  Check out his website and the tools he offers!  HE IS SMOKIN’ WHAT HE’S SELLIN’!  This guy LOVES and LIVES this stuff…get on the phone!!!

I asked him why he thinks some people don’t want help…and he told me that it’s a pride thing…that some people don’t want to admit that there is a problem and so they think by avoiding it that it will go away!  Trust me–IT WON’T–CALL!

#7 - We will continue the series “What If” this weekend…and don’t forget that NEXT weekend--that is SUPER BOWL weekend…which is NOT this weekend…but NEXT weekend...that would be February 4th…we will not be having the 6:00 evening service.  WE WILL HAVE THE 4:15 service…and we want all of the peeps that come to 6:00 to our 4:15 and PACK IT OUT!

AND…we will be doing this for ONE WEEK ONLY…the next week, February 11th, we will be back on our normal schedule.

Why are we doing this?  Duh…the Super Bowl…most of you want to watch it (for the commercials) AND our staff wants to enjoy it as well.  SO…for one week we are going to give everyone a breather and take off a little earlier on Sunday evening.

That’s about it for now…see you on Sunday!