MONDAY Night Reflections

Whew, six services…after the sixth service Lucretia and I had some supper with friends and now I am at home trying to keep my eyes open…here are a few thoughts on yesterday and today…

• The message for this Christmas became more and more real to me every single time I taught it…God absolutely ROCKED my world, especially when I considered John 3:16 from the point of view of a father. AMAZING!
• I love the way we began our services–as a CELEBRATION! Don’t get me wrong, there is a time for reflection and meditation–but when Jesus was born the angels were singing at the top of their lungs about Jesus–and we got to do the same today. (Which begs a theological question–do angels have lungs?)
• Personally, I thought the music for our Christmas celebration was off the hook…and the song that Lee wrote is my new favorite song!
• I have had several people ask…and the answer is “no,” I was not actually behind the screen doing the walk through live. A team of us went to a studio in Spartanburg several weeks ago to record the journey through the universe.
• Which…by the way, meant that message preparation had to be done at the beginning of December. I have learned as a pastor that our media department does not serve me but rather we serve Christ together…and in order for them to continually take it to the next level they need to know where I feel the Lord is directing me as far as message prep.
• I love the team I serve with because we all have one common goal–to communicate Christ in the clearest way possible so that hundreds and thousands of people may ultimately confess Him as Lord.
• I said it today in the service AND I will say it again on this website–Jesus IS NOT the reason for Christmas, HE IS THE REASON FOR LIFE! How dare we reduce the glory and awesomeness of Jesus to one day per year. Christmas is a time the celebration is to be magnified–but we should acknowledge Jesus EVERY SINGLE DAY! Yes, He IS Lord on December 25th…but He is JUST as awesome and holy on August 12 or May 7…or ANY OTHER DAY of the year!!!
• A we had a total of 12,795 at church for our Christmas services–that’s amazing!
• I don’t know a total…but I KNOW there were several decisions made for Christ both yesterday and today–YES!!!

NOW I am going to go put together a rocking horse for Charisse! :-) Tomorrow I am celebrating Christmas with family and probably will not post very much this week. Have an awesome Christmas!!!