Sunday Night Reflections December 28, 2008

Here are a few closing thoughts for the day…

• If you would have told me in January all that God was going to do in 2008 here at NewSpring Church…I am not sure I would have believed you!
• His plans are so much better than ours (Isaiah 55:8) and He is able to do so much more than we think He can (Ephesians 3:20!)
• I am asking God to help me dream bigger dreams…I seriously think it is a sin for a church to have small vision when we have such a HUGE God who REIGNS over the universe and said HE will build HIS church!
• It is so hard to believe that this time next year we will actually be preparing to celebrate our 10 year anniversary!
• “Savior King” is one of the best worship songs ever written…and the way we ended our services today was simply amazing!
• The way a church impacts and changes a community is ONE LIFE AT A TIME.  We saw evidence of that today in the stories of lifechange!  Seeing that NEVER gets old!
• Oh yeah…our service today was pretty much all video teaching as we reflected on all Jesus has done at our church this year…and at the end of every service people received Christ!  Yep, video teaching works!  :-)
• Greenville campus had their 4th or 5th highest attendance of the year…on the Sunday AFTER Christmas…that’s crazy!!!
• Anderson campus was packed out all three services as well!
• There is a buzz in our church right now that is awesome!
• As I stood in the lobby today & spoke with people I kept hearing stories about how someone invited them to NewSpring, they met Jesus and their life has been changed…THAT NEVER GETS OLD!
• We begin our new series next Sunday (January 4th) called, “No Perfect People Allowed!”  Can’t wait!
• Our last coaching network meeting is on January 8th…can’t wait!  I think it might be our best one yet!!!  (Not sure if I am going to do it again…praying through it & will know within the next week.)
• Thinking about taking some staff members through some pretty intense leadership training next year…God is really rocking my world right now with some cool stuff & I want to pour into them as much as I can!
• Praying through some changes I need to make in the way I lead and the way I handle my day to day schedule so that I can be more effective in every area of my life…would appreciate your prayers as well.
• Thinking about buying a Garmin 305!  Marathon training is about to kick in FULL BLAST!
• Lucretia and I have a vacation coming up soon…we’re thinking about going to Disney World…without Charisse!  Seriously!  If anyone knows anyone down there who can help me set something up…let me know.  I haven’t been there in over 20 years!
• 44-6?  Seriously Dallas?  I give you support and cheer you on and you get blown out like that?  DANG!
• Hey NewSpring…one more thing…I was SERIOUS when I said that I believe 2009 will be our best year of ministry ever!  Hold on to your fork…