Sunday Night Reflections June 21, 2009

Here are a few really random things running through my mind this evening…

• We saw over 70 people give their lives to Jesus today…that NEVER gets old.
• REALLY praying and believing that we are going to see more people receive Christ this fall than we saw in the spring!!!  NewSpring…LET’S BEG GOD FOR THAT TOGETHER!!!
• BTW…that’s over 1,000 people!!!
• “How Deep The Father’s Love For Us” today was absolutely amazing!
• Clayton preached in Anderson, Andy spoke in Greenville, Craig spoke in Florence…but we all worshipped the same God!
• Our new series, “In Rhythm” begins on Sunday, July 12th…and I am already pumped out of my mind about it.
• God is absolutely BLOWING my mind with thoughts and ideas about this fall–NewSpring, hold on to your fork!!!
• Got to speak to several people who went on our first mission trip to Kenya…and God absolutely blew their minds.  I am personally looking forward to going back in the future!  We have more trips coming up…go here if you want more information.
• It was so awesome to have Anne Jackson swing by the church today…dinner with her and a crew from here was a blast!
• My time with Mark Driscoll and Larry Osborne this past week was awesome.  God used both of those men to really encourage and challenge me.  So grateful for their friendship.
• My calf hurts…went for a six mile run this morning (almost stepped on a snake…more on that later) and then took a nap and woke up with a HUGE cramp.  AHHHHH!
• Charisse gave me a really sweet Father’s day card this morning!  (She turns two on Saturday!)
• Lucretia gave me an awesome card as well!  :-)
• Lucretia and some friends threw me a surprise party last night…and it literally was a surprise!!!  WOW…I turn 38 this week…two years away from 40!!!  When did THAT happen?
• I just got one of those flip camera thingys…can’t wait to try it out!  There will be some videos appearing on this blog!!!  :-)
• One of the things I am continually having poured into me is that THEOLOGY must drive METHODOLGY…it can’t be reversed…if it is the church will be in a constant state of “I really screwed that up!”
• Another thing that is continually being reinforced is that Scripture, not strategy, must be surpreme!  (NOT saying AT ALL that strategy isn’t important…but it MUST be placed in submission to the Scriptures…just like our lives!)
• AND…one more thing, I MUST be a fighter…I must throw punches and “kick satan in the cookies”…and I do so by keeping my eyes focused on Jesus and not the people who keep trying to pull me off the wall.  (Nehemiah 6:1-4!)
• Oh yeah…it is “birthday week” in the Noble house…Lucretia is going to make her incredible white chocolate fudge cake (here is the recipe) and I THINK I am going to Fogo for lunch on Thursday!  :-)
• WARNING…eating this cake MAY cause serious embarrassment as you will probably lick the plate it was on!!!