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Sunday April 1, 2009
God ROCKED my world this past February when I traveled to Kenya with a team of people from NewSpring Church to examine a possible partnership with our church and the 410 Bridge.
I’ve always heard that Americans cannot truly understand how blessed they are until seeing a third world country with their own eyes…and now I know that is true!
I still haven’t fully wrapped my mind around that experience…Jesus was so real over there and His voice was so clear.
And it was made so clear to everyone of us who went that our church has been called by Jesus to invest our lives into reaching this country for Christ.
Want to know more?
This Sunday at NewSpring Church I will be sharing the vision for what I believe the Lord wants us to do! We will be examining the Scriptures to see God’s plan for missions…and how we are called to go “here,” “there” and “everywhere!”
There is nothing that can stand in the way of a church that is DEDICATED to saying to Jesus, “all we have is YOURS…use us to reach the world.”
I am praying we will always be THAT CHURCH!
Sunday will be a day I don’t think we will ever forget!
And Florence…you won’t be seeing this Sunday…but it WILL be seen the week after Easter…and I promise you that it is a GREAT Sunday to invite someone to church who wants to know more about what the vision of our church is!!!!
Hold on to your fork NewSpring!
Kenya February 2, 2009
Today I leave for Kenya…
We’re meeting at the Anderson campus to pray at 9:30…afterwards I will kiss Lucretia and Charisse goodbye and spend the next 19 hours on a plane.
I talked about this yesterday…but let me be BLUNTLY honest on this site…I am not going to Kenya because I want to!
I know that sounds incredibly insensitive and selfish…and, truth be known, many times I am both. I love my home, my bed, my schedule…my, my, my (see a pattern?)
But more and more I am realizing that being a follower of Jesus Christ ISN’T about my comfort…but rather about my committment to follow Him wherever He asks me to go.
In mid December at around 5:30 am in my office at home He spoke so clearly to me and said, “Go to Kenya in February.” I tried to get Him to let me send someone else…but He kept on pressing into me and telling me, “There’s something I want to do in you…but I’ve got to get you OUT of your routine!”
So…I’m going. AND…to be honest, I’m excited! I’m excited to see the opportunities that Jesus is about to place right in front of NewSpring Church…I’m excited about our church being able to make a difference on a global level.
AND…I’m also excited about what it is He is going to do in me. I have a sense of anticipation like I’ve NEVER had before. I am going to miss ‘Cretia, Charisse and the rest of my family here at NewSpring Church…but I really do believe that He is going to turn the flames up in my life hotter than they’ve ever been during this trip!
I would appreciate your prayers. I have been told that I will not have a lot of internet access while there…but this blog will still be active for the next two weeks! :-) I am sure I will blog about it when I get back…I can’t wait to see what the Lord is going to do!
Here is the team going with me…if you want to keep us all in your prayers…
- Jason Wilson
- Jake Beaty
- David Nimmons
- Sherry Moorhead
- Lindsay Taguba
Thank you!