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I’ve Got My Wings On

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I’m headed to Atlanta today to go see my Grandparents. Tomorrow morning I’ll be strapping my wings on to fly to So Cal forPDYM the Conference. Yes, I could just fly there on my own since I am Superman, but what fun would that be? If I have trouble with my Jetpack I’ll grab a flight on Delta. I can’t wait to get out to Cali with all of my friends and mostly to promote PDYM Kingdom Day which is huge! For more info you can check out http://www.kingdomday.com

I’ve got some big announcements coming soon that have not made it to my blog yet, but its going to be HUGE!!! Everything in its proper time 🙂

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The Elite 5000 Club for Twitter!!!

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As of yesterday afternoon around 6:30 p.m. I was officially inducted into the Elite 5000 Club of Twitter. That’s 5,000 updates not followers 😉 THIS update got me there! Okay so I’m not sure there is an Elite 5000 Club for Twitter, but there should be, and all of the club members should get a certificate or a ribbon or something. I think if you put all of my tweets together, I may have the makings of a short book; of course I would have to subtract all of the tweets to the psycho people out there, that was just wasted keystrokes!

So how many updates do you have on Twitter? Will you be joining me in the Elite 5,000 update club any time soon? I’ll save a ribbon for you!

Don’t have a Twitter? Get One HERE and if you’re looking for someone to Follow to get Started, my Profile is HERE.

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There’s Been A Leprechaun Sighting

In Honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I would repost an old post from last year where there was a Leprechaun Sighting in Alabama:

And then there’s the Leprechaun Sighting remix (You’ve gotta watch this one)…

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A Thunderous Roar

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This past weekend the CSRA Youth Ministry Network hosted the 2009 DNOW for our local area. Typically each student ministry that participates in the local DNOW schedules a fun activity on Saturday morning/afternoon for their students to have a little fun as a group. This year we wanted our students to definitely have fun, but we wanted to use this weekend where we had 700+ students’ attention to engage them in opportunities to live beyond themselves and to invest in the lives of other people. After all, the theme was “Your Kingdom Come” and it seemed very appropriate to initiate service projects for the students to participate in.

I am a firm believer that a huge part of our spiritual discipleship has to do with our engaging in ministry and actually doing the things that we’ve been told in scripture to do. Studys have proven that the stuff we learn has been retained in our memory based on 1 part data and 6 parts emotion, essentially we remember what we experience. Therefore when we talk about discipleship, I don’t think we can remove elements that provide experience in what we are learning.

Saturday night was dynamic! The praise coming from this group of students sounded at times like a thunderous roar. In all of the local youth events, I cannot remember students so in tune with who God was at that moment in their life. I truly believe that Matt Papa is anointed and we had the privilege of having his band lead us in worship, but I mostly believe Saturday night had a lot to do with the response from earlier in the day where students were engaged in what God is all about, living sacrificially and loving other people.

I believe this picture with my buddy Steve White best sums up what the day was all about…

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UNLEASH Live Blogging Session 2

Live blogging the 2009 Unleash Conference

Session 2: Perry Noble

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How to Stay in the Game…

  • Exodus 33
  • Some say church work is easy/going to be easy
  • People in the church can be the meanest people on the planet
  • 4 Questions Every Leader Needs to Wrestle With:
  • 1. Who Is With Me?
  • If you want people to buy into you, buy into your people
  • Satan doesn’t want to split your church, he wants to split your staff
  • If you think you do as much as the Senior Pastor, you don’t have a freaking clue!
  • Senior pastor’s carry a weight the staff and members could never imagine!
  • The sheep don’t lead the shepherd,the pastor is called to lead
  • The Pastor will be the one standing before God at the end of the day.
  • 2. [God] Am I Pleasing You?
  • (Vs. 13) Moses just wanted to know God and for God to be pleased with him
  • We cannot expect God to lead us publicly if we are not yielded to him privately
  • Pastor, Are you a prostitute or are you a prophet?
  • If your goal is to please churched people, you’ll lose every time, they are the ones that killed Jesus. If he could not please them, we cannot!
  • A) Do I understand that ministry is received not achieved? [Rick Warren]
  • The mercy of God is that he knew our screws ups before he called us, yet he still called us!
  • B) Am I placing limits on me that God has not placed on me?
  • Ministry leaders, you can do, exactly what God has called you to do.
  • Don’t dare limit yourself when the unlimited power of God lives in us.
  • 3. Will I See You?
  • We kiss toilets all week long and then we try to kiss Jesus
  • We cannot provide a Jesus light ministry, where people leave feeling good about themselves, but there is never transformation.
  • When Jesus is preached, there is conviction of sin and people brought to repentance!
  • Moses wanted God presence. Do WE REALLY want God’s presence as leaders?
  • Do you want ATTENDANCE or REPENTANCE?
  • You don’t need to close the back door to the church…
  • The church is a body…if you close the back door to your body…
  • When was the last time you as a pastor was desperate for the presence of God?
  • 4. What’s Next?
  • No matter where you get in ministry, continue to ask, What’s Next?
  • Exodus 33:18 “Now Show Me Your Glory!”
  • What Does God Want to Do Next In Your Church?