WOW... thats all i can say. right now im pretty speachless. about a week ago, kacie and i found out we were going to be having a baby!!!
And today...we heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. SO AWESOME!!! there's a little life in my wife's belly. So, I came home and Kacie had the sono on DVD for us to watch. Amazing times standing there glued to the TV watching our baby grow and to hear the sound of the heart. I think im in shock...cant wait to find out if its going to be a boy or girl!!!
=)
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday Reflections
When passion meets the heart of the saved, we should find ourselves becoming an unstoppable force sharing the word of Christ. When I get so excited about something new in my life, you’re going to hear about. And on top of that, you’ll probably catch a bit of emotion in the words coming out of my mouth! I hope I'm this way with my Faith. I cannot begin to explain the fire that’s burning in me right now. Especially after this past Sunday’s service at Four Winds. Not just energy hype from a feel good motivational speaking (combined with 2 cups of coffee), but Truth leaping off the pages of my bible as if they were coming to life. Really excited to be a part of this new church plant in Royse City. God is really moving in an awesome and powerful way.
I pray that we continue to stay humble and totally focused on Him. still praying for the staff and people of Four Winds...
Friday, August 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Ableton Live 7
Wheeewwww… Ableton finally came in. Really stoked about getting this set up for our worship services. We’ll dive into it tonight and hopefully it won’t give me a brain cramp.
I’ll post later what we uncover tonight =)
Saturday, August 2, 2008
whats the hold up...
Stumbled on this church website a while back and just wanted to re-visit a few thoughts I had.
This church started with 20 people passionate about God and passionate about reaching the lost. They grew from 20 people to over 3,500 in just 2 years. thats is insane and unheard of, you may be thinking...i know. but why is that?? why is that really so insane? why the jaw dropping shock that a small group of people could start such a huge chain reaction within their community to be reaching 3,500 in 2 years. On top of that...they are a mobile church that meets in 2 different High Schools. INTERESTING...!! I thought so.
It wasn't encouraging to me because i was looking at it through the lens of "wow, these guys are meeting in a school and grew this much...cool, we could do that" but i was looking at it as...."ya know...God doesn't need a huge Church building or permanent facility to reach the lost. He doesn't need me sitting around racking my brain trying to figure out what our church appearance should look like, what people will think their first time visiting, what the music sounds like to them.... he needs people passionate for the lost. He needs me to be totally focused on him and to let the Spirit move through me by staying in his word and being prayed up." He needs people to do what Jesus did...GO. Get a group of people who are passionate about sharing his word and truth and GO. Not to wait around to build a group of people who were book/bible smart so they could school the lost. God has called us where we are and it's for an obvious reason I think. I've been so comfortable with 'doing church' over the years that i sometimes lose sight of what God has put right in front of me. This new church plant and being mobile has totally taken me from my comfort zone...SWEET. its about time for my wake up call. feel like i've been asleep for a while
To check out that church, just click here
I don't know much about this church...and you can check it out if you want. But its not just about this particular church.... its about what God wants do with people who have a passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!
I'll never forget what I heard Rob Bell say about Jesus' disciples... he called them the "not good enough's". What is that about? They were the ones who didn't make the list to be a disciple of a Rabbi while they were in school. They did not have the fullest knowledge of the scriptures to get that far. Ouch. So they had to take up the family trade... fishing. yippee. Jesus saw these guys, called them out and the rest is history. I was called out the moment I put my faith in Jesus Christ. We are all called out at that moment!! We are called to make fishers of men. We are not going to do any good at all if we are afraid to even just get our hooks wet! I so often leave the "hard" work (opening my mouth) up to the ones who have the schooling and the knowledge of the scriptures because after all...that's what they do and it looks easy for them.... I think it's cause I've been lazy and afraid.
This church started with 20 people passionate about God and passionate about reaching the lost. They grew from 20 people to over 3,500 in just 2 years. thats is insane and unheard of, you may be thinking...i know. but why is that?? why is that really so insane? why the jaw dropping shock that a small group of people could start such a huge chain reaction within their community to be reaching 3,500 in 2 years. On top of that...they are a mobile church that meets in 2 different High Schools. INTERESTING...!! I thought so.
It wasn't encouraging to me because i was looking at it through the lens of "wow, these guys are meeting in a school and grew this much...cool, we could do that" but i was looking at it as...."ya know...God doesn't need a huge Church building or permanent facility to reach the lost. He doesn't need me sitting around racking my brain trying to figure out what our church appearance should look like, what people will think their first time visiting, what the music sounds like to them.... he needs people passionate for the lost. He needs me to be totally focused on him and to let the Spirit move through me by staying in his word and being prayed up." He needs people to do what Jesus did...GO. Get a group of people who are passionate about sharing his word and truth and GO. Not to wait around to build a group of people who were book/bible smart so they could school the lost. God has called us where we are and it's for an obvious reason I think. I've been so comfortable with 'doing church' over the years that i sometimes lose sight of what God has put right in front of me. This new church plant and being mobile has totally taken me from my comfort zone...SWEET. its about time for my wake up call. feel like i've been asleep for a while
To check out that church, just click here
I don't know much about this church...and you can check it out if you want. But its not just about this particular church.... its about what God wants do with people who have a passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!
I'll never forget what I heard Rob Bell say about Jesus' disciples... he called them the "not good enough's". What is that about? They were the ones who didn't make the list to be a disciple of a Rabbi while they were in school. They did not have the fullest knowledge of the scriptures to get that far. Ouch. So they had to take up the family trade... fishing. yippee. Jesus saw these guys, called them out and the rest is history. I was called out the moment I put my faith in Jesus Christ. We are all called out at that moment!! We are called to make fishers of men. We are not going to do any good at all if we are afraid to even just get our hooks wet! I so often leave the "hard" work (opening my mouth) up to the ones who have the schooling and the knowledge of the scriptures because after all...that's what they do and it looks easy for them.... I think it's cause I've been lazy and afraid.
Friday, August 1, 2008
new study!!
Ok... so i'm really excited about the new study coming up August 6th!!! Check it out on the Four Winds website by clicking here
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