Updating everything - Sunday's services too

It's been awhile since I've posted. I've just been super tired lately. There's been a lot going on and a lot more to do.

The weekend was spent wrestling with some tough decisions and ideas. Friday night when I finally made it to sleep, I was exhausted from thinking and working. All during the night though, God gave me dream after dream of things He was going to do in my life and ministry and the church. Some were dreams of what would be if I didn't follow His exact plans, and others were a glimpse at what will be if I completely follow His plans and will. Then there's the dream about Simon Cowell . . . Not sure about that one . . . On the original thought . . . it's refreshing to have everything swirling around you with no clear direction or peace about what to do, and to wake up from sleep with a sudden understanding about the situations at hand.

Billie and I went to the Olive Branch on Friday in Dublin to pick up somethings for the VBS we have coming up in July. I picked up a book by Don Cousins called, "LeaderShift." Man, it's awesome. I sat down and read almost 100 pages on Saturday. It challenges the "heresies" of leadership as Cousins calls them. It's been tremendous thus far, and I'll certainly be using it in our upcoming leadership class for our current leaders and prospective leaders. More on that later.

Sunday services from yesterday . . . wow. First, I was really expecting a low crowd considering it was Memorial Day weekend, but far from it. We had a great crowd, but more importantly, a great service. Let me just take a moment and talk about how awesome our choir is. It's been a very long journey with our church in many aspects. In real time, it's only been a year and a half, and when looked at through that scope, our church has made leaps and bounds in forward progress and God is doing so much! In my time though, sometimes it seems we're never going to quite get there. Our music program was one such concern, but after remodeling our stage and jump starting our choir, it's really come together. There's been a great spirit of worship rising up and Sunday was no different. I could feel God moving in our choir practice. The praise and worship was great and then we went to choir. We sang "Worthy is the Lamb" and you could just feel the presence of the Lord invading the sanctuary. Then we sang the timeless classic, at least to me, "Holy Ground" and God took over. People began moving to the altar and stepping out in the aisle and letting God get a hold of their lives. It was powerful.

Yesterday was the beginning of our series on slaying giants, and I gave the congregation about ten minutes worth of my message and we just had an awesome time in the Lord. I may take a Sunday night and preach the whole message soon. We'll see.

Today's Memorial Day. I'm going to the church to get some stuff together. By mid-afternoon, I'll take off hopefully. Well, let's say it this way. When Travis calls and tells me the grill is ready, I'll be at the Bennett's. Until then, I'll be in the office! Have a good one!