WEEKEND UPDATE (022810)

We said goodbye to February on Sunday with a jam up service at Crossroads.  Here's just a few of the things I noticed:

• People made life-changing decisions today!  That's the BEST PART of every service!
• Wrapped up GO FISH and it was a doozy!  Wish we could run this series for a few more weeks.
• Pre-Service: TONS of energy and excitement in every corner of the building! Also, got to have a bunch of short but important conversations with a lot of people I usually don't get to talk to on Sunday morning!  GREAT!
• Worship in BOTH services was really good.  The sound improves every week.  So encouraged!
• Two services: BIGGEST CROWD EVER.  Here we go!
• What a thrill to dedicate EMBERLIN McELVEEN and HOLDEN MOORE this morning.  Babies are cool!  Makes me want grandkids so bad! (No pressure Oden kids...)
• Quotable Quote #1: "Jesus goal for you isn't simply to follow, but to DO in the lives of others what someone has done in YOUR life!"
• People gave HUGE in our benevolence offerings today.  Almost a thousand bucks!  Go God!
• Loved the Bill Dance fishing bloopers, but the treble hook in the nose was brutal.
• The fishing blooper videos track so well with our own "witnessing disasters".  Ever go fishing for men and catch yourself in the nose with a treble hook?  We don't start out fishers of men, Jesus MAKES US fishers of men.
• Quotable Quote #2:  "If we'll let Him, God wants to use the JUNK in our lives, both good and bad, to perfectly position us in SOMEONE ELSE's LIFE to be THE fisher of men!"
• Thank you Lobby and Tech and Set-Up Teams and everyone in Children's ministries for making it all work at Crossroads today!
• Quotable Quote #3: "If we aren't thinking of following Christ in terms of fishing for men, we spend our whole Christian lives just trying to be good, and more spiritual, and holier and miss the opportunity God has given us to have an ETERNAL impact in the lives of others."

Such a great day at Crossroads.  So honored and constantly surprised that I get to be a part of what God is doing in our community!  This week, whether you are in a small group or not (and if you're not in one, get in one next time around, okay?) think about the person God used to bring you to faith (or bring you back to faith) and sit down and write them a letter, telling them about the impact they had. Mail it to them, you know...the old fashioned way, with a stamp and everything.  It'll bless them.  If the person who led you to that place of faith is no longer around, write the letter anyway.  It will help you to see how important it is to be there for someone else. Have a GREAT week, and remember: followers fish!