Fantastic day at Crossroads today as we continued in our current series 'PLAN B'. Here's a few of the many things that stood out to me today:
- Great crowd today (especially during second service), TONS of first-time attenders!
- Many people made life-changing decisions today! Some chose to trust their lives to Christ for the very first time! That's HUGE!!
- Land of 1000 Hills Coffee! Do I need to say more? It's awesome! I'm addicted.
- Worship was superb today! The sound was really, really good in the room, and Nic and the band we're very tight! Great job!
- Absolutely LOVE our current series. Here's a few takes that weren't in your worship guide, or in your notes:
- If you haven't experienced a Plan B moment or season in your life...you will. If you've gotten through one and thought "Shwoo! Glad that's over!", there's another one coming. Don't fight it, becuase it's in the middle of those moments that we really find God.
- Instead of allowing crisis to steal your hope, look at crisis as a warning that your hope is in play and needs to be protected.
- It's easy to have faith looking back, but hope relies on faith looking forward.
- Sometimes God gets glory out of your shattered dream (read John 11).
- I don't like standing in line. Doesn't matter if it's Disneyworld or Wal-Mart. It's all waiting, and it's all the same to me. I also hate waiting in traffic (like the paralyzing rush hour scene in Enterprie, Alabama). Oh...and I also hate waiting on God. I'm in a hurry...but God clearly isn't.
- As long as our hope is in something other than God (like a house, a job, a bank account, a relationship, etc), God seems willing to let those things go through STRESS, so will let go of them and grab on to Him.
- God (to you and me): "Stop struggling! Let go of what you're trusting, and trust me...so I can bless you" (read Matthew 5:3).
- It's in the WAITING that your faith is tested, and unless it's tested...it isn't going to GROW.
- Spiritual transformation doesn't take place when we get what we want...it takes place while we're waiting.
None of us WANT crisis in our lives. We don't really WANT to experience stress, or be challenged by life's circumstances. I'm pretty sure we can all agree on that. One of the greatest privileges afforded me as a pastor, is that I have been blessed to hear your amazing stories of life-change. The amazing thing is, all of our stories have a common thread. God took us from a place of crisis, to a place of peace and restored our hope! "And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God..." (Romans 8:28, NLT)!
Have a GREAT week!
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