Mar 31 2009

Acworth Egg Drop

The Acworth Egg Drop is just around the corner – and yes we really are dropping thousands of candy-filled eggs from a helicopter!  This coming Saturday, April 4th at 10AM, Freedom Church has partnered with the City of Acworth for an Easter Egg Hunt that your kids will never forget!

If you would like to volunteer for this event, let us know by emailing Joni at joni@freedomlive.net

For more information check out AcworthEggDrop.Com



Mar 30 2009

Let’s be honest

I think Freedom Church is the best church in this area.  I really do.  I’m not saying that to stir the waters or because I am arrogant. I am saying it because I believe it to be true. Sounds strange doesn’t it?  Who actually puts that in print for all of blog-world to see?

Let’s be honest.  Wouldn’t we be much better off if every Pastor thought their church was the best on the planet?  What’s the alternative?  If I am the Pastor of a church operating in deficiency – shouldn’t I do everything I possibly can to change the culture and correct the issue? That’s not arrogance – that is leadership.

I have great friends that lead great churches right down the street from Freedom.  I pray for them, hang out with them,  believe in them, and I hope (and know) that they believe that THEIR church is the greatest church on the planet.  That’s the way it should be. If you don’t think your church is the best…what’s keeping it from getting there? Maybe that’s the exact thing that God is calling you to address.

Don’t apologize for the desire to become the best (whether personally or professionally).  Lives are at stake. Hell is very real and we don’t know how much time we have.  Not to mention, false humility is just as repugnant as pride.


Mar 27 2009

One last time

Only one more Sunday left in this powerful series!

I have been looking forward to this specific week for quite some time.  Whether you’re single, married, divorced, single again, or somewhere in between than this week is for you.

It’s going to be an incredible week!


Mar 26 2009

Pray huge prayers

When your prayer life is lacking passion or the line of communication between you and God has become as erratic as cell coverage with AT&T.  These verses might help.

Isaiah 38:1-6  In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

Not the kind of news you want to hear.  Look how he handled it…

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 “Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Looked a little late for a prayer like that.  Maybe not.

4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

Not a bad response.  Don’t be afraid to pray huge prayers.  The results could be life-changing.


Mar 25 2009

Book List

Just bought the 1st round of books that I think will be pretty interesting.

  1. Leadership Gold: Lessons I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading
  2. Making Vision Stick
  3. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
  4. The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University
  5. You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference

Here are a few more on the agenda for round 2.