Perry Noble has been very influential in my life over the past three years.  When he told me they were doing a leadership conference at Newspring – I knew it would be a can’t miss event!

It’s one day…six speakers…and only $99 until Friday!

Mark Driscoll
Jud Wilhite
Judah Smith
Francis Chan
Steven Furtick
Perry Noble

I know Pastors Steven and Perry very well and the two of them alone make this thing worth your time.  I met Pastor Jud last year in Vegas and he is the real deal!  I could go on and on.  Bottom line – don’t miss this thing.  sign up now and I will see you there.

So…get registered…and we will see you on September 16th!

It’s a strategic location from the standpoint that the dream to begin a church in Acworth started from a house in Millington, TN.   We are going to be loaded down for the majority of the time we are here, but we’ve worked in a little R&R as well.  Very little

I absolutely love our team, the people at Freedom Church, and those whom we are striving to reach.  The next 6 months are going to be insane.  Scary actually.  Can’t wait to get back and fill you in…

I was reading through Michael’s book, and realized that my friend Tadd and I both had former blog posts that made cameo appearances.  Here’s what I wrote:

Church planting is a cool thing to do.  I agree with that 100%; however, if you are thinking of planting a church, you better have a more definitive reason for doing so than that.

Planting a church because it’s cool? – buy a new car…
…because it is exciting? buy a skydiving session and go jump out of an airplane…
…because you hate the one you’re in?   find a new one and invest your life there…
…because you want to be the “lead” pastor?   get over yourself, repent, and make sure there is more to it than that.

We need more churches and we need more church planters.  Just make sure that it’s not your faulty motives masquerading as a calling from God.  Make sure you were called to do it.   Then, answer the call – just make absolutely sure that is what you are answering.

God is fully capable of making the extraordinary ordinary.  Leaders of every background, denomination, style, etc. are seeing God do what many had classified as impossible.  How?

Here is something that I’ve come to realize:  Vision is vital, but power comes through prayer.

Vision and strategy are important, but prayer produces the power that can shake a city, state, nation, and world.  My tendency is to spend disproportionate time on vision and strategy – while praying that God blesses the “work” we have done.

I need to stop praying “for” the work and realize that prayer “is” the work.

It was NOT what I expected.  You ever done something in the past – remembered it being pretty darn good – and then realized that it wasn’t quite as good as you originally thought?  That’s how I felt the other day.

It freaked me out a little bit, but I told some people in the office that I hope this trend continues – in every area of my life.  I am a work in progress – not just in communication, but as a husband, father, Pastor, leader, and friend.   I want to continue getting better – which means I will have to get use to looking back and laughing at who I use to be.

I don’t mind changing – it’s staying the same that would scare me to death.

Awakening – 3 week Series

Rebel – 5 Week Series

2 Standalone messages

Old Time Religion – 4 Week Series

All about Me – 3-4 Week Series

Now, the pendulum has swung to the other side.

The statement is still true, but most people need to hear it in reverse.  “Don’t sacrifice your business and/or ministry on the altar of family.“   It doesn’t matter how honorable it sounds, laziness is not a virtue – no matter how you try to disguise it.