our vacation last week was nice. not everything went as planned but Callie and i had some great talks with one another and we had a lot of fun being with her family in Missouri last week.
God did incredible things at Unleash last Thursday. to have 3,300 church leaders in one location on one campus worshipping God together was unbelieveable. it pumps me up to see God show off like that at NewSpring and know that’s He’s ready to show off at Freedom too! one of the major things that i learned at Unleash and Blake reminded everyone of Sunday at Freedom, is that our church and every church in America sucks if God doesn’t show up. He’s the reason we have the lights and the video and the sound and the band and the message. if all that stuff happens perfectly and God doesn’t show up, we did it all for nothing. without God, church sucks.
Friday Callie and i had a chance to hang out with some great friends that we really don’t get to see enough. we had the opportunity to go to a real recording studio for the first time with my friend Matt who is in the process of recording an album. it was a bit overwhelming to say the least. just walking in the room and seeing a 64-channel SSL sound board that they had to bring into the room in pieces and put it all together, was unbelievable.
saturday was truly a relaxing day. we stayed at home for the most part and didn’t leave the house until Saturday night. we had to go to a wedding for a couple that i met at our wedding. other than meeting them that one time, i had no idea who they were. as for the wedding, well, let’s just say it was… interesting.
sunday kicked butt because God showed up at Freedom. i have never seen our people worship as hard and as passionately as they did yesterday. God has brought some incredible people to Freedom Church and he continues to bring us more people. the passion and excitement that people have on Sunday morning is contagious and gives the staff, the band, and the production team passion and excitement on Sunday morning too. it fires me up so much that i hate that we only have one service right now. our church and the people of our church is so awesome that i hate not being able to have two services on Sunday.
also, JR issued the Acworth Sex Challenge. i have never seen couples run out of church so fast. this next week is going to be a great week!
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