new life ramblings (1/23/09)

Every week (or most weeks) I take a moment to share what is on my heart.  Everything from what is happening at New Life, our culture, in my life and just random stuff.  I call this “New Life Ramblings”.  Enjoy! Feel free to respond back!  Give input!  Ask questions!  Grab a cup of coffee and catch up on what is going on in my mind. 

 

• We have a new president.  I pray for God would give President Obama wisdom and knowledge. 
• One of my prayers this week has been for a spiritual awakening in America and a spiritual fervor in the local church.
• GroupLink is Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend. (Tonight!) This is a great time to join a small group.  GroupLink is a church social with the full intent of meeting people with the hope of finding a small group.
• Beginning Feb 8^th I am starting a new series called “Hebrews—the slow drift”. I will be providing small group questions during this series. If your small group would like to study the book of Hebrews we will have a “study guide” for you.
• The next two weeks I am doing a very important series called “The Perfect Storm”. So many people are experiencing a storm in their personal lives. Everything from financial, health, emotional and family storms. How should the church respond? How should you respond when the storms attack your life? 
• “The Perfect Storm” (Week 1–this Sunday). I am going to look at the life of Job and discover what he did to make it through the storm of a lifetime.
• “The Perfect Storm” (Week 2–Feb 1) Roosevelt Hunter will be sharing. Roosevelt and I have been friends for 15 years. He has recently been diagnosed with cancer. He will be sharing this story with us and we will have a time in every service to pray for people facing storms.
• Here is some info on Roosevelt from his bio—“he is a passionate communicator that has traveled millions air miles sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. He’s visited over 27 countries as well as every state of our Union.  He appears on TBN and has taught at Promise Keepers stadium events as well as Fellowship of Christian Athletes events.” (Ok, more importantly—he loves Jesus, we have been great friends for years and he lives a life of integrity)
• Roosevelt will be the speaker at our youth winter camp next weekend. Trust me, we don’t – and you don’t want your students to miss this weekend. Click here to sign your student up for Winter Camp 09.
• I need to do something for Jana on Valentines Day…..Yes, I will take her to Married Life Live…but I have a feeling I better put a little more thought into this. 
• Married Life Live is a few weeks away. The correct date is February 13. (We had a mistake in our New Life News)Click here to sign up for Married Life Live: Romancing The Heart. 
• Did you know – “the sound you hear when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head”?
• I spoke at our Primetimers lunch this week.  We are blessed with an incredible group of seasoned saints who know how to pray.
• I posted a blog challenging men to lead in family meetings every week.  I encourage every man to take a moment to read this.
• It was great to see two people get baptized last weekend.  Their stories were amazing.  We will be showing their water baptism stories in all of our services this weekend.
• Read Job 1-3 to prepare for this weekend.  Job 3 is not the most comfortable chapter in the Bible.  However it is Job sharing his real grief.  I would call this Job’s Journal.