Here it is- fresh, and on time.
* I missed the Talledega races this weekend. Was planning to go, for a hot-minute. We sent 28 of the Village guys to watch the last hour of the last two days of the race. They were treated to a seven-truck crash on Saturday- and more. The more includes a broken-down Turtle (again), riding back with twelve bags of crushed cans that "someone" had to keep to cash (making The Jesus Van smell like beer), and... well... more. In the end, glad I missed.
* Spent the afternoon (Sunday), instead, picking the kids up from my parents (who took them to the Fall Festival at my Dad's church last night). Then, went to attend a surprise birthday party for Eric Felty, one of the- scratch that- THE coordinator for Prayer Force United. You remove Eric, the machine falls apart. It was an honor to pray for him after celebrating his life.
* I thought Eric was old, by the way. Then, tonight, someone asked him how "old" he just turned. "Thirty-six," he replied. Ouch. He's only a few months older than me. I must look as old as he does : )
* There is something that stirs in my Spirit when my wife and I pray with several like-minded people with whom the Lord has knit our hearts. God is doing something amazing in the Body of Christ... in Birmingham.. and my prayer is to be part of it- and to see it come to fruition. This is, overwhelmingly, one of the thoughts that kept coming to me tonight as I left the birthday party.
* Eric is a prophet. He may not know it yet. But he is. As odd as that sounds to simply post here... He is a prophetic intercessor. It is a mere matter of time until that comes out of the can.
* Later this week, perhaps tomorrow, I'll post a bit about the Pastors' Appreciation Breakfast I attended on Thursday. It relates to the thing above about God doing something here...
* Was honored to present at the Gospel Hip-Hop Awards on Saturday. I was the only guy there with a normal suit on. I mean that. But, wow- what an amazing group of artists and ministers and brothers & sisters in Christ that God is pulling together.
* I will post more about that later, too.
* Today, we baptized four more men!
* Anxious to hear the audio from the sermon today. It seemed like I was preaching against an invisible wall of... something... so, mid-sermon, we stopped, prayed, and then moved forward with a new freedom and openness and sense of the Spirit's presence. I think it was the right thing to do and have been hearing good things about the day. God is good and is so gracious to us.
* Today, as well, I know that another man was set free in our service. I could see his face breaking while I was preaching... and, then, I saw him began sobbing as I spoke of God's calling on each of us... He came to the front for prayer and ministry at the end. I will get the full report later this week.
* Was good to see Kenny back. This dude walked in... wanted to apologize for abandoning church for the past 18 months... and, then, during our response time, he got up and prayed for a man that needed prayer. Evidently, he did an incredible job of allowing the Lord to use him, b/c the man to whom he ministered came and spoke with me afterwards for quite some time.
* I'm too busy, again. This week, we're bringing on a full-time admin assistant who's going to be a great asset at The Village. And, our husband is an out-of-this-world guy, too. Sasha and I actually "interviewed" him in the process, since we're getting the family when she comes to work, in a real way. Excited about what God has in store for them...
* I'm going to take the kids to the free Lego-build at the Galleria (we built the pumpkin at the head of this post last month; this month we build a turkey), help Noah expand the playground in the back-yard, and run about 30 miles this week in the free time that I create. That's the goal.
* And, I'm praying for revival in our city.
Great summary. Enjoyed spending some time with you & your family tonight!
Have a Christ centered week
Jason
Posted by: jason | November 02, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Great summary. Enjoyed spending some time with you & your family tonight!
Have a Christ centered week
Jason
Posted by: jason | November 02, 2009 at 12:54 AM