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Over the last couple of days are Senior Leadership Team at SSCC has been up in Atlanta visiting with some of the leaders at Northpoint’s Buckhead Church, North Metro Church, Perimeter Church, and others.  It’s been a trip where our senior leaders could ask some questions and seek mentoring and answers from leaders who have experience in larger churches.  I’m excited that they’ve been blessed with this opportunity and can’t wait to see the fruit of it.

Asking for help is a huge step in maturity.  We are so prone to arrogant thinking and it’s time we realize “we don’t have it all together”.

That being said … do you have a mentor?  I don’t mean someone that you respect, but have never met.  I mean … someone who you talk to frequently, who has excelled  and gone further than you, and who has years of wisdom and experience under their belt.  (in comparison to you, that is).  How often do you meet?

Lastly, most of us have something we can impart to another.  Years ago as I was being “mentored” at an annual prayer/fasting retreat, I clearly heard God speak to me and say “it’s time for you to start doing this” … meaning, reaching out and mentoring some folks.  Sure, I’m getting mentored.  But I also hope to mentor and impart what I’m learning to others.

I think we should be reaching out with two hands – one to be mentored, and one to offer mentoring.

Your thoughts?

Hello Everyone,

Hope your weekend was great.  Today’s “muse” is simply, “How Much is Enough?”

The question this morning is inspired from my reading in Genesis 33:11, where Jacob returns to Esau …

11 Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. Thus he urged him, and he took it.  (Gen 33:11, ESV, YouVersion.Com, emphasis mine)

There is a lot of trash that is taught in the name of “prosperity”.  Unfortunately, that very trash has made “prosperity” a bad word for many Christians.  I for one believe that God’s desire is for us to prosper so that we can be a blessing to others.

In this case, Jacob blesses his brother Esau.  Maybe his motives weren’t pure .. perhaps he was trying to save his skin with a bribe … but he simply says “I have enough”.

How much is enough?  Do you have enough?

I’ll never forget realizing how dumb it was for me to spend nearly $250/month between my cable, internet, and cell phone bill.  It was then that I realized “I have more than enough” and took my first steps to sponsoring a child in poverty through Compassion International.  Maybe you can do the same thing today?

Think about this question, and post your comment – “how much is enough”?

Happy Mother’s Day!

As we celebrate the 42nd consecutive week of “Sunday Setlists”, let’s remember our Mothers.  Thank God for Moms, right?  I gotta say how proud I am of my wife,  Joy.  Not only is she an incredible wife and mom … she’s bad to da bone – and completed her first ever triathlon this morning.  What a way to spend Mother’s Day – hitting the water at 7:20 AM for a triathlon.  I was “Mr. Mom” for the weekend and kept our 4 kids.  It’s been a blast.

Sunday Setlists Blog Carnival

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Worship Setlist for St. Simons Community Church, 5/10/09

Wow, what an incredible time of worship today.  He brought in a new guitarist who recently got saved.  He did a great job and it was awesome seeing our regular bass player out there on the 2nd row with his wife and family worshiping Jesus.

Today I could really hear the people singing.  I think it had a lot to do with the arrangements and the song selections.  It’s one of the most beautiful sounds ever – hearing your people sing to God.

Walk-In Song:  “Revival” (From Revival in Belfast)

Opening Song:  “Let Everything That Has Breath”

Second Set:
“Everlasting God”
“Revelation Song”  (started in C, and did a cool modulation to D coming out of the 3rd verse, very powerful)

Sermon:
Heroes – Part 1 (honoring our parents and moms, specifically)

Communion Set:
“This is the Gift of God” (Carl Cartee)
“O The Blood/Nothing But the Blood of Jesus Medley” (old-school, simple medley)
“Mighty Is The Power of the Cross”

It was a great time at SSCC.  There was a very upbeat feeling in the room today.

Just before the sermon we played “The Mom Song” on the big screens … if you haven’t see this yet, it’s worth the watch:

There you have it – it’s your turn now.  Be sure to enter the actual, full URL to your blog post, and not your blog’s homepage.  Homepage links will be deleted.

FreePlay Friday (temporarily discontinued – to resume soon)

Hey Everybody,

Today I’m doing “Fitness Friday” – a blog carnival hosted by my friend Bryan Patrick over at PursuingYahweh.Net.  I met Bryan at the re:create conference in Franklin, TN in February.

In light of my recent commitment to fitness plan, I thought I’d take a break from “FreePlay Friday” and jump in with Patrick here.  Don’t worry – you can always post your own random comments here, and I’ll throw in the family, life stuff in “Fitness Fridays” anyway!

Island Regimen Training

I first talked about this last week in my post “I Almost Died This Morning“.  I’ve started a new training program called “Regimen Training” with a great group of men and women.  It’s led by a guy named Eric Taylor who delights in kicking our butts twice a week.  Eric just started a new blog called “The Fitness Forum”.  If you’re interested in health and fitness, check it out.

We meet at 6:00 AM on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Our 6:00 AM warmups include stuff like:

* bunny hops back and forth across the workout area
* slow lunges
* faster lunge walks
* high knee kicks
* some kind of sideways shuffle thing
* quick sprints
* vertical leaps

Then, we move to any number of classic outdoor exercises like pushups, squats, lunges, dips, to some more “unique” exercises I can’t begin to describe.  We’re doing some running, too.  For example on Tuesday, we jogged to a nature trail that is 1/2 mile long, and loops all through the woods.  (very few straightaways)  We had to sprint through it, then rest a minute or so, then sprint through it again.  Yesterday, we hit the same track but this time we ran and stopped at every stretch station along the way and did pushups or various exercises.  We’re doing things like “bear crawls” and “crab walks” where you get down on your hands and toes (no knees on the ground) and crawl around, low to the ground.  Man, that hurts.

So I’m starting this brutal nonsense in horrific shape.  Topping the scales around 235 lbs (approx 6 ft tall), horrible eating habits, horrible resting habits, and no desire to exercise.  I’m weak all over – I can barely do 10 pushups.  I’m one of the youngest in the class, and definitely the most out of shape.  You can see from the picture above – who looks the sweatiest?  (I’m the guy in the grey Georgia Bulldog T-Shirt!).

I’ll be talking about it more … but the bottom line is that I have to make a change.  Truth is, if I only do this 2 days a week, and I only have 6 more weeks to go … it won’t have the greatest impact.  I will need to supplement this and change a lot of things.  But I know God is telling me I have to do this.  If I continue living the way I was living, I’m living in disobedience and rebellion.  Not a good place.

If you’re interested in posting about your journey in Fitness (or if you’re inspired to START), join Bryan’s new “Fitness Fridays” blog carnival.

I really like Matthew West’s music.

I just saw from someone on FaceBook that the entire “Something to Say” album is available as a .mp3 download on Amazon.Com today and tomorrow only for $1.99.

Now that’s what I call a bargain!