Sunday Rumination (3-9-08)

Hey Element Church! Here are my thoughts on the day!

--- One person marked on their connection card that they received Christ today! PTL
--- MANY people responded through raised hand that they were a follower of Christ but wanted to be "wholehearted" in their devotion to Jesus.
--- We talked about Caleb today, who at 85 years old STILL was passionate about fulfilling his God given destiny.
--- God said of Caleb that he will receive the land that was promised to him because his "attitude was different than everyone elses". God said of him that he was "wholehearted".
--- I talked about "calendar challenged" people today. lol I LOVE Caleb's spirit in Joshua 14. At 85 years old he was PASSIONATE about his God. I want to have a faith like that. GIVE ME MY MOUNTAIN!
--- 336(?) in church today. I put the question mark cause can't remember if it was 331, 333, or 336 or some other 33#. It's in the 330's.
--- Band stinkin' ROCKED DA HIZZY today. Our new sound board and speakers made ALL the difference in the world. That new sound board is amazing. WOW!
--- We were much more even in the two services today. We've been HEAVY on the 9am attendance and slim pickins' at 10:30 lately. Today was way more even.
--- We got done with practice at 10 till today. That's a little to close for my comfort.
--- Our sound tech was sick today so I took on a much bigger set up role than I'm comfortable with. Thankfully Bryant and Curtis filled in on sound board. Thanks guys! You did a great job.
--- 15,000 eggs are going to fall from a helicopter this Saturday. Mailer should hit the boxes this week and we were in the paper yesterday and hopefully again this week.
--- Egg drop volunteers need to be there READY for the meeting at 8 AM.
--- I can't believe we are adding a third service on Sunday. Towards the end of my sermon today my voice just went for a few seconds. It was gone. I'm going to have to stop singing and talking until I preach. Crazy! Pray for me, Adam (and band) as we do the three services.
--- Easter already?
--- I hate the time change. Especially when the alarm sounds at 4 am.
--- Had several people showing up late for the services. I always think that's funny. How come no one ever forgets to change their clock on the day it would make them early to church? HMM...
--- I love speaking on purpose, destiny and passion. Life to its fullest fires me up. I think SO MANY Christians are content with wilderness living when the promise land is waiting for us to attain.
--- One of my favorite lines from today "Caleb received rest in his heart before he ever received the rest in the land." Joshua 14:10 Caleb says that God kept him alive the whole time that "Israel" wandered in the wilderness. Why not say we? I believe it's because Caleb didn't feel like he wandered. His spirit, his heart was at rest. He was WHOLEHEARTEDLY God's!

Alright, my put on more later. I'm going to Billings for some denominational meetings tomorrow and Tuesday.

Following Christ,

Jeff