It’s 7:00 PM and I just got home for the first time today. Been a FULL day and I’m exhausted. Ready to veg out and watch some Survivor. Here are my Ruminations on the day.
— 14 people were BORN AGAIN today! PRAISE GOD!
— I spoke clearly in today’s message about KNOWING JESUS and Him Knowing me. That happens through being born again. Jesus said in John 3:3 “Unless you are born again” you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
— Actually had one couple respond on their connection card “We were born again today!” It was awesome.
— Had some VERY cool conversations with those who got saved. One man I’ve become friends with and have been praying for for a year now to get saved RECEIVED CHRIST today! It was AWESOME! So cool! Tears streaming down his face. I almost lost it.
— Another guy met an Elementer (crazy story that I don’t have time to tell here) at Walmart yesterday. After being invited to church he told me “I knew I had to be in church today.” He came, and got saved.
— Saw one whole family stand up to get saved today. A mom and her 2 kids. On their connection card they marked “I became a follower of Christ today” then with a big smiley face they wrote “ALL 3 OF US”. LOL I love it!
— The last two weeks at Element have been amazing, seeing so many people pass from death unto life. So cool. Go God!
— I LOVE seeing people get saved. Nothing like it. Some people had GREAT questions on what their next steps today too.
— I think we got the best response ever of those who stood, compared to how many followed through on connection cards.
— I need to blog some details about some of the stories this week. SO COOL.
— 696 in church today. Werid to say we were WAY down when there are 700 people, but we were WAY down.
— 3rd service was slim pickens today. All three services were down from normal.
— Curtis and Keenan with the help of some other Elementers did an AMAZING drama sketch today. VERY funny with a powerful twist at the end. Perfectly set up my message.
— The band did a song we learned two weeks ago called “I’ve Had Questions”. Fast becoming one of my new favorites.
— Element, I hope you realize how good you have it with our music. Worship ROCKS at Element.
— I spoke on Jesus’ words from Matthew 7 today “Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”
— Our Life’s Toughest Question was “Why would a loving God send people to hell?” The answer is HE DOESN’T. People choose to go there.
— Matthew 7:13 says “The highway to hell is broad and there are many who CHOOSE that way.”
— Had The Tour tonight and was able to meet some new people to Elemenet. I love hearing about how people found our church and learning their stories. The bigger we get the more valuable The Tour is to me to meet people and put names to faces.
— Alright, time to veg. My mind can’t take much more. Gonna watch the Survivor finale with my bride.
Following Christ,
Jeff
