A few thoughts on the day at New Horizon...
• ANOTHER Sunday where someone stepped across the line of faith and became a follower of Jesus. So far this year, we haven't had a single Sunday where someone didn't step across the line of faith. And like I said last week - CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THAT!
• Today we talked about evangelism with two demonstrations - the wrong way to do it, and the right way to do it. The wrong way was Jamie's little kidnapping adventure. The right way was the chocolate cake. You don't have to kidnap and hogtie someone to get them into church. You just need to tell them about Jesus in a way that makes them want "the cake."
• BIG THANKS to our volunteers - Jenn Armstrong, Jamie Hardy, Barbara Gilham and Anna Pyles - for making the chocolate cake thing happen today.
• Yes I did say the difference between a Methodist and a Baptist is that the Methodist will wave at you in the liquor store. (Just a joke guys!)
• "Have you bought in to Jesus?" is the most important question you'll ever answer.
• Church shouldn't be a place where we do a bunch of religious stuff to satisfy religious people. It SHOULD be place where we create environments for people who don't know Jesus, where they can meet Jesus and experience LIFE CHANGE.
• I shared some new numbers today that reflect the work we still have to do in our community:
43% of Durham County is unchurched - 127,000
43% of Orange County is unchurched - 60,000
THAT'S 187,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN A CHURCH, WHO NEED JESUS! Every single one of them matters to God...and they matter to us too!
• I can't wait to see what happens as we fast and pray this week. Some of you have never fasted before, but now would be a great time to do it for the first time. (I'll post more tomorrow about fasting and prayer.)
• Here is the link for sending us the names of friends/family members that you want us to pray for this week. Remember, we'll be praying Wednesday and Thursday from 12 noon to 1 PM. If you can, join us in the auditorium for as long as you can - 10 minutes...20 minutes...the whole hour...whatever - and let's pray together for 10-10-10.
• And if you'd like to send an e-vite to someone this week here's the link for that.
• New Horizon, let's pray like crazy this week, and then do whatever it takes to get ONE here next weekend...and then let's trust God to do what only he can do!
• I can't wait to see what Jesus does next weekend! Hope you have an amazing week!!
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