The Big "D"

My trip to Dallas, TX was once again incredible!!  What God is doing in churches from Michigan to Kentucky to Nevada to Utah is absolutely amazing.  This is a God-ripe time to be alive!!  Here's a couple of highlights:

• Economic Crisis: This got a lot of mileage because of the current trouble in our economy.  But Christianity always shines brightest in crisis.  Here's an encouraging reality: President-elect Obama raised more money than any presidential candidate ever, including $150 million in October.  People will give to causes they believe in and to big vision.  What cause is greater and what vision is grander than what God is doing to redeem His creation?


• Multi-Site: The opportunities for multi-site church are something more and more churches are seizing and seeing God-sized results.


• Leadership & Structure: The thoughts on leadership were so amazing and insightful.  Everything from developing future leaders to church communications grabbed my attention.

Here's the bottom line for me Rock Bridge:

We are living in a time of great opportunity for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  In Esther this was called "for such a time as this." This time requires us to be motivated by God's heart, led by His Spirit, and steadfast to His Word.  We cannot allow our fears, selfish preferences, or lack of faith to drown out the call of God upon our lives.  God has promised to "build His church" and we must take Him at His Word  by being faithful to His commands to love, serve, go, shepherd, disciple, pray, bear fruit, and bring the Father glory.  May our hearts be ripe with expectancy over what God desires to do when His people move with Him!!