Why Not Us?

I just want everyone to know that I think I got all the whipped cream out of my hair and ears. I can imagine people who don't go to our church saying, "What is he talking about? What kind of church is this?" Hope that was fun for everyone. For our next goal I know now to specifically say what we're going to do...haha.
I'm having a great time doing ministry with you guys and with what God is doing through us! So with all my excitement I am always looking around at other churches and seeing what God is doing in other places with other Christians and it's pretty exciting. It's great to see how much God is moving all over the world and how we should be rooting for all God's churches to have huge impacts. And so when I see some churches that are being used by God and are absolutely exploding with growth, it brings me to a thought--why not us? I'm not going to say that the way to define a successful ministry for God is by the numbers. But I do know that the mission we've been called on is bigger than ourselves. And the mission is to praise God in everything we do and to reach as many people as possible. So we need to be thinking BIG! That's where I am right now. My mind is through the roof on all the possibilities that God can do through us. He is putting ideas in me that I pray about daily and I ask you guys to pray for it too. Pray for me as your pastor to faithfully follow and for you to understand where you are a part of this and where everyone fits in. We definitely need to be praying for each other.
God is starting something here that is going to be huge. I really believe that. I just want us all to be ready so that we can run with it. I think it's only going to be a short while before we start doubling and tripling in size and then who knows how far from there. Why not us? God is the one who ultimately does the saving and the changing of lives, but he chooses to work through you and I.
So my prayer is that everyone will understand from 2 Cor. 5:17 that when we have Christ we are a new creation. Let's live that way. We are called to a very important, exciting, and life-changing mission to lead people to Jesus and to be fully devoted to Him. So I'm asking you to take on this bold mission with me and pray for each of us to be ready for what God is going to do here. Why not us?