A few thoughts on the fly:

I love leading C3 Church.  The opportunity to lead a fresh, engaging, compassionate movement that is passionate in it’s pursuit of loving God and loving others is overwhelming.  Every single Sunday before I walk on the platform I’m in awe of what I get to do.  I’ve been in church my whole life, but I’ve only experienced being a part of a movement for a couple years.

I love what God does when I can’t do anything.  This morning in the second service a ton of stuff went wrong.  The theater decided to begin the movie intro music during the message.  Also, someone decided it was time to pressure clean the theaters projector (which could be heard throughout the theater).  There were several others “interruptions” – the bottom line is life happens often in the realm beyond our control.  I was… frustrated ( ) to say the least.  But, the reality is God still changed lives, hearts and attitudes.  We have a responsibility to bring our best (so we will have conversations this week with those we need to and the problems should be solved), but ultimately it’s all up to God.

I’m really praying for people who are not “zoned in”.  I’m already hearing from many who want to step into the zone.  God is going to use this big time in the lives of people, families and C3.  We have a huge opportunity to make a difference and reflect who Christ is.

When I realized what could happen if we go all-in following Christ, living in the zone, it charges me up!  C3 could:

• build 15 to 20 homes through Habitat for Humanity, or
• Feed the entire homeless population in Orlando for an ENTIRE YEAR!, or
• Provide backpacks and school supplies for EVERY  elementary-aged child in East Orange County, or
• Build 600 clean water drinking wells in Africa, changing the lives of 500,000 people immediately, or
• Provide 1 YEAR of living expenses for every person at C3 who has lost their job this year, or
• Fund the operations of 150 orphanages overseas…

I could go on, and on.  The reality is if we live as Christ-followers we have an opportunity to make a major impact in our city.  Living in the flow of Jesus, loving God and loving others can be shown in tangible ways, that give us an opportunity to share the life-changing, eternity-changing message with people in greater effectiveness.

So, 2010 is going to blow our minds, and 2011 will go even further.  We’ve just got to live in the flow of First things First!

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