This week was one of many challenges. In many ways it was a week where it felt like the devil was really trying to keep us from reaching people for Christ. But that just gets me more fired up knowing we are on the right track. It is eXciting stepping out to reach people for christ in a new facility and it is awesome seeing everyone step up to turn. The dream into a reality. Keep praying for us……

This week was one of many challenges. In many ways it was a week where it felt like the devil was really trying to keep us from reaching people for Christ. But that just gets me more fired up knowing we are on the right track. It is eXciting stepping out to reach people for christ in a new facility and it is awesome seeing everyone step up to turn. The dream into a reality. Keep praying for us……

We had the tour last Wednesday night and this week we received initial feedback from the congregation and everything seems on track unless something really comes out of left field. We would encourage everyone to pray as we currently have the lease signing scheduled for Thursday Morning @ 10:00am. If all goes well we will walk out of the meeting with the keys.

Pray for us also. This weekend we will be starting a new series in addition to a capital campaign aimed at moving into the new facility with excellence. The series is called iBuild and will be a study of Nehemiah and the building of the walls, God’s supernatural provision corporately and individually. It should be a great series to lead us into the opening of the new facility.

If you would like to help us get a jump start by contributing online it would mean the world to us.

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Just finished message prep for Jonah Part 1. Been listening a lot to the message series from life church with the same name, reading commentaries, re-reading the book of Jonah and I am simply fired up about tomorrow nights message.

I really think that God wants to move in our midst tomorrow night and challenge us in a big way not to run from the calls he places on our lives, or drift away from them, but to go after them with everything we have. Not to hesitate, but in this day and age, in this season of time on earth, to realize that he has planted us here for a reason because he has called us like Jonah to be vessels to call people unto relationship with Christ, to call them to repentance. If we do, he will deliver, He will forgive, destinies will be changed.

Might He move on our hearts tomorrow. Might many people get saved and many people get set on fire for the things of God. May we be a people who hear God’s word and respond.

Kind of a cool thing I came to realize last night, I get to celebrate back to back, to back birthdays 3 weekends in a row.

May 24th – Belly Button Birthday – turned 38 this year.

May 31st – Born Again Birthday – turned 16 this year.

June 7th – Churches 1 year anniversary..

It was not something we planned out in any way, but it looks like something we will have to look forward to year after year.

Something to pray about and consider for this week.  We are looking to create a tradition of benevolence on the Journey Church birthday. Our motto is you have to give it away to keep it when it comes to finances, so why not consider buying a Gift Card to a gas station, or wal mart or something of that sort and leaving it in the God Box this week as a birthday present that we can use to make a difference in the lives of others for weeks to come..

Also – show up, bring a friend. We are having a pot luck dinner afterwards and would love for everyone to be a part of our 1 year anniversary celebration.