This morning I had the privilege to be with my great friends and team members Tommy and Lindsey as little Seth got tubes in his ears. When it was nearing time for them to take him back the gave him some medicine or go go juice to make him loopy so he wouldn’t know what was going down. I am here to tell you it was Hillarious watching it take effect on him. He began to blow on his arm making noises that don’t come from your arm, and then would look at you and laugh really hard. To say he was a bit goofy would be an understatement. It’s amazing how when you are under the influence of anesthesia you true emotions come forth. It’s as if the mask that you put on is instantly ripped off and you are exposed with out the ability to do anything about it. As I watched him it made me think of how so often in our world and culture we do this everyday trying to show everyone that we are doing great even if we are not, but what’s funnier than that is we do the same thing to God, as if He doesn’t know who we really are. What would happen in your life and mine if we could drop all masks and be who we really are, you know who God created us to be. I wonder if your mask was dropped what emotions would creep out of you? Do you know?   

Luke 6:45 says “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.”

So what’s in your heart, what is your True Color?

There are moments in our life whether we want to or not we get disappointed about the way something turned out. At these particular moments we tend to question all the practices that we feel could have caused the outcome we experienced. However, I think the most important factor that we fail to include is the Sovereignty of God. Remembering Jeremiah 29:11 or applying Proverbs 3:5-6. With this we can remind ourselves that what may seem as a disappointment was actually divine. I think it’s safe to say that all of us have had moments in our life, when allowed to look back, we can see this principle applied. So, why don’t you take a second and reflect on your life and see how many of your disappointments were really divine! 

Ok, so one of the major lessons God has been teaching me over the past couple of weeks is that I can’t do this….. ALONE!   This is one of those lesson you talk about all the time and sound great in discussion or teaching but is much different when you actually do it. The reason for this is it is our nature to try to accomplish everything on our own, and even though we may say with our mouth we want God to be in control our actions often times say otherwise. 

One of the scriptures that has been resounding in my heart is: Zechariah 4:6  ”Not by might, nor by power but by My Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.” Notice is says by My Spirit, not by my abilities,or creative gifts, or anything I can contribute, only by His Spirit.  No matter how hard I try or how well I plan if you take out the key component in that equation, then you have a recipe for disaster. Don’t get me wrong I do believe you need to prepare, but when your preparation begins to supersede your prayer life and dependence on God you need to step back evaluate what your purpose is.

One thing I have learned and know for sure from this point on, prayer is going to be a priority at The Crossing and in my personal life.  I will have a commitment to and dependance on seeking God and giving Him total control.

Today was a great day at The Crossing, we moved into our new facility at Kids R Kids in West Frisco and saw God do incredible things. Here is a few of the highlights.

> Today we had one commitment to Christ! That’s 25 in the past two months!!!

>The team did an excellent job of adjusting to a new location and setting everthing up.

>Worship did a great job it’s  awesome see God using Pastor Lanny as he continues to seek God.

>It was awesome to be able to set up on Saturday, since it was our first service in there.

>I love the feel of the new room, it makes it feel a lot  closer and not so far detached.

>Had a great time of prayer with the leaders and volunteers before church.

>Saw God do some great things in the altar that I can’t wait to hear the testimonies from.

Overall it was a great day and I am excited about what God is doing as we draw closer to Him and seek His face.