What a Week! Keep Moving Forward!
All last week I was with a small group of global pastors whom I’ve been meeting with for the past 3 years. It was so much fun. There are 12 of us with a combined total of 18,750 churches, representing 1,750,000 followers working in 82 countries! We are collaborating together and learning to speed each other up!
Last weekend Nikki and I chilled as much as we could. I did jury duty yesterday.
Eddy Leo was with us and led a small group as if it were one of the 2,500 cells they have in Jakarta - it was incredible. We went to a baseball game and Eddy got his picture taken with a highway patrolman. Friday, Rusty and Jane Mayeax hosted a reception for all the tutors working at the Academy of West Birdville, an inner-city school. Then, Nikki and I hung out downtown Fort Worth where they were shooting a TV show for the Food Channel. Some guy named Tyler Florence, I think, was there and I had my picture taken with him.
I will have a normal week - kind of - then Jill graduates from Baylor!!!!! Only to start her masters in July!!!
Last week Vicky Porterfield, who is the prayer intercessor for our group, showed me this and Wow! was it powerful!! It’s from John Wesley’s journal:
Sunday a.m., May 5-Preached in St. Ann’s. Was asked not to come back anymore.
Sunday p.m. - Preached at St. John’s. Deacons said “Get out and stay out!”
Sunday a.m., May 12 - Preached at St. Jude’s. Can’t go back there either.
Sunday p.m. - Preached at St. George’s. Kicked out again.
Sunday a.m., May 19 - Preached at St. somebody else’s. Deacons called special meeting and said I couldn’t return.
Sunday p.m. - Preached on the street. Kicked off the street.
Sunday a.m., May 26 - Preached in meadow, chased out of meadow as bull was turned loose during the service.
Sunday a.m., June 2 - Preached out at edge of town, kicked off the highway.
Sunday p.m. - Preached in a pasture, 10,000 people came to hear me in afternoon.
We can’t give up - no matter how hard it is, no matter how tired we get, no matter how complex things are - we have to keep moving forward. What are you doing to move forward this week?
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May 11, 2010 at 07:38 PM
What a great time meeting with Eddie and all the pastors. I loved every minute of it. I think one thing that I'm doing this week to move forward is to remember the continuing walk of faith of great leaders like we met. Hebrews says that we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses. It motivates and inspires me to know that we are all moving forward together no matter where we are, and what we are facing. We have already won, and now we have the honor and privilege of walking in His good work.
It's slow going sometimes, but as Pastor Dion says, "We are dead."
Only dead men (and women) can live in Christ.
Thanks for helping us move forward by your walk of faith.
Sep 2, 2010 at 06:09 PM
Jim Hylton talks about your blog and I got this intro as a link from Brian Hook on Facebook. Do I need to sign up or be on your mailing list to follow the blog or just key in the address.
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