The worship band and I just arrived to Inspire 08. This is the first conference my good friend Carl Cartee has done and I am sure it’s going to be awesome! I’m asking you to pray that this event would be a spiritual marker in the lives of all the worship leaders (including me) who are in attendance. God has given Carl a passion for worship and unique insight that I believe can inspire others.
I am actually going to be using Twitter to post live updates while we are here. You should be able to see the last few entries on the right side of the blog. I just started messing with Twitter so be sure when you click on the link that you then “follow” me.
Wow! I am about 36 hours on the backside of a really cool move of God and I am still pretty stunned! I was pretty wasted after the services yesterday and I have really enjoyed the time unplugged. I just finished playing a lot of blog catch up and it sounds like God moved in some powerful ways yesterday.
We had 544566(edit) people at Washington Avenue’s services yesterday and were hoping to see 400! We saw people accept Christ and experienced worship in a tangible way. Here is Chuck’s post about the services. I am convinced of one thing for certain from yesterday – sometimes my view of God is simply too small! Below are a few of the things I am celebrating from the weekend:
A portable church in Canton, GA (Revolution Church) had 1400 in attendance and saw 20 salvations! That was on top of a ridiculous egg drop on Saturday that around 17,000 people showed up for! Here’s Gary’s post.
Our friends at NewSpring in Anderson, SC saw more than 12,000 people come through and over 120 people meet Jesus! Perry blogged about it here.
Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC (who are only two years old by the way) had more than 4800 at their services and…are you ready for this…500 people met Jesus!!! That is INSANE! Steven’s post about it is here.
Like I said, sometimes my expectations of the God of this universe are just too wimpy. God is at work all around and I am so pumped up to hear and read the stories of all the great things God is doing!
Yesterday, our team did and incredibly powerful creative movement during worship. Seriously, it was one of the most moving things I have ever experienced in a worship service. We saw this done by the team at Hillvue Church in Bowling Green, KY. My good friend Keith Scarborough is the Worship Pastor there. One of these days he is going to come around and start blogging – until then…he has a really cool staff page!
OK, so we took a look at what worship is not in this post. But what is it? There are many things about worship that are made more complex than they are. With that said, worship can be the key to unlock so many doors of growth and spiritual expansion if believers learn to worship a Risen Savior together…in harmony…laying personal preference aside! So on to the meat of the matter…what is worship? Continue reading
This is a question that some people make more complicated than it should be. However, this single issue may be the most important thing for a church or an individual to embrace and engage in order to see God do some serious showing off! So, let’s unpack it a little… Continue reading
I’m back from the D-Now weekend with the guys from Clearview Baptist Church. The whole weekend was built around the topic of Worship. We had a great time and watched God work in the hearts of a group that is really beginning to open their hearts to experiencing worship – on a personal level first!! That is such a huge concept for us to get! We will never experience corporate worship for all it’s meant to be – and all God wants it to be – until Continue reading
