ONEPRAYER - Week 4

Just wanted to reminder all you DAGer's that tomorrow is week 4 of ONEPRAYER. Tomorrow our guest speaker, Kelly Wallace, will be sharing about her experience in Kenya. Kelly will also be our summer intern for the next six weeks. I promise you this will be a day that you don't want to miss. It sadden me that I won't be there tomorrow but I know that God is going to do some amazing thing tomorrow morning.

Sunday Rewind

• Had a great father's day worship experience today.
• OMG it was burning up outside at 10:30am!
• Thank God for A/C!!!
• My wife and son brought my Father's Day cards to church...with my gift!
• Think I'm going to frame them and hang them in my office:)
• Worship was great as always.
• Had some returning guests and some first time guests.
• Even though our attendance was low there was this overwhelming sense of God presence.
• Got some ideas for next year's father's day...
• We going to try to change the stat in Lumpkin County that men don't go to church on Father's Day.
• Sunday was a loud reminded that we need men in God's house.
• If we can reach the heart of the man in the household, we can reach the heart of the family!
• Continued our Oneprayer series...
• After church we had root beer floats.
• I don't know what it is about a root beer float but OMG I love them!
• Some folks didn't like root beer so they had a coke float...God save them:)
• Some of the men of the church started some much needed projects around the church.
• Just wanted to give a shout out to these amazing men of God. Thank you guys so much ya'll are my hero's!
• The rest of the day was fantastic! Just me, my wife, and our big boy...perfect!!!
• What a great Father's Day!

ROOTBEER FLOAT SUNDAY!!!

If you have been in Georgia for the last couple of days you know it's been hotter than hades. So in honor of Father's Day and since it's going to be hot tomorrow right after church we will be enjoying rootbeer floats!!! There's something about enjoying a nice and cold rootbeer floats on a hot and steaming day that makes the day perfect! See you tomorrow!

ONEPRAYER - Week 3

For the last couple of Sundays we have had a great time hearing from other Pastors for around the country but tomorrow I"M BACK:). Tomorrow is week 3 of ONEPRAYER and I can't wait to share what's on my heart.

Just a thought, Father's Day is the lowest attended day for men in church. One of my desires is that we will turn this sad statics around. So let's start tomorrow. Bring your dads, grandfathers, and every other man that is important to you to church tomorrow. I promise I will be my best to share God word in a MANLY WAY! :)

You got to read this...

I wanted to share some post that I have been gleaning from the last couple of days. I hope you enjoy them like I have.

1. Jeff Leake hits a topic that every pastor deal with...attire! Great thoughts.
2. Perry Noble knocked it out of the park with this post. All I got to say it that I'M NOT GIVING UP!
3. Shawn Lovejoy gives out some great and practical advise that will help Pastors from compromising.
4. Michael Lukaszewski shares a practical and personal plan that helps keep things in prespective.
5. Herbert Cooper shares a bulletin point list of what a LEADER IS...

SUNDAY REWIND

• What a fantastic day!!!
• From the moment I woke up this morning I knew that we were going to have great day!
• Been praying that God would give us favor with our community...\
• This morning we had several first-time guest!
• HE is so faithful!!!
• Last couple of weeks I have been singing with the worship team.
• I love singing, it's been a lot of fun but eventually I want to get out of the worship teams way but until we rebuild our team I am more than willing to help.
• Jonnie and Laura have been doing a great job leading us into God's presence.
• THANKS LADIES! Ya'll are amazing!!!
• We have been praying for God to show up in supernatural ways...and it's happening.
• A couple of men that we have been praying for are literally being physically restore...PTL!!!
• I love to watch peoples faces when Jesus is all over them...
• They look like children on Christmas morning filled with excitement to learn what's in the perfectly wrapped present.
• This week we had Pastor Steven Furtick speak at DAG via DVD:)
• OMG!!! what a message!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Seriously if you haven't heard his OnePrayer message go now and listen to it.
• Our church was totally into it...laughing, Amening, shaking their heads, it really spoke to our hearts.
• Totally agree that we must remind ourselves that the God that we serve...the creator of the universe is GOOD & GREAT!
• SO STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AND THANK GOD FOR BEING GOOD AND GREAT...
• Several folks decided to begin to look at their circumstances and situations the way God see them...LIKE A BUG:)
• DAGer's can you image what will happen WHEN you and I begin to live this way everyday...
• We haven't seen anything yet.
• DAGer's ya'll better get ready because God is about to send the rain!!!
• Had some friends show up after service.
• Hung out with them for the afternoon and showed off D-town to them.
• A hand full of us got together for prayer this afternoon.
• I love praying with our folks!
• All in all it was a great day at DAG!
• I really love pastoring in Dahlonega.
• DAGer's our best is in front of us not in back...get ready!!!

SUNDAY REWIND

• First I want to say Sunday was amazing! God is definitely preparing us for something HUGE!
• With that being said the last couple of Sundays have been really humbling and interesting.
• Let me rewind back two weeks ago.
• It was personally one of the most tough Sundays that I have experienced in ministry.
• I struggled and wrestled with my message the night before.
• I had a message prepared but felt it was totally not for the morning...so I had no idea what to share.
• I was still dealing in my head and heart with the loss of a family...
• On top of all that we probably had our lowest attendance since we became the Senior Pastors of DAG.
• Remember this is way before we even started our Sunday AM Worship Experience.
• Anyway as usual we began with music but somewhere in the middle of the second song something happened...the Holy Spirit showed up!
• During the second song I felt inspired by the Holy Spirit to read Acts 2...the story of Pentecost.
• For the last couple of weeks I have been studying about the Holy Holidays in scripture.
• Being Pentecost Sunday I was inspired to read the account of when the Holy Spirit invaded the lives of 120 people.
• As I stood there reading this amazing story the Holy Spirit reminded me that when I don't know what to do or say just wait on Him and He will lead me.
• Suddenly our worship experience went from singing to praying!
• I realize that this is NOT very seeker friendly but honestly I don't care!!!
• I am tired of trying to keep up with the latest terms, ideas, and methods...all I know is that I LOVE JESUS and I WANT MORE OF HIM AND LESS OF ME!!!
• It was obvious that we needed an authentic move of His Holy Spirit and that's exactly what we got.
• As I read Acts 2 to our church that morning I felt like the Apostle Peter speaking to the crowd.
• There was this boldness and authoritative tone in my voice but at the same time with an encouraging overtone.
• I wanted our church to understand that God wasn't done with Dahlonega Assembly of God!!!
• I spoke about how the 120 people in the upper room must of felt at that moment...alone, discouraged, scared, weak, and abandoned.
• But the moment that the Holy Spirit showed up and infused them with POWER suddenly they felt like CHAMPIONS!
• Those 120 people were ready to take on the world and attack the gates of Hell with water guns.
• By the way remember what happened to the folks outside...
• When 120 people decided to move and operate in the power of the Holy Spirit 3000 people were added to the Kingdom of God that day.
• If you want people to be attracted to your church...I dare you to move in the power of the Holy Spirit.
• People are desperately looking for an authentic and intimate move of God.
• I believe that our worship experiences need to have a sense of order but please leave room for the HOLY SPIRIT to move. (I'm going to write more about this in a later post)
• Two weeks ago the Holy Spirit reminded me when we move and operate in His POWER nothing is impossible for God.
• It was a powerful morning as we prayed and encouraged each other...I believe that we will see salvation's and spiritual and physical healings from that worship experience.
• Right before we ended I mentioned that throughout the month of June I was going to be fasting and praying and consecrating the month June for the Lord.
• I also mentioned that starting next Sunday night from 4pm to 6pm we were going to start having a night of prayer.
• Let's fast forward to this past Sunday...
• It was a great service!
• Like many churches across the country we were starting the ONEPRAYER series.
• I was pretty excited that I wasn't speaking and was going to be able to be fed instead of feeding:)
• There were a couple of things that popped up that could have got me off track but I wasn't going to let it ruin the morning or our worship experience.
• I got to say that I am so proud of our worship leader Jonnie!!! She and her husband have been amazing friends and ministry partners.
• They are a huge blessing and encouragement to my wife and I...YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
• After a fantastic time in worship we had a stinkin' awesome time in prayer!
• I don't know if it was because of the new series we were starting or the amazing service last Sunday but all I know is God is preparing us for something HUGE!
• After spending some time in prayer it was around 11:45am when we showed the ONEPRAYER message from Craig Groeschel.
• It was a powerful and timely message.
• As we continued to experience God in a intimate and powerful way we needed to be reminded that God IS LOVE...it's not what He does it's WHO HE IS!
• THAT'S POWERFUL!!!
• I highly recommend Craig's message.
• After our worship experience I had lunch with some of our leaders and talked about the past, present, and future of DAG.
• It was so exciting to hear how they wanted to see God do great things with our church!
• Afterwards we headed back to the church for our first SEEK HIM night.
• It was a powerful time of prayer and intercession.
• I read 2 Chronicles 7:14 and shared a little on this passage and then we dove right into it.
• If the last two weeks is a hint of what the future holds I can't wait.
• Let me encourage those of you who haven't been to church lately...it's time to get your butt back into church!
• Your best days aren't behind you (no pun intended) but in front of you.
• It would be our honor to help point you toward your DESTINY!!!
• WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY!

SEEK HIM

2 Chronicles 7:14 says "if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

That's exactly what we are going to do this Sunday night from 4pm - 6pm. Tami and I want to invite all DAGer's and anyone else to join us as we SEEK HIM tomorrow night. For the last several weeks I have been sensing that God has been preparing us for "something" amazing! Last Sunday, I said that I believe that as we come to together in unity through prayer and fasting that this would be the launch pad for the Holy Spirit to move in our lives and church.

DAG it's time to SEEK HIM with everything we got! This ain't going to be some wimpy prayer meeting. If you want God to move in your life and enable you to run towards your destiny you need to show up tomorrow night. If you want God to completely heal your body from the top of your head to the sole of your feet you need to show up tomorrow night. IF YOU WANT TO KICK SATAN IN THE TEETH AND TELL HIM TO GET OUT OF YOUR LIFE AND GO TO HELL...you definitely need to show up tomorrow night.

Tami and I are definitely showing up with a holy anticipation and believing God to do great and amazing things all day tomorrow. Get ready it's time to go a whole nutha level!!!

ONEPRAYER starts tomorrow!

Hey DAGer's just wanted to remind you that ONEPRAYER starts tomorrow morning! Can you believe it more than 1,600 churches around the global are taking part in this series! I can only imagine the impact this is going to have on the world and the kingdom of heaven and how ticked off hell is goin' be!!!

Tomorrow we'll be kicking off this series by hearing from Pastor Craig Groeschel. He is the Senior Pastor of LifeChurch.tv and the visionary behind the ONEPRAYER movement. Pastor Craig and LifeChurch.tv are literally changing the world for Jesus in so many ways. I can honestly say that I am totally jacked up about tomorrow's message. I hope and pray that ya'll come to church with a holy anticipation. Remember this is a great opportunity to invite people that you know that normally wouldn't go to church. See ya'll at 10:30am!