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Where am I at?
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been getting a lot of questions asked of me in regards to the upcoming transitions in my life that include: Baby Bryce, Columbia Campus, selling our house, moving to Columbia, etc. The crazy part for the majority of the questions I get is that I do not have an answer for some of them!
The way most of the questions are worded is very similar to: “Alden, where are you at with ________?” So since most of the questions are worded like that I am going to answer that question on my blog….Here is where I am at?
Right now I am in the FIRE!I heard someone once say, “God saves us from the fire of hell, to be placed in the fire of refinement.” I am in the fire of refinement. Over the past couple of weeks, I have felt a lot of frustration and anxiety about a lot of different things in my life. I am being refined over and over and over again!! God is working on some things in me and working some things out of me! Although it is painful and sometimes frustrating…it is worth it!
Some times all any of us have the the calling that God has placed on us, but then we convoluted that calling with other things…so, it is necessary for us to be walked through the fires of refinement so the other stuff can be burned away and out calling and passion for Jesus remain!
I just know even through this refinement there will be nothing that can shake my confidence in my calling to go to Columbia and lead the Campus for NewSpring Church. I truly believe that God’s refinement will confirm my calling and deepen the passion He has placed in me!
Where are you at?
Are you walking through refinement with Jesus? Are you scared of that process? Do you dread that process? I don’t know where you are at, but this is the best and the craziest place I have been in some time and I am thankful for it!
For the record, I believe that our walk with Jesus is a continuous refinement process, although sometimes the fire needs to be hotter than others. The reason I believe that is because my life is to mirror Jesus and none of us, especially me, are close to that goal…so, I say, let the refinement c0ntinue!
My buddy, Trey Kelly, is the Lead Pastor for Wellspring Church and they held their Easter service…well they were a little too loud for the neighbors, so they called the cops. I spoke with Trey yesterday about it and is was a great story…by the way they had 80 people attend and had 10 people accept Christ…AWESOME! You can read his thoughts on their service here. Also here is the news story done on the church…great job Trey! Keep rocking it out!!
Easter…Yes sir!
I am so excited about this weekend!! I truly believe that this weekend is going to be HUGE! Of course, Easter is always a great time of year, but I love it because there are always people who are more willing to attend church just because it is Easter and we get the opportunity to share Jesus with them! It is an opportunity to see LIFE CHANGE happen and the church is in the business of LIFE CHANGE!
So, you have a couple of days…who do you know that needs to be at church? Invite them! Don’t be afraid to ask, man up or woman up and make the “ask”! At NewSpring, we have plenty of space for everyone…14 services in 4 locations!!!
Here are the times for the NewSpring Easter Services:
- Anderson Campus: Saturday 4/11 at 4:00pm & 6:00pm and Sunday 4/12 at 9:15am, 11:15am & 6:00pm
- Florence Campus: Sunday 4/12 at 9:30am &11:15am
- Greenville Campus: Saturday 4/11 at 6:00pm and Sunday 4/12 9:15am, 11:15am & 6:00pm
- Web Campus: Sunday 4/12 at 11:15am & 6:00pm EST and 11:00am Pacific
You can get your tickets here!! You don’t want to miss it as begin our new series called, “The Gospel“. Look forward to worshiping with you!!
Killing Cockroaches
This is what I was greeted with this morning when I walked into my office:
Killing Cockroaches
I was stoked to see that Tony Morgan has given me a copy of his new book, “Killng Cockroaches.” Thankful it has been very quiet around the office and I have been able to get a lot of reading done in this book. I am going to be posting a review of the book when I am done, so check back for that, but I am going to go ahead an warn you…BUY THIS BOOK! Go to Amazon.com and buy this book. Buy the hard copy, buy it for your Kindle, sell something on E-Bay to get the money, do something to get this in your hands and read it. I am pumped about this book and grateful that I am able to get my hands on a pre-released copy to read…Yes, you are jealous! Anyway, don’t be dumb, buy the book! Here is a little clip for your enjoyment about the book:
HOUSE….
Yesterday, we saw a house that we were really excited about! We oput an offer down and we found out this morning, after a couple of counter offers, that it got accepted! We are so excited! God has been watching over us so faithfully! Thank you to all of you who faithfully prayed for us in our transition to Anderson! Here is a pic of the front view:
We will post more pics later, as we get them! Right now, the closing is set for the end of October! In the meantime, we will go through inspections, appraisal, etc! So, if something changes, we will post it! PRAISE THE LORD!!
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