I am sitting in "MY CHAIR". Sweating. Nervous. Praying. Emotional. Tomorrow this time we will be at the Muvico Theater in Estero at Coconut Point. We launch Life Point Church. Tomorrow. The band is ready. The volunteers are in place. The Children's ministry is firing on all cylinders. We got fresh fruit and pastries from Panera Bread coming. We got coffee from Starbucks. We got banners and greeters and we got people who will make sure everything is ready. People who get it. People who want to be a part of this crazy journey God has called us to be on. We had 2 preview services... worked the kinks out. We got an interview in today's paper spotlighting the church. Read it HERE.
We ran a full page ad in the paper and even put on the neon sticky on the front page. This is the ad.
But I am in my chair. Scared. Its been a year and a half. A long journey but a great journey. Satan has thrown everything at us but has and will continue to fail. You cant stop God. Life Point is a God-Thing. Its not about Henry or Russ or anyone else... Its about Jesus. and the people who don't know Him.
I almost quit. Many months ago I almost gave up. I called THIS GUY... a fellow redneck preacher. My brother and friend. I am here because he told me to get off my butt and stop whining and do this thing God has called me to do.
I listened to him. Planting a church looks great on paper. The 100 things you must do to plant a church. Good on paper but crap in real life. NOTHING goes the way you want it to. Nothing happens clean and precise like on the paper. Church Planters listen it does not work that way. If God is in it... get off your behind and do what he called you to do. On paper... well we are not ready... We have NO money. 347.00 in bank right now.
I have raised Barely NOTHING money wise. I dont have everything bought and we are doing this literally on a shoe string.
But I would rather do this on a shoe string with GOD holding the string than have everything picture perfect But I tell you what I do have:
1: A PASSION for the people in SW Florida
2: A love so great for JESUS that I want everyone to know HIM.
3: Faith that GOD WILL BE GOD
4: A GREAT group of people who get it and are in this thing with me come hell or high water
5: People that are praying.
I WOULD TAKE THAT OVER MONEY ANY DAY!!!
So tomorrow we are firing this thing up. The ride is going to be awesome. People will meet JESUS. Lives will be changed and God will get ALL the glory.
But I am still scared as a possum in a hen house.

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