I think there are people who really love to change stuff all the time. They annoy people with the desire to make things different. They are always looking for a new way, a better way, a short-cut. Sometimes they change stuff merely because it hasn't been changed in a while.
People who like things to stay the same all the time get very frustrated. They feel like they are trying to grab smoke. They are constantly searching for their Penelope (Lost Season 4) to keep from having their brain meltdown in the midst of things that are always shifting.
Hello, my name is John Bishop and I like to change stuff...all the time!
This past weekend, my wife and I shifted the furniture in our living room, again.
Today I am re-doing all of the reports for the ministries department.
My hair style will be different in 6 months then it is today.
The style of clothes I wear is radically different than it was 6 months ago.
The next time I get glasses they will be very different then the ones I'm currently wearing (probably, John Lennon transitions...)
It's just the way I like it!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Early Morning Thoughts
It's 6:26am.
I've been up since 12:30am.
Some people (much more spiritual than me) pray when God gets them up early.
I have been reading Influencer (Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, and Ron McMillan) and furiously scribbling charts, structural problems, system breakdowns, organizational ideas, and new initiatives as fast as possible trying not to loose what God is showing me about the ministries of Elevation Church.
For some reason this morning was set aside for me to loose some sleep. But I would gladly trade sleep for the opportunity to do what I do...
This past Sunday we had 4485 people attending our one of seven worship experiences across three campuses 29 months into our church's existence; we had 152 people accept Christ bringing the total number of people who accepted Christ during the three weeks of the Gospel series to 903. These numbers are following on the heels of 1044 people being baptized during our Awakening series...and I can't sleep!
Pastor Furtick said it this way, "We need to let the victories God gives us be our fuel not our ceiling."
God has pumped my spirit full of $4.85, 93 octane gasoline...I can sleep later!
I've been up since 12:30am.
Some people (much more spiritual than me) pray when God gets them up early.
I have been reading Influencer (Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, and Ron McMillan) and furiously scribbling charts, structural problems, system breakdowns, organizational ideas, and new initiatives as fast as possible trying not to loose what God is showing me about the ministries of Elevation Church.
For some reason this morning was set aside for me to loose some sleep. But I would gladly trade sleep for the opportunity to do what I do...
This past Sunday we had 4485 people attending our one of seven worship experiences across three campuses 29 months into our church's existence; we had 152 people accept Christ bringing the total number of people who accepted Christ during the three weeks of the Gospel series to 903. These numbers are following on the heels of 1044 people being baptized during our Awakening series...and I can't sleep!
Pastor Furtick said it this way, "We need to let the victories God gives us be our fuel not our ceiling."
God has pumped my spirit full of $4.85, 93 octane gasoline...I can sleep later!
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