Catalyst One Day

Yesterday Dane, COC's Executive Pastor, and I attended the Catalyst One Day Conference at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in Carrolton.  Wow...what a great day we had and what great things we heard and learned.  It was such a joy to see men like Craig Groeschel and Andy Stanley, who are pastoring two of this nation's largest churches be so real and authentic.  For me it was a lot of great material and advice but it was really more of an octane boost.  All of our fuel tanks get pretty low from time to time and I was running on fumes.  The Lord really spoke to me through Craig when he stated that a church congregation will not be broken before the Lord unless their leader is broken.  He challenged me to not fall back in love with the church or the work of the ministry but to fall back in love with Jesus.  Let Jesus love the church, it's His bride not mine, and focus on loving my Him and my family.  We do a great job of church at COC Metro and for that I am proud.  But in the midst of all our creativity and unique ministry style may we seek to stay broken and humble before the Lord.  I tell you...the sky is the limit for this church if we will keep that spirit.  We have only began to scratch the service of what is in store for us.
 
See you Sunday!