Powerful Book

I just finished Jim Cymbala's book entitled "Breakthrough Prayer." Man, what an incredible book. There is no other author I have seen that writes like him. I started loving his books with his very first one, "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire," and I have loved every book that I've picked up by him.

I have read many authors on prayer and this book was absolutely incredible. Cymbala writes about things that almost every other author, pastor and teacher ignores. He's not afraid to jump into the deep spiritual disciplines that must be a part of our journey as followers of Christ. I'm telling you, Cymbala is quickly becoming my favorite author! His works stand almost like "the voice of one crying in the wilderness." He's calling us to passionate prayer, to embrace the work of the Holy Spirit, to live by radical faith each and every day.

If you need a time of refreshing and encouragement...or maybe a time of conviction and motivation...or maybe some inspiration and challenge, this book is for you. I couldn't recommend it any more highly!

Great Weekend!

Man, this was a really great weekend! It started on Friday afternoon with a 1:00 PM date with my wife. As you might deduce from the earlier post, we went and saw the new Narnia movie, "Prince Caspian." It was great! I'm not a huge movie fan but I'm also not a critic. This is a trilogy we will definitely own when it's all said and done. Great movie...and Stephanie and I had a great time together on our date.

Sunday was incredible at Crosspointe! God has been moving in our church in awesome ways and I'm just thankful to be a part of it. We had several people saved in our service yesterday and God really moved in a powerful way. I am excited about what's coming up for our church. The fall is going to usher in some big changes for us but we will be positioned to really impact our community and reach families like never before.

I think this great weekend was just a preview of things to come. David Ring will be with us this coming Sunday and even though it's Memorial Day Weekend, this should be a huge day for our church. Our people love David Ring and God always uses him in great ways.

I'm thankful for a great weekend and excited about all that God has in store for us as we continue to move forward.

Movie Time

These days it seems like Stephanie and I get to go see a movie about once a decade. I hear there are some really cool movies out there, but it just seems impossible to make it. Most of the time when we go on a date we go out to eat and hang out for a little while. It's nice to talk to each other without a three year old asking a million questions, a one year old grunting and screaming or a newborn crying. And here's the truth, while I enjoy movies, it doesn't give us much opportunity to talk to each other and...they're so expensive these days!

There's an unexpectedly long intro to say something very simple. Stephanie and I are going to a move on Friday! I can't wait. We love "The Chronicles of Narnia." and the new one, "Prince Caspian" will be in theaters on Friday. While we got to go on an AWESOME date last Friday, I'm really looking forward to this week's movie date. We choose our movies very carefully because it's such an infrequent occurrence.

And, I must say here, mad props to Mema, Stephanie's mom, who has been with us this week and will help us out with the kids while we venture out of baby-world for a few hours.

Welcome

I'd like to take a moment to welcome a great friend of mine to the wonderful world of blogging.

What can I say, Larry Grays is an incredible guy! He's a pastor/church planter in ATL, a youth speaker, evangelist, a good friend and he mercilessly picks on my wife (which is always fun to watch). And...as you can see from his post, it looks like he's going to be a dad for the third time.

Welcome to the three-kids club Larry. It takes a bit of training to move from man-to-man defense with the kids to zone defense but I have no doubt you'll pass with flying colors!