It’s taken me a few days to collect my thoughts from last weekend, so here they are…
1) Our Creative Team is really gaining momentum, and it shows. The Christmas Blues series has been a blast. From creating our own game shows, to the video elements, the new worship leadership with Derrick, to the topics we’ve addressed; I’ve just felt that we’re really hitting a groove creatively. This will show big time at our Christmas services next week!
2) This message hit. I talked about guilt, and the difference between guilt vs. conviction. I could really sense as I was teaching that God was using the message, but it was confirmed in a huge way after the services. I don’t know that I’ve ever had so many people tell me very specific ways the message hit them. It wasn’t just “great message preacher” stuff. It was real, heart-felt, specific issues that people dealt with during the messgae. That’s the power of God’s Word at work!
3) I love our children’s ministry teams. I walked through our kids areas and saw how much love, care, creativity, and passion are being invested into the young people of Palm Valley Church. As a parent of 4 young ones, I’m thankful they’re growing up in such an awesome church!
4) A lot of people are cool with the fact that I got to drive a Mercedes last week 
I got a lot of emails from people who said they would have been judgmental if they HAD seen me, and my story helped them to realize they don’t know (nor need to know) everything about other’s lives. I think it was healing for some to let go of judgment and guilt, and move into grace!
5) Ryan has become an incredible teacher. Received a ton of comments from people who got a lot from his mesage last week, and they look forward to him teaching again. Ryan’s going to be teaching much more this next year, and the people of PVC will be the beneficiaries.
Those are my weekend thoughts, and I’m looking forward to another great one this week!
