Coming off two great series, Life Hurts – God Heals and Beautiful, I feel like God has been given me great clarity about what to teach. That’s a reassuring feeling, because I never want to simply speak from my own wisdom or desire, but to know I’m teaching that which God has placed on my heart. I also believe He’s placed some teachings on my heart for the next couple months. Here’s what’s coming…
June – OnePrayer – we’ll be joining with over 800 churches around the world, representing over 600,000 believers to answer the question, “if we could pray one prayer, what would it be?”. I’ll be teaching the first week regarding my prayer for the church. The following three weeks we’ll be utilizing video teaching to hear from some of today’s greatest teachers and pastors, many of whom are also personal friends of mine. We’re planning to have Craig Goerschel, Perry Noble and Ed Young teach at Palm Valley. At the end of the series we will give an offering along with all the other churches to plant 500 new churches in India, China, and Africa. How awesome to be a part of what God’s doing around the world! PVC’ers, you don’t want to miss this series, it’s going to awesome.
July – Jonah – I love the story of Jonah, it’s more than just a big fish tale. We’ll be talking about what it means to follow God with everything we have, and his vision for us to spread His good news around the world.
August – The Ultimate Fighter – this series has been on a my heart for a long time and I finally get to teach it. I had planned to do it earlier but some other things came up. Anyways, we’ll take a month to talk about what it means to be a man in today’s culture, and how to stand strong as leaders in our marriages, as dads, at work, and in the church. We’ll talk about common temptations and how to overcome them. As you know, I’m a HUGE UFC fan, and we’ve got some awesome surprises (guests) planned for this series. Ladies, drag your men to church
I’m still praying about a couple options for September and October, but I’ve got a good idea where we’re going. We’re hoping we’ll have all our permits in place to break ground on our buildings, so I’d like to do something teaching around that.