Thursday, January 21, 2010

I Work with the Greatest and Best Church Staff in the Kingdom

It's true!!! I really do work with the Greatest and Best Church Staff in the Kingdom! I'm not just saying it either. I really do believe it! Just think about it: What other staff shares such a supernatural and miraculous history? Starting in a living room with 16 people; marching around the Ball Park in Arlington asking God to give us church that could fill the stadium; growing from 16 to 1,600 in about a year; wrestling the sales contract for the J&J campus out of the hands of the U.S. Department of Defense; raising $4.4 million in 6 months for the down payment, the last $1.4 million coming miraculously in the 11th hour; hosting outreaches in Vandergriff Park, feeding over 10,000 people; not to mention the Festival of Lights, the Patriotic Salutes, the Fall Fun Fests and the Winter Snow Fest! Remember the Glory and the Fire Outreaches and the Operation Prayer Force? We've enjoyed great victories together and endured times of testing. But through it all, we've never changed our vision. As the apostle Paul said, "I stayed true to the heavenly vision." And so have we! And we have only just begun! The time is right to fulfill the prophecy of Marilyn Hickey who said that High Point would have a similar anointing as Rev. Cho's church in South Korea. I guess you can image what that means. We have loved and labored, laughed, and yes, even cried together; and the truth is, there's no other group of people in the entire world I would rather share life with than you. So next time I press a little hard or push us to what seems to be the end of our ability, remember that one day when we stand before Jesus and hear Him say, "Well done," then we will share a common reward and a common joy that will last forever!