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I can absolutely guarantee you that we were the ONLY church in the whole wide world that: heard a story about the preacher talking to a young woman in a bar, AND sang the gush-gush-gush-gush song, AND heard a country song with a horrible theme. And those things aren’t the things I’ll remember about today. I’ll remember things like:

• People standing in both services to pray with me to repent, believe, and give all of life to Jesus Christ.
• More people coming to meet with me AFTER both services to pray and be saved.
• Lots of tears today from people changing their lives.
• Two very young men who manned up do the manliest thing any man can do  - give life to Jesus and commit to being a man of God.
• Talked to an ENTIRE family who all want to be baptized.
• Over 700 in attendance.
• Actually lost count of the people who prayed to get saved (9?).
• 46 (I think) people came to Starting Point; Almost all “signed up” to go to work.
• I LOVE talking about vision to the people who want to join our movement. Love it.
• I LOVE telling people we don’t have drama, pretense, power brokers, regular business meetings or complicated bureaucracy.
• Band brought their A-game today. Loved every song.
• I’m into the mouth guitar thing too.
• Something about personal testimony videos affects me. I wish we had that every Sunday.
• Nobody knows how much our Staff does behind the scenes, how much they sacrifice, how much spiritual warfare they regularly face, how unconditionally they love people. It is a privilege to serve alongside them.
• In addition to that we have some JAM-UP Volunteer Team Leaders. Every time I wander around and watch what other folks do on Sunday at The ROCK, I soooo appreciate them more and more.
• The story from today is one of my personal favorites. Jesus breaking the rules of social “protocol.” People with baggage becoming people with a mission. The power of personal testimony.
• 2000 years after she met Jesus at a well, that 5x loser at marriage is still a tool God uses to change lives.
• And so are you.
• And your efforts to tell your story will continue to make a difference from now into eternity.
• Tell it.