Our third goal of G.R.E.A.T. for SouthView is

EXPERIENCE

To Experience God deeper through Worship and Prayer

Have you ever really EXPERIENCED God’s amazing presence? Have you even been in a worship or prayer service where the Holy Spirit showed up and totally “rocked your world”? I like to call that “getting wrecked by God”! Once you EXPERIENCE a moment in God’s presence, you will long for more of them.

My goal for 2010 is to provide opportunities for people to see God do amazing things in their lives. Most people don’t know how to find the Holy Spirit. I will tell you that He likes to hang out where people passionately seek Him. We now provide a monthly Prayer Night (first Wednesday nights of the month) and Multi-Church Worship Nights (our next one is this Friday night - 26th), These nights are designed so that we can come to EXPERIENCE God together as a church family.

In His presence is healing, grace, deliverance, love, clarity, forgiveness, hope, mercy, joy, power….all the amazing things that God provides. It’s almost like finding a buried treasure, when you discover Him you feel you’re the luckiest person in the world. I know God can literally change your circumstances.

You can’t find and EXPERIENCE God if you don’t pursue where He dwells. Diving deep into prayer and worship is a great place to start! Make it your lifestyle.

EXPERIENCE

Let’s be a church where the Holy Spirit dwells!

M

Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Church info, Culture/Society.
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Today the Eagles parted way with Brian Westbrook. What an amazing player he was. I will miss #36!

M

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Posted: February 23rd, 2010 under Sports, Videos.
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My family is extremely important to me. I tend to think I have one of the most amazing sets of parents, in laws, brother and sisters-in-laws. Sometimes in photo shoots like this, it makes me realize not everyone is able to have both sides get together with out fighting or killing each other. We in fact get along and actually enjoy each other.

For Christmas, LeeAnn and I bought both our parents a photo shoot with the amazing Kelli Trontell. It was a great day and I was surprised how much everyone enjoyed it. Just last December, my in laws ended up moving to Tennessee, which now means that our whole family lives here with us. How cool is that?

We are blessed!

M

Posted: February 19th, 2010 under Family.
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When I got an opportunity to receive a copy of John Eldredge’s new book, LOVE & WAR, I was very interested. I had done the WILD AT HEART book study with our men’s group a few years ago. My wife is currently doing John & Stasi’s book, CAPTIVATING, for the women’s group. The one thing I like about the Eldredges is that they are generally very sincere and very passionate. I like that in a person and a writer.

LOVE & WAR is a marriage book and they candidly discuss their marriage and insights with the reader. You can clearly see that relationships and marriage is something that the Eldredges desire to help. Let’s face it, that’s something all of us need to work on. I recommend this book…

Here’s the book summary:

Summary:

What the Eldredge bestsellers Wild at Heart did for men, and Captivating did for women, LOVE & WAR will do for married couples everywhere. John and Stasi Eldredge have contributed the quintessential works on Christian spirituality through the experience of men and the experience of women and now they turn their focus to the incredible dynamic between those two forces.

With refreshing openness that will grab readers from the first page, the Eldredges candidly discuss their own marriage and the insights they’ve gained from the challenges they faced. Each talks independently to the reader about what they’ve learned, giving their guidance personal immediacy and a balance between the male and female perspectives that has been absent from all previous books on this topic.   They begin LOVE & WAR with an obvious but necessary acknowledgement:  Marriage is fabulously hard.  They advise that the sooner we get the shame and confusion off our backs, the sooner we’ll find our way through.

LOVE & WAR shows couples how to fight for their love and happiness, calling men and women to step into the great adventure God has waiting for them together. Walking alongside John and Stasi Eldredge, every couple can discover how their individual journeys are growing into a story of meaning much greater than anything they could do or be on their own.

You can purchase the book HERE.

This was book was provided for review by WaterBrook Multnomah.

Posted: February 11th, 2010 under Check This Out.
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Posted: February 3rd, 2010 under Life Stuff.
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