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A Letter From Pastor to Real Life Church

What an amazing weekend at Real Life Church!

It’s always time for celebration when someone gives their life to Christ. Not only that but I’m so proud of our Dream Team. You guys are rock stars!

Here are three things we can take away from this weekend:

  • It was amazing to see all our repeat guests from last weekend’s worship experience.
    Truly God is drawing people to Himself. Thank you so much for continually getting the word out about what is going on. You’re not trying to get people to come to church. You are connected power with the power of God which produces eternal gain. Awesome!

     

  • God’s desire is for you to be fulfilled in you relationship with Him. 
    That was the main key to the entire worship experience. God wants a relationship with you more than you could ever realize. He also desires that relationship to be full of life. There are things we can do to consistent have wind in our sails. We simply need to pull back the religious layers and get down to what really matters.  The first point was the most pivotal… Connect with God relationally.

 

  • We love to be life-giving.
    There may still be a lot of things we’re working on but there’s one thing we’ve already begun to be pretty good at.  We’re are great at being life-giving. It was so refreshing to see all those smiling faces at the conclusion of this weekends worship experience. The candy hearts helped too!

Real Life Church, you are amazing. It’s amazing to think of how God has connected us to do such an amazing thing in Kentucky and in the nation. The vision of RLC is too big for any one of us. It’s going to take everyone and the divine help of God to make it happen. I’m excited to take this journey with you.

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Real Life Church believes…

Real Life Church believes…

 

… God isn’t looking for the talented. He looks for the teachable.

…God isn’t interested in our gifts. He’s interested in our passion.

…God doesn’t forget His children. He knows right where you are.

…We were born for community. You need the family of God.

… Bad things happen, even in church. That’s why our faith is in God not in an organization.

… We don’t create a move of God. We find His move and jump on board.

…God isn’t waiting to move in the Earth. He’s already moving. Get in.

…The best is yet to come.

…You are not forgotten.

…You are worth something.

…You are important.

…You are special.

…It’s by divine appointment you are reading this now.

…Know this…. God is Real. God is near. God is waiting on you. He says you are beautiful, important, and worth dying for.

…Real Life Church exists to connect you to God. Right now. Then lead you toward becoming a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ.

 

 

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Virtual Site (Want to do one of these soon)

Oh man. I love this.

Got to make one of these soon!!!

 

Substance Virtual Visit from Substance Church on Vimeo.

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Book Review- The Pioneer Spirit

The Pioneer Spirit

By: Dutch Sheets

This book is a must for everyone who’s ever dared to try something new and risky for God.
This book is all about not being afraid of the title “different”.

There are some among us who simply tick a different way. They don’t go with the flow. They can’t. There’s something inside that is constantly hungry to push the boundaries. They want to take risks and go where no one else is willing.
Some people call that crowd rebellious. Maybe even sinful.
There is a such thing as a Jezebel spirit and being rebellious. However, is it possible that we’ve got a little carried away in some situations.
We’ve been so quick to call anything which challenged our comfort zone as wrong that we forgot to dream.
I don’t want to be ordinary, safe, and boring. I don’t want that for you either.
There is a pioneer spirit within many of us living on the Earth right now and it’s desperate to get out. God is trying to bring about a spiritual revolution in our world. It doesn’t start with the spiritual celebrities. It starts with us.

Don’t ever stop dreaming.
Don’t ever stop taking chances for God.
God likes it when the odds are stacked against Him. Then you never have to wonder who received the glory.

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First Rehearsal of the RLC Band

Got to start somewhere. This isn’t a bad place.

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Book Review: The Cause Within You

Couldn’t wait to share this book with everyone.
Truly one of a kind.
A friend and I were looking at some of it’s praises on Amazon the other day and couldn’t believe despite many awesome accolades, there actually were a few one star reviews.
One of them paraphrased read like this, “Barnett wasted my time with endless stories of changed lives. Who needs that?”
My answer to that would be, “I DO!”

Matthew Barnett is the founder of the original Dream Center. Becoming a pastor in LA at the age of 20, Barnett quickly realized conventional styles of ministry he learned seminary weren’t going to help him much in the real world of hurt and hopelessness.

After a life changing experience in Echo Park, he began to realize that ministry isn’t about success or building big facilities, it’s about people.

The end result 16 years later is a church called Angelus Temple with over 6,000 on attendance, the Dream Center who helps over 30,000 people a day and has inspired replicas all over the nation, and a man with a mission to connect people with their purpose.

Worth it.

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Book to Read: Up the Middle Church

Maybe one of the easiest to read books I’ve ever read.

Matt Keller’s book, Up the Middle Church, is absolutely amazing. Whether or you are a church planter or a long term pastor, there are ideas for everyone. It’s amazing to think of how Matt took 6 people and moved across the country to plant a church in Ft. Meyer, Fl.

When you hear his ideas and that of his team you will say to yourself over and over again, “I knew that.”

You’ll love his ideas like the one about their three visit policy.

Worth reading for any church or ministry leader.

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Book to Read: Sun Stand Still

If you haven’t read this book by Steven Furtick, you owe it to yourself to order it from Amazon.com right now.

Pastor Steven Furtick is the lead pastor of the now famous, Elevation Church.

This book stands out as a call to the Body of Christ to return to seeing life as more than something we are mean to endure. Rather life, when lived with audacious faith, can yield untold amazing journeys.

My favorite quote from this book is, “Extraordinary acts of God ALWAYS follow extraordinary acts of obedience.”

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Important Question For Our Readers

Alright.

New question.

I have absolutely loved the journey going through the 21 day fast with everyone and meeting with you on a daily basis as we have shared the Word of God with one another.

My question is simply this and yes, I do realize how self-serving this may seem.

I would like to know if anyone would continue to read this blog if I were to continue to update it on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.  This is something I truly do enjoy and will probably continue doing, but it also helps to know if the effort is truly blessing someone out there or at least is entertaining.

Anyway, I know this looks like I’m simply going for some accolades but that’s not it.

I think you get the point.

If you have enjoyed this blog and think you’ll come back from time to time to read up on various topics of interest, let me know.  You can post here on the blog, email me, send me something on facebook or on twitter.  Many ways to get in touch so……. get in touch.

Thanks for your input.

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