What does it mean to live for Jesus? Well, first off, it means: Live For Jesus!

We’ve been worshipping at San Lorenzo Park, which is right downtown SC. We get there at about 10:20, set up the chairs, feed the ducks, get out the instruments, go to the bathroom, then worship God, share what we saw or felt during worship, bathroom break, preach or teach (I gravitate towards preach; Rachel can’t sit next to me ‘cuz I freak her out!) from scripture, discuss what we’ve experienced, & then we’ll go out to eat or scoot on home.

We’ve been praying about what to do about the poor. My wife & I have said “we don’t want to do something just to say we do something, but we want to do what God’s doing.” So, we’ve been patient. (That said, at our leadership mtgs we always bring up the poor & what we’re not doing.) Rachel (GO RACHEL!) had the idea of having a drum circle where we sang worship songs, which would attract people, & then we would invite them to share a meal with us. Well we did it yesterday & it was too much fun. We were able to meet two homeless folks & touch their lives. We invited them to meet us at the park Tue. night for Lifegroup. Let’s hope they show up. “Follow me as I follow Christ.” Show up!

Here are some of the highlights of yesterdays “Living For Jesus” day. Stephen, Laben’s friend from Trinidad asked him to be a groomsman in his wedding; IN TRINIDAD! Laben didn’t think he was having any effect in Stephen’s life, but guess what Laben, you’re a man of God! When I asked if anyone heard anything from God after worship He-Jyoung says, “When Siena & Sky are dancing I think God is present.” He doesn’t believe in Jesus! Sky’s father, Greg, met Linda at library story time & came to church, let his daughter dance with Siena in the middle of our worship circle. Greg doesn’t believe in Jesus; “What are you thinking as you watch us worship Greg?!” Jeff’s student worker, who wants to plant a church, came to church. In transition to the drum-circle I saw the homeless guy, Mark, but couldn’t get to him. So, I went to Josh & said, “Hey man, can you go invite Mark to lunch?” (read his blogHere). I don't know why he calls me Chris. Our drum circle was too much fun & we met Carol from back east. She had evidently been punched in the face & we got to hang out with her for quite some time. She ate a lot of pizza.

The life of Christ was just happening & it was too much fun. Will it be like this each time we meet? Maybe it will; or maybe it won’t. Our mission remains the same: Love God, Love People, Make Disciples; Equip them for the work of the ministry, the building up of the church, demonstrating God’s Kingdom in all Nations.

Up at the Ranch we are really wrestling with God. We had one of our most fruitful prayer & intercession times the night before. We are growing in prayer! We must grow in prayer. We’ve been having a worship & prayer night once a month for about 2yrs & this last Sat. night was legit. We’re moving past the generic prayer mtg & into intercession.

God’s is so awesome & we’re continuing to learn what it means to “be violent” with him. (Matthew 11:12) We are enjoying him, which results in a triumphant church! Nothing fancy, just allowing our delight in God to overflow into a delight in mankind, which results in evangelism, which creates repentance, that leads to discipleship, so we can do more church, shouting louder shouts, declaring God’s passion for the nations, which produces churches from our church; more of the same… Oh, & don’t think any of this happens without a healthy appreciation for the taste of: Humble Pie!