Great leadership day!

Today, J.R. Lee, from Freedom Church taught our leadership lesson for our staff. We have had tons of great leaders and communicators and we have learned a lot over the past year from each person that has come through! J.R. and his team at Freedom are 5 weeks into church planting and they are doing a super job but he is not the usual guy a church that has been around for a while would want to hear from but.....

I asked J.R. to talk about.....what are you learning now that you hope when you are 11 years old as a church you don't forget! You could ask anyone on our team - he nailed it! His passion was contagious, his stuff was right on the money and perfect for where we are!

The reality is that the longer you are around as a church, the easier it is to lose your edge & your passion and the tenacity to do the simple things and do them really well! Here was one quote from the day about the passage in 2 Kings 4 about the oil and the jar and the widow.."The shortage is never in God's capacity to give but rather it is in our ability to receive!!"

Let's just say this....we have a ton to talk about here and I pray that we never stop being people that God can give to!!

Thanks J.R. for the challenge - it was EXACTLY what I needed!