why are you excited about NewSpring Columbia? part 2 of 6

why are you excited about NewSpring Columbia? part 1 of 6

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this is what happens @ home when i'm gone to work... my lovely wife made this video today and i love it... check her blog out here. i think she's pretty awesome :)

my 2nd day

so, i've already noticed that my new job is going to be very unique. some days i'll be working hard all day at my desk. other days i'll be in meetings all day. and others i'll be working on strictly the music part of my job or practicing. yesterday just happened to be one of those days with a little bit of all of those in it....

saturday mornings

hype

i twittered this statement yesterday :

"worship leaders / pastors : don't believe the hype about you, whether good or bad. it will only lead to your downfall..."

its fun to be flattered. i'll be the first to admit. compliments are nice, a whole lot better than critique. but as soon as i start to believe them i've already lost the battle.

on the flip side, as soon as i believe statements and tactics of negativity and ungodly criticism, i've lost another battle.

i believe that satan uses both tactics to attack just before a great victory is won.

God in my living

there in my breathing

God in my walking

God in my sleeping

God in my resting

there in my working

God in my thinking

God in my speaking

Be my everything

God in my hoping

there in my dreaming

God in my watching

God in my waiting

God in my laughing

God in my weeping

God in my hurting

God in my healing

BE EVERYTHING

BE EVERYTHING

BE EVERYTHING

BE EVERYTHING

-tim hughes

as soon as i lose sight of that, and as soon as Jesus is not Lord over every single detail of my life. i've lost.

worship guys, leaders, whomever... don't believe the hype. don't believe in vain, obsessive social networking. don't believe in making it big. don't believe in finding worth and approval through other people. don't believe in stupdity and ungodly criticism. Christ is nowhere to be found in that.

find your value, your worth, your glory in Christ and in Christ alone

my new job

yes, i have a new job. and for me, the phrase "dream job" would be an understatement. i guess i'll just go ahead and say it...

i'm going to be the new worship leader for newspring church at their columbia campus...

its still surreal for me to say, so i'll probably be posting more in the coming weeks to months as we get going, but for now, i'm just soaking in the fact that i get the privilege to work in such and unbelievable organization.

i know that most people, especially within the church world, know about newspring. you've probably watched them online or attended unleash. basically, there are a few churches in america that set a standard for relevant modern environments and strategies, and i think a lot of people would agree that they are at the top of that list. i've followed them for a few years now, and when i'm home we would occasionally worship there on sunday evenings.

but let me first say that working at newspring was never the "goal" for me as a worship leader. i know that a million worship leaders would love to have a job there, i'm not blind...but it honestly was never my goal. my goal has always been to be placed where i could be used to give God the most glory. whether that was in a room of 10 kids or 3,000 adults, i have always just wanted to be used. well, over the past couple of months, i've seen unbelievable things happen during our time attending and getting involved with newspring. their commitment to reaching people for Christ is unparalleled and unapologetic. i love that. i love this church. my family loves this church.

and to add to it, if you know me, you know that i love a challenge. i love the idea that we get the chance to go to the largest city in south carolina and help launch a brand new, one of a kind, dynamic church that has already proven themselves over and over in their already thriving campuses. i'm so excited that we get to bring newspring church to columbia.

so, if you get a chance, please be praying for me as well as my family as we begin this new step in our lives...

much, much more to come...