The Unstoppable Church

How does a church become unstoppable? I believe the answer is a Praying Church!
Acts 12 says, " 1It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 4After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

6The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. "Quick, get up!" he said, and the chains fell off Peter's wrists.

8Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him. 9Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

11Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.""

It has me really thinking, how much do we pray as a church and as a church staff???

Prayer must be a priority but satan has done a great job of distracting us.

Night of Prayer and Worship THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT 7PM

This Wednesday please join us at 7pm @ the Belton Campus for a Night of Prayer and Worship. I have a feeling that you will not want to miss this. We are going to spend time in prayer and worshiping God through music and scripture reading. The Goal is to restore HOPE to everyone that has been effected by the economy and the state of the world today.

I have a short message that God has laid on my heart to share so please invite your friends and family to pray with us Wednesday Night.

I can't wait to see you Wednesday Night!!!!

Prayer and Fasting

One of the lost arts in spiritual discipline is fasting and dare I say prayer. For grins, ask yourself, when was the last time you spent time in prayer and chose to fast along with prayer? Fasting in the Bible was never meant for us to feel more spiritual, but it was intended for us to take our attention off of the stuff that gets it everyday and redirect our attention to God. What are you going to fast this week that will cause you to spend more concentrated time with God?

I would encourage you to read Matthew 6 and soak up what Jesus says about fasting and prayer. Remember that fasting doesn't just have to be food, maybe it is the internet, dessert, television or talking on the phone.

Go for it and get reconnected with God today!!!!

One Prayer Website

Make sure you check and and join in on the conversation that is happening at www.oneprayer.com

This week I challenge you to take Tuesday and fast something.  Maybe you decide to fast food, others might decide to fast television while someone else might fast internet.  The POINT IS whatever you choose to fast, when you think about doing that (whatever that is) you will spend that time in prayer.  

If you have questions on prayer, fasting or have an idea that our church could do to take this ONE Prayer series to the next level, email me at cpinion@lifequest.tv

LifeQuest, spend some time praying this week.  Also there are daily devotions everyday on the oneprayer website.

History in the Making

I can't believe that LifeQuest Church gets the opportunity to Make History.  Imagine what would happen if churches would lay down their petty differences and stand together in prayer.  Well Imagine no longer because this Sunday that is exactly what is going to happen.  More than 1,200 churches launch the One Prayer series this weekend, this is an unprecedented moment in history. God has already worked in a mighty way by providing the means for diverse churches around the globe to stand together as one. Think about it…more than 700,000 individuals, united. I can't wait to be part of this incredible sermon series. We are making History. Get ready to experience prayer like you've never experienced it before.

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT

Craig Groeschel and the guys at LifeChurch.tv have put together the most Kingdom Minded thing I've seen in my life.  I am going to give you the details but you can check it out here.

Basically churches all over the world are joining together to do the same series at the same time, starting June 8th.  Lead/Senior Pastors will teach the first week of the message series at their church and the next three weeks all the churches will show videos of some of the greatest communicators in America sharing their "one prayer" for the church.  Along with the messages, we will be mobilizing LifeQuest to partner with other area churches for the purpose of the community outreach and world missions.  This is going to be OFF the Chain!  

We will be pre-producing a video to put on the One Prayer website to be used by any church that wishes to do that.  Another reason I am excited about this, is that all three messages that will be shown at LifeQuest on video will be from friends of mine and I know they will rock your world spiritually.

I will share more in the coming weeks.  One of the dreams I have for LifeQuest is that we will be Kingdom Minded!

HUGE Announcement Coming

I have a HUGE Annoucement to make this week and I might have to do it over my blog because I am SO excited. It is an Amazing Opportunity that our church is being given - HUGE IN THE CHURCH WORLD. It will have a lasting impact and I can't wait to tell you.