Showing posts with label Newspring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newspring. Show all posts

Labor on Labor Day

I wish I could say I did nothing on "Labor Day" but that would be a false statement. Although I will probably not be able to move in the morning I did get a pretty good bit done.

First things first my wonderful wife let me sleep till about 9:30 am and then took the kids to her Mom and Dad's to let the boys play in the dirt. While they were gone I got out in the yard and started cleaning up since we are having Carson's 3rd party here this weekend. I then rode up to Mom and Dad's and picked up the hedge trimmers and brought it back to the house to straighten up some bushes that grow rapidly around our house. I must warn anyone who is going to do this and doesn't do it on a regular basis. Get in shape before handling a hedge trimmer, my upper body is killing me. I finished some touch up painting that needed to be done, although I found more to do after I was done and dipped my hand into paint thinner.(hint: Oil base paint does not wash of a brush so don't grab it with your hands to try and get it off.)

Got a lot to do this week as well. I am going to take of Wednesday and Thursday to try and accomplish all I have to do. Finishing things around the house for the party, finishing some video stuff, spending quality time with the kids and Cody and making sure that my walk is growing with God(not necessarily in that order).

There are a lot of things going on with Cody and myself and we want to make sure that we re doing the right thing. We have felt that we are going in the right direction and will continue to do so until we feel we need to make another change. Having said that we are going to be making changes so we are able to enjoy our time with each other and our beautiful children. Finances are what is on the front burner right now. After attending the Financial Learning Experience at Newspring with Joe Sangl(check this site out for a ton of budgeting tips) we are going to sell everything we have so we don't owe any money, J/K. We are though going to be making some changes and budgeting a little(a lot) better. So keep us in your prayers and if anyone wants to buy a house and two cars let me know. :-)

Enjoy your week and may God bless you and your family.

Posted on 9/07/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , | 0 Comments »

Quick Post: Prayer Needed

Please be in prayer tonight for the Fuse students at Newspring. I am on my way out to go and help with Audio/Video at the Greenville Campus.

Be also in Prayer about the Revolution Church Preview Service that is happening THIS Sunday August 2nd at the Hilton on Haywood Rd. in Greenville, SC. Get Directions here.

Invite your friends, Family and even the people you don't like(they need Jesus too). It will definitely be an awesome time of worship as Tyler and Landen Beemer bring their band and we are able to use the sound system that we are in the process of paying for(could still use some financial help on that).

Chris will be speaking on Authenticity which we should all strive for. God Bless and I hope to see you at the service this Sunday.

Invite people by email from this page.
Posted on 7/29/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments »

Warning: This may offend you...Not my fault

So first of all I am absolutely relieved that I have this massive weight off my chest. I will not go into details but for a while now myself and my wife have been praying about things that were going on at a place that we frequent. We highly disagreed with the leadership and expressed that but was told that that was the leadership and they were in charge. I try to not compare these types of places to a business but in some ways you have to because in order for a business to succeed you need to have good planning and leadership and workers with the right attitude and vision.

If you have someone that works for you and you know down deep that what they are doing is costing your business money you are not going to say "Oh well, I am going to keep them since I know them and even though they are costing me money and may make my business fail I will keep them because of my personal relationship." BOO CRAP!! If your business was going under you would get rid of that person even if they were your Momma. And if you wouldn't then you would be one broke IDIOT.

I cannot tell you how much it bothers me that someone will make a decision to NOT do something that someone has planned and put a lot of effort into that will bring money or people to a business because their slack business partner who hasn't shown up to meetings and decided to do something smaller that would attract less people or make less money because they are not man enough to step up and do what is RIGHT.

I really put my heart and SOUL, literally, into this place and now I get discarded from "Staff" decisions and conversations because I am apart of someone who is trying to do the right thing.

I know this is spuratic and not making much sense to a lot of people but I had to get some things off of my chest. I probably shouldn't even post this but I am not someone who hides my feelings to spare anothers. The church shouldn't do that either. We should stand up and say who and why we are doing this and if you do not like it then take it up with him. We are not here to please everyone. We are here to spread the word that Jesus died on the cross for you and me and that is it. We are going to do that the way we know how whether you like it or not and we are not going to change because of your preference in genre of music.

When a church starts to try and keep the people that are already saved and members and stops trying to reach out and save the unsaved that is why churches fail. That is why churches don't grow and that is why so many people are "Church Shopping."

People nowadays think it is all about them and that is why I am a big fan of Newspring Church. It was stated by Howard Frist, campus pastor of Newspring Greenville that while you attend Newspring or are thinking of attending, then everything we do is for YOU. Once you get saved and/or join Newspring then everything you do is for the others that are not a member or more importantly not saved. Once you cross the line and become a member of the team. it is not about you anymore.

I know I am ranting but it has just been a crazy week that has taught me a lot about a lot of people and also gotten me down because you get into a groove and you think you can settle in and enjoy the ride. That is another thing that God has shown me this week as well. Chris Lewis put this very well one day in his journal. God spoke to him and said "I have put you into uncomfortable situations....Expect more of that."

You know what I am beginning to realize maybe I am made to be in those situations. I used to think that life was all about experiences and you learn from your mistakes. I have realized that life is about God and he will put you through things you can use as a ministry later on in life.

Listen, If I have offended anyone in this blog, then you are guilty. I am going to bed.

Psalm 3:3-5

PS Action's speak LOUDER than words.
Posted on 3/22/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Unleash (Post 2)

Hey Guys,
Super stoked about my time at Unleash 2009. I want to first thank Newspring Church for putting it on. The two main sessions were AWESOME and worship filled. Never can get to much of God speaking through Perry Noble at me. Check out this snippet of mine and Chris Lewis' day at Unleash 2009.

I also have posted some Flickr Pics of Unleash too.



DJACRIS (Josh Wyatt)
Posted on 3/16/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments »

Unleash (post 1)

Hey guys,
Check out these Photo's on Flickr of my trip to #Unleash.

Below is my favorite.


Posted on 3/14/2009 by djacris and filed under , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments »