Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Live to Tell Stories, Salvations and Steroids

We experienced an amazing time at Prestonwood this past weekend! I am so grateful to my friend Greg Laurie for sharing his powerful life story with us through the documentary, Lost Boy, and through his message.

Nearly 20,000 attended services during this mini Harvest Crusade and more than 200 made decisions for Christ—including 37 students at our Freedom Weekend outreach who were baptized on Sunday. We were also blessed with a full house at Prestonwood North, our second campus in Prosper.

If you are a friend of our ministry who lives outside of the Dallas area, visit PowerPoint Ministries to view one of our Live to Tell Weekend services. To learn more about Lost Boy, the documentary and the book, check out Greg's blog. You will be blessed. And be sure to let me know about your life change. How has your life been transformed by Christ? Many of our members are sharing their stories. We all have a story to tell...so, tell it.

Which brings me to a whole other story. This week, the biggest sports story in the world has been the admission by Yankees superstar slugger Alex Rodriguez that he used banned substances while playing for the Texas Rangers. I watched his interview and a couple of things struck me (besides the fact that he wants everyone to just forget his three-year playing career in Texas ever happened). When asked if he was bitter that tests that were supposed to be confidential and should have been destroyed weren’t, his answer was: “No, I mean, God has done this for a reason.” Later, when talking about having fun again in baseball, he said, “that’s my savior, the game of baseball.”

Now, I won’t begin to assume that I know what A-Rod’s beliefs are. (Didn’t he dabble in kabbalah recently?) But he does appear to have misguided views of God. And we all know he’s not alone. This is why it’s critical that we live to tell the greatest story ever told—the story of Jesus Christ, our Lord, the true Savior of this world.

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