Anybody Else's Toes Hurtin'?

Well well well looky here..Willie is on the blogging scene. Some were probably waiting for it and yes some probably feared it. I just wanted to mention this really "attention getting" question posted on the back of our(New Hope's) newsletter:
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bibles like our cell phones.
what if we carried it around in our purses or our pockets?
what if we flipped through it several times a day?
what if we turned back to get it if we forgot it?
what if we used it to receive messages from the text?
what if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
what if we gave it to Kids as gifts?
what if we used it when we traveled?
what if we used it in case of emergency?
I don't know about the rest of ya'll but, anybody else's toes hurtin'?
CATCH YA ON THE GREASY SIDE!
WILL-I-E

You Find Out Who Your Friends Are...

This is the title of a new song, one of the best I've heard this year on (gasp) country radio. Yes although it is secular it is truthful. It is performed by Tracy Lawerence, Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney (how could that be a bad song is my question). Any hoo, let me get to the point of this. The song talks about when you're on top everybody says they're your "friend" and then when you hit some hard times or need a favor you find out who your real friends are. My whole point to this thing is this song made me think of when we were "living the life" we had all kinds of friends but after our salvation people are like "huh? sal-who?". Then it seems like they're hard to come by. Now I haven't really experienced this, which kind of surprises me, but also makes me know that I have real friends. But I also know of some people that are close to me that lost some, but they gained sooooo much more than just social status. So just think about who you could call on the next time you're in a bind and see who is really you're friend. And the next time "You run your car into a ditch on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere...." see who you can call at anytime day or night and find out who your friends are.
Till next time my fellow bloggers,
Sir William of Lipsey

Schools Out

Yeah I know I haven't posted in a while, but life sometimes keeps you busy. Any hoo since the last time I posted, I went on vacation with Crystal and Barry and David and Sunshine and all the kids were there and we all had an awesome time. And our Vacation Bible School began on Monday of this week, I'll just tell you by the end of it this evening you could tell everyone was exhausted, even the kids. It just amazes me that kids can repeat something back that you thought they didn't hear because they were all talking, well most all. I believe God gave them some kind of special talent to make us go "Hmm..I guess they were listening." Hey it's just a thought. I also found out that we may, hopefully have Dan Carrol at Godstock, and he's leading worship Sunday morning and I'm looking forward to that, he does a great job at what he does. Oh and we also came home to a wonderful surprise the day we came home from the coast......sorry i got lost on the coast there for a second, anyway we had praise team practice that night and when I walked in i noticed something different but didn't register right off. It was the coolest thing, our stage had grown and i was all like that is awesome. I still don't know exactly who all was involved, but thank you guys and girls(if any)from the bottom of my heart,I absolutely love it, it's awesome. Matter of fact when we were doing Sing to the King, I was moving around because that song just pumps me up for some reason, but as i kinda jumped off of the drum riser i thought for a second, "what if i look like an idiot?" and then i thought about David, no not you David, the David from the Bible, when he was dancing in the street. And then i realized that it didn't matter because that's how i roll when i worship, so if you find it troubling, turn ya head..I should probably stop, but i have to get this out. Some of you i've already ranted and raved about it and i got one person to purchase it..What you talkin' 'bout willie? you may ask. Well let me tell you. I bought the new album by christian hip-hop artist LeCrae called After the Music Stops, and all i can say is Wow...i really can't say enough about this album. it's really impressive to hear a rapper praising the One who made us and His Son. and it's every song. if you're into hip-hop i strongly recommend you go out and buy it, shoot, i recommend you go out and buy it even if you don't like hip-hop, because his messages are incredible. Maybe the praise team can do some of his stuff, he he he, i only yoking wid you man. i did try to get him for Godstock but alas he's booked up into 2008, so maybe next year. Alright, that'll do for now. except i would like to add to Pastor Chad's weird stuff on signs thing, see how this one hits you, it was on a billboard at the beach: Why is it called rush hour traffic if it goes so slow?
'til we meet again.
Cap'm Willie

SET THIS PLACE ON FIRE....

Wooo. let me start by saying Pastor Chad, what an awesome sermon this morning, one of the best I've heard so far. For those of you who missed it all I can say is wish you coulda been there. The whole time he was preaching I could just tell how excited he was to be delivering the message, but of course I can always tell that. It really made me and Kim and I'm sure a whole lot of people sit back and think "does God consume my life? Are my thoughts Godly are my actions and activities Godly?" That's a question that will keep you thinking for a while. There's a Third Day song based on this verse (at least I think it's this one) called Consuming Fire, I would have liked the praise band to have performed but we didn't know about the sermon topic or at least I didn't. So I'll leave you with this, when I went to Byrnes last week I told them that what people think of them does not matter, but the only thing that does is what God thinks of them. Praise God for sending His son Jesus to give His life for our salvation, and for being the consuming fire that swallowed His people up in His wake.
Stay strong my brothers and sisters for the Prince of Peace is coming soon!!
Sir William of Lipsey