
Session 1: One talk in two movements. Levi Lusko and Louie Giglio
Levi Lusko
How you see what you see.
Eyes of a lion book
You can stare at something but not see what you are seeing.
Naked ladies on a Hawaiian shirt.
The point is,
“We don’t always see what’s right there in front of us. If that’s true when it comes to finding your keys, your wallet…how much truer is that on a spiritual dimension.”
Acts 9
How can we declare that someone is a hopeless case?
Who are you looking past that God wants to use in almighty ways?
The 5 loaves and 2 fish were given by a boy who would have been overlooked in the 5000 count.
Who does God want to use on your team, in your ministry, in your church that you are overlooking?
We can’t just see salvation as the finish line, it truly is the starting line. Our job is to help them rise up in the fullness of Christ.
Without oxen, a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest. Proverbs 14:4. This job would be easy if it weren’t for all the people. BUT without the people, there is no ministry.
Every church has a kids team position.
Ananias – I’ll do anything Lord. We will do anything, as long as its, this, and this, and this.
Yes, I’ll do the main stage at 11:00 service, but kids ministry isn’t in my lane.
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
April 24, 1990, Hubble telescope launched. 93 minutes. Which is the length of a Marvel movie, outside of this new one? Tony Darko.
When it finally returned to earth they saw that no image was in focus. iPhone 6 with a broken screen. A giant contact lens, the struggles real. It’s indescribable.
When Hubble was seeing blurry, it wasn’t the universe’s fault.
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
– Stephen R. Covey
What lens do you use to view life? Your city? Your pastor? Your spouse? You?
We create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
How do you see what you see, when you are suffering.
God wants to do more with you than you think He can, but it will hurt more than you think it will.
If he took away the pain, it would take away the opportunity for ministry.
Pain is not an obstacle to be used by God but an opportunity to be used by God.
Put the lens of faith on, again, and again, and again.
Don’t rely on the naked eye.
Continuously put that lens of faith on. 1691 days since the day his daughter died.
How’s your personal time with Jesus in the Scriptures? Every day is closer and closer to her because you look at it through the right lens.
2. Train today for the trial you’re not yet it.
How you do on the worse day of your life is determined by what you are doing on the best day of your life.
Fall in love with scripture, fall in love with theology.
3. Let God use your pain.
God gives His most difficult assignments to His most trusted soldiers but you will only see that if you are looking through the right lens.
I need heavenly perspective to look at something. I want the eyes of faith, I want the eyes of the lion.
@levilusko #LIFT2018
Louie Giglio
You don’t have to be a superhero in the economy of God, there already is one.
Down a dark place. Depression and anxiety.
Could never see my way out because I thought honestly, not preachery that I was going crazy. Yet, I’m here tonight, by the grace of God.
I have the light of Christ in my eyes. I am in my zone, exercising my God-given gift, and I never take that for granted. But by the grace of God, I would still be down in that hole.
Playing behind the eight ball so long, you just think that’s normal life…how life just works. But that rejection is suffocating you and robbing you of what God really wants for you.
We’re not burning their house down, we are just burning our house down.
God is wanting to just breath into that story, hope.
1 Samuel 17:45, “David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.”
He could have said, “I’m pretty good with a slingshot, and you’re about to find out.”
Some of you are 37 and no longer 17 but you have the same giants standing in your story that you did this night that you did that night. It’s not that you take down the giant, the hope of the Gospel is there is a giant slayer and His name is Jesus.
David knew that he wasn’t David in the story of David and Goliath. It’s not going to be me that kills him, it will be the Spirit of God.
Michael W Smith – this is how I fight my battles. How? By lifting my eyes up higher than the giant. With a weapon of worship.
I’m coming at you…with a name. When it looks like I’m surrounded, I’m surrounded by you. God’s not asking you tonight to get big and strong, but to remember that He is.
Light travels 5.88 trillion miles a light year.
Made to worship God. You thought stars only shine, they sing.
You may have been called to lead but you were created to worship.
@louiegiglio #LIFT2018
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Session 2 – Louie Giglio
It can be a lifetime crammed into a day, today.
Get in proximity with each other and learn from one another. A posture of learning. How could that have been better? Not did it measure up. I just want to keep getting better at what God created me to do.
What’s the best advice for a young worship leader? Crowder said, “Tune your guitar.” I think he was trying to say, hone your skill. Sharpen your craft, take seriously the stewardship of God’s gifts. Take the posture of a learner. Be patient in the process. God will place me in the place He wants me when He wants me there.
Our prayer should be: God prepare me.
Being a communication means having something to say. If you work it right, you can get on the stage. You can work it right to get onto the stage but getting on the stage is one thing, having something to say is another. Have something to say to people and that comes from the place of preparation.
Making movies and songs in ATL than LA. “I don’t know if it’s true…it’s close to true.”
Your name makes the darkness tremble.
Leading is occupying the space in-between.
Leadership is occupying the space in-between the majestic and the mundane.
The mundane: Planning center, changing a diaper, the everyday necessities of living on earth.
Add to the mundane, a mansion on a hill, the best vacation, the best meal, because these are not eternal.
The Majestic is the place where God dwells. When you understand things and see things far beyond earth. Where heaven bows down. That place where angels stand in amazement that Jesus Christ the Son of God has scars in His hands and in His feet…and they still marvel in the wonder of it all. Emboldened again with the confidence in Christ. This is the gold of the gold.
Coming from that place to this place and occupying the space in-between. There is more in this life than living and dying and leaders occupy the space in-between. They have dust on their feet but they have heaven in their eyes.
Elon Musk is a visionary
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. http://a.co/7M19YyE
His mission is to colonize Mars. It’s not about the electric car, it’s not about the rockets, it’s not about energy or tunnels. He believes we have the capacity to potentially blow up civilization. If that were to happen or some other natural disaster happened then we will need to send a million people to Mars. They are working on this as hard as you are working on whatever you are working on.
Passion City Mars is a possibility.
It is a real possibility that there is going to be a church on Mars. 10-15 years from now.
Elon Musk is living between the majestic and the mundane.
I watch that and ask, what am I doing? Oh, I’m adding a service this week…If we are not asking that question then the gravitational forces of the mundane have pulled us in. We are upgrading and polishing the mundane. Leadership is always saying there is more, there’s something more important, there is something worth giving your life for and it’s the things that truly last forever.
I do believe there is a way to get every living person on planet earth to heaven. I do believe in that. God has invited me into that mission. He’s invited me to occupy that space in between and I will not settle, I will not lose sight, I will not take “no” for an answer. This is where God is calling you to live.
2 Peter 1:16-17, We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.”
For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well- pleased!”
We are being changed from glory to glory. What this means, is we must commit to finding the place of the posture of possibility. We must commit to getting ourselves into the place where we are transformed by the image of God. So when we walk into our meeting, green rooms, and office that it’s not just a mundane day but we are pointing people into the glory of God. That we are showing the majestic in the middle of the mundane.
Change this day, change us, change these people.
There is something powerful that happens when the men of the house find themselves down on their knees praying.
This is the only time this week when I was physically down on my knees physically praying before my God. “I kneel in my heart and just hang out with Jesus…This is the language of people who don’t kneel down to pray.” This is the place where possibility is born. The place where the leader gets his fuel and his vision. I will never settle down. When I knelt down in the presence of God. When was the last time you were kneeling down in the place with the majestic glory?
You can do a lot of things in the coffee shop but falling on your knees in the presence of the majestic glory is not one of them.
God, we want the pendulum to swing back a little more towards the majestic. I need a little more majestic in my life if I’m going to occupy the space in between.
@louiegiglio #LIFT2018
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Breakout Session 1 – Environmental Creativity
Links for Inspiration
https://www.designspiration.net
https://dribbble.com
https://www.pantone.com
http://vimeo.com
Netflix Documentary “Abstract”
Joe Brimm. Passion students team. Programming for gatherings. Once a month gatherings called the rising. Social media. Graphics.
Kara. The Grove team. Gathering for women of Atlanta. Consider who is coming. Let them be seen and known. Aesthetically
Natalia. Creative environments coordinated
Holiday events like Mother’s Day. Conferences. Environmental needs and team support. Project management with random innovative.
Why important to make environments creative and special?
From their Culture book. Before they hear us, they see us. Matthew 3:3. “This is he who has spoken or through the profit…”
Make a straight path. People have a preconceived idea about the church. You can remove roadblocks so by the time they are getting to the talk they think maybe God has something for me in this talk.
Create with the end in mind. The end goal is wanting them to see Jesus. Not about getting your art displayed. It’s not about your awesome creation.
Filter your ideas through a predetermined lens. We all have the same end goal but the lens is different. What’s the most fun thing I can do so students see Jesus in a new way? Blow their expectations of what church could be.
Natalia: two degrees in clinical social work. God was equipping her the entire time. Using these degrees for what she is doing now. Social work is how environments affect people long term and now using design to affect people for Jesus.
Leave room for interpretation. I love mystery. “US Conference” for door holders. Used haze to create a level of mystery and wonder. Let folks process individually. Curated a soundtrack that was lyric-less so God could speak individually. Also Finding their name printed on the ground.
Give people the ability to feel. Passionate. Set up a photo booth for 3-4 weeks to create a portrait. Private and personal environment encourage them to be real. To be who God made you to be. Feel free to be real and honest in this photo. Black and white photos. See their personality. The masses become individual.
Growing and pains of expanding. Wanting consistency in environments. Impact on a smaller scale. Scale for different locations. Know your space. Make sure it fits your environment.
Use aircraft cable to suspend things in the air.
Kara. Learning together along the way.
Culture book passion city church
Before people hear us they see us.

Added new color and filters to what we already had.
Thinking of the moms hi will be showing up. Bring color and images to communicate that we were expecting you. Intentionality.
Keep preparation at the heart of creation. You know what holidays are coming up. Try to make those moments intentional. We care for our team by caring about our process.
Be present with your team.
Prob 11:25
Know your limits.

*Google sketch up. Program for these designs.
You can’t design your room, mock it up, be prepared and know before you begin the project.

There are more ways to do this but be proactive in your work. Why did you have a house? We’ve never had one before. We see you, we love you, and we want to introduce you to Jesus.
Your budget is different than passion. Asking what the Instagram moments are going to be. Want it to be representative of the entire event. If $100 budget for the environment than use $80 on the wow factor that will get the most intention.
Simply and you never know until you ask.
Reuse and repurpose.

Want to honor each other’s work without ripping it off completely.
Lights: Neon night so added filters on the light bars. Used these lights to make it closer, by lowering the ceiling with lights. Fluorescent tubing in a different orientation with ballasts. 1000bulbs.com. LED pho fluorescent tubes. Changed adapters for plugs with the right length of cords. Never settle for the first quote. They want to sell and might lower.
Haze without fire alarms? Testing. (They silenced it…fire trucks still come, just not a distraction.) Haze into AC unit to disperse.
Budget? Look for free options. Quotes from 3 different companies. Don’t spread out the budget so thin so nothing is impactful. Partial board. Walk through the Home Depot. Stay in touch with other churches. Trade. Present mock-up of ideas with the high end mock up of the budget. Don’t get too married to your idea. Prioritize what you could get rid of if the budget doesn’t allow. When talking with vendors say, “I have this much, would you still do it?”
Shared space challenge? Open hands and preparation. Communicate the preparation and get creative. Maybe if you change a color it could work together for both environments. Communicate with the other teams who use the space. Send mockups to not just the student ministry team but also the production team and the building team. Maybe the student ministry environment could work with the weekend gathering and could just be left up?
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Session 3 – Discussion Notes
A conversation about our world, our culture, the way we work and how our team operates.
You (Louie) are the worship leader of our church. Why is it important to have a strong worship culture? The Scripture is about a worship culture. From Genesis to Revelation it’s an atmosphere of worship.
I was called to preach but I was born and created to worship. My created purpose is worship and I have a long runway forever to do what I was created to do. Not what you do before the preaching but our whole reason for being alive. @louiegiglio
Worship isn’t a set of songs, it’s a way of life. Jesus is talking about every moment of every day. Whatever you do in word or deed, do it all as unto the Lord. Recognizing there is something and someone more important than me. God is the steward and hands out the gifts. You don’t actually get to decide what you get handed. God’s gift is to hand out the gift, your gift is to steward the gift. @shelleygiglio
How does your team operate? As you build the church and steward the gifts, how do you operate? Lean towards each other.
Not this team or that team but a collaborative “we”. I’m not against you, I’m trying to find how to equip and serve each other. We > Me
Ryan McCormick
What Jesus has done for all of us. Not what Jesus has done through one individual but through us all.
Jason Dyba @JasonDyba
We are ready to give feedback and ready to ask for feedback. This get’s us out of our own world to make everyone win and bought in. We open the door to this.
Kristian Stanfill
When you’re involved in asking someone, how can I be better at what I do? This gives the opportunity, to tell the truth. This gives us all a chance to celebrate this together. People don’t want to approach you and say three things you could do better, but when you seek this it’s your joy to participate in it together. @shelleygiglio
When criticizing art, it’s like you are criticizing them because they pour themselves into it. The year-end review doesn’t work, you need ongoing investigation. Be humble and open. If you do that if you can get past version one and see the power of version six you will grow to new levels. It’s pride blinding you to say that version one is the best. I hate when people label the video, “final” because the final one is on the screen not in the office. Final/final/new/newer/usethisone. Stop being married to everything you make, open it up for others to put into and make it even more amazing.
Jason
What we tend to do often, is the drift towards version one conversations. No one changing the world is a version one type person. You need to go to training camp, get coached and grow. Adopt the attitude. The game changers don’t put final on anything until the end. It’s not measuring or legalism, it’s stewardship. Louie
The importance of seeing the people when you are leading?
Most of the people who come through the doors are not insiders. They don’t speak our language. They haven’t been thinking about it. The fact they made it in the room is a miracle. Concerned for the people in the back row. Ask if what is happening on stage is reaching those hiding in shadows of the back of the room. If we resort to insider language to the “worship leader voice” then the people in the back will say they don’t believe us. There is a place to be conversational where they can see themselves in your leadership but there is also a time and place to use the exportation muscle. Keep all the people in mind.
Kristian Stanfill @kpstanfill
The moments when things don’t go according to plan. The pastor of solutions.
When all the lights go off and then go back off. At that moment we must mobilize quickly. No panic, no fear. Turn the narrative on that but look at it as an opportunity of doing church in the dark. Set a tone, we have a greater message than this. There are times for conversations but at the moment we must flip the narrative. Preaching the message “Midnight in Philip”
Ryan
A commitment to take things to the next level despite the odds being against us or the answer being no.
How do you go after unattainable?
Build a team. Something to overcome. The general thing driving it is that we are for God and therefore the stuff we are doing is for God and not ourselves and what we are doing is worth it. We are for people. When you are for people, you will do absolutely anything to help them.
@shelleygiglio
We don’t take no for an answer. This is a lie because sometimes that’s the answer, but sometimes our problem is we take the answer no too soon or no is our default answer. “Chaos Bear” vs. real bear. Kids in Christian suits. What are the odds we can get a real bear? Odds are “not very good.” But they got a bear, and that kid was saved. Sometimes you need to see if there are options or possibilities before just saying no. Is it a real no or is it just that you don’t want to work on it.
Creativity: What are the possibilities. Creativity is asking what are the options, what are all the possible yes’s in the world and how do I get to them?
Jason Dyba @JasonDyba
Back to the team. Staying connected relationally because there is an enemy that wants to divide or create tension in the mix.
How does the team lean in? How to support the leadership?
Feedback is because they care about me. Specific feedback means you are bought-in and paying attention, that you are caring what they are doing. They cared enough to lean in and give feedback. I care about you so here is feedback on this specific item.
Ryan
Keep bringing us back to the conversation of worship. Not just roll in, record and roll out. What are we doing? We are calling people to worship the God of the universe through what we are doing right here. Let’s not just move past this but sit in this for a moment and realize the worship we are doing right here and right now.
Jason
The reason we have a mentality is because of the example of Louie and Shelley. The set list feedback. How will the message land? What if we tweaked this?
Kristian
Be a good follower. You’re only going to be as good of a leader as you are a follower. Lock your eyes on Jesus and follow Him.
Shelley
When someone in the trenches with you encourages you it does something special to you. When you don’t get feedback ask, who have I encouraged today? When was the last time you encouraged your pastor?
Louie
#LIFT2018
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Breakout 2 – Hosting A Moment
Sean Curran
Ryan McCormick
Brad Jones
Spending time programming our gathering. We have rehearsals, gatherings, and there is mortar between these big bricks and we walk to talk about these moments to make them matter.
Ryan
Sometimes we as worship leaders limit ourselves to the songs. Songs are a means to connect hearts and souls with God. There is a place through a song you can get the human heart to a place where it doesn’t need any more leading where the heart is dwelling with the father. Take the journey yourself. Not that you know the songs and lyrics but that you go on the journey of worship yourself. Wrap your heart around these songs and if you actually get swallowed in this worship then you will find yourself resting in these in-between spaces more then ever before. Feeling the presence of God more than before. Because you have put in the preparation for the fundamental pieces you have opened yourself up for the dialogue with God in the in between. If all we are doing is singing then how much are we adding to the song. If we can take people to this place then you must have gone to this place before them and bring them along. If the spirit is tearing me apart and working a new thing within me in the privacy of my own worship then I know we can experience this on stage with other people.
Sean
There is a difference between singing and leaning. The short moments, the longer moments, how do you use these moments of opportunity? Know how the arrangement will work for you. If there is a 45-second energy at the start of the song and you want to connect people knowing we are all here for the same reason, then you can help walls come down. Know you have 15 minutes total but with this 45-second introduction, you can accomplish this right when the band kicks in. The band starting is more forgiving than a person on a mic trying to break in. Once the band kicks in, use that 45 seconds. Know the songs very well and how to use them.
Sean
Do the work of preparing. Know the lyrics, know the flow of worship, prepare for these moments.
Ryan
Prepare for the host role. It all needs to feel connected to the gathering. When someone is heavy on the gas pedal you are sick by the time you get there. When they can’t shift gears you back is in pain. Step up and lead moments. There are no shortcuts. When I’m walking with Jesus, praying over these moments, and asking to be used then those are the moments God will be using you. When you don’t prepare spiritually, it might feel okay but there will be a difference in the heart when prepared spiritually.
Secondly, know what’s happening before me. Know the song or how the song is going to land. At the moment worshiping so you walk into that moment with a transition. Look around the room. As leaders, it’s hard to get lost in the song because your job is to lead. You have to be aware but also in the moment. Find moments outside of Sunday to cultivate God’s majesty in your heart. Also not being fully scripted. Have an idea but have something in your tank because you never fully know how things will land. You need to adjust.
Brad.
For a younger host, it’s helpful to script it out. Listen to the song and mock the scenario. Say what you need to say, be on time. No mini message. Build the reps up and grow that skill set.
Ryan
Catalog so you can address the tone of the room. Be prepared for the spontaneous.
Sean
Not announcing time but moments. The mentality of you coming to our house. The host is answering their questions. Make them feel comfortable. What’s happening? What the plan is. Not collecting the offering but a time of giving. The band has the most important job of keeping the flow smooth.
Brad
The music director would be who everyone is looking to. Talk these transitions through. The music can even change the host’s demeanor. The difference between this moment can change my life or this is just something that’s pretty cool. Set up tone pallets so you can match the host. Be ready to support that and make the moment. Timing and shifting things into more of a gameshow host type feel after the prayer and into the welcome. An uplifting tone, with subtle energy to support the host. This is rehearsed.
Sean
The handoffs are reheats. 3-4 hours to let people practice matching and changing tones and for the people to practice hosting.
Brad
Hosting takes place across the board. In passion kids, student ministry, and through adults. Creating this moment in all of the environments.
Ryan
How do you see the people you are leading? Through rehearsals grow in the awareness of when you need to have your eyes up. You are trying to engage hearts. There are sections in songs and as you know it you know when you need to have your eyes up with these different sections. Make the room feel smaller like we are not in the chaos of the cafeteria but at a family meal. Something like, “I don’t know what you are carrying today but…” could also be said, “look, you and I are both carrying something heavy, but what I know is God is the one who can carry all of these burdens.” The language factor of making the room feel smaller helps people feel like they belong.
Sean
Participation makes things not normal, not the same old same old. Use the people in your favor. (Think about the lady willing to jump over the chairs). Say things in a way that you will make people want to clap. Set the tone. If it’s worth mentioning it, it better be worth getting excited over. Know your culture and how the people in the room will affect certain things. Invite the college students down to the front, they can set the tone. How can we get more of our team in every session to set the tone of the room?
Brad
A hosting moment when things went sideways? What can we learn from when it didn’t play out well?
Ryan
Run the race together, think of the baton. The host needs to start running at the pace of the worship leader for a smooth transition and the worship leader must continue running alongside the host to get the baton back.
Sean
Pay attention to your time.
Practically you have to tell the student ministry we love what you are doing but we can’t talk about it with the limited amount of time.
Remember you are not the preacher. Welcome people, close out the moment of worship and tell them what’s happening in the house in a really compelling way.
Host with conviction, even if you don’t know all the details. Talk about it like it’s the most amazing thing because you know how it will change their lives forever.
Brad
Announcements vs hosting. How do you make the announcements feel like a part of worship and one cohesive unit?
It’s okay to talk about things, you want them to know about it. Lead with vision. Don’t you want to belong? Don’t you want to find your place? This is a chance to invite someone! You can’t communicate 10 things.
Host Training Notes
Know the details
Believe what you are talking about
Own the moment or the moment owns you.
Use “We” and “ours” not me.
There has to be a moment of connection to the song. It doesn’t have to be 2 minutes but at least recognize the praise. “Isn’t that right church.”
What’s happening in the house.
Use humor, if not your own, use someone else.
Brad
A great graphic that supports what you are talking about. The details are on the screen so you can just talk about the vision.
Celebrate what happens and show pictures of what’s going on. Changes it from an announcement to a vision and celebration.
Ryan
Wednesday program meeting every week. Check in point. The worship set is already approved. Know who is leading giving, who is hosting, the direction of the sermon. This isn’t the strategy but bringing your piece to the table to figure out how to link up.
When hosting, Louie likes when there is some talking back and forth. Some banter.
Brad
Response songs
A couple different songs and a couple different arrangements of those songs based on how Louie lands and the time constraints. Ready with different arrangements so you can work in an adaptable situation.
Brad
Always a microphone side stage ready to be used just in case.
Ryan
Using tracks in most songs. Implement tracks without being stuck to a grid. Want the flexibility.
Sean
How to engage the blank stairs of early service? This is your home and it’s not going to happen overnight. Don’t get bogged down by the moment or those thoughts of defeat. Don’t make it about yourself. See people where they are and help them go one step further.
Sean
How to be relatable?
Am I getting out of the green room? Am I connecting with the people I am leading? Get in the room and take the first step to break the walls down.
Ryan
Put the leaders you want the rest of the crowd to follow in the front row. I’m going to lead this moment better if I know you are coming with me. The tone is contagious. How can you be a tone-setter when you are not on stage. Over the long ark, you will see you church change. Who has contagious energy? Ask them to lead from the front.
Brad
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Session 4 – Louie Giglio
We are all in this together.
Stand in the gap.
Between the porch and the altar.
Joel: We weep
Jesus in the upper room. Revealed this is the plan and the time. Call out the betrayer and out onto the month of olives. At Gethsemane, for prayer and meditation seeking God and asked his friends to pray with him.
“Going a little further, Jesus fell with his face to the ground and prayed.”
What did Jesus do? He went a little further. We are not called to be average or to settle for the norm. We are leaders with a calling on our lives and are set apart. This will compel the people to go a little further. Jesus for me said he was going a little further. Have you ever pulled out of the parking lot and you were the last one? Have you ever been the first one in the parking lot? It’s the little ways that we go just a little further and be like Jesus. Fall down on your face and pray. Divinity in humanity fell down on his face and prayed. The One who walked on water. He fell down with His face to the ground and prayed. The posture of possibility. If Elon Musk can bring a million people to Mars, I want to bring a billion people to heaven.
With His face to the ground, He prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
Leaders ask often, is it possible.
When your face is on the ground. You can’t see the dude at that other church who is doing all the cool things with so many people on that awesome stage. You also can’t see your past…you can’t see you. When you face is on the ground the only thing you see is the ground or the God of Heaven. Nothing to see down on your face but Him.
It lifts our faith when we put our face down.
Face down we are faith up.
Not looking around at the circumstance.
In the most critical moment in history, this prayer is being prayed by someone who signed off on the plan of salvation. Jesus didn’t get salvation orders in the mail, He was the creator of the plan. Jesus was there when the decision was made to save the world. I’m just going to ask one more time because you never know. If it is possible…
What would happen in our ministries if we adopted the posture of possibility? If it’s possible God, this is what we would like to see happen in our church and in our world. Are we in the line of “we have not because we ask not?”
It anchors us in confidence. Not my will but yours be done is not a cop-out prayer. It’s recognizing that God is so great and powerful and here’s what I think but I want to do what you think is best.
It galvanized in Jesus, His calling. It reminded Him what He was on earth to do. Soon after He walks straight into the pain because He knows His calling.
We will wilt under the pressure unless we are galvanized in the posture of possibility.
The guards come to arrest and chaos is everywhere. The disciples cut off an ear and Jesus tells them to stop. Jesus looks at HIs guys and asked, what are you doing. Ie, you missed the moment of the posture of possibility so you have no idea what you are doing. You missed out on the fact that there is someone in charge at this moment.
No plan of God can be thwarted.
Find a place more often, with consistency, when we get down in the posture of possibility. The place where we say, “I will follow Jesus.”
However you want to work Lord, just put me in. Your plans are going to prevail.
@louiegiglio
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