Guest Blogger: Wade Joye, Worship Pastor
One thing we like to do at Elevation is celebrate. God has been way too good to us not to pause and give Him glory for all that we have seen Him do. So last Thursday, we threw a huge party as we looked back on our 4th year as a church. And there was a lot to get excited about. In year 4 of ministry…
- We have seen over 3600 people make decisions to follow Jesus!
- We opened our first permanent campus.
- We launched our first global outreach initiative in Uganda.
- We saw radical generosity as Elevators stepped up big time in our Kingdom Come campaign.
The list goes on and on. Suffice it to say, God has been good to us.
And we had a double reason to celebrate as Pastor Steven’s 30th birthday is this week as well. So we pulled out all the stops and had a few surprise appearances. Israel Houghton, Grammy award winning recording artist and worship pastor at Lakewood Church, showed up and led a stripped down worship set on acoustic and piano. As if that wasn’t enough, Pastor Craig Groeschel, lead pastor of Lifechurch.tv and founder of the One Prayer movement, preached one of the most prophetic and anointed messages I have ever heard about the future of this ministry. The whole night was a powerful time of worship and lifting up the name of Jesus.
Celebrating what God has done gives us the faith to dream even bigger about what He wants to do in the future. Pausing to reflect should propel us forward with renewed vision and greater intensity. Elevation, let’s move ahead into year 5 knowing that the best is truly yet to come!