Impacting Words

After having Rick Atchley here for a weekend, and then spending the following week at Pepperdine........as you might guess, my cup is FULL! :) I wish I had the whole 10 days or so video taped where I could just relive it. Instead, I have to rely on my memory.......and yes, that is scary. I do have CD's that I bought at PU, and I plan on wearing them out. I think Downtown taped Rick's presentations, and I look forward to hearing them again also. Here are some of the thoughts I have heard these last few days that I hope I never forget.

Rick- I will always remember his words of encouragement to "get out of the boat".....following the example of Peter, so that we don't become a "boat-potato". Sunday night he said something to the college kids that I don't think I will ever forget. He was talking to the kids about how our culture is addicted to "acceptance". We live in fear of not being accepted. That part I had probably thought about before, but here is the jewel he said next. Jesus had NO FEAR of rejection or of not being accepted.........which allowed him to LOVE SO GREATLY and UNCONDITIONALLY! THAT was powerful, and you could see it in the faces of the young people there that night.

Donnie McLaughlin- To me, Don had the best class at PU....and that is a mouthful.
I will never forget him repeating the words of Paul in Galations: "What has happened to all your joy?" Don talked about us recapturing our passion, and not allowing others to squelch it. His first class alone was worth the plane ticket.

Mike Cope- "Her love me" If you want to know the significance of that line, you will just have to buy the CD. I have heard Mike more times in my life than all the other speakers combined, and I don't think I have EVER heard him speak with more heart and passion than he did at these two classes this year! He must have taken a que from Donnie. Combine that with Zoe, and you get a Holy "WOW"! A good friend sat beside me and wept hard the second day when Mike told the story of his sister-in-law saving the slave children in Ghana. It's a powerful witness to what one person can do with faith in the Father.

Monte Cox- Monte had the best key-note in my opinion, and several of them were very good.....especially Harold Shank's. Monte just has a way of communicating that not many folks have. His dry humor cracks me up! His topic was "The Plans I Have for You" from Jeremiah 29. I am not sure there was a dry eye amongst the 4,000 to 5,000 folks in there after Monte sang Michael Card's "I Will Bring You Home". I ordered the Card CD this morning.


As I said, my cup is full.