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I’m praying big. Real big.

I want too many people at St. Simons Community Church.

Here’s the deal. SSCC started in a home ten years ago. Since then growing out of buildings has been a trend. God is moving. The leadership is listening. We think we’ve done a decent job at following God and He seems to be blessing. We are now at almost 2000 people a Sunday coming through our doors. That’s several hundred more than we had six months ago. In January we were still meeting in a shopping center in what used to be a dentist’s office. At that time we had three main services - two of which were usually full and required an overflow room. In our new building we are at two services. Both are at 75% capacity and growing.

Here’s my prayer. “God, give us a need for three services“.

It’s not a popular prayer to those who just want to play church. It’s not a popular prayer among some who serve on Sundays. It’s very popular among those who wanna see the church and the Kingdom grow. If God answers it then more work is required. One less service seems easier. Less commitment. Check it off our list. More services would be harder and more time consuming. Trust me, it wouldn’t be fun to add another hour and a half to our Sundays.

The good thing is God never intends for us to handle His will by ourselves. 1 Corinthians says we labor WITH God. When we can handle His will by ourselves I dare to suggest we most likely aren’t in His will. He has no reason to be strong when we are handling it ourselves. We don’t need God to run our church if we are doing fine without Him. I pray we never become that church.

I want problems we can’t handle. I want issues we can’t solve. I want to see SSCC to trust and rely on God fully. I want us to be testimonies of God’s power.

I’m ready for the honeymoon to be over. I’m ready for our staff meetings to include statements like “we’re gonna need a third service by the fall”. We do have other options such as overflow into our student’s room but I pray for growth there too. I want to see God move among our people and be strong among us. I want to see Him create and solve our problems. I want to see GOD at SSCC.

Who knows how this will pan out. Who knows how long it will be until God takes us to those new lands - new and scary lands. It may include a Saturday night service. It may include a Sunday night service. We may even launch a satellite campus one day. God will take care of the details for us.

Pray with me that God would move at SSCC. Pray that we would listen to and follow God as He takes us along this journey. Pray for our selfishness to fade. Pray for our hearts as the staff - that we would unite as one to work WITH God and not against Him.

Are you praying big with me?

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