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Merry Christmas! We put together this project so that on this special day, the birthday of Christ, families could gather and worship His Majesty while gathered around the tree. The vision is for everyone to watch and discuss before opening presents, having a church service right in your living room–singing and everything! (it might be agony for the kiddos but it will prolong the suspense and hit sustain on the excitement) Regardless of when you watch it I hope that it is a blessing to your celebration.

We have also created a discussion guide that goes along with each of the 4 phases from the different places in New York. You could either hit pause after each segment and discuss or do it all at the end. (here is the link to the discussion guide) I hope you enjoy this at-home worship experience! You could also post a link on facebook or email a link to someone you think it would be encouraging to.

In AWE of Him,

Levi

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Today is my birthday. I am 29 years old and pumped to start a new year of life in Christ. Psalm 29 talks all about the power and majesty of the voice of the Lord. This year I want to both listen to and be a mouthpiece for God’s glorious voice, like never before. Over coffee this morning I was mulling over God’s faithfulness during the past twelve months and I was overwhelmed. The last year of my life was wonderful. That’s not to say there weren’t trials. There were. But through it all, good and bad, God proved Himself strong.

Here are a few memories that came to mind and brought a smile to my face…

The book of Nehemiah. The lessons that emerged from studying this book significantly changed me as a person and freshlife as a church forever. This series was a defining moment. We went in as cupbearers. We came out as snakebirds. Sanballat and Tobiah be warned–Our God will fight for us!

Daisy Grace. This little girl came into our home and has lit up our lives.

The launch of the Whitefish campus. There was no shortage of drama, opposition and craziness but we held onto the promise that Jesus will build His church and NO ONE CAN STOP HIM and that’s just what He did.

Skull Church 2.0. Enough said. All that’s left is to take this event to the ends of the earth…

Meeting Kanye West. Too bad I didn’t have any skull church invites on me at the time.

The No txt is worth dying for initiative. The cool thing about this project is we will have to wait until heaven to find out what it’s significance was. If it works we will never know about it. There simply won’t be accidents that might otherwise have happened. love it.

All will rise. Church at the Majestic on Easter Sunday was an unforgettable experience.

It’s was a killer year. But the best is yet to come.

Onward!

Psalm 29:4,10 The voice of the LORD is powerful; The voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood, And the LORD sits as King forever.

I intended on writing this blog post yesterday. But I woke up feeling like I had just gone over Niagara falls in a barrel (do people still do that?) and decided it could wait a day. I’ll write a whole different post about it later but I have found that in some ways the day after a significant event can be even more challenging than the days leading up to it. My serious business yesterday included coffee, Scripture, an omelet, and some quality time with my little women, the Lusko ladies. We sought to normalize and regain equilibrium after an adrenaline drenched week.

This past weekend is one I will not ever be able to forget. But before I get into why let me first tell you that one of the BIG things that God has tattooed on my heart is the principle of the empty vessel. It goes like this: Our God is a God who will fill a vessel as long as it is empty and offered up to Him in faith. You can have as much or as little of God working in your life as you want. It’s up to you. I tell my church all the time that God is not reluctant to revive, He is not stingy with His Spirit. He is literally looking to and fro on the earth for those whose hearts are His so He can work in their lives in power. As I cast vision I tell them that is the reason why we must continue to step out in faith to offer Him more of ourselves, more services, and more campuses so that there are empty seats for more people to sit in and hear about Jesus.

The temptation is to limit God based on your ability. To say to Him, “Here are five loaves and two fishes, but what are they among so many?” Instead we must force ourselves to process things through the lens of His infinite ability and simply give Him what is in our hands in faith. He sees the loaves and fish as a feast for a multitude.

God is not limited, He is limitless. Even when we stretch our faith and dream big–He still has bigger plans than we do. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above anything we could ask or even have the guts to think. (Ephesians 3:20)

This weekend we saw that principle in action in a marvelous way. In all 5,143 people crowded into the Majestic Valley Arena for our Easter worship experience! The venue’s parking lots filled to capacity and traffic backed up for 3.5 miles. Eventually people began pulling off the hwy, parking their cars on the shoulder and in fields, and walking as far as 1/2 a mile to get there!. We also had over a thousand people watching the event live on the webcast in addition to those who listened on fresh life radio. Best of all, we saw 136 people make professions of faith in Christ!

I can’t tell you how proud I am of our team. I am inspired by their performance. Unbelievable. Professional. Excellent. They killed it. And I’m not just talking about those on staff. Every one of the 173 volunteers that it took to pull off this event put their hearts into it. It showed. I pinch myself everyday that I get to be apart of this movement of God’s Holy Spirit and that I have the honor of serving alongside such extraordinary people. The Skull Church Band was in rare form and it was awesome to have House of Heroes take part in the event.

I’d love to tell you that I fearlessly breezed through the whole weekend without ever doubting. I’d be lying though. I don’t think I have ever put on an event without at some point wondering–what if no one comes? And this weekend was no exception. I had moments of fear. But I like that. I want to keep doing things that scare me. I don’t ever want to come to a place where there is no faith required. Life is too short to use the cruise control. I am going to keep launching out into deeper waters, offering God empty vessels and trusting Him to fill them for His glory.

Onward and upward!

“Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” -William Carey

You can check out more pics of the event here.
And you can listen to the archived message from the weekend here.

You can invite friends by email, tweet about it and rsvp on facebook by clicking here.