Whats new?

Man I love God and all of His greatness!!!
Never know what's going on next but I think I am pretty excited for the moment!
 Ever have one of those times where you are soooo against a certain something and then realize you were being completely judgmental and maybe even hindering what God wanted to do? Well let me tell you. I am completely opposed to seeker friendly movements and the whole idea to make everyone feel all comfy. Which I love people and I love making others feel comfortable but when it comes to God's word and preserving the truth let us not hold back.
I have received fliers in the mail and I have literally scrunched up my face, said from the pit of my stomach "UGH" and thrown these fliers that I feel blaspheme God straight into the trash.
So now what, you ask? Whats new?
As Sean and I graciously realize it may not have been Gods plan for him to start a church and be lead pastor with the lack of attendance and lack of co-laborers, we sigh with relief yes, but at the same time feel a bit lost. We know God wants us in our community, to be a part of doing God things right here where we live, but finding the right spot is taxing. We've looked and looked, prayed, prayed and keep on praying for where this might be. With complete and utter desperation, hesitation, and for the sheer purpose of saying you can't say we didn't try, we found ourselves trying this church 2 miles from home that I (we) have been completely disgusted with.
Sean even miraculously woke up saying we have to try it. Sunday we go, look at each other as we walk in to worship, and have that silent look at each other like 'we will never come back, scratch this off the list' look. Somehow, when the pastor began teaching something moved over our hearts enough to become curious about it. Afterwards we looked at each other like what on Gods green earth is going on here? The kids loved it, which was a bonus but for some reason we began to consider learning more about this guy. What is he all about? He preached Jesus, living in Jesus and if you're apart from him and against his word you're looking at eternity separated from him in hell. Those aren't typical phrases a seeker friendly church preaches. My husband, yes, he speaks that often, seeker friendly movements...never!
The guy is evangelistic, check. But what about discipleship? They had a "learn more about the church" opportunity later in the afternoon right at our "open doors if you want to hear about Jesus in our home" time period. We discussed if no one showed up we would wait thirty minutes and go see if we could learn more about this guy who is definitely unique. No one showed up.
So...they (the congregation) are different. A lot like Sean and I when we were first saved. The pastor is seemingly legit, we think. He knows Gods word, the essentials fall in line with our beliefs, he loves Jesus, loves people and doesn't want to see one perish, wants all to have the opportunity to have heard the gospel. So....whats wrong with that you ask? Scriptural it is, yes. But I didn't tell you they played a Van Halen song (Jump) in the middle of worship. Also coming soon is Rhianna. What the heck? Is that God glorifying? The fliers I disgustingly dumped in the trash previously? (A high heeled leg from calf down, "bringing sexy back" marriage series) Right? He states he does this by design, reaching the unreachable. He targets men specifically to let walls fall down and provide the opportunity where they would consider hearing about Jesus. He commented he doesn't like that type of music but that it is this way by design. He also commented that he would like to see the church grow so much that he can't count anymore.
I say no, no, no. But why not? If anyone has an ear let them hear? Go and make disciples of all nations (all peoples) (Matt 28). There were multitudes praising His name (Rev).
We met him afterward, asked about discipleship and he stated he really has been praying for just the right people, he wasn't into appointing anyone (that's a plus), and would like to talk to us more. Its weird. I don't know about all of this. Very different. From the outside its all a bunch of no no no but on the inside I think this pastor may be on to something. They are only two years old and in the process of building up the right pieces and players to make a functioning church. So much more weird is that we began praying that God would allow us to help a local church, to use our gifts and come alongside to help leaders who may need it months ago when we were still trying to figure out Gods will in our living room and leading people.
We are confused. We are excited because we know God is in control of all things. Who knows what is in store. We wait, pray, fast, wait, pray and repeat.
Aren't you excited to be on this journey too? Pray with us. The last thing we want is deception and what we want most is Gods glorifying will to be ever present. Don't you feel a small sense of excitement that God is doing something? Something is shifting something is moving and we want what God wants! Lets PRAY AND OBEY!