The Opening Battles

"I am the Lord your God.

I have rescued you and redeemed you.

You are mine and I am yours."

- God / Exodus 6:6-7

So, eXodus Fayetteville officially opened last Saturday and wow what a day that was! The morning was spent finishing up the final touches to the remodel of the building, i.e. painting, cleaning, sound setup, etc. But the best part of the afternoon was the worship service the leaders held before we opened the doors.

Chad led us in worship in a way that seemed to take us into the throne room of God Himself. We experienced worship as it should be, with no distractions, no outside problems, just our complete focus on worshipping our Creator.

Chase also took the opportunity to share the things God had placed on his heart for that night. He talked about the actual exodus of the Israelites out of the bondage of Egypt and how we were experiencing the same thing. Perhaps the one statement that sums everything up was when he said this: "I don't know exactly where God is leading us. But this I do know. He's calling to us from out in that wilderness to come follow Him. I don't know what's in that wilderness but I DO KNOW that He is there. And that's where I want to be. With Him."

After we opened the doors at 7:30 that night, the teens that came through were excited about the new ministry. We had quite a few that expressed interest in serving in this ministry so we are excited about that. The artists were amazing - The Caldwell Brothers, After the Rain, and Jamison. Jamison led us in worship again and it was truly awesome for lack of a better word. Overall, on that Saturday, God came down and flooded this place with His love and grace; we couldn't have prayed for anything more.

With all that being said, the leaders here at eXodus are excited about what's coming up in the months ahead. As always, keep us in your prayers because the opening battles are already happening. And most importantly, pray that we will continue to be bold, new, and real!

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"Lord, give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word.
Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders
be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

- Acts 4:29-30

It was something bold... something new... something real. The Council hauled Peter and John in because they were doing things that were audaciously bold, strikingly new, and so very authentically real. And after the Council had their say, Peter and John rejoined the other Followers of Christ and prayed for great boldness to keep doing what they were doing.

This is the new Church at its finest. Not worried about having the biggest building, best technology, smoothest service, or abundant wealth. Their ministry focused on one thing: boldly speaking this new and real Message.

This is our prayer and desire here at eXodus. The Savior, the Message, the Church, the Servants and everything related to these things are called to be BOLD, to be NEW, and to be REAL. For too long the churches of our nation have been timid and relied too much on tradition while hiding behind the masks.

THIS MUST STOP!

With this first blog, I wanted to make sure everyone knew clearly what the ministry here at eXodus is about: we are about our Father's business. We are living in the generation that will see the Second Coming of Christ. Our time is drastically running out. This generation needs for us to do whatever it takes to reach them. They need to hear the Message of God's love and saving grace. They need to know that a modern exodus is possible, one out of those chains that bind them everyday.

They need us to be bold. new. real.