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Mid-Week Recap

• What is a mid-week recap?  When I do the recap in the middle of the week.
• We did a new song this week.  We actually did it last week but we sang all the words this week with the lyrics properly displayed this week.  We call that a do-over.
• We have do-overs all the time at The Mission.  We mess up.  We do it again.  We have done the announcements, the offering, introductions, songs, I had the worship team start worship over once.  I told the folks that if they aren’t going to worship then we will keep doing the worship set till we run out of time if we have to.  Another time I stopped my message, had everyone stand up and pray in tongues till the funk left the room.
• Yep, we love a do over.
• God loves do-overs as well.  Acts 3:19.  Repent and turn again . . .
• Half The Mission is in the process of a do over.
• Yep, we love a do over.
• Funny thing happened this weekend.  I had a plan for a message.  Had it written out and everything.  But I did not have a peace about it.  All through worship I did not have a peace about it.  When I had folks come up and give testimonies, I had Kevin go last.  Partially because I knew God was doing something significant in his.  Partially because he was balling through worship and I wanted him to catch his breath.
  When his turn came, he began to lay out everything that was in my heart.  I tried to give the message that I had prepared and it would not flow.  Half way through I just closed my bible and began to talk.  Wish I was better prepared but I really felt like it was out of my hands.  I second guessed the decision but in the end I can’t get up and give a speech.  I gotta bring the message that God wants me to bring.
• We had a great time worshiping after service.
• I began to have a burden for folks that have fallen away.  Praying that God recaptures their hearts.