Promise Keepers 2006: Unleashed!

Well, I just got back from the Promise Keepers event in Atlanta this past weekend. It was awesome! The event this year was titled "Unleashed" and it as all about your heart. God has a plan for you - a script if you will - written on your heart before you were even formed. He believes wholeheartedly in your ability to fulfill His plan for you, but you have to discover that heart, and unleash God's power within that plan. The scary part for us is to say 'yes' to God's will for us before we even know what it is. God's will is not activated UNTIL we say yes. He wants our devotion to him - our total devotion to him - before that power within us is unlocked and unleashed. Our biggest obstacle is ourselves and our doubt in us. Just like when Peter got out of the boat and began walking on the water toward a waiting Jesus, he did not begin to sink until he began to doubt HIMSELF.

Regardless of our past, regardless of your present, God still has a plan for you. He sent you here for a reason and purpose regardless of the parents or circumstances that he sent you THROUGH.

There was so much more to the event than that, but my feelings get so mixed up it is hard to put it all into words.

Some of my favorite things from PK this year:

I always enjoy the speakers, but particularly this year enjoyed Bob Reccord, Bishop Joseph Garlington, and my favorite from all my PK events, Dan Seaborn. Don't know 'em? Google 'em and look them up.

The music was amazing as usual. It is the speakers through which I learn and grow, but it is through the worship band and singing the I experience PK and God's love for me and fellowship with other Christian men.

Some of my favorite concepts/quotes:

• Sometimes we get so busy doing for God that we forget the God for whom we are doing it. ~Bob Reccord
• You activate the will of God by saying yes to it. ~Bishop Joseph Garlington
• You must forgive and release your heritage and move on... what gets buried alive stays alive. ~Bishop Joseph Garlington
• Misery is God getting you ready for what he has ready for you. ~Bishop Joseph Garlington
• If you are feeling uncomfortable, you are probably in the right place. ~Rick Kingham
• (Dan Seaborn's whole talk! Too much to quote...LOL)

Overall, yet another wonderful experience. It is wonderful to get together with thousands of Christian men and realize your potential and admit to our weaknesses and revitalize your walk with Christ.

And finally, for y'all who know me and live near me:

Mobile, Alabama.
June 29-30, 2007.
Be there.