The Great Awakening


In the 1740s, the New England area of the United States experienced what is classified as the "Great Awakening" It was a time of Pastors like Jonathan Edwards that lived and breathed God's word. He was desperate to share the Gospel Good News with any who would listen. Connecticut experienced a revival and thousands became God's children.

Today in 2010 less that 2% of New England consider themselves Christian or as having a faith in God. South Korea has Identified the United States as their #3 priority to send missionaries to, with New England being the least evangelized area of North America.

Pastor Shaun Pillay and his wife sold all that they had in South Africa to come to Connecticut to plant the International CornerStone Church. In July of this year, I will be traveling with 6 other LifeSong men to CornerStone to assist Pastor Shaun in this new Church Plant.

We will be helping by canvassing communities with information of the church plant, sharing with those in ministry on lessons learned in our own LifeSong Church plant, in the areas of LifeGroups, and Children’s ministries. Community service projects and “one on one” evangelism is also part of the focus.

We desire your prayers as we prepare for this mission whom God has laid on our hearts. If God has blessed you in a way that you could invest financially, we would be blessed by your support to reach the Lost of New England.
Romans 10:14-17
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!" 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?" 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Pastor Tim

Gather, Grow, & Go

Spiritual Muscle


I love the fact that many of my family and friends are turning the ship in their personal health. Everything from P90X, Triathlon training, and walking & running. My wife Lynn has just completed her very first 1/2 marathon, and will run the Cooper River Run this year. I plan to ride in my 5th Mt Bike race this year. Some would joke that this is just a fad and we all will eventually just land on the couch. That could be true, but if it is so, it would be because we had no plan and no goals in place.

What about building Spiritual Muscle?

Sometimes we wonder why we end up in spiritual and emotional train wrecks, and say "I can't believe that I am here, or why did I make such poor decisions". Satan wants us lulled to sleep and will feed us anything to keep us from waking up to the fact that we do not have to live as slaves.

I want to encourage you to put a plan in place and get into the practice of praying and doing something about your Spiritual Growth.

As a start, turn off the TV and use S.O.A.P. as you read God's word:

S = Scripture, meaning to read and to hear the words read.

O = Observation, meaning looking at a verse and look for the key words and main point or points
A = Application, meaning that you have to ask yourself, "how does this verse impact my Life?"

P = Prayer. Ask God to open up your eyes and soak in the truths and and life giving water from this LOVE letter that He has for us.

If you just don't know where to start on a plan for building Spiritual Muscle, I would love to talk to you or encourage you to attend the "Starting Point" class that we offer every 7 weeks at LifeSong Church - tim@lifesongcurchonline.com

Luke 21:19 "By Standing Firm you will gain life"

Gather, Grow, & Go
Pastor Tim