so i haven't been on here in a while.

I think about my last post and just to see how much people have grown in the situation is just amazing. To see youth break out of thei shells and to jsut love God and not worry about everything els is just awesome! i love to see the youth grow, to see them happy again. To see that they are more confident in themselves. I love it...

I can see now that God had a plan for those youth groups. Though people were leaving and going and going, some still found peace at where they were at. Some may not have found where God wants them. But if you are one of those people i am praying for you. i am praying that you find peace in yorself, in the church you go to, in what God has in store for you. i know it's hard to find peace, i've been there..i am there. finding peace is one of the hardest things for me to do. But i just have to rely on God, i have to trust Him that everything is going to be okay. because it's going to be alright.

like that song...salvation is here

it's gonna be alright

cause i know my GOd made a way and i know his love never fails and i know my God may a way for me..salvation is here.

i love it...it's going to be alright. it's like he is picking me up holding me and telling me it's all going to be good. he is here to save the day and to  tell me i will be okay.

that's all for now...

so have you ever thought that God speaks to people differently? that he will work differently in different peoeples minds??

let God lead you where he wants to lead you. Don't listen to what other people say about you being lead differently. Be more open minded about everything. try and think what God wants you to do. if you understand what i mean.

if God wants you to go somewhere, it shouldn't hurt to let go of those people that were your "core" group. it shouldn't hurt.

it shoudn't make you mad because they are going to a different church. you should atleast be glad they are going to obey God and go where he wants them to go. yeah it will hurt and you will more then likely get mad at them. but still..i mean look at what God is doing in their lives. look at what He has in store for them.

yeah i know a lot of the youth pastors are leaving from all different churches. and a ton of people are hurt and mad and the new youth pastor some of you guys are getting, you just want to tear him apart and not let him be a part of your life. you have been hurt som many times before and you know that whoever is there right wether it be your children's minister, or a member of your church. you know they won't leave and they will alwyas be there. i nkow how you feel. i know you  are hurt, i know you are mad and angry. just please give the guy a chance, just stick it out and hold on a little longer.

i hope this speaks to some of you guys

I have been thinking a lot about this.  Not just in my life but in the life of others as well.

Isaiah 40:28-31

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary, 
and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary 
and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

The Lord never grows tired or weary and His understanding is everlasting and He gives strength and power to the weak and weary.  For, even the youth fall and stumble.  But, if we put our hope in the Lord He will renew our strength.  We must bind ourselves with God by seeking Him, spending time with Him, praying, and serving Him.  If your hope is in God then when the bad times come we will be strong.  We must walk by faith, trust, and put our hope in God and he will fix the problem on His own time which is ALWAYS the RIGHT time.  Walking by faith on broken roads we don't understand and that are painful that by putting our hope in God he will prepare His will for us.

love you all.

hey guys!!

here are some things to look at the next couple of days:

1- who am i?  i am a random accident but am an image of God

2- why am i here? i am here to consume and enjoy

3- what's wrong with the world? the world has the glasses of the world on instead of God's

Begining of life- struggle to come into the world

End- struggle harder to come out

why do we believe the Bible and why?

most of us don't know why we believe the Bible.

why do we coose to believe the Bible? because it is a collection of historical documents

Idols

anything i put before mt God is an idol, anything i think the most about is an idol. we want God to be our idol

what is a worldview?

your worldview dictates your action and what you believe.

basic functions of a worldview:

1. eyeglasses

2. map

3. puzzle picture

how are worldviews formed??

informally, uncritically, inter-generationally

do i/you have a biblical worldview?

elements of a worldview...

God, man, truth, knowledge, ethics, humanity

1 Chorinthians 2:1-5

so that our faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.

when we compare our struggles to the cross our problems are nothing.

what am i passionate about?

Acts 20:17-29

2 Chorinthians 11:24-28

if i think life is hard look to see what happened to Paul.

we NEED a passion for Jesus

we NEED and passion for the lost

even if i am not an evangilist i still must evangilize

Romans 12:1

Worship- giving yourslef to God, reaching out to encourage and strengthen people to know Christ

i am a worshiper that's what i was made to do. worship is out response to what we value most, worship is the activity of the humane soul.

i exist for one purpose- to reflect back to God His matchless Glory

if i focuse on the destination, the journey might not be that bad.

if your heart is already there...(somewhere besides the cross) you night as well be there.

if we live by the spirit, let us follow the spirit.

am i receiving perfect love? the kind that makes me want to dance?

walking with God requires hearing from God, and that means spending time in prayer. You may know that God answers prayers in different ways. what you may not realize is that your response to his answer sats a lot about who you are as a believer.

that's just some stuff that i have been thinking about..those are too notes that i have written in the past month or so...

brownies, smiles, and 6 points for all of you who actually did read that.