Quick Update

So I don't have the internet at my apartment yet, so I'm stealing my brothers. But I just wanted to say thank you again to everyone for your prayers and support. We have made it to Dallas and I am getting settled in. Dallas is pretty sweet. But I gotta run. I do want to put a plug in for the Harvest Crusade though that Greg Laurie does every year. If you get a chance, check it out online!!

Moving...Sooooo Much Fun!

So it has been a bit since my last post. I do apologize. Today I have been frantically, well, not frantically packing. More so excitedly, ready to leave town but I do not want to leave behind friends and family packing. If you would like to simplify this even more, I still have some packing to do and it is 11:12 pm as I currently type, and I am leaving tomorrow. Oh well.

Anyway, I do want to share with you a couple of photos from the going away party for Trent and Dana, and myself. It's so unsettling to know that, without trying, I look like I am going bald, even though I am not! I cannot help it that my hair parts weird. It is either that or my head is shaped funny. I would believe either.

I do want to wish Trent and Dana and their family all the best as they take this next step in following God where He leads. Thank you for all that you guys have done for me, all of the support and encouragement over the years, and for giving me the opportunity to preach. I cannot say thank you enough.

I told you I look like I'm losing my hair!!!
Good Friends to Have!!! (L to R Dana, Bev, Fred, Myself, Trent, My Mom)

One More Time...

So I'm sitting at the church right now, helping with worship practice for this Sunday. It's kind of weird. I feel myself becoming all sentimental, thinking about how we may practice one more night before I take off for Texas. I really felt as though this was several weeks away, but the time is drawing short.

In less than six days I will be heading south to Texas, moving away from home for the next four years. It's hard to imagine and I admit that I am nervous, although I am excited to begin the Masters program at DTS.

More to come later...I'm sure...

Just As I Am

"Just as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!"

Words, Charlotte Elliott, 1834. Tune WOODWORTH, William B. Bradbury, 1849.

You Gotta Go Deeper

So I have been trying to figure out how to put the Beth Moore simulcast into a blog post. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I am still processing a lot of what she said and taught. Usually I can come up with something to write or say fairly quickly. But this is different.

What God has shown me is that in order to live as a victorious Christian, we must be willing to go deeper in our relationship with Christ. We must move past salvation and press forward in growing our relationship with God. This weekend, Beth made the statement that you must dig down and have deep roots below if you want to produced good fruit above. By that she means that our roots must be planted in the soil of the God's Word and growing deeper in God's Word if we want to see a hundredfold harvest above.

Saturday evening, after the simulcast, I was going over my Sunday school lesson for today and the Holy Spirit really made John 6:53-58 stand out to me. Here Jesus is explaining to the Jews that He is the Bread of Life and that you must eat of His flesh and drink of His blood if you want to have life. As I was reading these verses, the Holy Spirit really hammered home the point that we must feed on Christ. By that I mean we must be in His Word daily. In John 6:57, Jesus said,"As the living Father sent ME, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me." If we want to have any life spiritually, we must feed on Christ. If we want out spiritual life to continue to grow, we must feed on Christ daily. We must seek Him and dig our roots deeper into the soil of Christ. The deeper our roots, the stronger our relationship with Christ. The more we feed on Christ, the stronger we become and more we grow spiritually.

I'm sure there is more that I will write later on, but for today, this is what has really stood out to me. I know that I can speak from personal experience that when we neglect daily Bible study, our spiritual life suffers and we give the devil an open door of attack.

What are your thoughts? Did you see the simulcast this weekend? What did God say to you? Let me know.

Beth Moore Simulcast!

Last night and today is the Beth Moore simulcast. She's an amazing teacher and I am looking forward to posting what God reveals through her. Until then, take a look at Luke 8:1-15.

Cool Song

So when we were down in New Orleans in July, the Youthworks leader taught us a worship song entitled "Wrap Me in Your Arms." I believe the song is by Michael Gungor. Anyway, below is a video that lacidar321 made on YouTube, using the song.