Monthly Archives: January 2010

I Love Giving People

I love giving people.  Especially those who give anonymously.  Not that they care what others think of them; just that they don’t want to take away from the message or the idea of what the gift is being given to.  They are a refreshing bunch of folk.  Like the first swallow of a glass of [...]

God’s Recommendation

I love this lyric in the song “Until the Whole World Hears” by Casting Crowns: “Lord I want my life to be the song You sing.” When I heard it this morning, God reminded me of Job 1:8.  God’s says, “Have you considered my servant Job?” It doesn’t seem like much, but consider this verse [...]

Monday Morning Rewind #17

And now, without further ado, my thoughts over the past weekend. Can you believe it? There were 95 in attendance this week at Life-Givers Ministries. Awesome. Simply awesome. What’s also cool is that of the 95 people 14 were Beyond Youth students. God is so great. You know that thing you need so bad that [...]

5 Reasons Why I Love Living In the Country

I’ve never lived in a town. I know, it’s weird, but it’s true, and I like it. I love the city; I really do, but at the end of each day it is comforting to know that all of the hustle and bustle of the city is long gone; far away while I listen to [...]

Monday Morning Rewind #16

My thoughts over the past weekend. The Beyond Youth t-shirts had finally come in, and we started delivering them.  It was awesome to see many people wearing their shirts at church. Walking in to start setting up the morning service yesterday, I told everyone “Good morning.” Someone jokingly asked, “What’s so good about it? You [...]

Ups and Downs

This week has been one of serious ups and downs.  Sometimes in the same day.  I would go to a job interview thinking the best, and leave thinking the worst.  I would wake up not feeling good, then finding that I have many more new job prospects.  (If you haven’t noticed, this week has been [...]

Monday Morning Rewind #15

Wow! The first week of 2010 is complete. I hate that time passes by so fast.  It’ll be Christmas again soon.  Anyway, here are my thoughts for the past weekend. Is anyone else excited about what God is doing in 2010?  I’m about to bust out of my skin with excitement over the expectation of [...]

Un-solid Foundation

I used to scoff at the idea of being someone who would lose his job.  Honestly, I never thought I would lose it, but it happened recently.  With that, God proved to me that HE is the foundation that my life should be on. Not my job. Not money. Not anything but HIM. Talk about [...]

2010: The Year of Growth

I love the Bible.  The actual words from God given to us to be used as a guide for life and to strengthen and encourage us in good times and bad.  Written down are Scriptures like Psalm 23 which I consider to be one of the most famous passages in the Bible.  We also read [...]

Monday Morning Rewind #14

And as always, Monday morning is well underway and here is the Monday Morning Rewind for this past weekend. Three people accepted Jesus into their lives during yesterday’s service at Life-Givers.  THREE PEOPLE!!! I had to hold back tears when Pastor Jason mentioned this to me.  We need to celebrate this enormous feat.  Even the [...]