Paying the Price

You know God tells us to seek out the One! I had the honor this week to go to Atlanta to the Velocity conference and In a breakout session with Pete Wilson he really brought the point home of seeking out the One. I felt God speaking directly to me about one of the students that attends our youth ministry on Tuesday nights. So When I got home I give this alot of prayer and just like God He opened the door for me and said now did you really mean it? I had no other choice but to say yes God I mean it. This friday night the Pointe stayed the night at the church and the One showed up I let the Spirit lead me in every choice I had to make with the One. Now as if I didn't see it coming satan has struck and I feel condemned for the choices I made and I feel people are striking out at me for this. How do we overcome this? I know I am not a people pleaser! God I pray you help people to see that I am working for the BIGGER picture not just the small corner we see with our earthly eyes. Give us ALL your eyes to see people the way you do and if the ways you chose to bring people to the cross is not what the world thinks is right give us the strength to keep on your path and not conform to this sick world we live in. Amen!! The road to this cross is full of blood sweat and alot of tears the ONE thing we must focus on is what is on top of that hill and that is the CROSS!!! The cross Jesus Himself hung on to pay for the sins of each us. It was not the easy way it was a struggle, the HARD way but shows us the compassion we need to have. Jesus loved US so much he chose the HARD road not the punk way out. So why do we always want things to be easy all the time for all people. It was NEVER easy for Jesus. Do you honestly think you are so much better than your Creator that everything is going to be peachy for you?

Wow

Well our youth group at LifePointe church (The Pointe) started the 30 Famine. We are about 8hours into it and I believe the worst part was having the group give up their cell phones. We have played some games and the got to experience what water is like in 3rd world countries. We took a tub and put 50lbs of sand in it and then added water. I had all 18 of them wash their feet in it and showed them what these kids have to drink. Yeah it was nasty!!! Put it got the point home with them. I believe God is doing no I know God is doing in major work in some hearts.

Heart

You know things can get really crazy really fast in our lives. This past Sunday I ask God to put His heart inside of me just let me see everybody the way He sees them. I cut myself off from Facebook, Twitter, etc....... I even went as far as to put people I am really close to on my call reject list on my phone. Yeah I know it seems cold but you can not truly give yourself over to God with everything in your way. Not saying people bother me LOL. You know this worked God opened my eyes to a hurting would that is seeking something but they do not know what it is. Tonight I was at Wal-Mart waiting to pick up my meds and of course they where slow. It was 6:15 and I had to be at church in 15 minutes to share the Gospel with a group of teens. This is when God said ok lets see if you are willing to see people the way I do. A elderly lady walked up to pick her meds up and she came up about 30 dollars short. Now here is the problem I live on a budget and 30 dollars might as well be a 1000 dollars and I had a group of teens waiting on me at church with no clue where I was. All of a sudden I found myself in tears telling her I would pay for her meds. The big picture God gave me a chance to share His love with that lady her 2 grandchildren and I looked up and the dude behind the counter was crying and another heart had been touched by Gods love! A simple thing like money hinders all of us but in the end if we look past ourselves and have a heart like God money becomes nothing but a means to help others as I believe God intended it to be.

Love

Love is more than saying I love you. Words mean nothing people want to see you act out the love you say you have for them. We do not have to go to great lengths to show our love. It is as simple as writing a encouraging message on facebook twitter or whatever network you use. You can show your love by being there for someone when everybody else has left them. Laughter is one of the greatest gifts God has given us why do we not use it? Who out there does not love to laugh? Think about it when someone starts to laugh like they have lost their mind and gone off the deep end you cannot help but to join in and you forget about all that silly stuff you thought was so important. I had the chance to talk to a young man this week and he was so burdened down by things in his life and it broke my heart. I told him that when I was his age I thought the same things that he is going through was the end of the world for me too but now those things don't even cross my mind. The point is this we have to look at the big picture and stop focusing on the little things that are just bumps in the road along this path we call life. Thats love. Taking time to listen even when you think it's silly. People want to see how much you love not just hear about it.