Prayer......

So I lose my job in 6 days. I am so happy to be leaving my college job and looking forward to what God has in store for me. Please pray for me; A. That I am able to see what God has for me next. 2. That I don't lose faith in God. C. That I land an awesome job. Ok so the last one's selfish but I need something for me right now.

If you haven't heard the story, they are privatizing the emissions program so I am out and the emissions testing goes back to the garages.

Thanks for the prayer. I can't wait to see what God's has in store for me.

Good Weekend.

It was another awesome youth weekend. The kids did awesome, the lights looked B.A. (thanks to Brunson, I'm so gonna miss you.)
















Randall was freakin' on fire, melting faces all over the place. I loved every ounce of the weekend yet I am glad it is over. It's hard work on all of us.

I am once again going to the gym and loving it. I haven't been since camp and needed to go. I wish it was easier to get to the gym. I just don't have much motivation besides the fact that my body is not my own, it's God's and if I don't take care of it I am letting him down.

I am thinking that I need to figure out what I really want to do with my life. Since my dreams are still dreams and not reality yet. Please pray for me and all those like me. Please pray for everyone you know in pain or who is suffering right now.

One of my favorite parts of Randall's message was when he was talking about his dad praying for his future wife. It made me miss having an earthly father but every service I was reminded that I have a father who wants the best for me and my future wife.

So what happens next? I don't know but I am trusting God, delighting in him, and looking forward to the adventure He has laid out for me................

Project 86- Evil (A Chorus of Resistance)

Another weekend.....

So this weekend is a Youth led service. These are so fun for me because I get to mix for them and it is a great pleasure to watch the next generation lead the service as peers, not as kids. Or at least that is my prayer for this weekend; that the worshipers in the seats see the people on stage as peers and not as kids.

These kids work so hard for this weekend, and so do I. Satan has already tried to play his cards but my God has played a better hand and God wins. Through all the crap, muck, and mire of my life God still shows up as that small voice and says your doing a good job. God wins when these young adults lead worship and God wins no matter what. When God wins we all win.

I am just happy I'm being taken along for the ride.

It's to freakin' hot....

So it has been way to hot in St. Louis the last couple of days. Since I work outside with cars that produce heat it is safe to say I know all about what hot is, the steaming kind, not the good looking kind. Anywho, what sucks is that after working 8 hours in the heat I have no energy to want to hang out with people, or do anything else productive. This is the big problem that I hope will be fixed later this week. It's supposed to cool off just a little bit.

I hope everyone else is not having to put up with this heat like I am.

Just P.U.S.H.

I grabbed this from Sean Glanvill's carepage. Sean is a little boy that goes to my church and was in a car accident May 17, he has been in a comma ever since. You can read the whole story with updates at the carepage. You will have to create a profile and then search for the carepage, the name is seanglanvill. His dad Derek's faith is a great source of strength for me. I love the work God is doing through Sean and Derek, and I pray that Sean will come through this in God's manor and timing.

Now onto the reason I posted this story.

It really made me think about how I am always worrying about the future and I need to listen to God and trust that he is prepping me for great things.


Kinda reminds me of the camp theme.

Just P.U.S.H.

A man was sleeping one night in his cabin when suddenly his room Filled with light, and God appeared. The Lord told the man he had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. The Lord explained that the man was to Push against the rock with all his might...

So, this the man did, day after day. For many years he toiled from
Sun-up to sun-down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all his might!
Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, Feeling
that his whole day had been spent in vain. Since the man was showing discouragement, the Adversary (Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: (He will do it every time)!

"You have been pushing against that rock for a long time and it hasn't moved." Thus, he gave the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.

Satan said, "Why kill yourself over this? Just put in your time,
Giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough."

That's what the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a
matter of Prayer and to take his troubled thoughts to The Lord.
"Lord," he said, "I have labored long and hard in Your Service,
putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong? Why am I failing?"

The Lord responded compassionately, "My friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all of your strength, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your
task was to push. And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so? Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back shiny and brown; your hands are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have. True, you haven't moved the rock. But your calling was to be Obedient and to push and to exercise your Faith and trust in My Wisdom. That you have done. Now I, my friend, will move the rock.

At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He Wants, when actually what God wants is just simple obedience and faith in Him. By all means, exercise the Faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still God Who moves The Mountains.

When everything seems to go wrong....... ............. Just P.U.S.H.

When the job gets you down........................ ... Just P.U.S.H.

When people don't do as you think they should......... Just P.U.S.H.

When your money is "gone" and the bills are due........ Just P.U.S.H.

When people just don't understand you.................. Just P.U.S.H.

P = Pray
U = Until
S = Something
H = Happens

One more time.......camp '07

So, we got back from camp and it was a good week. I watched our youth group grow in God and themselves. I watched two awesome guys lead their peers in worship and it brought me to tears. I have had the honor of watching those two grow into men of God and love on their peers.

I watched out kids come together as a group in community and it was so God honoring. I loved every minute of camp with the kids. I watched a good friend lead a group of students in a God honoring, God loving, and compassionate manor that I could not help but smile. Watching all of the leaders interact with the kids was a pleasure for me.

I wish I could live in the God moments of camp. I have to go back to work on Monday and it will be an abrupt change from the God moments of camp. Working in the environment I work in is a daily struggle to chase after God. But I think that is what we are called to do, having to live in the world yet not of the world. I love my God, the youth I serve, and the one man who has allowed me to do all of this cool stuff. I would not be the man of God I am today without him and would do anything for him, Randall is the man and ROCKS THE FREE WORLD!!

It's was an amazing week and I will miss the comrade that happens at camp. I can't wait for next year and hope God will allow me to be apart of his story in the youth group for a little while longer.

Once again go here for pics.

Camp update

Camp has been a really eye opening experience for me. The theme is "Here and Now", and as I have had to talk to a family group all week it has been a struggle for me because I struggle with living in the here and now and trusting God to take care of the rest.

It has been a great week with my boys, we have had some really good discussions and have really grown together. I have loved watching them ask the tough questions and figure out how to live for God in a dark, sick and twisted world.

The worship band has been awesome they have really connected with the kids and led us into God's presence every morning and night. The speaker is just as good. He has a heart for youth and he loves the lord. It has been awesome to watch him work this week.

We leave tomorrow, so my blog will go back to looking like normal; boring. Oh, well thats all for now. Hope everything is good in your neck of the woods.

'til we meet again.

Camp 07

It's been a great two days at camp, the kids are having a great time. My Family group is getting into some great discussions and it feels so awesome to watch young men wrestle with God and the great thing is I'm fairly certain that God is at work.

For pics check here.

I'll try to post more later.