What a day!

Last week I asked people to pray for 20 salvations on Sunday Morning. We saw 6 walk the aslie and many other hands raised.

Add to 2 more to that! One student went home and told his Mom he accepted Christ as Lord and Savior.

Another GCHS Football player approached me Friday in the locker room before the game. With tears in his eyes, he said, I asked Christ to be his Lord and Savior Sunday, I just didn’t have the courage to stand up.

He said “I just wanted you to know and I wanted to say thanks!” Wow that blew my mind! That is why I do what I do! We had a huge win at GCHS before we even hit the field! Then GCHS took the field and won 22-0. Their first win in over a year. They were 0-10 last year. I am so fired up about what God is doing in this team.

I am so thankful to get to do what I do. Thank you God for allowing me to do ministry! Thank you Trinity Baptist for giving me a place to serve. Thank you Coach Fisher for making me a part of your team and allowing me to do what I do.

Just Say Thank You!

I always feel awkward receiving complements from people after preaching. For a long time I never knew what to say. I want to be humble, but not to over the top where it comes off as false humility.

Then you have the super religious people who are judging how you respond. Religious people want you to say something churchy and unchurched people wonder why you can’t just receive a compliment.

My Mom told a pastor once he did a great job and his reply was, “don’t thank me it was all God, you should thank God, not me.” It made my my Mom feel bad for saying he did a good job.

The truth is it was not all God, if it were allGod, it would have been a lot better! God could do a better job if He chose not to use me! If it were all God, we should just put a mic up there and let Him speak (I know he really wouldn’t need a mic).  

But that is the incredible part, God often uses people in spite of their incompetence. My freshman year in college I literally was scared to death to speak to a class of 17 students. I had a speech class and I would shake so bad during my 3-5 minute speech, I could feel my head shaking like a bobble head doll.

Yet God still chooses to use us! So just be thankful. Just learn to say thank you. Everyone who knows me, knows if I have anything good to say it was from God.

Amazing Day!

Here are some highlights from Sunday Morning:

– A whole bunch of people prayed to receive Christ! Not sure how many. I made the response time tough, it it guts to make it public. I am still praying we will here about some the decisions in the weeks to come.

– We had 6 students make public their professions of faith by walking down front of a huge crowd and not being ashamed of what they had just done. (3 Football Players and 3 other Students)

– We had a huge crowd. People had to sit in the balcony.

– Tons of football players and coaches. I am so grateful to be a part of what Coach Fisher is doing at GCHS. He cares more about the players than he does football and he cares a lot about football.

– A very diverse crowd. That is what church should look like.

– The band was incredible. I love our band. They get it done week after week for our student ministry and when they get a chance to play on Sunday Morning, they always knock it out of the park.

– The media team did great! Special thanks to Kevin & Eric. they always make things happen when we throw a bunch of stuff at them.

– A whole bunch of people were praying for Sunday morning. Man were your prayers felt! Thank you so much.

– Most importantly at the end of the day, I think God was honored in a big-time way. God did what only He could do. He drew hearts to him! I am always amazed he chooses to use us. WOW! What an incredible day. Let’s do it again soon!

PRAY! PRAY!! PRAY!!!

If you are reading, please join me in praying for this weekend. I am preaching Sunday Morning in the Church here at Trinity. I am asking God to do somethingonly He can do. I am asking God for 20 salvations.

The truth is we know God wants that. He wants even more. He said in 2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I plan on preaching a very clear salvation message and asking people to commit their lives to Christ. We will have lost people here. The truth is we always do. Some just do not know they are lost.

But Sunday will be a different day. There will be more teenagers here than this church has possibly ever seen. Gordon Central High School football team is coming to join us. I am so fired up! I have served as a Chaplin on this team for the last couple years and Coach Fisher is a member of our church. He is asking his whole team to come!

PRAY!!! Begin praying right now for the hearts and souls of those attending. For the message. For the band. For me. Pray for 20 salvations. Pray that God would work through us and use us to communicate His incredible love for all those who are here.

It is going to be an incredible day!

Wednesday Night Recap!

Incredible night!

School is definitely back in and I love it! I love the big crowds. I love seeing new faces. Last night there was so much energy in the room. The band did great! The “Almost Impossible Shot” game was fun. It was just and all around great night.

We talked about our response to our incredible God and we had one student respond by giving his life to Christ! Awesome night! Can’t wait till next Wednesday.

Who knew swimming could be so exciting?

I wanted to shout watching this race! The men’s 4×100 meter relay was crazy.

Maybe it was just because it was the Olympics. Maybe it was because the French were favored and talking lots of trash. Maybe it was because they came from behind at the end. Maybe it was the passion on the face of the winners. I just know it was exciting!

I love the passion the of the Olympics. This picture made me think why can’t the church get that excited about seeing people come up out of the water?

I need your help!

First let me start by saying I know I am a horrible blogger. I have been told. I know I don’t blog enough for anyone to actually want to follow. But if you were to be reading, I could use your help.

I need prayer partners. I need some people who will commit to praying for me. I am trying to get a list of 100 people praying for me. So if you you are willing let me know. I NEED YOUR PRAYERS.

I have a lot of decisions to make and some very exciting things in the works. But it will take an act of God for these things to happen. So I covet your prayers. So call me, email me or leave a post. I will let you know how you can pray once you have signed up.

“Nothing of eternal significance happens outside of prayer.”  That is a great qoute from someone, I just not sure who said it first.