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| I don't want to give away too much... so I won't address anything here that I think will be addressed in presentation on Sunday night August 12th. Every year it amazes me... each missions trip is so different from the one before, yet God seems to work in all of them. MS was much different than I expected... as a matter of fact, I wasn't sure what to expect. That was perhaps the best thing for me. Standing back and watching God lead and direct the trip; seeing His sovereignty. That is always difficult for me... allowing God to be in complete control of things. As a matter of fact, at the onset of the trip, I was quite skeptical of things. A day or two into the trip, things weren't going well (according to me) and I was thinking, "how do I make sure this doesn't turn into a disaster??" Then, I realized my folly, spent an evening in prayer (or I should say a morning... our leaders meetings always went a little long!!) and in the Word. I changed nothing "external" about the trip, I stepped back and watched God do His thing. It was amazing. I saw progress in areas that weren't even on my radar. That is a cool thing... to trust God, step back and see Him work. I know that it doesn't compare to Peter walking on water, but every one of us gets an opportunity to demonstrate our faith. If we're willing to step back and allow God to work. That's not always easy for me, but this time, I was able... and it was quite a blessing! Fight the good fight! | | |
| For those of you who are unaware... I will be gone the last two weeks of May. I'll be in Pennslyvania taking a seminary module course. That means the next 1 1/2 weeks are crazy for me. I have 6 more books to read and a 2-page paper to write on each... So, I won't be checking Xanga often. If you want to get ahold of me, I recommend e-mail. | | |
| Here is the article about the Scott Klusendorf debate for those interested... http://www.lanthorn.com/default.asp?strAction=GET-HST&intArticleKey=8682 Chad | | |
| Scott Klusendorf was amazing last night... and he got me thinking. Why is it that too often, we as Christians have allowed ourselves to be painted in the light of "unintelligent"? It's absurd. We have the truth... we should use it. Scott destroyed his debate opponent last night, not by arguing, not by emotional tactics, but by using the truth. I think his opponent expected him to play the "religion" card, so she spent a lot of time trying to chip away at that foundation, but Scott demonstrated scientifically, philosophically, morally, and reasonably that the Pro-life position is the only logical position. Too often, we, as Christians, fall into the "God told me" mode... This is right because God tells us so. While that is true and we, as Christians, should obey God's Word; why should everyone else? They do not have the Holy Spirit guiding them, they do not have any desire to please God, nor can they ever please God with their actions; so why should they even try? But, just because someone does not believe in Christ does not change the fact that abortion is murder! Granted, we, as Christians, should always be willing to use any platform of truth to reach someone with the Truth of the Gospel, but that was not Scott's intended purpose last night. His purpose was to enter the conversation of the pro-life, pro-death debate and cause people to think... Which he did well. May we be prepared to seize every opportunity as well as Scott seized his last night. Fight the good fight! | | |
| I have a question for all of you Xanga'ers out there... If you know Whit-whit, did you read ALL of her post? At: http://www.xanga.com/Whiney88 I have done an "unofficial" survey about such things and I'm quite disappointed about the results. I only bring it up because I found myself falling into the same trap as I was reading Whitney's post. The results (and thus the problem) are this: I am willing to read every word that people write on the Xanga (even if it takes a while); but when someone puts a long quote from Scripture; especially one I am familiar with, I tend to skim... I mean no offense to anyone who posts on Xanga (and please realize that I almost ALWAYS exagerate for affect)... but I will read about Michael's gaming posts, I'll read music lyrics, I'll read about how your day is going, I'll read about what mood you're in, I'll read about what some survey says about you, I'll read just about every word you write on your Xanga... but I skim the Scripure. I've found that when I or others post a lengthy passage from the Word, people are just like me, they have skimmed (or skipped). What does that say about us...? I'm sorry, I'll keep this personal... What does that say about me?! I think it means I can get spiritually lax or lazy. It means I think I've got it all (or at least enough of it) figured out. It means I think I can function on spiritual cruise control. It means I think I don't need to know what God says; but I'm dying to know what "person x" said on their Xanga. It means... that I'm a moron. I'm a moron to think those things. I would never actually admit any of those above things, but my actions give away my heart motivation. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." I'll treasure your words... but skim over God's. I hope that Whitney post inspires you to be IN God's Word and allowing it to penetrate your heart and lives. "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." I realize that if you read Whit's post, you've already read that verse... but it's worth it to hear it more than once. I pray that we would all search our hearts, as the Lord does, and allow Him to lead us in the way that's everlasting!! | | |
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