January 2010
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Lifting not Doing
As I sit writing this I am listening to Derek Newman lead the Fuse MS services at Celebration and could not be happier. You see Derek has become a shepherd, he is shepherding and leading these students in to a deeper walk with God, and he is doing it all. He is recruiting leaders, training them, planning the services, and preaching some of them (very well)
What makes me so happy about this is...
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Apathy
Apathy-
1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
Apathy is something that I deal with everyday in youth ministry. It is a constant theme in the lives of the kids I minister too. They have so many things that are always bombarding them that it seems they have trouble truly caring about...
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“Faithful are the wounds of a friend”
– Proverbs 27:6
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“A heavy burden is trying to be someone your not.”
– Pastor Stovall Weems
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“I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
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Pointing to God
Job 1:6-12
6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan7 The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.” also came with them.
8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is...
“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, “Thy will be...”
– C.S. Lewis
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
dannybeckettjr:
Thanks to a very powerful and well thought after leader John Maxwell gives us the 21 irrefutable laws of leadership.
Follow these and learn to lead. Disregard and learn to loose.
1. The Law of the Lid – Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s Level of Effectiveness
2. The Law of Influence – The True Measure of leadership Is Influence– Nothing More, Nothing Less
3. The Law of...
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“I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can...”
– C.S. Lewis
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The First Blog of Riley Ever
Today I went on Riley’s blog and started reading some of the posts that we wrote right after she was born…..I have to admit it is very hard for me to read some of these posts because it makes that pain and those fears very real again, but on the other hand it amazes me at how faithful God has been to our family through this entire situation.
Below, is the first post ever and the...
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“thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make...”
– Thoreau
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5 things start ups can learn from Lady Gaga
I’ll admit it: Everytime I hear that familiar “Ra-ra, ah-ah ah-ah, Ra-ma ra ma-ma, Ga-ga ooh la-la”, I crank up the volume. The outlandishly costumed fellow former Upper East Side prep schooler has garnered some serious mass appeal over the last two years. But what can you attribute Ms. Germanotta’s success to, and moreover, what can the average tech startup learn from it?
Yes… I’m totally...
Love Without Measure
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.Jeremiah 31:3
I once wrote something about how God loves us and how dear we are to Him. I was not sure I should put it down on paper—but God knows what I meant.
I wrote: “The only eccentricity that I can discover in the heart of God is the fact that a God such as He is should love sinners such as we are!”
On this earth a mother will love the son...
“Requip is a medicine for restless leg syndrome”
– Pastor Wade
WatchThe Hospital in 47 seconds
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“I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
He’s all...”
– Lamentations 3:24-33 MSG
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Perspective
Having a duaghter like Riley has given me so much perspecive in my life. For the longest time I was the biggest worrier in the world, I mean you name it and I worried about it. I can remember Becca always having to get on to me about how much I would let stuff get to me and just drive me crazy. However, Riley has given me a perspective that has allowed me to not sweat the small stuff. She has...
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WatchThe Hospital in 47 Seconds
“Action in anticipation is faith”
– Doug Fields
“The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well,
but the mouth of the...”
– Proverbs 10:11
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Riley and a Fathers love
Last nights I can honestly say was one of the worst nights of my life….I was scared for Riley.
Riley, since day 1 has been the medical mystery baby and it continues to this day. Currently, she has been in intensive care for a week and there are no signs of her really improving and the doctors don’t know why. Riley’s heart rate has been between 180-200 for about a week now and...
“If it is a mist in the pulpit, it is a fog in the pew”
– Howard Hendricks
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Me and Job
“Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. Job40:7
The above scripture is probably on of my favorites in the entire Bible. It happens when God and Job are kind of having it out a little and Job is questioning God because of all the bad stuff that has happened to him…..If you read on in the next couple of chapters God goes on to explain how amazing He...
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Remember the Past
Sometimes in my life I have found that trusting God is not the easiest thing in the world. I am not sure if you have ever been into a pediatric intensive care room, but it is not the easiest place to be….escpecially when it is your child. It is just hard to look at all the wires, monitors, and machines, and feel an overwhelming sense of peace.
However, I have learned to remember the past...
Please continue to pray for Riley looks like she is going to be in the hospital 6 more days
“We are all called to Someone first, then something. As we grow in our knowledge...”
– Os Hillman
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My Rebellious Heart
This past week was the first time ever that Ayden (my 6 year old) was truly rebellious towards me…..The thing that was really crazy about this was that I did not really get angry at him, but I felt more hurt than anything else. I was hurt that with all the love, gifts, and time I have given him that he could still just rebel against me and my love…….
The more that I thought...