During worship Sunday morning I asked God to give me a word of encouragement before I went up to preach. Matthew 8:9 came to my mind, so I looked it up. This is what it says "For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one,"Go,' and he goes; and that one, 'come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, 'Do this,'and he does it." To understand this verse you must know the context it's in. Ok the story is of a Centurion (like a General in the Army) who has a servant that is paralyzed and in terrible suffering. So this centurion goes to Jesus to see if he would heal his servant. Jesus agreed to go and heal him. The centurion tells Jesus that he does not deserve to have Him come to his home but believes that Jesus can say the word and his servant would be healed. The centurion believes this because of his understanding of authority. He knows that Jesus is a man of great authority and because of that authority he has the power to make this happen. So long story short the peace I received from this is the fact that I am a man under the authority of Jesus so it was more up to him to make something happen in the hearts of those in the room. So what authority do you have to move in power in your school or home? If it is not the power of Christ you are trusting in something that is limited to you. Maybe your trying to operate without the authority of Christ and missing out on all the awesome things God wants to accomplish in you under His authority. I heard it said like this "you will never be over what God has put under you until you are under what God has put over you." Just for kicks read Romans 13. Let me know what you think.

Here's a thought I had last night when reading Matthew 6:18 "...and your father who sees what is done in secret, will reward you!" What are you doing just for the Lord and not just to get credit from someone. Almost everything good we do is for our benefit. Meaning: so someone will think we are a super Christian. Now this scripture is talking about when you fast but I think God is speaking to the heart of truly loving Him. So here is my challenge to myself and to you. Do ten God/good things that no one will ever know about. Scripture in action is God's plan for the Bible. Reading and doing. So do it and comment back anonymously.

Don't forget to come out this Sunday (11/16/08) to hear me speak at our two services! I need the support! Give me a shout out on the comments and let me know how I did..!

We just finished week two of our purity series this past Sunday. Sal and Debby DiBianca spoke Sunday and oh boy did they bring it home. (you can download their message HERE)There has been an awesome response from the youth that have attended so far. Over ten people made first time commitments to follow Jesus and many more made commitments to live a life of purity. We will be wrapping up our series on June 1st. We will not be meeting on Memorial weekend. The last part of the series will be focusing on walking out a life of purity in relationships. Which I have a time tested and God approved method of achieving this goal. (100% GUARANTEE)To learn more you must be there on June 1st.

Mexico was awesome. We worked hard, sweated lots, and got exposed to what God is doing in Mexico. We went to Monterrey Mexico to work with Back2Back. Back2Back Monterrey works along side of Protestant orphanages to help meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of unwanted children. In the short we got our hearts broken. Check out the slide show on the show-time page. Go ahead and mark your calendar for Mexico 09 April 11-17.