God's Character

Wow, so we are starting this particular study for our Wednesday Night group.  The plan for the study is that we will cover a part of God's character and discuss and study one aspect each Wednesday night.  This will be very good for me as well as the younger kids in the group.  This will help them in the aspect of learning parts of God each time.  This will then build on the foundation of God and continue to help them grow spirtiually.

The first part of God's Character that we will cover and look to as sort of a foundation is God as the Creator.  When I started this it was simple amazing for me to go back to the begining and see how and what God created.  This is a perfect for a foundation to lay for these young kids.  My prayer is that these young people will take this and run with it and build on and continue to grow in their walk with God!!!!

Catch Up

So it has been awhile since I have got on here to say anything.  That does not mean that I do not have anything to say, since I always seem to have plently to say.  I want to focus this particular blog on my Youth Group.  I would have to say that I enjoy being a Youth Pastor, butI seem to struggle with getting my kids excited about God.  I recently asked one of my kid's mom about this.  She gave me some of the best advice since I got advice about always keeping my drink with me at all times when with the Youth Group.  This mother gave me the advice of getting them to expeirence God in a way they have never expeirenced God before.  So I asked well I would one go about doing that.  She went on to explain that through Pray these kids will expeirence God.  So this is what our Youth Group is trying to do.  We are also going to start a study that will take us back to the basics of our walk with God.

The Ultimate Gift

So I just watched the movie the Ultimate Gift, and wow it was amazing.  I am so amazed at how this movie touched my life.  It was so encouraging to see how God can still work through pain.  In the book one character speaks that something can always be learned even if pain is present.  I think and believe that God has our best in mind always.  I recently had the chance to see God at work in my own life.  I was stuggling with school, and possiblely failing a class.  I was so suck on failing that I could not get past this.  After talking with my parents I leanred that Christ will get me through whatever I encounter.  Then I read in Romans that if we are called by God then whatever we encounter will be for the God.  Just as the movie states sometimes the best learner is pain.  In my situation if I were to fail a class, it would have been better for me.  I found rest and peace in this and in Christ.  I pray that he continues to guide and direct me and you as well. 

Something New

So I have changed the entire purpose of this blog.  This is a place where I can write about something and I would like people to either comment or just simply read it.  The next part is I would like people to if they have prayer request, either post them and or email them to me.  I am a firm believer that prayer works and I think the more prayer we have the better off we will be. 
Coming soon the church will have a website and you will be able check out what the youth group is doing and a better way to pray for them. 

Psalm 107:8

We are to praise God because he his good, and part of Him being good is His lovingkindness.  We should praise God for what he has done in our life, and I can promise you that the good out weigh the bad.  What wonders has he done in your life.  This verse explains that he has done wonders to the sons of man!  How amazing is that.
Have we honestly praised God for His lovingkindness, or do we just take that for granted?  Is God at work in your life right now, if yes then praise Him for that.  But if He is not they why, look inside and really see what the problem is.  Then be ready because he will do wonders in your life!

Psalm 106:1

How encouraging is this verse, praise God for this simiple but yet very powerful verse.  This verse starts off with an explanation point of a statement.  Praise God!  How often to we come before God with an attitude like that?  We are to give thanks to the Lord because he is the only person the only being who is worthy of thanks.  I know and understand that is hard to wrap your mind around.  As kids we are taught to say thank you to everyone, and we should but to give our thanks to someone that is powerful, and God is the only one worthy of that honor.
Then it goes on to what I would believe is the best part of the verse.  It says that His lovingkindness is everlasting.  It will last forever, Praise God!!  How awesome and comforting to know that God will be good and his lovingkindness will last forever!

Psalm 69: 30-31

This verse is explaining to the reader that there are other ways other than giving an ox or a young bull to praise God.  Verse 30 deals with praise God in a new way with song and that we will magnify Him.  This I believe referrers to making him more and making us less.  When we praise God we should be doing that.  Are we honestly thankful for what God has done in our life, and if so have we told him?

Verse 31 says that when we are honest and really thank him for what he has done and honestly magnify then that is more pleasing to God than the old way of sacrificing.  This is a small picture into a true relationship with God.  I would challenge us to do that.  The old way of sacrificing was a law that is just what you did.  Now you can choose to honor God with your life or to not honor God with you life.  It is you choice!