TOBY TO THE MIZACC!

Tonight we are taking students to go see TOBYMAC AND RELIANT K! WOOT! WOOT! We are going to have such a blast! Maybe we'll see you there!

New Blog Style, New Post

So here we go on a new blog adventure. I am going to attempt to blog consistantly this time around and I am going to focus on truth as the driving force of the media you will find on this page. Like it or not, it doesn't matter what you believe...it matters what's true. Think about that for a minute. More to come later!

It Has Been A While

I know it has been quite a while since I blogged! Life has been crazy busy lately, but I thank God for each and every step! I just got back from a Mission Trip to Guadalupe, Mexico! We worked at Tapestries of Life. Tapestries has been been building an orphanage in the Chihuahua Desert for 10+ years, completely built by the church! I am so pumped that God allowed me to be apart of that! How awesome that is! I will blog more about the trip later this week! God is so good! It was amazing to see his awesome power put an amazing building, but more than that ministry, in the middle of the desert! Wow!

Praise God!

Update!

Our fears have been relieved by Jesus and He alone! My father doesn't have cancer in his brain! The doctor's actually said that the area where he thought the cancer would be was actually smaller than normal, which is a good thing!!!! Praise Jesus! I know there was a lot of prayer going up for my Dad and I am so thankful to God for hearing those prayers and touching my father.

You see, here is the miracle: My Dad's grandfather died from a brain tumor that metastasized. My Dad's dad died from a brain tumor that metastasized to his lungs. So the next logical step to think was that my Dad had a brain tumor that was metastasized or metastasizing! But praise God nothing was found in that area! That is a good thing! The doctors are still looking for reasons why some of the levels in my Dad's blood are low, but we trust that it will be an easy find and fix because God has touched my Dad.

God is good...all the time. Aww Yeah!!!!!!!!!!

Please Pray for my Dad!

Please pray for my father who is going to get test results tomorrow about whether or not he has a tumor in his brain and if so if it is malignant or benign.  Pray that 1st there is no tumor because God has removed it through his mighty power.  Pray 2nd that if that is not God's will that the tumor will be benign and able to be removed quickly and easily!  I believe that God can heal my father.  I believe that if it is His will, He will do it.  Show your glory Lord!  In Jesus name.  

Thank you to all who have been and will continue to pray!

Brad

So Happy!

Hi everyone!

I am so happy to be back and ready to roll! God is doing awesome things at New Life and at Relevant and I am pumped for what He is going to do! I will be back to blogging regularly as I now have time to do so. I need to always make sure I listen to God and what He wants for me. Not what I "think" He wants for me. How do you do that? Prayer and reading His word. As well as WAITING on Him to answer. I will no longer rush into "opportunities" without really seeking His direction!

God is astonishing.

More posts coming soon!

Ready For A Challenge?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506849,00.html

Click the link above to read a study that was just completed that researched the faith base of American culture. Many people do not believe in anything! And those who do believe in something do not believe in a God who cares about them and their needs, just some "higher power". How lost are we going to remain? The Barna group just published a very discouraging number regarding those who hold a Biblical worldview. The story was introduced with this paragraph:

If Jesus were to ask, “Who do you say I am,” the question He famously asked his disciple Peter, He would be disappointed by some of the answers He’d receive from contemporary Americans.

The number of those who were found to hold a Biblical worldview in the total number of adults being represented in America is a startling 9%. HELLO??? That should be like a huge smack in the face! It is no wonder the US is experiencing distress, anxiety, and failure. When God is not at the center, there can only be chaos and confusion! If Jesus were to come back right now, I feel that he might say "Hey Church, wake up and do your freaking job!" Just as his disciples fell asleep at the watch, I sense that the church, at large, has fallen asleep at the wheel and is about to crash!

We need to wake up and walk with God putting Him first and watch what He does on our behalf. God will never live among people who reject Him and will never bless those who turn their face away from Him. If we (the church) would wake up and follow the direction of God's leading, you would not believe how much the economy would grow. You would not believe how victorious, in all areas, we would be. Most importanlty you couldn't stop the amount of people being saved from Hell because God would be the one working among us!

Where God leads, we need to follow. When God directs, we need to listen. When God calls, we need to act. I believe that God is calling right now... what will your response be?

It starts with each of us. If we truly believe that God sent Jesus to die on a cross for our sins, are forgiven through the His blood shed on the cross, and have the promise of eternal life with God in Heaven through the perfect life Jesus lived then we should desire to live for God for what He has done for us! Let's get real in our relationship with Him. Put Him first in all we do. Let Him lead. After all, he was the one who designed and created everything, including financial systems. Wherever God's people live for Him there is peace and order. Wherever they shy away there is pain and loss. Let us live for God. Let us put Him first. Let the church change that 9% to 100%. Let the church rise up and reach those who have not heard of the saving grace of Jesus. Let the church do its job. When that happens look what the blessing will be:

Leviticus 26:3-9 (NLT)
3 “If you follow me and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. 5 Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land.
6 “I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land. 7 In fact, you will chase down your enemies and slaughter them with your swords. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand! All your enemies will fall beneath your sword.
9 “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you. 10 You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest! 11 I will live among you, and I will not despise you. 12 I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.

We will need to pray for even more workers to go out into the world!!!! So let us rise up and follow our great and glorious God. He is calling...what will your response be?