The Constant Communicator

"God is constantly communicating with his people"

In America we fill our lives with so much stuff I often wonder in my own life if I have my eyes and ears open to God's communication. If your like me you may have a tendency to occupy your time with menial tasks or facebook and next thing you know you have skipped your prayer and daily devotional time. Or many times you just get so busy you forget to thank God for a meal, or for your day, or just a simple thanks God for eternal life. God has really put on my heart that I need to communicate more with him and be more aware of him communicating to me. I have to be more obedient to the "God Tugs" (you know, the little nudges when God lays something on your heart to do or say) in my life.

I pray today that we would constantly be communicating with our God because he is constantly communicating with his people.

Overwhelmed

Do you ever feel overwhelmed?

This week I was thinking about all the hurting people in the world and just felt bad because I can't help them all. There is so much sin and hurt in this world that sometimes I just get overwhelmed. If you understand my personality you find out that I am an influencer. It is in me to inspire, encourage, and influence for God's glory. I see all the hurt in Holmes/Tusc. Counties, the inner city of America, and the remote parts of the world and I just want to bring them all to Jesus. I have come to the realization that if I want to impact the world for Jesus Christ I need to start with one person at a time. I need to start asking God, "Who do you have for me today?"

So if you ever start feeling overwhelmed remember to just start with 1 person. Start asking God Who do you have for me today? Then maybe he will give you more, and more, and more, and more. By bringing one person to Jesus you have changed the landscape of eternity and impacted the world.

Chicago Day 1

We have arrived in Chicago for a mission's trip with New Pointe's High School Students. They are a great group of kids. I am praying that God challenges them, grows them, stretches them, and brings them together as a community. Our first day we worked at a Greater Union Baptist Church. It is one of the oldest churches in Chicago and is located right across from the United Center where the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks play. We arrived early so everyone went and got pictures in front of the Michael Jordan statue. We then we taught on the area and the church. After many hours of cleaning, painting, and serving the church we ventured over to Moody Bible Institute to work with GRIP (where Don, Kellie, & I used to serve). Almost 50 inner city youth showed up and the kids from New Pointe where able to interact with them, play games with them, and hear some of their stories. It was a great start to the week. I am looking forward to tomorrow when we hit the streets to evangelise!