Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Dealing with the Big "T"
Tonight at Consumed Student Ministries we are going to start a new series called, "Dealing with the Big 'T'". This series talks about TEMPTATION. We are going to take a look at what the bible says about Temptation over the next 3 weeks and my prayer is that the students eyes will be opened to what temptation looks like and how to deal with temptation, as we all know that we are all faced with temptation each and every single day of our lives. If you are in 6th-12th grade please come out and join us @ 7pm on Wednesday nights and here how you can overcome temptation.
Wasted Time
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to preach a sermon that I entitled, "Worry, Worry, Worry, Worry...and Worry". As you can tell by the sermon is was about worry! When I woke up on Sunday I really didn't know what I was preaching. I had a couple of sermons that I pretty much had together, but I just didn't feel right about preaching either of them. As I look at both sermons on Sunday morning at about 5:45am I said to myself, "I can't do either of these." This isn't it. So I started talking to the Lord. I was worried not about the Sermon when I woke up but, it was Youth Sunday so I needed to get everyone there t-shirts in time, the youth band was playing..I was worried the old people wouldn't like the loudness, I had to get all the ushers together and at first didn't have enough, and it was a morning full of worry. Than I didn't know what I was gonna speak. I turned to Matthew chapter 6 and it talked about worry. I read it and thought to myself there is no need to worry about all of this. The Lord has my back and He will make sure its all in order. I started to think about how in our lives we tend to worry about so much, and thru my thinking a sermon was birthed and I preached on worry.
As apart of my sermon and while I was studying and reading some footnotes in my study bible it talked about the difference in planning vs. worrying. You know how we tend to plan out the next day or try to plan out our future, which sometimes or most times leads us into worrying about everything going as planned...well in the note it says, Planning is time well spent, but worrying is time wasted. I loved that line. We waste time worrying about things that God has under control. We worry ourselves sick, and sometimes because we are worried sick, we make other people worried sick about us. God is in control. He is the provider of everything we need and if we think we need it now, kind of like the JG Wentworth commercial, "Its my money and I NEED IT NOW!" If we truly needed at that very moment I know by faith that God would provide. But too often we leave the faith out of it, don't want it to happen in God's timing and we shout, I NEED IT NOW, and than we worry, worry, worry because it hasn't come yet. We need to learn to trust in the Lord and to not worry. One of the most well known couple verses int he Bible, Proverbs 3:5&6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Its time to stop worrying about so much and place it in God's hands, because if we don't we will worry ourselves so much that we will miss opportunities to minister and build God's kingdom. Have a blessed day everyone, and Remember, "don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (matt. 6:34)
As apart of my sermon and while I was studying and reading some footnotes in my study bible it talked about the difference in planning vs. worrying. You know how we tend to plan out the next day or try to plan out our future, which sometimes or most times leads us into worrying about everything going as planned...well in the note it says, Planning is time well spent, but worrying is time wasted. I loved that line. We waste time worrying about things that God has under control. We worry ourselves sick, and sometimes because we are worried sick, we make other people worried sick about us. God is in control. He is the provider of everything we need and if we think we need it now, kind of like the JG Wentworth commercial, "Its my money and I NEED IT NOW!" If we truly needed at that very moment I know by faith that God would provide. But too often we leave the faith out of it, don't want it to happen in God's timing and we shout, I NEED IT NOW, and than we worry, worry, worry because it hasn't come yet. We need to learn to trust in the Lord and to not worry. One of the most well known couple verses int he Bible, Proverbs 3:5&6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Its time to stop worrying about so much and place it in God's hands, because if we don't we will worry ourselves so much that we will miss opportunities to minister and build God's kingdom. Have a blessed day everyone, and Remember, "don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (matt. 6:34)
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Its Been A Long Time
Well it has been a long time since I have blogged. I was on a good track in January, and than I really don't know what happened. I just lost my train of thought during the days and forgot to blog I guess. No excuses really. Anyways just wanted to leave a small post today to get myself started again. News from Consumed Student Ministries...we are doing really well in our youth group. Our students are continuing to respond to the Lord and it has been great to see some of them really move forward in their relationship with Him. Want to give a shout out of Congrats to Patrick Forgey(guitar solo and keyboard solo) and Ashley Fawcett(keyboard solo) as both of them have qualified for National Fine Arts this year!!! Great Job! Also want to congratulate Lauren Weil and Shyanne Reynoso who also participated and both received good scores for the Female Vocal Solos. They did a great job and even though they did not qualify we were pleased with how they performed and know in the future they will be singing at National Fine Arts!
It is crazy that May is almost here. We are looking forward to a fun and eventful summer for Consumed Student Ministries. We are in the process of planning many different things for our students to keep them active this summer and give them a chance to reach out to their friends and to the communities in which they live and make a difference for the kingdom of God! Keep checking the blog for upcoming events on the side as well as small devotionals as I will start to post more on a regular basis! Have a wonderful day today!
It is crazy that May is almost here. We are looking forward to a fun and eventful summer for Consumed Student Ministries. We are in the process of planning many different things for our students to keep them active this summer and give them a chance to reach out to their friends and to the communities in which they live and make a difference for the kingdom of God! Keep checking the blog for upcoming events on the side as well as small devotionals as I will start to post more on a regular basis! Have a wonderful day today!
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