Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The Will of God IS my Life

Take my will and make it thine,
It shall be no longer mine;
Take my heart--it is thine own,
It shall be thy royal throne.

I hope my heart attitude can be like the words in this hymn, it's not my will or my wants, but it is God's will and what God wants for me in my life. Seems simple enough...right?

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

RESOLVED

Resolved was just amazing, Rick Holland, John MacArthur, Steve Lawson, CJ Mahaney, and John Piper...WOW... so many godly people in one place. Surprisingly they were hilarious up on stage joking with each other during the panel, never did I expect to see that side of those guys. Hearing John Piper and CJ Mahaney preach for the first time was awesome, just hearing the authors of the books I've read, preach those messages aloud in real-life was a unique experience. The worship was awesome and so powerful too, man the Crossroads Band is sooo good. Most importantly though is that God was glorified this weekend at Resolved, no matter how good the preachers, or how good the band, in the end our purpose here is to glorify God, and I hope He was pleased. I'm quite tired now, but a very content kind of tired, this weekend seemed too short and everything went by so fast. I'm going to have to go through my notes again...I can barely remember what the first session was about. So many things floating around in my head, I'll organize them soon enough. Some themes that stick out in my mind right now:
1) to live my life sold-out to Christ
2) if you ever think that you can do something deserving of of God's love, then you will never be secure in your salvation because it's NEVER enough, only through Christ.
3) God was pleased to crush His Son

Man, I am unworthy of this love.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Long time no post

Hey sorry everyone for not updating this thing in a while, I've been busy with a lot of stuff, but it's all good!!! During ET tonight I was talking to Matt's friend who's a believer, and as she was sharing her testimony she told me that "the Christian life is like a roller coaster, filled with ups and downs." --edit--After thinking about this statement again later on, I realized that it is only partly true, in one way it is true because as we deal with trials and struggle within, we can feel like we are going down, and we finally do look to God that is when we start rising up.--edit--Man...can't wait for RESOLVED! Oh yeah one more thing, playing IM bball has definitely humbled me serverely. At least I got my first WIN last week! It was a loong two years, but thanks to everyone who came out tonight for our last game of the quarter unfortuantely. It's all about Spring Quarter!!