Don’t give up on me…please…

I have been so busy lately with things at church and with work hours picking up. For those who don’t know my regular daily job is being a pool dude.  Not generally the clean your pool with his shirt off pool dude, but the “oh no my pool is draining because something is broken” pool dude.  Anyway, here in Bama things start ramping up a little sooner than in Ken-Tuck where we used to live (thankfully.)  So as we are starting to rock and roll a little I have been rather lacs in posting.

Our little church is doing pretty well.  We have had some great visitors lately and it looks like we are adding a couple of families to the mix.  I plan on doing better with this blog thing.  I know you’ve heard it before, but hey I’m still actually doing this after over a year that is more than I ever thought I would do.  Hang in there and keep reading and you may get something worth the price you pay to read this blog!

Its free!  You get what you pay for:)

Whew…. Almost did it again!!

This waiting a month between posts.  Thankfully, I beat the 30 day drought.  I know only by 4 days, but hey what the heck.  Its been pretty busy around here with studying, praise band practice, family time, work, community group, and all the other things that life throws at me.

Our church is really changing, I think for the good.  The thing about planting a new church is that it tends not to look anything like you thought it would once you get going.  Not to mention that even a new church has to be reformed and always reforming.  My wife and I along with one of the other elders and his wife are really trying to make it to a church planting conference on the 8th of March, but the financial expenditure ($3000) is proving to be a real challenge.  If we make it there it will be a small miracle (is there any such thing as SMALL miracle).

Were hoping that the training will spur us forward to another era in our work.  We have been blessed recently with some new additions as well as the aforementioned children who were converted.  I hope you will pray for us.

Later (not so much next time)

God is Moving!

I am one of the Pastors/elders of a Seven Springs Church
and it appears that God is moving in the lives of several of the children in our church.  Over the past month or so God has saved 5 of our kids 2 of which are my own sons, two of which are the children of one of our leading men in the church, and one is the daughter of another one of our men.  All three families are celebrating this great gift of God.  These children have been taught the gospel from birth, and we are so excited that God has revealed Himself to these young ones.

The great gift is also a grand responsibility for us.  God has made us not only biological parents, but spiritual parents.  The greatest responsibility is yet ahead of us as we take on the task as disciplers of these new born Christians.  I know I speak for all of the parents when I say that we want more than anything to raise them in Jesus;  to love Him, serve Him, worship Him, and find Him as the most valuable treasure to ever be had.

I look forward to baptizing these two sons on Sunday.  As well as the others.  God has answered many prayers lifted up on the behalf of these Children.

Praising Jesus!

I am praising Jesus today.  My second son came to me this evening and told me that he has asked God to save him, but he wanted to know how he knew that He would save him.  I shared scripture with him and explained that belief was all that God requires and that if he believed God would save him.  I was careful with this one because the third son started following Jesus a few weeks ago and I wanted to make sure that this wasn’t just a reaction.  

My inclination was that it wasn’t a reaction because I have seen in recent months that God seems to have been dealing with him over sin in general.  He was very honest that the younger brothers conversion spurred him to consideration, and that over the last few days God has been dealing with him pretty heavily.  

Going through conversions with my kids is at the same time both exhilirating and disconcerting.  There is alot of discerning to be done.  You need to know your kids and their personalities.  I have preached the gospel to these dudes their whole life, but when the Holy Spirit opens their eyes to the truth it is an amazing thing.  I am excited and humbled by the joy and responsibility of discipling these boys.  

Praise Jesus!!!

Creation

So here I am out in the woods blogging. I really like technology sometimes. You I struggle sometimes being disciplined enough to do this blog thing, but being able to do this anywhere and anytime has really started to help me.

Not that there is much to be said sometimes, but whatever. This morning I am about 30 feet up in waiting on any four footed cervid to walk by. That’s a deer if your from Ky:)
I find that when I am out here my soul is often pleased to consider God. This morning I have experienced a full moon, warmth, cold, rain, and a sunrise. All of these at the design of and in the presence of God. I guess it just makes me think that He didn’t have to make it or us or our capacity to enjoy it to his glory.

Just a thought.