Filed under: Church | Tags: candy, chocolate, Church, high school, m&m's, small group, sunday
this past sunday I led a 10th grade small group. it was fun. i brought m&m’s. nothing like some chocolate to get discussion rolling.
Filed under: Church | Tags: beneficial, bible, false, God, jeremiah, prophets, teachers
Jeremiah 23:32 says this:
Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the Lord. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least.” (emphasis added)
God seems to be using Jeremiah to call out a ton of false teachers and prophets. They’re all over the place, pretending to be sent from God. In verse 28 of the same chapter, God urges those have His word to speak it faithfully.
Notice, though, that in verse 32, God specifically calls out one of the weaknesses of the false prophets. It doesn’t help anyone! God’s Word is always beneficial.
If we’re truly teaching God’s word. It’s gonna help someone. Is what you’re saying beneficial?
Filed under: Church | Tags: brad powell, Church, high school, northridge, saline, sunday
check out the video from our launch weekend in Saline
Filed under: General | Tags: apps, bible, chase, football, iPhone, jesus, shirt, weather, weight loss, woot
my phone is awesome. it’s an iPhone. at any moment i can:
check my email
pay my phone bill
check my bank statement
make a car payment
update my twitter/facebook status
track my weight loss
read the Bible
check the weather
keep up with the latest football games
listen to music
check the latest woot.com ’shirt of the day’
and oh…send text messages and make phone calls.
it’s pretty great.
but if i’m not careful, i am proned to be more concerned about my phone than i am about how close i got to looking like Jesus today. dang. that hurt.
just thought i’d remind myself of that.
Filed under: Church | Tags: bowling, campus, maplewood lanes, northridge, rustproof, saline
well, northridge started their second campus.
it was HUGE!
i’m honored to be leading rustproof out there.
today we had our very first event. bowling. oh yes. it was classic.
God is doing great things, and it’s cool to be a part of it.
(feel free to check out #RPSaline on twitter and follow the craziness)
today was neat. if for nothing else than the fact that it was 9/09/09. some creatives got together and came up with a leadership event called “The Nines.” it was 9 minute leadership clips from 70+ leaders from around the world. it was awesome. what made it even more great? Brad Powell did one of the 9 minute clips. it was solid.
however, one clip stuck out from the rest. i can’t remember his name, or what church he’s from. but he talked about the power from being engrossed in the word of God. if we are not being daily filled up by the word of God…then how are we filling others up? are we filling them up by our own strength? our own abilities? too often this is true. i think that’s why we get so burned out. we’re trying to do it on our own.
may we fill others with the overflow of what God is doing in our own lives.
Filed under: ypsilanti | Tags: abes coney island, bill clinton, college, eastern michigan, love, mayor, ypsilanti
here are some off-the-cuff-not-well-thought-out reasons i am really enjoying living in Ypsilanti
-there are homeless people, and they’re not ashamed to ask for money. for real, this provides a way for me to help, and it keeps things in perspective
-it’s far from perfect. you can tell the city is being worked on…it’s just not done yet
-it has energy. living in a college town has its benefits.
-it has history. i live in a mansion that used to house the mayor. how cool is that? bill clinton stopped in and ate at Abe’s Coney Island…that’s kinda cool?!
-people are welcoming. so far, this has been my experience.
that’s all for now. might come back for round 3 and give ya more. why do you love where you live?
I recently moved to Ypsi. I am loving it more and more. why? that’s for a separate post. for now i will leave you with this pic…i’m on the roof, the sun is setting, and i’m reading 2 Kings. i’m kinda hating that in 2 months i won’t be able to do this (due to michigans bad habit of getting cold). i’ll enjoy it while i can
Filed under: Church | Tags: Church, missions, north carolina, northridge, outreach, velocity
here it is folks. our week-long outreach trip in just over 3 minutes.
