July 14, 2009

Home Sweet Home

     Well my wife and I are are about finished with our time here at K2. I love it here, but now that I have a home in Kansas City I'm really excited to get back home and sleep in my own bed. And I know my wife can't wait either.

   As I've missed my home and longed to be back I started to think how nice it is of God to not allow us to experience heaven until we will be stayting there forever. Think about if He gave us a taste of heaven and then sent us back to earth. We would long for it even more than we do now. We couldn't wait to go back. I mean seriously some of us might have suicidal thoughts just so we get back to home sweet heaven. A friend of mine once said "If you can imagine Heaven that's not it!"  I encourage all of you to embrace an eternal perspective today, because nothing is sweeter than those things that are heavenward!

July 13, 2009

The Monday Mindset

    "What comes out of my mouth is meaningless. My lip service does nothing if it is not followed up by my actual service. We speak so easily, yet live it out with so much difficulty. Whoever sold the lie that following Christ this side of heaven would be easy, prosperous, or comfortable? Even worse, who bought such lies. It seems the more I walk with Him the harder it gets. Perhaps it is true that when we become precious to God we become important to Satan. Oh how I long for my life to be important to Satan, that I would be living for God is such a way that it continues to threaten the enemy. By my actions not my words do I desire to advance His kingdom. We live in a world where smooth talkers and sugar coaters are all around us, but God I want to live for you in such away that I never have to talk about it, becuase I'm in the midst of being about it!"

                                                    -The Monday Mindset

July 12, 2009

Sunday Morning Message

July 11, 2009

Friday Funny

A friend of mine named TK posted his on his blog yesterday and I thought it was funny so I decided to share it with all of you. I hope wherever you are this summer you're able to enjoy being in a real pool!

July 10, 2009

Fear of Heights


  Yesterday I did the ropes course with a friend of mine that is deathly afraid of heights. (I will post the video soon) But as I watched him overcome his fear of heights, I was encouraged. And like always the wheel began to turn and I started thinking about all of you. I thought about the countless Christians who are gripped by fear and because of this it has hindered their opportunities to be used by God.

     Fear of man, fear of failing, fear of not fitting in, fear of lonliness, fear of rejection. The list goes on and on. The question I ask is: "Are any of these fears from God?" Absolutely not! God taught us to fear Him alone. Which fearing God and what a healthy fear of Him looks like is a whole other blog in itself.

    But I want to encourage of all of you today to move past your fears and begin to live free in Him. When my friend finished the ropes course He was so pumped. He overcame and discovered he is capable of accomplishing great things when he removes fear from the equation.

July 09, 2009

I Got Bored

So when I'm not teaching K-Equip or coaching basketball at K2 I'm usually goofing off with kids. Here's my latest goofing around session. The Music is from Tedashii's new album, song titled "I'm a Believer" featuring Trip Lee, and Soye'. I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I did making it. And just in case you are curious, no shot took more than 10 attempts except the one from the top of the ropes course which took me about 40 shots.

July 08, 2009

WrItInG OuT oUr ThOuGhTs

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"I feel like I'm on the verge of being challenged way beyond what I've always thought my limit is. 

No fear rises up in my heart with that conclusion, which is odd. I normally scare and worry myself way too easily for my own good. For whatever reason, this time my heart can't even remember what fear tastes like. I feel more restless than anything. I want whatever challenge there is around the corner... whatever surprise I couldn't have knowingly prepared for in a thousand years. I'm simply not content in knowing there's something better and I don't have it. And I think that's good. I think... I think somewhere along the way I've allowed my heart to settle for crumbs, when there's always been a feast prepared and set out just for me. A feast consisting of the richest foods I've only ever dreamed of. My bones are about to crush under the excitement building up inside of me... I want it. All of it. Whatever "it" is.

I can't explain it. The words just can't seem to reach my tongue... or fingers, for that matter. I guess I'm just realizing how small I feel when I stand next to God's dreams for me. He has so much more than most of us dare to dream of... let alone embrace. What's so cool to me is that God, the Creator of the universe, chose to display His Image through us. He chose us to usher in His Kingdom on Earth. To imitate Him in the way we create, the way we think, the way we speak, the way we love. I fall so short of the Glory He wants to display through me. And I'm allowing myself to see glimpses into how He intends to show His Glory in my life. I'm starting to see more and more of His fingerprints on the dreams I have for my life, for my marriage, for my family, for the world around me... those dreams are not on accident. They're not without greater purpose than I see now. We all know there HAS to be something bigger than ourselves. Something better than what we settle for. I fully believe we're all born with that aching understanding in the core of who we are.

And that's really all I have to say. I'm not entirely sure where all that came from... but I do know that I'm excited. And I know God is about a billion times more excited than I am."


-Excited, Female-Age Unknown

July 07, 2009

Wake-Surfing

    For all of you that wanted to call it wake-boarding, or wake-skating, or you were like me and prefer to call it skurfing, I found out the proper name for what I like to do on the lake when I get the chance here at K2 is actually wake-surfing.

July 06, 2009

The Monday Mindset

  

  "It's not that I feel awkward sharing my faith with others, I just want to make sure my life refelcts obedience to the faith I proclaim. I once heard that the best witness to others is a clear conscience. The joy I find when I live a life of obedience versus cyclic sins. May I never be foolish enough to confuse trials with sin. And may I also have the wisdom to understand whether trials I face are a result of faitfulness in my life versus disobedience.

    I need trials to grow, I need difficult times to discover joy. Because it is within those difficult times that God grows me. What I don't need is difficult times from my own inability to follow Him. If I'm not learning I'm probably not seeking. If I'm not growing I'm probably not risking. If I'm not hurting then I'm probably not loving enough."

                                                        -The Monday Mindset

July 05, 2009

Sunday Morning Message