LASER TAG

Hello Everyone! Don't forget LASER TAG tomorrow night! Here are some details...

DATE: Friday, April 25th

TIME: 5:30 PM (Meeting at the church)

COST: $17.50 (Includes 3 games of LASER TAG, PIZZA, and SODA)

***Please bring cash for this event because I will not be collecting money. You will be paying for yourself when you get there.

Douglas Explains Forgiveness...

Hello everyone. I know what some of you are going to think..."Puppets, are you kidding me?!". But, here is the deal, I love to watch puppets still and I am 27 years old and I think this video has a great message behind it. So, humor me, and check it out.

When My Head Hurts...

I don't know about you, but life gets so hectic for me at times that my head literally starts to hurt. There are so many things that want to vie for my attention and which could crush me physcially, if it were not for the grace of God. And I'll be honest, there are several questions I start to ask myself when life gets hectic: God, why this problem now? God, why today? God, are you really with me? These questions even make it hard to breathe at times. But...it is also in those moments that I know I need God most. And ironcially enough, these kinds of moments also serve as "refocusers". Now, I'm sure that's not a real word, but humor me. Moments of heartache, of stress, or of confusion help me to refocus my attention and energies towards pursuing a greater relationship with God. I have been around long enough to know, certain things can't be solved with harder work or greater energy, God has to step in! And I know that I need HIM. I need HIM more than I realize, so these "refocusers", those moments of larger than life problems (or questions), can really be blessings in disguise.

Knowing this, my prayer to God often is: LORD HELP ME TO REFOCUS WITHOUT REFOCUSERS. LET ME PURSUE YOU LIKE I SHOULD WITHOUT HAVING TO BE FORCED TO MY KNEES THROUGH HEARTACHE, PAIN, OR QUESTIONS! I LOVE YOU GOD, AND LET THE CROSS AND RESURRECTION BE THE ONLY REFOCUSING POINT I NEED! AMEN.

Evangelism Linebacker

I got this off GodTube and it is great. I showed this at M.T.N. one other time, but it makes me chuckle everytime I see it.

Thank You Lee Strobel...

Hello Everyone. Lee Strobel has made this great video interview with Dr. Mark Strauss accessible to anyone who wants it. Here it is...

Don't Cry For Me Honduras...

We went to Honduras last year to help build classrooms, but it wasn't all work and no play. We had some time to relax and enjoy the country.

Courage

*** I wrote this article last year, but I wanted to post it on the blog.

A Texas billionaire hosted a sumptuous feast on his 1,500 acre property outside of Dallas. He took his guests for a complete tour of his land, horse stables, and mansion. As he came to the end of the tour, the guests were ushered to the back of the mansion to plush lawns sporting beautifully landscaped scenes and a giant swimming pool, the likes of which none of them had seen before. However, after closer review, the guests noticed that the glistening pool was filled with huge alligators. “Why do you have a pool full of alligators?” one of the shocked guests asked.
“It takes courage to make your mark in this world,” answered the billionaire. “So I keep this pool of alligators on my property as a sign of what courage really is. In fact I tell all of my guests, anyone who has enough guts to jump in the pool and swim safely from one side to the other shall be entitled to half of my fortune and to my only daughter as his wife.”
The guests began to laugh until suddenly they heard a splash. All eyes became fixed on a young man swimming in the pool. Incredibly, he made it across to the other side and got out.
“I’m impressed,” said the billionaire. “Son, you are entitled to half my fortune and my only daughter as your wife.”
Wet from head to toe and bleeding from minor scratches, the young man replied, “Sir, you can keep your fortune and your daughter. What I want to know is: Who pushed me in?!” *
Some of the greatest men and women of the Bible never asked to jump into the waters of courage. It simply was thrust upon them (they were pushed in, so to speak). And amazingly, with God’s guidance, these men and women were able to do extraordinary things, things some people even thought impossible. Maybe God will one day call you to do something courageous, something that takes great faith. If that day comes, have faith and do what he calls you to do, and trust that he will empower you to do what needs to be done.

*Story found in Gary LaFerla's book Finding Your Way