Me First

Last night, we kicked-off our new series Change the World. The night was little weird. The "atmosphere" was kinda strange. Everyone seemed to be lethargic. I attribute it to exams for the high school students and the first day of class for all my leaders from NGU. I say that, but in reality I believe it was Satan trying to get screw-up everything.

For two months we've been preparing for this series. A ton of prayer, study, and preparation have gone into it, and I think that Satan is a little scared about what's taking place. God wants to shake our youth ministry to the core. He wants our youth and leaders to understand the concept of living a practical Christian life, and Satan hates the thought of 50+ youth and adults changing the world!

With that said, I have good news: God showed-up! We studied the Beatitudes with the understanding that we must have a "Me First" attitude when it comes to changing the world. That's right church, I said "me first." We have to quit sitting on our hands, waiting for someone else to make a difference, and the only way to do that is to examine ourselves. Before changing the world, we must allow Christ to change us. We used the Beatitudes as a checklist measuring the change that has taken place in us. We had a great response from a lot of people. Praise God!

Today is my day off, and I am spending it with Michelle (whenever she wakes up; it's 10:30, come on). We have some very romantic plans. Clean the house and work on cleaning-out the garage. Of course, all of the strenuous work goes to me since she is great with child. Yes! I finally got to use that phrase. Labels: