True Love!

Good morning to all. I am going to be blogging about the power of Love. I think we could all agree Love is a very powerful thing. If you don’t think so I would tell you you’re a liar! Love is talked about all through the scriptures of the old and New Testament. The cross symbolizes just how much Love God has for you. I’m here to tell you today I don’t care how bad you think you are or how bad what you have done in your life may be. Jesus Christ loves you unconditionally! You see when he died on the cross he died for all the sins Past, Present, and Future. He new everything you were ever going to do and still he loves you! You know the one thing about street ministry and outreach that is the hardest is getting people to realize Jesus wants to help them and save them from the way they are living. The things I constantly here go a something like this. “Man I've done some horrible things and God would never help me or use me”. Or “Man I'm a prostitute or I sell drugs and God will not forgive me for all that”. Let me just set something straight right now both of these are lies from the pit of HELL! God can use anyone he is using me I have had the same struggles as some of these people. I had a drug addiction and alcohol problem, a Pornography addiction etc… He saved me he wiped all of that Junk away! God can use you I don’t care how messed up you may be! Now for another thing that drives me crazy. Some, notice I said some, Churches will not accept these types of people. Because they don’t have good clothes or maybe they stink and have not had a shower because they are homeless. They will not accept them because they are not in a nice car they may have walked to church. They don’t look like everyone else therefore they are not accepted! I don’t know about you but that does not sound like a Jesus filled church to me. It sounds like a Holy Huddle or should I say a Non- Holy Huddle. You see some not all churches make it all about them and they will listen to the teachings of Paul (YOU SHOULD BY THE WAY) and he was a murderer and about as far from God as anyone could be but they won’t open the doors to the lost who like Paul could be transformed and used in a mighty way for the Kingdom of God. This breaks my heart it really does! The reason I know about churches like this is I used to walk in unaccepted and looked down upon by them. Praise Jesus he led me to a Church where I now serve and accepted me the way Jesus did and Jesus worked in my life in a MIGHTY way. He took it all away He planted a Passion in me to reach out to the beat down busted and disgusted people within the upstate and with Jesus we can reach out in a MIGHTY way! We have been in Greenville SC now he is saying go to Anderson and Iva. We are not leaving Greenville we have more Passionate people willing to reach out in Dangerous areas. So Anderson and Iva here we come HELL is getting smaller and Gods Kingdom is already getting Bigger! You see the key element to what I’ve blogged about is LOVE! Are you showing Love to anyone today? How about the person you dislike the most, show them Love. You will be amazed at the results you will get by just showing Love to people the saved and the lost! 1 Peter chapter 4:8 tells us “Above all Love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins”. I want to challenge you to read 1 Peter chapter 3 and 4 today. It will rock your world I Love you Folks I’m out to do lunch with my Lovely Wife!

Football and Passion!

I’m going to be blogging today about this year's Clemson Football Team and giving you my Opinion and break down on the games. I used to be more Passionate about sport statistics and football than Jesus but not anymore. If you are struggling in this area putting other things before Jesus and your family balance is the key. You can have fun and enjoy life to the full without being totally consumed by an IDOL! Alright, now for the Blog. This Saturday at 8:00 Clemson will open the season against a young but talented Alabama team. However they will be victorious with a great passing game and good special teams Yeah! I said it good special teams. Final score Clemson 24 Bama 10. I would like to personally thank Tommy Bowden for being a great leader and a Jesus filled individual. He has morals and has handled criticism well over the past 10 years. He has pressed on and made it very clear he will not back down. He and all the Jesus filled coaches and players are already winners in my book and they don’t need to hear good luck. They need to hear be strong and passionate in everything they do on and off the field. Clemson will win the ACC championship this year and go to a BCS bowl! I have never made that statement before. I’m confident it will happen. Remember this is only my opinion! If the Churches in America worked hard off the field and out of the stadium (aka the sanctuary) we could reach people for Jesus like never before! If people were as passionate for Jesus as they are for there football team Churches would need a Stadium for the people there would be so many! By the way Death Valley will one day be filled up with people worshiping Jesus Christ. I’m expecting it and believing it! I’m out have to clean the house Love you folks, Jason

The streets are calling!!!!!

Today will be great, do you believe that? I’m only 26 years old but I’ve learned a lot about life already. The one thing I’ve learned is to expect great things and believe they will happen! I’m going to be sharing my heart with you today on how to expect even when you don’t want to! I’m one of those guys, what you see is what you get I hold nothing back and the word sugarcoat is not in my dictionary! I’m real and genuine to the core. So here we go. You have probably never heard a Christian say what im about to say. There are mornings I wake up and don’t feel like being a Christian, I feel flat, beat down busted and disgusted. Here is the kicker those mornings come usually when im getting ready to go do ministry work on the streets of Greenville. I remember one morning in particular I drug myself out of bed then dragged on into the bathroom and jumped in the shower. While in the shower I had made up my mind I wasn’t going to Greenville that day I was going to rest! Then the spirit hit me and said “I did not give up on you on my way to the cross so get up and go. More lives will be turned around and souls saved today than any other day since this ministry started.” JESUS got me their. So even though before I wasn’t expecting great things, now I did. Jesus said to expect and believe great things were going to happen! So I went and it was hands down the best day of ministry the 3 of us have had. We reached out to over 300 to 500 people that day all in the name of JESUS several people accepted JESUS as their lord and savior. It rocked and I could not sleep the next 2 days. Here is my point the days you feel like the Kingdom of God can’t use you, the days you feel similar to the way I felt on that Monday morning get up press on and go the reward is great. Seeing peoples lives get changed forever! You can expect even when you don’t want to and then the believing part comes quick. After you see that first person step up and give it all to JESUS. Then the day is set and go go go from that point on and reach reach reach! So if your down and out and feel like crap expect something great is going to happen and believing it might not be so hard. This is to all of those who are sold out believers and to the street evangelist getting ready to share JESUS with the addicts, prostitutes and the homeless. Do it even when you don’t feel like it! For our Lord our God is with us everywhere we go! Read Joshua 1:9 love you guys. I need prayer im going to Greenville this morning again and more lives will be changed. To JESUS be the glory! Have a great day!

Hope!

First thing I feel I need to do is say Thank You to all who kept Me, Chad and Tommy in your prayers yesterday. We appreciate you very much. Street Ministry is not easy at all but with your prayers it makes it better and more effective. The second thing I’m feeling strong about is we are just willing vessels that listen to JESUS. We can’t do anything to him be all the glory and when I boast about what JESUS is doing its ok, because it’s all about JESUS. We should brag on JESUS and share with others what he has did for us and what he has been doing in our lives. So please understand this blog is for JESUS and his glory not mine. Ok now for an update on what JESUS did in Greenville yesterday I am in AWE! Within the first 10 minutes we were on the streets 1 lady (Vivian) accepted JESUS as her SAVIOR. It was AWESOME. That was only the beginning it was raining but we pressed on after that. People flooded us wanting prayer and several surrendered there lives to JESUS. We hit the business owners of all the motels in this area that love having prostitutes and addicts come to them they thrive off of them. At these motels you can rent rooms for 1 hour YEAH! What does that tell you? Most of these motels have in between 200 to 300 prostitutes and pimps working the rooms there. That is the truth it is right in the community and it can be cleaned up. One Life at a time is how it’s done. Through people willing to help in Dangerous areas and your prayers so thanks Love you Guys!

What do you BELIEVE?

Good morning we on our way to do Street Ministry in Greenville. So please take a minute to pray for Jesus to saves lives and transform people hearts and minds today! Now, for my morning blog post “What I Believe and Why?” Jesus Christ is the son of God and the only way to Heaven PERIOD! Why I believe it? He said it John Chapter 14 verse 6 says “I am THE way the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except through me.” Husbands should love their Wives as Christ loved the Church. Jesus is first and Family is Second PERIOD! Why? Read Ephesians! Now, for a biggie! Telling people No a lot when something takes away time from your wife and kids PERIOD! Why? If you forsake your family it will all fall apart and by the way I’ve been there Praise Jesus he fixed what was broken! I believe The Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation PERIOD! Why? Jesus said to and when I follow and APPLY it my life is so much better! I believe there are True Friends out there but just like any relationship you must work together! Why? I have 3 of them! JESUS, MY WIFE, MY ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER AND BEST FRIEND CHAD! I believe Christians give SATAN too much credit! Why? Its evident just ask someone how there day is going? Why you should not give him so much credit? He is SUBMISSIVE to JESUS and if you follow JESUS you have the authority to tell SATAN HELL NO! Now, for the touchiest subject yet! I believe ABORTION is MURDER! Why? Because that child was created for a purpose on purpose and it was not to be sucked out of the womb!!!!! Yeah SUCKED OUT! Oh! This makes me VERY ANGRY! Can you imagine how GOD fills he created this child! Now for the final Belief! I believe that being PASSIVE will hurt those around you more than anything and it will destroy you as a person and your family PERIOD! Why? I was PASSIVE once and I refuse to be that way anymore it almost cost me my marriage and several key relationships! Finally I believe Jesus Christ wants a relationship with you! Why? He said he stands at the door and knocks if you allow him to come in he will change you and your life PERIOD! He changed mine and Life has not been easy but I am going through it with Him instead of just myself! Praise Jesus! I simply shared some of the things I believe. Do you know what you believe and why you believe it? If not today write it down and always STICK to what you believe if not you will FALL FOR ANYTHING PERIOD! Love you guys! Jason

Im Whooped!

Hello! I worked 12 hours last night and im sleeply. So to all my peeps blogatcha later! My next post will be titled "What I Believe In" and WHY!

SUBMISSION!

Hello! I hope everyone is having a Great and Productive morning! I’m going to be talking about submission to day and not the Ric Flair kind where he makes his opponent submit because of the figure four. I am going to be talking about the order of submission within the home. It’s tense already so I’m going to start off with a Joke but reality! There was a female (American) reporter who visited Kuwait and was outraged! She noticed that the women walked at least four steps behind their husbands. With great agitation she told the woman that this was taking submission too far. Several years later the same reporter returned to Kuwait and found the men walking 4 steps behind the women. The reporter was thrilled. She then talked to a Kuwait woman and expressed how happy she was to see things had finally shifted and now the Husbands were being submissive to the Wives and following their lead. She told the Kuwait woman now progress would really be made for women’s rights. “What caused the change,” she asked! “Land mines,” was the reply! You know we laugh at this joke but this really happened! Now to the main point many Christian men sense that their wives have one thing they need to do and that is to submit. In Ephesians 5 21-33 the Apostle Paul presents a prelude to a woman’s submission to her husband. The first thing is notice it’s a dual submission. Submission is found in the passage as a wife to a husband, a husband’s identification with Christ’s sacrifice, a child’s obedience to his parents, and an employee obeying the employer read Chapter 6 as well. Ephesians Chapter 5 verses 21-28 says “21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the Church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the Church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to Love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.” We all know Men Love themselves! If you don’t think so look at one today and tell him he is ugly! Watch the response you get! Ha! Ha! The final point is Paul said it best in these verses. I believe as Dino Pedrone said one time. A happy family is one that knows God’s order and sacrificially submits to each other out of reverence for Christ. This type of submission produces a sense of dependence on God that is healthy and fulfilling. This is true Biblical submission. So the question for you, Do you have order in your home? If not why, I personally have never made a mistake following scripture you will not either! Love you guys! Jason

Ask, Seek, and Knock!

Hi! Everyone I am going to talk about a couple of things this morning when it comes to Street Evangelism. If you have a Passion to go outside the Church walls and hit the streets there are 3 important things to remember! The 1st is Pray for protection and ask God to cover you and use you for his Glory. The 2nd is you have got to be BOLD which means very courageous and over step some boundaries and stick your chest out. The 3rd thing is always Ask, Seek, and Knock. Don’t go from door to door that does not work anymore. The knocking I’m talking about is if you come to a place where you are stuck ask Jesus to open the door and provide a way he will. Always ask him for advice and seek his will not your own. That is my opinion on 3 things we do every time we hit the streets for JESUS! Now for my blog posting today I will be talking about Asking, Seeking, and Knocking! I think Pastor Bud McCord said it best when he broke this down n a book. It went a little something like this! The constant asking, seeking, and knocking, Jesus tells us to do, reveals something very important about us. When we constantly ask, seek, and knock, we reveal that we see the Father as the One who can supply our needs, reveal our path, and open closed doors. Asking, seeking and knocking reveals our true opinion of God. NOW FOR THE BACON! The absence of asking, seeking, and knocking is a sure sign I do not see God as the solution. It is a sign I am off looking for solutions elsewhere. When we have come to a place where we have no answers, no direction, and no door opening power, we should ask ourselves a serious question- “Have I stopped asking, seeking, and knocking as Jesus said I should?” In Matthew Chapter 7 verse 7-8 (NIV) It says “Ask and it will be given to you: seek, and you will find: knock and it will be opened to you. "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Sometimes we look at a situation and we cannot begin to find answers, paths or power. That does not mean God has run out of answers, directions, or power. We may have decided He has no more interest in our situation, but Jesus said to ask, seek, and knock. Some good questions to ask in difficult times are: What does God make of this? What can God make of this? The important thing is not what we make of things but what God makes of things. Here is a great example of this. When Jesus fed a HUGE crowd with 5 loaves and 2 fish by the way a little boy had them. His disciples did not even bother to ask what God could make of them. Jesus said a prayer and the rest is history. If you get one thing out of my blog post today let it be this next part! Never, never, never stop asking, seeking, and knocking. To stop is to say God cannot make something of what we face. HE CAN! HE WILL! Just ASK! I know it was along post but I felt it needed to be shared. Everyone have a Great day at work and I pray what ever comes your way today you will Ask, Seek, and Knock!

The Real WOMAN!

Hi! I hope everyone is having a great morning. I’m going to be blogging about a subject that was laid on my heart during my morning devotion. What is a “Real Woman”? Before I answer this question let me ask the men some questions. Are you following Jesus Christ? Are you being the leader of your home? Do you love your wife as Christ loves the Church? If not you don’t deserve the Proverbs 31 Woman. Hold on and strap yourself in tight here we go! First let me say to the Lady that reads this I am not judging you I am simply sharing what I have learned out of Scripture. “Proverbs 31” Some people talk about the Proverbs 31 woman as the ideal woman. That is so untrue the woman in Proverbs 31 10-31 is the “Real Woman”. She is the woman God intends all women to be. Not necessarily fitting the specific description, but certainly the general description. I read a devotional one time and Pastor Guy Melton used that same sentence. Now let’s talk about what our society calls this. Society would call this counter-cultural. Our Society has told Woman they need to be stronger than men the term “Feminist”. A Feminist thinks that her worth is found in a career and competing with men drives her to do the things she does. Most of the time she does not want to do these things. Sound familiar a lot of Men do this also and if you continue to be a Passive man your family will fall. It’s time for the Men in this Nation to stand up and be Men. Women out there if your husband is not leading the way you need to have a one on one conversation with him today. Tell him how you feel he can handle it! Women please listen and read for yourselves in Proverbs 31 10-31 this woman described is a nurturing mother, wife and woman of DIGNITY! This did not mean she didn’t have outside interest. She did in Verses 16-18 it shows she was a successful business woman. To be Godly women or mom does not mean you check your business sense and brains at the door. Later on as I read in this Chapter it says she was fulfilled and happy. She was committed to her family, husband and children. Because of her commitment they honored her and respected her. There are lots of rewards for being a Loving, Caring woman. This life is too short to be unhappy all the time. Let me first say if your husband is not being the leader in the home he has his own issues. You may need to have a talk tonight! For the single mom out there and I know they are a lot of you. I know its tough. My mom was a single mom as well. I don’t know you but I want you to know I Love You and your kids will honor you for doing the best you can do! You can do it! You can be successful! You will make it even when you fill your about to lose it! For all you Single Fathers out there you rock and keep leading your children it will pay off! Now for my venting session! To all you “DEADBEAT DAD'S” yes I said dad's anyone can be a dad but it takes a special person to be a FATHER! You need to wake up if you have kids and are not there and you have walked out on them they will not forget that! They are your responsibility and you are nothing but a BOY! You are pathetic and make me sick. You think its all about you. Newsflash it’s not if you have children take care of them. Spend time with them they will not forget the time you spend with them! Be a Man for a change The Job and Money you have will fade. The time you spend with your kids will pass on from generation to generation. To all the Men and Women out there who read this I hope it challenges you! Have an Awesome Day.

In AWE!

Hi! I hope everyone is having a Great Day! I am in Awe of what Jesus Christ has done in the last 48 Hours! Yesterday at my home Church over 200 people excepted Jesus! Yeah you heard it right Over 200 people. Last night I spoke at my uncles Church in Abbeville and It was Awesome I challenged people to reach out to the lost! I challenged people to get out of there comfort zones! It was awesome! Jesus led me all the way through it. I could not have done this. It was all Jesus! Thanks to all of those who prayed for me and supported me! Today the Greenville street ministry was awesome. People accepted Jesus for the first time and lives were changed! We did not see it coming but we Baptized people today in a motel pool. Yes I said a motel pool! It was right in the Heart of where we do ministry! When Jesus is leading you, do what he says no matter how crazy it seems! If its crazy or Dangerous Its Jesus because Jesus was Dangerous! He went where no one would go! We must do the same! One last thing every prostitute got a Red Rose today! We give them out to them with a smile and Jesus ROCKED there world! Thank you Chad for your vision, Tommy for your support and to all who pray for us . Its because of you willing to get uncomfortable Lives are being changed for Jesus Christ and HELL is getting SMALLER! Praise Jesus everyday!

No time!

Hello! I am busy today! No time to blog I need your prayers as I prepare a message Jesus has given me to speak at my uncles Church Sunday night. Im Nervous but Pumped! Remember Jesus is the real deal and he loves you. Smile real big at everyone you see they need that smile! One God, One Love, One Way! Jesus Christ! John 14:6 tells us all about the way to the Father! Let your Light shine and make someone thirst today! You are the Salt of the earth!!!!!!!

Looking Forward!

Good morning world! I hope everyone’s day has started off great! I was in quiet time this morning and the issue of looking back or looking ahead came up. Do you ever catch yourself holding on to the past? Do you tend to look behind you more than in front of you? As Christians we all are struggling or have struggled with the things we have done in our past! I was reading in the book of Philippians Chapter 3 verses 12-14. In this text Paul is talking about “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead”. Folks we have to get over our past. It’s kind of like if you focus on what’s behind you while you are driving you will not see what’s coming in front of you and you will wreck. If there is one person I know that has struggled with getting over there past I have. The one thing that has helped me build a bridge and get over it is an everyday walk with Jesus Christ! You see our past can control who we are in the present if we let it. Satan uses our past as a tool to keep us unfocused. You know as well as I do if you aren’t focused you can’t live life to the full. Remember this, as painful as your past may be Jesus went to the cross for your past sins. He has already covered your PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE sins. He has forgotten about our past and wants to use us now to advance his Kingdom. Another thing that has helped me is reading the Bible. As I look in the Old and New Testament I see Jesus using some messed up people who had a past far more badly than ours could have ever been! Jesus uses messed up people to reach the lost. I know he is using me. Are you willing to let some things that are holding you back go this morning? Let go what is already done and focus on what isn’t! This Nation needs Jesus and if we each do our part WE CAN CHANGE AMERICA! I BELIEVE THAT DO YOU?

Shape!

Today has been great I went to church this morning and cleaned the children rooms. It was great my son helped me. He is only 5 years old but he has a servant’s heart and I praise Jesus for that! You see I want to help shape his character and teach him that serving others will fill you up! You see they are toys in those rooms that he could play with and easily lose focus on cleaning them! However he stays so focused on getting the job done and completes the task early allowing him time to play if he wants to. You see we should pay attention to the voice of God and the benefits we reap are Great! Stay focused on Jesus and the task he has given you. He will bless you for being Obedient! Love you Guys Remember ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE WAY! JESUS!!!!

Home!

Hello! I just got back in from Charleston, SC and it was awesome! My family and I had a great time. The most awesome thing happened! I was swimming with a SHARK and I had no clue! I had just walked out of the water and my wife pointed at a fin sticking up out of the water and shouted whats that. I looked barely offshore and there it was a SHARK. I wanted to catch it. I know im crazy I've been told that 1,000 times! I tried to catch him but he would disappear and then show back up 10 foot from me! Then i realized something Im playing with a SHARK! I could have got bit or hurt, but i was so caught up in the moment i didn't STOP and realize what i was doing. Man that sounds like Life. We get so caught up in the motions and go go go all the time. We don't realize what we are doing have the time. We don't take time for our Spouse, Kids, Family or Friends. That can be a very harmful thing! So take time to spend every moment you can with your Family. Don't forsake them for work! That job may provide for your family but it will also ruin your family. You have to balance Work and Family! After all what is more important the business deal or your kids baseball game! Your kid will not remember the money you make he will however remember you being there for him! If you work all the time this blog is for you! Today may be the day you leave work early or take the day off to spend with your family! The choice is yours! Im going to bed im sleepy! Remember BE REAL! People like when you are, even if they get Pissed!

Vacation!

Hello! I'm Off to Charleston! I would like to say Chad and Tommy Rock it out and be Dangerous Monday. Lives will be changed! Church ROCKED my world this morning! I'm constantly challenged and I Love It! Remember LOVE is for everyone! JESUS IS LOVE! Have a Blessed Day!

Let your light shine!!!!

Thank you Jesus for a very AWESOME night at work! Praise Jesus! This is going to be short and sweet! You can be a blessing to someone today! You are a special person! You have a purpose and God has a plan for your Life! You are Blessed! You are strong! You are Beautiful! You are caring! You are Loving! You have a smile that God himself made! Be bright today let your light shine! Know you have someone praying for you! Know you have someone that Loves you regardless his name is JESUS CHRIST! Im off to bed then more work tonight and CHURCH tommorow. Man I'm pumped!I can't wait to see what Jesus does next! I will be out of town for a couple of days! Blog atcha later!

Thanks and Prayer!

I want to write a letter to Jesus Christ thanking him for everything! Jesus i want to thank you for my salvation. I want to thank you for going to the cross and paying a price i should have paid. All i deserve is Hell! Thank you for caring enough about me to give me a new start. Thank you for my Family, my Friends, My wife who is so loving, caring and straight forward. Thank you for an Awesome Home Church where the people are as real as they come. Thank you for the staff there. Thank you for choosing me to spread your good news throughout this community and beyond! Thank you for your financial blessings in my Life! I've learned in a hard way Money means nothing unless you tell it where to go! Thank you for being in control of my finances. I screwed them up for long enough! Thank you for my 2 Children I commit to raise them for your purpose not mine. They are beautiful and i stay in Awe that you would trust me to raise 2 of your Children! Thank you for this Nation i live in you have blessed it so much. Father please forgive our country for all our wrong doing! Have mercy on us! I pray we turn back to you. We as a country have taken our eyes off of you! We are taken you out of schools, life and everything else! Our country kills your creation everyday with abortion! We are voting for same sex marriage. We are the number one pornography selling nation in the world! Please help our nation and I pray the Church steps up and starts addressing the issues that need to be addressed. We can't change the world but you can!

Wired!

Good morning I hope everyone’s having a great day. Mine has been awesome I just got through feeding my 5 month old. She is growing so fast! You see she depends on me to feed her so she can grow, she can’t feed herself yet. As I think about this it means more to me than just a feeding for my child. You see I know you have heard this over and over again especially if you attend a "Traditional" Church. You hear someone say I left "so and so church" because I wasn’t getting fed there. You see there is a difference when I feed my child. She is not old enough to eat on her own; however we as believers are old enough to know we have to eat. I’m not talking about the physical eating I'm talking about the spiritual feeding that has to take place everyday. We should have quiet time with Jesus everyday and trust him. We as believers can’t take this lightly. A lot of people will not read their bibles all week long and when Sunday morning arrives they have to wipe the dust off of there bible. Then they go to church and expect to hear from God. God may or may not speak to them and they think it’s the Pastor. They think he is not giving them what they need to here. When all week long they have put God’s word on the shelf! They have starved themselves! This will cause you to be blind to the truth! My Pastor said one time that a 99% commitment to Christ is 1% to short. I believe that with all my heart! He wants all of us not our leftovers! A song that sticks out in my mind is "Surrender All". Can you sing that song and mean it? Or is it just words? You see Jesus said he would rather you be either Hot or Cold not Luke warm. He said he would spew you out of his mouth! That’s not a good thing when the creator of everything says he would spit you out of his mouth! We need him in our life. Life without Jesus is impossible we must give him everything. We were not created for our purpose he made us for his purpose! Read Proverbs 19:21 it’s his plan not ours that will succeed. All we have to do is be a willing vessel. Are you willing to give everything to him? You can do it with his help not on your own! Is today the day you give it all away? Have a great day! Love You Jason)

Rules!

Man it’s been a very busy morning. I just got back from the grocery store and I’m going to do some clothes and then take my kids swimming. Its ridiculous hot outside so why not take a dip to cool off. My son has wanted to swim all week so we are going. I had my quiet time and Jesus laid this message on my heart so I'm going to blog about RULES! Yes following the rules. When I played pee wee football my dad was the coach. I was 8 years old when I started and I feared my dads rules at home and especially on the football field. I remember one practice specifically he had put me in the right guard position and explained to me it was my job to protect the quarterback and open up holes for the running back. So I remember the first play of practice that day he told me to block and to stay in my spot! So when the ball was snapped I listened I knocked the guy I was supposed to block down and then I seen another player (linebacker) coming to the right of the guy beside me and he missed the block leaving the running back stuck! Yeah! I just stood there and he got tackled hard. You see I had listened to the rule my coach (dad) had set, stay in your spot is what he told me, I did just that. You know I've been in churches that set the same rules. We get so caught up in following the rules we miss the big picture. You see if I would have moved out of my spot and hit the linebacker my teammate would have gained some yards. I would say 90% of the rules I was told to follow when I was a youth were man made not biblical! You see Ephesians chapter 2 verses 8-10 tells us “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are Gods workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. I think Paul said it right when he said this to the church in Ephesus! You see following Jesus is not difficult, it’s impossible! He gives us the gift of life because He knows we cannot follow all the rules! Only through him can we follow his will for our lives! One question for you! Are you so caught up in following rules that you are missing the big picture? The big picture is reaching people for Jesus whom he already has set aside for us to do, he prepared them in advance! Let’s face it if we tried to do everything people have told us we need to do to be more like Jesus, we would never be more like him. We would be so caught up in Ridiculous Rules we could not see his face and know what he has planned for us! Sometime today take a minute and get alone somewhere quiet and listen to God speak to you through the Holy Spirit don’t say anything to him just LISTEN! I’m going swimming now Love you and thanks for checking out my Blog!

Help!!!!

Hi! I hope everyone is having a great day! I got out of bed early this morning and went to the grocery store. The prices are up but I am constantly reminded of how lucky we are in this country to have a selection of food! I also thank God to have the money to buy food some people are not so fortunate. It’s a challenge to take 2 kids to the grocery store some of you know this. However this morning my kids were awesome! The baby was just watching everything and my 5 year old son was helping me load up and unload as we checked out! Then it hit me he wanted to get involved. He wanted to make a difference! He did and I was so thankful! So today smile at everyone you see and help them in anyway you possibly can! They will appreciate it! Your smile may be the only one they see all day and your helping hand could be what make’s them smile! Remember Jesus constantly set examples for us! We should do the same for our children and others around us! I will be going to work 12 hours tonight and tommorow so i will be missing in action until Sunday! Blog at you later!