Rush!

Hello! just wanted to say have a great and positive day. I am about to go bowling with my children. This is always exciting especially when they beat you. Just to see them smile is worth it all. I encourage you to spend time with your children today. Whether it be a phone call, reading them a book or just playing games. Do something for them. Work is hectic i understand but your children are a gift to you. You should learn to find a balance of work and family, i used to be the worlds worst. I worked 60 hours a week and after those hours i was to tired for family. Thats where so many americans are they rush, rush, rush. So i encourage you to slow down today and just listen you will be suprised how great it is. Love you guys! Jason

Change!

What’s up everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know change is great. You have to admit doing the same routine day in and day out gets old. I used to get up and eat the same breakfast. Go to the gym and do the same workout. Then head to work doing the same job. It didn’t take long for me to realize that I was getting bored and tired of the same old thing. Then I got to thinking if you don’t change how you do things how should you expect life in general to be exciting. Then it hit me that is the way the church has been for years. I can remember sitting through church and wondering what does those big words mean and when is this going to be over. I also remember it being real boring and our youth trips were horrible. We would wash cars sometimes and still not have enough money to go anywhere. You have to agree that’s sad and that’s the way some churches have been for years. I am not cracking on churches or trying to be non-church. I am just saying when are churches going to change the way they deliver the message of Jesus. Our main focus as the church should be the youth and reaching the lost. A recent survey showed that the #1 reason people don’t come to church is that it’s boring to them. I used to be one of those people. I am blessed that the pastor and staff at my home church are passionate in both categories its all about Jesus and our Youth ministry is exploding. We get criticized all the time because we are growing and I always tell the people if your church isn’t growing ask yourself why? Jesus never intended on the church being satisfied or a comfortable place. Read it for yourself in the New Testament Acts, Corinthians, Ephesians the people of the early church were passionate people and it was constantly growing. We serve the same God now as they served then. God called us to be salt to the earth. Salt makes people thirsty have you made anyone thirsty for Jesus lately! If not, its time for a change. Change is good MTV changes every week to reach out to our youth in a negative way. So why doesn’t the Church change the way they do things? That will have a positive impact! I will let you answer that one. It will be different for everyone. I have simply shared my opinions on change and I think its time the church in America to wake up that’s all.

Addiction!

What is going on everyone? I am going to be talking today about the message I was so glad to here yesterday at my home church. It was about masturbation, pornography, homosexuality, and swinging with other couples! Yeah! Our pastor went were not many pastors will go. I am 26 years old and I wish I would have had someone talk about the things he addressed yesterday to me when I was 14 years old. Still today most churches are scared to talk about real life stuff. However now there are several all across the country with pastors and staff that are not scared to talk about sex, sin, repentance, homosexuality, abortion, affairs and I’m glad to be apart of one where they teach it all, holding back nothing. A recent study showed that 99 % of Men and 50% of women struggle with porn addiction in America. I used to be one of them I was extremely addicted to porn and it almost ruined my marriage and my relationship with many people I cared about. Then one day I was told I had to change or it was over so I tossed the porn in the trash and prayed to God to forgive me and make me clean. Praise him he did it and it was awesome. Since then me and my wife’s relationship just keeps on getting better. Let me talk to you as a friend and please hear me out! You can get out of the pit your in. You may be real addicted or just view it every once in a while either way it’s deadly. It may not kill you but it will kill your marriage your relationships and most of all, your walk with Christ. Don’t listen to me see what the bible says about sexual sin. The Apostle Paul wrote about it in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 verses 1-8. If you need help contact your church or if you don’t know who Jesus is I would love to talk to you personally just send me an e-mail or leave a comment with your e-mail address. It’s tough I’ve been there and I’m telling you when you repent and change the way you think about life it works! I pray this blog helps you!!!! Remember One Love, One God, One Way See yah Jason.

Prayer

This may seem a little weird to you. Im going to ask you if you need me to pray for you today. Whether its to uplift you or you may be going threw something tough. Im a firm believer in prayer ,Jesus has changed my life through prayer! You can leave me an email or just write it in the comment section! Check out my blog tommorow. It will be long but im going to share some things ive learned from making mistakes before i was saved and after!So check it out! Love you Guys! Jason

Football!

Hello! Today i want to talk about College Football it is almost here. The long lines of traffic, the intensity, and most of all watching players play with PASSION! These kids that play the game play with an incredible amount of emotion and intensity! We as Christians are called to be Passionate people. Im looking for the non passive people when it comes to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the new testament Followers like Paul, Peter, and John were passionate followers of Jesus. Man im in Awe! Paul reached out to the whole city of ephesus without internet, transportation, cell phones absolutely no technology. What could we do today if we had this kind of Passion and used the tools we have. We could reach the world in 1 week! You know ive over heard conversations of people saying i dont like a big church and the traffic is awful! Well you are going to hate heaven because its going to be huge, and we will complain about traffic at church but wait 2 hours in football traffic and its ok! How is that ok! We should praise God that there is traffic at church and if there is not we are not doing our part as a member of the body of christ to invite people. A very high percentage of people who have excepted christ since the message has been there simply done it because someone invited them to church. Will you get out of your comfort zone and invite them thats the challenge! For some it starts at home maybe your husband or close family for others your neighbor. I know you think to yourself ive invited them 100 times and they will not come don't give up on them! Praise God they did not give up on me. With Love Jason ,Go Clemson Tigers!!!

encouragement

Hello! Can you say WOW! I would like to share how things went in Greenville, SC today. Me and Chad an awesome friend of mine done meals on wheels from 10:00 to 11:00 that was fantastic, we talked to all kinds of people while doing that. We were able to minister to all those people who very rarely have company over or even family to come see them and that burdens me, so we give them a big smile and talked with them. That was just the start of what God had in mind for the Greenville community on July 7th. Let me say what im about to share with you we take no credit for it was all Jesus. We were just willing to be a vessel for the creator of all things and he worked through us today! OK now that im going to Brag on Jesus! We reached out to over 25 people today however they were few that actually wanted to talk. So we reached out sharing the gospel with them and 3 people ended up recieving christ, thats huge and fires me up!!! Not only did they except the perfect gift Jesus offered to them, one lady (who's name i will not share) had been prostituting and using drugs she had a look of death and pain in her eyes. she shared her story and i have to admit it bothered me. Then we ask her if she truly wanted to change and she cried out, Thats when Chad stepped up and prayed with her it was awesome just to see her crie out to God. She excepted christ, the look on her face after was full of joy and peace. She then said she was on her way to eat and rehab! We exchanged info and cant wait to check on her! Man Jesus was just getting started we made one stop right in the heart of the biggest drug infested and prostitution areas in South Carolina. We parked our truck got out and hit the streets once again shortly after we ran up on 5 people just sitting there with looks of sadness on there face. We listened to them and shared our story as well. Then something came over me so we prayed for them and 2 of them said the sinners prayer it was all i could do to hold it together. After that they were then my brothers in Christ and im thankful that. We will continue to check on them and offer help in anyway possible. I could go on and on and since this is already a long Blog entry i will wrap it up. I have one thing left to say God called us to be salt in a lost world ,salt makes people thirsty who have you made thirsty for Jesus lately! To Jesus Christ be the Glory and anytime God moves like this i will BRAG!! on him, he deserves it. Thanks for taking the time to read my long blog i hope your encouraged and at the same time challenged! with LOVE!! Jason

Life

Hello! Good morning i just wanted to say have a great and positive day. Life is great and you will have a great week this week. Well im off to Greenvilles streets to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray for me as i go into some dangerous areas. Im pumped I can't wait to see what Jesus does today! Check out my blog later tonight as i will reflect on today and offer encouragement! One Love, One God, One Way later Jason