Live It

Today I asked one of my friends who attends FCA regularly with me if he is a Christian. I have asked him this before and he gave me the same response. I told him quite boldly that even though he claims to be a ChristianI never see him act like one. From the way he talks with and about girls, and his potty mouth it's quite obvious he has no relationship with Christ. He told me he is Catholic and blamed them for making him who he is. I just wanted to know if he knew that he was living a double lifestyle. He said he knew that and he wanted to talk about it more. I am glad that I spoke out in boldness questioning what he believes and I pray that I will be able to share the gospel with him very soon in FCA. When you say one thing do it, don't be double faced and live in hypocrisy. When you know what is right and don't do it, it is a sin.

Legacy

As I am a senior, I am aging and will eventually graduate from school and youth group. What kind of legacy am I leaving behind? Who am I bringing up behind me? Titus 2:6 states that as a leader I must encourage the young men to live wisely by living the example. Sometimes I ask myself, am I consistent? Some times at school I feel I joke around too much or am too lighthearted, I still want to maintain a focused mindset on my studies but also be able to have fun with the relationships I am in at school. I must make sue that even when I am at school to encourage and challenge the other believers around me, and non-believers to live wisely and to see the sin in their life for what it is.

Putting first things first

Yesterday in FCA we had small groups. I took charge of my group of Dakwan, Michael, Chris, and Brandon. The topic of the small group time was about priorites, there was some good feedback from the guys and i know i stressed the imortance of our relationship with God. As I was listening to the Holy Spirit he gave me some other questions to ask along with the initial discussion question. I also remembered a PD quote:"If you don't put first things first and do secondary things then you won't get either of the tasks done." At the end of our time I encouraged my guys to really remain focused in what their priorities are, which as a group our priorities are:
                                                 1. Relationship with God
                                                 2. School
                                                 3. Family/friends (relationships)
I encouraged my guys to not be distracted but to lay aside the distractions and focus on running the race to get the prize.

Lifegroup Invites pt. 2

WOW..Where do I start.. First off tonight, Uturn Lifegroup was really good and Adam did a great job leading the mens small group time. When I first picked up Dakwan his grandma came out to my car and said, "Let me hold your hand," then looking into my eyes she thanked my for taking him to youth group and that she has been praying for him and that I am an answer to prayer. well tonight Dakwan rededicated his life to the Lord. He realized that he was not where he needs to be and he knows that he need to get plugged in to the church. I was able to pray with him while Adam led him to rededicate his life. It is so awesome that he has come to this point in his life. I was talking with him in the car when I took him home and shared my story with him and encouraged him with the decisions he made tonight. I hope to be able to watch him grow as well as teach him and mentor him. God is Good! Dakwan is rededicated to Christ, never to come away.

Lifegroup Invites

I am so excited. My family is hosting Uturn Lifegroup at my house and this is perfect because it is really easy for me to invite my friends to a Bible study that is not 45 min. away in Brentwood. Yesterday Kelsey Shockey called me asking about if Adam Kinder and I could head worship for Lifegroup I agreed, and then Kelsey told me to invite all my friends and tell Sarah and Anthony to do the same. What I think was the Holy Spirit was, because He was placing specific people on my heart and I knew that I needed to invite them. So I called Nick Ferran and Dakwan Balfour and they are both not doing anything tonight and I will be picking up Dakwan at 5:30 and I am so excited about Nick coming to get a taste of what I am taught. I was also able to get through to Scott and he said that he will be coming tonight as well! God is good! And besides being able to invite my friends God is continually healing by body from a virus I have had for now 3 days, God is my healer.

God is moving in FCA

On October 26th in FCA I journaled this in my DLJ but did not have time to post it on my blog, so here it is. In FCA Jeremy Fuller (the FCA student leader) told everyone that we were going to have small groups, so in my group I got Michael Baily, Dakwan Balfour, and Kyle Reece. To start off the time, since I already know what they say they believe, I asked each of them to share with me when they became a Christian. After all of them shared I was able to give my testimony and I make myself available if they had any questions about being a Christ-follower. After asking them that we jumped right into the small group question, and their attentive feedback and honesty was amazing. I am so exited that I am sharing the gospel with people and using my testimony as an example of Gods grace and loving kindness. The boys I shared with were receptive to my words, and I hope they will remember the teachings in FCA and the small group times. Got is good and I am excited about even greater opportunities that God would give me!