Lose my life or gain my life.

OH Lord that I would know you, know you in your fullness, beyond all I can think of and even imagine.

I feel as if my life is at a cross roads, or maybe a better way to say it would be, I feel like I'm on a ledge. On one side is a life that is comfortable, a nice house, nice car (Cadillac), a nice truck, a nice school for my daughter, nice things for my wife!!! I LIVE THE PERFECT LIFE !!!! I can buy what I want, when I want it. The other side of the ledge is Christ and his fullness, And its all I want, but its the one thing I do not have. I have a choice to make now and it determines the direction and path of the rest of my life. Fall back into the life that makes sense to me, and my friends and family, (sense of security), and ease. Or fall into the life God has called me to. Fall into his fullness TRUST HIM WITH MY LIFE! My wife's life, my daughters life. Give Him the reins and just obey Him. say(" HERE I AM LORD SEND ME" Isaiah 6:8) . My Lord died for me. He gave himself up for my freedom and life. Now he is calling me to do the same. I trust you with my life Lord. Here my family goes. Mark 8:36

Confessions from the unqualified

I have been confronted with the fact that the more I know about God, Jesus, the gospel, the more disqualified I become to" DO" anything for Him. In fact I'm becoming more and more sure that my stinky self-righteous acts are just that, stinky. (Isaiah 64:6) As I am coming under my first real discipleship, I went in with the idea that I would do what ever it takes to become "set apart" A christian ninja if you will, have a puritan like walk with God, you know pick up my cross and die! Well all I have done is prove to my self and others how unqualified I am for any of it, and here comes the good news! I don't have to be qualified. After falling face first in the mud over and over again God opened my eyes just a little bit more to His wonderful gospel. I am pre-qualified by the work done on the cross! Galatians 2:20 Not I but Christ in me the hope of glory! colossians 1:27 I am a slow learner for sure, but God has a plan for me yet! I will be a herald of the good news.

Why are christians so afraid of the the Gospel? When I say the Gospel I mean Gods Story of redemption seen through out Gods Word. It's kind of crazy when you think about it, but the word gospel makes some christians squirm in there seat. Here is a good example I am in a bible study with a group of people and we get off on these tangents on how to approach certain things with people, and some one will say well they need counseling, or they need a good christian friend or they need this or that. I will say, man I think they need the gospel in there life, the life giving power of the gospel, and I get looked at like I am crazy. Some one will say well you can't just tell them the gospel, you have to earn the right to tell them that! Or I here Jesus fed the people so that they would listen(by the way, the people were all ready listening to Jesus, don't give me that).

I am just sad and frustrated with the resistance to the gospel by christians. I think it stems from the movement of, "share the gospel and use words when necessary", and "don't offend your friends with Jesus just be cool with them and they will see Jesus in your life and get saved". I understand letting your actions speak louder than your words, but I don't understand not sharing the gospel with your words as well! When paul went to new cities he went with Christ crucified, and Him raised from the dead! Believe this and have new life, this was his story, not hey lets be friends and hang out two years and then maybe share the Gospel. His message was clear, Romans 3:21-26 READ IT all have sinned and that separates us from God but through Jesus and faith in Him we have life! This is our hope! Not any thing else, no system or movement or anything but our hope lies in Jesus! Through a failing marriage our hope for redemption is in christ! Through the death of a loved one our hope is in Christ! Through the thought of a failed life our hope of Redemption is Christ! Let me know what you think, why is there resistance to the Gospel in our churches?

One year in

So we are one year in on the Obama presidency and I'm trying to figure out how my life has really been affected. The more I think about it My life has not changed at all, if anything life has only grown better. Sometimes because of ideologies, news, or friends fear creeps into my life and I want to try and control my situation when I really I just need to live in the freedom of the Gospel! Luke 12: 22-34 God loves me so much what do I have to worry about?

Haiti

What does God have in store for me in Haiti? This is the big question I have, do I rush over there and try to be involved with the disaster relief? Maybe, but I am not trained in any thing that has to do with disaster relief. I am no nurse or doctor nor do I have exceptional organization skills so I have decided to just stay out of the way for right now. I do know God has a plan for me and the work that has to be done in Haiti. Three things, one is I am called to be and share the Gospel in Haiti, second I am a skilled craftsman when it comes to welding and building in general, third is I am an exceptional leader/job manager. All of this to say I think God is leading me to be involved in the rebuilding of Haiti, homes, and schools yes but with my focus on building the church. I cant wait to see where God leads!

For now, I am praying for the people of Haiti first for our brothers and sisters in Christ that through this tragedy they can bring glory to God and make Christ known, and second I am praying that God would use this to bring his lost children home.

Watch out I have succumbed to the world of blogging.

So I have been fighting the world of cyber communication ( blogs, twitter, facebook,) but it is a loosing battle. Josh you have won the battle I am here. Check him out at www.joshmckague.com.

Any way the reason I am here is to have another outlet to spread the passions I have for life, I am planting a church within a small church in Dawsonville GA , we are meeting semi- regular and I hope to use this blog to help stay connected with Friends and family who are involved, we hope to grow into a healthy Gospel centered light in Dawson and the surrounding areas. We will be a couple of things, we will be Gospel centered and Bible driven. I think this well lead us down a road very different than the churches we grew up in here in the bible belt. Ask me questions about this i would love to talk about it! We will also be working hard to bring the love of Jesus to the local needs around us, this will not be over looked, Christ will be made much of in our city, our work places, and our neighborhoods! Our next meeting is Feb 27th come on out!

I hope to rase awareness with what is going on in Cambodia with a ministry I'm involved with, check them out as well! http://www.transformasia.us/ My friend Bob is in Cambodia right now working on organizing some big things! One of them being a orphan sponsorship program that will be awesome, it will be set up similar to any child sponsorship organization such as World Vision. We will change the country of Cambodia Through Education, supplying basic needs, and most of all bringing the love of Jesus to the people.

There is more much more but for my first blog post (if thats what you call it) I think this will do! I am not a writer there will be misspelled words so don't feel the need to point them out! but if you must I can handle it. cheers.