Accounting

started a new class tonight - principles of accounting. my instructor is a very passionate spanish guy who really loves being an accountant....he went for 3.5 hours and only gave us 1 15-minute break. whew! i think im going to really like this class, but its going to take a lot of work. but i guess if im going to consult the world's churches...im going to need to completely understand accounting...LOL. so watch out..here i come!

Crazy little thing called L-O-V-E

I found this in the back of my Bible. I remember writing it in a time with the Lord in one of my favorite spots - the front porch of my grandparents house. I wrote this about 3-4 years ago, but it still rings true with me today...in a fresh way.

Psalms 40 and 1 Corinthians 13...Love is FIRST patient, not idle.

Love is patient. Patience is having joy in waiting. You must have hope in something to know what your waiting for and faith to inspire hope. Hope is the vision + expectation of what faith says is possible. Love is patient - so patience (full of joy) give you strength (Neh 8:10) to stand and wait... expecting and knowing and going ahead. While waiting, you continue to serve - be a waiter. Have joy in the Lord - delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart (Ps 37:4.)

Faith without works is dead. Hope deferred makes the heart sick. Love is action.
Faith + Hope+ Love = victorious, purpose-fulled life.
Love is the accomplisher - if you love me, obey (John 14:15)
The Church of Ephesus needed to return to its first love (Rev 2)
Love acts in wisdom - James 2 and 3.
My life is not my own (1 Corinthians 13:5)

Play offensive with fears!

Well lately I've been faced with fears left and right, and I'm growing as a result. My mind creates imaginations and I begin to feel afraid. But then one day I decided to push back - and piss off that part of me that was afraid by doing the very thing I was afraid to do. Each time I did that, I felt empowered. For example, there are times i dont want to enter a room full of people (mostly my friends) because I think i wont be welcomed or wanted or that i'll make things worse by being there.....my head creates all kinds of aweful scenarios and i get panicky. I just want to run away and hide. Well the last few weeks I've been looking that fear in the face and telling it to piss off! That kind of fear is not welcome in my life. I walk right into the room and force myself to have a great time. And in the end it was all in my head. Sometimes I have to go to the Lord in prayer and say, "I'm totally nervous and I really need You." God always speaks to my heart and stengthens me and gives me the TRUTH. The TRUTH sets us free. Living in the light, and walking in the light together (1 John 1:7.) We walk with Christ and in HIM all things are possible. Playing offensively with fear is victory and growth.

Engage Me

At InFlux on Thursday night, there was something brewing in the air, it was awesome. During the worship the Lord begin to speak to me in pictures and talk to me about how He sees the generation of young adults - my generation. I saw people randomly spread out sitting alone on couches, chairs, church chairs, and then bleachers at a sports event. The Lord begin to pull on them and say "Engage Me." The people I saw were completely disconnected and discontent. They had "checked out." But God was pulling them, encouraging them to come "play on His field." I asked about what causes someoneto just sit there and watch other people - He spoke to my heart and said, "they've been told they don't belong there." I began to cry and my heart leaped as I knew that I had to share this with the group. The verse that came to my mind was Hebrews 10:35, "For we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed but of those who believe and are saved." As I began to share this with the crowd I was impressed to say, "Engage Me, come play on My team, I've created you, I've created you with a purpose, I've created you with a position to play on My team. Come with Me and know how to push back the enemy instead of being pushed around by him. Know what it is to have victory in every area of your life."