I did it!!

what is it, you may ask? Well, it is my KC Journal! I finally got the pages written and uploaded. Please read IT and tell me what you think. Thanks.

I love our dinner conversations... Dad and I can have so much fun just discussing stuff. Tonight we were talking about how I would deal with girls getting crushes on guys. It got me thinking about the future and what I would like to see God do in my youth group. That led to thinking about why I want to be a youth pastor and what I want to see... That then led me to make a mission statement. I thought you might like to hear it.... *grins* er.. read it.

My Youth Minister Mission Statement

My goals as a youth pastor will to help Youth to Grow in their walk with God. I want a youth group of kids who focus totally on God. They won’t care about sports; they won’t care about relationships with the other sex; they won’t care about their image or the way others see them. The only thing that they will care about is God. I want to see teens praying for the sick and seeing them healed. I want to see teens praying before and after school for their classmates. I want to see their faces upturned to God in worship. I want to see God moving upon the young people.

In order to see that, I will first turn my eyes inward and work on my relationship with God. Without my walk being on track, how can I expect those that look up to me to live for Christ? So before I start my teaching and my daily walk as a Youth Pastor, I’m going to spend time with God. In this time before my becoming a youth pastor in actuality, I’m going to start preparing my heart for that time. I want to shine with His light.

As a Youth pastor, my goal is to work with the parents of the teenagers. I want a partnership with them, a relationship that comes together with both of us desiring the teen to walk closely with God. I hope to develop a group of parents that will help me point those young people towards Christ.

Finally, I want to win other young people to Christ. But I don’t want to be the one doing it. I want to see God working through the young people and I want to see them reaching out to the unwanted and the sinners. I want to see the Holy Spirit empowering my youth and seeing them bring the lost sheep into the fold.

I don’t want to have a big crowd of kids because of my preaching, or the games we play, or the worship. I want to have a crowd of kids around because they want Jesus! That is my heartfelt desire and that is why I’m called to be a youth pastor.

God works in very mysterious ways. There was a listing for an independant Spriit-Filled church in North Carolina on a website that Dad found. So he sent his info to them and they responded. After praying about it, Dad and Mom flet that this wasn't God's will. So Dad sent an email telling them that God said no.

Tis interesting how God works... Last time we faced the end of a teaching job and Dad was called to the ministry, God opened the doors very quickly. But now it appears He has a different plan. I'm hoping that God will open the doors soon.

Now where was it...? I was reading in Ezekiel today and came upon an awesome verse... *heads off to Bible Gateway*

Here we go...

Ezekiel 11:19 & 20 "And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God."

What a promise! Very cool couple of verses.

Well, tis time for me to head to bed. Been working on my KC journal and I'm about to recent happenings. Once I get them written in and converted to HTML, I'll be able to update this site! Yay!

I just finished reading Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by the pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. Very cool book! That is a church that was built upon a solid foundation -- prayer. This book is mostly about praying and earnestly seeking God. He stresses that it is prayer that makes or breaks a church.

I have to agree with him. In my experience in the various churches where we have gone, those churches that pray and have a focus on prayer, are the churches that are on fire for God. If more people would fall on their faces and interceed for their community and their church, we'd see a lot more happen.

Prayer is hard though. I should know, 'cause my prayer life is almost non-existent. I find when I start to pray I get hit with distractions and things that really take my focus off of God. But prayer is vital to our walk as Christians. Without prayer there isn't a relationship and we're almost the same as those people who have a "religion" and no relationship.

Lord, I want to pray. I want to turn my eyes to You and let You hear the cries of my heart. I want to have that spirit of intercession and I want to burn with a desire to pray people into Your arms. Touch my heart and let me PRAY!! Amen.

I just watched Episode 2 today. Much, much better than Episode 1. The plot was put together pretty good though there were a few inconsisities. I liked the chase scene at the beginning. That changling was very interesting... You thought it was a pretty girl, didn't you? *winks* They developed Anakin pretty good. You can see the emotions that are raging beneath the surface of that young man. As the movie progresses, you see him taking that path that will end up as a pawn of Palpatine's. Also you see his dependence on machinery after his arm is cut off. Oh, and Yoda rocks!! Didn't know he was so good with the lightsaber. I still think that Darth Sidius is Chancellor Palpatine. Just too many things point that way... The romance scenes were rather forced though... At least they married instead of just sleeping together...

All in all a good movie!

It is that time. Time to say farewell, adios, and all those other goodbye terms. I have spent the afternoon and evening preparing for the journey tomorrow to Wilbur and sundry activities. I hope that you all have a good Sunday and enjoy praising Him!! I'm off into the sunrise of tomorrow...