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Trappstr Part 9 – (we all should stink, battle life & domination)

November 30, 2009 in Blogging, Confessional, GOD, Revolution Church with Comments Off

My new blog buddy Brett Trapp wrote this post on 28 things he’s learned in his 20’s. Since I am so much older and wiser than Brett (3 whopping months) and since I loved it so much, I thought I’d take each of those things and elaborate on them over the next several days.

I had to put these three together because they just flow…

19. There are things I’m just not good at and the sooner I can accept that fact, the better. -Trappstr

I still wrestle with this. I need to do what only I can do so that others can do what only they can do. When that happens everyone wins and the best results are produced. Many of us have seen Rudy too many times.

Nobody wants to stink at anything but we all need to stink at much so we can be great at what we were created to do.

20. Humility is a lifelong battle. -Trappstr

Battle is the perfect word. If we understood #19 better we might not have to battle quite as much. I often forget that pride is one of the seven deadly sins. WOW!

21. 90% of people are absolutely dominated by their insecurities. -Trappstr

Back to #19 again. If we focused on what we are great at and quit worrying about what we stink so bad at our insecurities wouldn’t dominate us because we could release them!

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Sunday Mind Dump

March 22, 2009 in Confessional, Mi Vida Loca, The Connection Church with 2 Comments

  • Today was amazing!
  • I can’t remember ever seeing such a huge response from people in a church service. It looked like every person in the room responded. The response time was straight up youth group style. Write your sins on a red sheet of paper. Be specific. Walk tot he front, fold it up, throw it in the trash and tell sin “you sin are NO LONGER my master. JESUS is!”
  • I got nervous about speaking this morning. Not sure why. I usually just get the adrenaline rush, but today it was different. Maybe because its been two months since I preached. As soon as I walked on stage the nervousness disappeard and turned into adrenaline. Booyah.
  • Starting off the sermon inside of a trashcan was a blast. And gross. But going back to the trashcan over and over throughout the sermon was a perfect illustration of what we do with our sin. See pics below…
  • Yes, I said the word “GAG-A-MAGGOT” in the sermon. Gag-a-maggot is what my dad and I say when something is just nasty.
  • There are stinking JUNE BUGS on my porch. Isn’t it march?
  • The band was ON today. They opened with my favorite song, Alive and Running by Kristian Stanfill. Check it out here. AMAZING.
  • Cole (yes, our lead pastor) had to step in on bass guitar today. He did an absolutely incredible job! And, I’m pretty sure he didn’t mind too much. ;)
  • If you are an iPhone user, be careful. If you try to text your wife that she is a “hottie” iPhone won’t help you out much. It corrects it to “Hogtie.” Oops.
  • I went to Surge, our middle school ministry tonight. The girls in that ministry amaze me. They know more Scripture by heart than most pastors I know. Sad, and incredible at the same time!
  • I feel that God told me to do something crazy cool today. I don’t know how I can do it financially, but everytime I step out on faith, He is always FAITHFUL to me.
  • Glad that spring break is over. Everyone should be back in the office tomorrow. I won’t lie…it absolutely STUNK last week to be completely alone at the office. I especially can’t wait to see Nic. Miss that guy big time.
  • The buzz right now at The Connection Church and the anticipation that you can feel in the room are unreal. People are ready to see God do some crazy stuff at Easter.
  • We have a deaf woman coming named Kristine Waltman. She has brought at least 3 new friends with her every week now for as long as I can remember. All of these friends are other deaf people. God keeps blowing my mind with the ministry that is springing up at TCC for the deaf! WOW!

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More Potential for Life Change than ANYTHING

March 4, 2009 in GOD, Life Change with Comments Off

Typically I would throw this link into a post full of other links.

BUT, this link is TOO IMPORTANT for me to do that.

Over at the Stuffchristianslike blog by Prodigal Jon, I read something today that resonated with my heart. Jon said it perfectly in this post.

It sucks that as broken as we all are, as desperate as we all are for a Savior, we feel compelled to clean ourselves up when we get around each other.

I think that if Christians lived out what Jon talks about in this post, the entire world would change, literally. This one principle has the potential to change more lives than any church plant, any marketing strategy, any campaign, any mission trip or any needs based ministry.

The world needs the church (Christ followers) to be honest, vulnerable, authentic, open, raw and real with them.

But it does not “work” that way does it? We couldn’t possibly be real with people? YIKES! You mean actually let people peer into the darkest parts of our souls?

Read this post now.

Thanks Jon. You’re going on my blogroll and in my rss reader. You. Da. Man.

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Obama Our Savior

November 5, 2008 in GOD, Life Change, Pop-Culture, Rants with 5 Comments

My take on the Election, our new president, our nation, etc…

Last night we watched history take place. People were on the TV screen screaming with disapproval, crying with tears of joy, and staring in disbelief. Tons of emotion going on.

Here is how I feel. Our basic problems are still the same. This is not an Obama slam (I am praying for the guy a lot) but you cannot change a nation without changing the people’s hearts that make up that nation. Presidents, laws, bailouts, and politics can’t change hearts. Only God can.

And, God’s only plan has always been and will always be His Church. I love the Church! Its OUR mission to change hearts. Its the mission God has given every Christian on Earth. Not all choose to accept it; not all do much about it. Still, it stands as the main thing that we are called to do.

And it will be a cold day in Hell when I stop doing whatever it takes to share the love of Jesus Christ with those around me who don’t know him.

THAT is the ONLY way to change our nation (and this world), regardless of who you voted for. God wasn’t sitting in his lazy boy last night worrying about who was going to win like you were. It wasn’t a surprise to Him and He is still God. Ever read the first bit of Romans 13?

I saw a guy screaming “Obama is our savior” on TV last night. FAIL! If you believe that a president can fix all of our problems, you are wrong. Our problem is sin, and the only solution is Jesus. He’s not red or blue. He’s not black or white. He’s Jesus Christ, the King of Kings!

To change, we have to learn to work together, to love, and to serve.

What do you think?

Addition: I could have been mucho harsher like my homie, Clayton Bell.

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