Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Mary the myth. click on it!

http://blog.marshillchurch.org/2009/12/23/mary-the-myth-the-reality/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email

Mark driscoll did a great job with this post regarding the mother Mary and the myths behind.  He said it better i could so click on the link!!!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

PERFECT IMPERFECTION!!!

Our next series is on how the outside world perceives Christians.  we are not perfect, but are often times thought of as holier than thou, or self righteous, or perfect, judging, snoby, the list goes on and on.  We are are going to try to rebuke the typical sterotype of the little house on the prarie style church and let people know we are a hospital for some sick, degenerate, and average people.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Dave Robbins i'm expanding on your tweet!

The cost of discipleship and following Jesus Christ to the end.  Matthew 24 is just the beggining of hard times.

Matthew 24:13 "but the one who endures to the end will be saved.  It's going to be a hard road for Christians, but know this, for the rest of your life proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord and savior will come with cost, and those may be as extreme as your life, or parts of life, or someones elses life the fact is we should already have lost our lives as Christ followers, therefore having nothing left to loose.
 
Just a thought on the cost of Christ following

Monday, November 30, 2009

I once heard someone say that our joy is robbed becasue we give our money without our time!

People don't want to give their money to something that's not tangeble.  Generate High just had a feast for Thanksgiving where 200 people ate a full on buffet with some of the best deserts ever.

 When we sent out the request for help in this event not one person out of 30 said how much money do you need, they said what could i make.  We had people tell us if they were staying or just dropping off their food?  Out of all the people that brought food, drinks, ect only 5 didn't stay the whole night, (they had kids to watch). 

The resaon those people stayed was not to be noticed, but to be used.  They brought the food, cleaned up after, and stuck around for the joy of the moment.

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. - John Calvin

people are yearning to be used to help bless others.  By the way we had so much leftovers we went and feed the homless at the park the next day.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Have a name calling competition with Jesus, see what happens!!!

Having a name calling competition with Jesus may be the best way to figure out who you are.

Matthew 16:15-18 “He said to them who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said you are the Christ the Son of the Living God.” “And Jesus said to him blessed are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Simon Peter called Jesus the messiah and later Jesus said to Peter “I also say that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell will not overpower it”. You see Peter didn’t know himself until He knew Jesus.

He said your Jesus the messiah, well then your Peter the rock, (Peter means rock in greek).
The church is built on the statement of Jesus as Lord, that's the rock!

Jesus is begging for a name calling competition and wants to hear us call it out.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Last night heaven and earth collided with worship!

I can't wait to go home to heaven, but until then worhsip experiences like last night will definately suffice.

At Generate HIGH last night we had an all worship night that was absolutely amazing.  I had never seen more hands raised, more people on their knees, or more voices singing out then I did last night.  I guess a good word to describe it is passion!

With that was an incredible communion time/prayer, great job Jarrid for bringing "Ahavah" to our attention.  The kenya video inspired us for our next changing the world event as a Generate High family.

What really got me though was towards the end of the night everyone in the room flooded the front of the stage and when hands were raised it looked like a sea of people begging for Jesus. 

This never gets old.  10 people came forward to be prayed for, give their lives to Jesus, or be baptized.

150 letters went out last night to many who Aly and I know and love so much and that's when it got so emotional for me.  If you guys read this i hope you know how much giving those letters meant to me.  Love you all so much!  Can't wait for round two tonight.