A Glimpse

So today Zach Pogue sent me this picture. His grandfather just moved to India. He is a minister to this country. Take a good long look at this picture. Can you say that WE ARE BLESSED!! WE ARE SOO COMPLACENT!! Lets thank God for all that we have! Lets pray that God does something amazing for people that are lost. I have a huge heart for India!!

Turning an assingment into a preaching opportunity

So today in Speech class, I had to present a speech on my favorite holiday! Well being Easter weekend, I talked about the TRUE meaning of easter! It was soo much fun! I now that the students were impressed. Here is the speech or what I call a sermon improv!

Easter
Easter. What is Easter? To some people this holiday revolves around a fluffy white bunny that brings them tons of candy. Children of all ages become extremely active from eating all of the sugary sweets and don’t realize that there is more to this holiday then just candy. (Pause) The true reason why we celebrate Easter is due to the ultimate sacrifice a man made many years ago.
Since Adam and Eve sinned, God knew that He needed to provide a pure and holy sacrifice in order for mankind to spend eternity with Him. In the Bible it states that God sent his Son to save mankind from their sins. Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice since he never sinned.
In the Old Testament, God told Abraham to sacrifice his son on Mount Moriah. Abraham obeyed God and went to sacrifice his son as instructed. However, God spared Isaac’s life at the last second. God told Abraham He would provide the lamb.
Thousands of years later, on that same mountain now known as Golgotha or the place of the skull, Jesus Christ climbed up and offered himself to pay for the sins of mankind. Jesus Christ is the lamb that God spoke about and Jesus was human without original sin.
Jesus was sentenced to death for our sins. Jesus did not know how to sin. He was a person full of love and compassion for humanity. When he was being persecuted by us and He asked God to forgive them, for they did not know what they were doing. Jesus even loved Judas even though Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Let me ask you something. If you were among the twelve disciples and found out that Judas betrayed Jesus, how would you react? (Pause) Would you kill Judas? Or would you show love toward Judas and forgive him of sins? Judas had a weakness. Money was his kryptonite. He was a very greedy person.
So overall, Easter is about the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made for humanity. Because of His sacrifice, we can spend time in heaven with Jesus forever! The Easter holiday means so much to me. This event shows me that I am loved by God. God loved me so much, that He sent his only Son to die for me. Whenever I watch the movie, “ The Passion of The Christ”, I cry when I see my Savior being whipped and ridiculed. He was willing to die for my sins. I placed him on that cross of terror. How can He love a person like me that sins daily? God can love anybody because God is Love. God does not know how to not love a person. God is like of a river of love flowing through the earth. He is everywhere and He will NEVER leave. Overall, our God is an awesome God for loving us so much!

The Prodigal Son Testimony!!!

So this past month has been really amazing!! God has really been moving in my school. This student that I have class with has been struggling with faith very much. She was a critical point in her life. She was in a huge downward spiral. I am not going to go into any details but you get the big picture. Well, she was gone last month for two weeks straight. May I remind you I have been praying for her on a daily basis. I ask her why she does not care about God at all. Well when she came back after the two weeks, I saw a COMPLETE NEW PERSON!! She came to me all excited saying that she rededicated her life to God. Tears began to come to me. God has shown me that is STILL at work in peoples lives. She told met that she gave up all the junk!! She showed me that she bought a purity ring with the words 1 Thesalonians 4:3-6. I was sooo happy!! In just the way she talks I know that she has changed. She is soo pumped up about God and everything else. I thank God that He gave her a second chance. She was just about gone two weeks prior. She almost died. BUT!!! God changed HER!! This shows that can use anyone!!!! I can't wait to see what God has in store for her!!! Her name is Savannah Farthing. Please pray for her that God continues to give her guidance.