9.19.10

Currently playing on iTunes: [All I Need Is You - Hillsong United]

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your ways, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
[Psalm 19:14]

You hold the universe
You hold everyone on earth
...
all i need is You, Lord

These are my prayers for today

love.

the reason i sing.

I love to sing. No matter how many people's ears go deaf because of my horrible tone, I'll still do it. Most (if not all) of the songs I sing are about love. From other people or from God. I've never fought a spiritual battle unlike the one I've been fighting over the past couple months. To whomever that reads this, I ask that you pray that Satan won't get a hold of my life, especially since I am back at school.
My love for singing hasn't changed, but my heart doesn't feel the same anymore.

I heard this song tonight from one of my favorite artists, Jimmy Needham. Here's the chorus of the titled song, "The Reason I Sing."

Cause even accolades someday will fade away
Oh just like me
Yes everything but You, yeah
And many years from now it won't matter
How I write the rhymes I do, yeah
Help me get back to the reason I sing for You

Lord, help me get back to the reason I sing for You.

love.

blog.blog.bloggggg

I'm gonna start blogging more. I have so many unpublished blogs, but I'm just too lazy to put them up. That however is going to change :)

lives for Christ.

"We should mold and shape our lives according to scripture and NOT shove scripture into the lives we want to live."
- Todd Phillips [Frontline Sermon -
Biblical Manhood and Womanhood - Part 2 - 7.18.10]

Prayer 9.3.10

Let there be more of You,
and less of me.
Amen.

love.

All or Nothing.

I had the opportunity of serving the Lord at a Junior High Camp held by the youth group at my church. Over 300 students and leaders were there to spend time in the word, in worship, and fellowship with one another. It was an amazing time and I cherished every minute of the four days that we were at NorthBay Camp.

On the last night of programs, one of the teaching pastors told us about an analogy using a chicken drumstick. He compared an uneaten drumstick to our life that should be used as an offering to God, uneaten and untouched. As we was taking bites out of the chicken, he was saying how that is what we offer up to God in regards to our life. It's not pleasant to the eye, and no one wants a half-eaten piece of chicken or even just the bone for that matter.

When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty.
[Malachi 1:8]

God wants all of us or nothing at all.
Coming into camp, I was holding onto something that was dear to me. Something that I kept inside myself and only a few others knew about. I held onto it hoping that it would someday happen, but that wasn't healthy in my relationship with Christ. It was getting in the way many, many times and I didn't want to give it up. I was stubborn and I was taking the wheel, not Jesus (ala Carrie Underwood's song and another Mike Reed analogy). I finally found enough strength to let go and let God.

And once more. My verse for the summer:

What is more, I consider EVERYTHING a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ.
[Philippians 3:8]

What are you holding onto that is keeping you from surrendering fully to the Lord?

You won't relent until You have it all.

Prayer 8.25.10

Father
i come to You with a heavy heart.
i have lots on my mind weighing down on me
but i thank You for giving me peace in Your precious Son
Christ Jesus.
i worry.
i overthink.
i cry.
over material, worldly, and stupid things.
but Your word and Your promises keep me going throughout the day.
i walk by faith, and not by sight
knowing that You are with me always
to the ends of the earth.
day or night
Your light shines ever so brightly.
my dependence on You grows each passing day.
relationships, academics, my life, and my heart
i lay it at Your feet.
i am Yours
let Your will be done.
love.