Hands Down Great Day!!! part 3...LIGHTBOOTH @ Providence Campus

Okay so after working at the Butler Campus with E-Kidz, I happen to wander over to the Providence Campus to watch Pastor Furtick preach the 1pm service live.

And so I got this amazing seat 4 rows from the front, center stage, and I turn around and whom do I see. Well Betsy and Sarah!! YAY!!!!

so those crazies are in the light booth waiving to me haha.
So I got to worship and watch Pastor preach from the light booth. WOW!! And my main man Marcus and main lady Betsy really do an awesome job!! Praise God!! It was so awesome to jump up and down, raise my hands, clap and scream. Marcus and Betsy's gift for lighting and their passion to serve Christ really just blows my mind. The intense timing it takes to do the lighting and the vast knowledge of the lighting world is just crazy. Praise God for Marcus and Betsy. Praise God for Shane @ the Butler Campus, and for others who do lighting for Elevation!!!!!!!

It was more amazing to see people passionately worship before the Lord. To see them dance mightily before the Lord was such a joy and a blessing!!!
Plus they really got into the message as Pastor was speaking life and truth into them.

What an amazing day!!!!!

Praise God!!!!!!!!

I am listening to Nothing In Between By Jessica Campbell RIGHT NOW!!!

Hands Down Great Day!!! Part 2...JESSICA CAMPBELL

1. JESSICA CAMPBELL
1. Okay, so I am at Elevation today
2. tap on the shoulder turn around and surprise it's Jessica Campbell!!!! NO WAY!!! YYYAAAAAYYYY!! AND I got to meet the BAND! YAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
   
3. UNEXPECTED BLESSING FROM JESUS!!!!! HOOAH!!!
   
4. okay so I have to tell you about her. She is wow, seriously one of the most talented vocalists out there, and further more she is really humble.
   
5. I have to be up front and say she is just Heavenly. She is really down to earth, and oh wow what a warm person she is.
   
6. Do you know what I like about her-passionate about God's love being spread through worship. She is one of those people who when you first look at her, you know she is just soo in love with Jesus, and His love is shining through her. Her spirit, bright eyes, warm smile, and powerful voice will just melt your heart.
   
7. I have to say that I get the Holy Spirit Bumps haha every time I see her lead worship. God's presence just radiates through the room, and it is such a joy to watch others worship Christ when she sings.
   
8. It was such a joy to see her today!! Hands Down!!!
9. I am listening to her songs right now!!!!!!
2. You have got to check her music out!!
   
3. Jessica Campbell

Oh and Jessica, if you are reading this... Thank you for your passion to spread Christ's love through your music! Thank you for your love, and your willingness to serve Christ and others by providing an awesome atmosphere in which we can passionately worship Jesus. I love your music, and I love your acoustic version of "O Come O Come Emmanuel." God Bless you, and I will continue to share what God is doing in and through you with others!!!! HOOAH!!!!

Read Part 3!!

Hands Down Great Day!!! Part 1

Okay so let me just tell you why today has been one of the greatest days I have had in forever. I usually have great day, but today, man, God was just speaking to my heart, and showing me His Glory through different experiences.

I got to see the Move of God today, in a very unique and special way.

Plus I got a very special surprise from a guest at Elevation Today.... READ Part 2!!!

1. E-KIDZ WAS AWESOME!!
1. The sound, video, and production today was perfect.
   
2. Kids really got into the worship songs today, and were dancing mightily before the Lord.
3. The kids got involved today while the skit was being presented and they were focused.
   
4. They were loud and proud when we asked them to repeat the main point with motions, and the Bible Verse of the Week.
   
5. All the Actors, me included, rehearsed, rehearsed, rehearsed haha.
   
2. GREETING!!!
1. I had the awesomest Air Guitar today!!
2. I got to dance around outside in the rain and cold with an umbrella as a guitar when my air guitar ran out of gas haha.
   
3. People were actually excited to be at church, which is why I love Elevation.
   
4. I learned how to kick my feet like they did in the 80's dance clubs lol from Lance!!!
   
5. I got to hang out with my buddy Sarah Fields.
6. I got to share my Jesus Joy with others today!!!
3. GO READ Part 2!!!!!
   

Okay, so this week has def been a learning week for me.


Certain events happened this week, that did not go as planned.
Sometimes when I think life will fit into a box, that in that box things are simple.... well lets just say that sometimes that box blows up in your face. And sometimes other people like this week for instance, will be affected as well.

My intentions were good, but things did not go as planned. Instead, things got out of hand.

I did have some heart to heart talks, and I know God will do something good, He always will deliver His children from despair. The key is to keep praying and wait on Him.

I am looking at the E-kidz ( Elevation Sunday Program) script and wow, God is already speaking more truth to me.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 “Never stop praying.” (NLT)

To Play On God’s Team, I Must Never Give Up Praying!

Also I believe this is the new quote of like the year

"Sometimes being a good leader means being a good listener and not just a person of action."

My mom said that to me after things got out of hand.

I was reading Bradelyn Levi's blog and this scripture really just speaks to my heart. And this scripture really gives me a peace, despite all the mistakes that I made this week.

Hebrews 10:23
23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.


Hey but you know what... I am small, but GOD IS HUGE!!

So therefore I have to Say PSALM 145

Psalm 145
by Shane and Shane

Yeah

All I Need Is You

By Hillsong

9 more hours after this semester then I graduate. Praise God

I do not know if I will try to get into South Eastern Seminary in the spring, or take that and the summer off and work, and train, then start in the fall.

Don't know yet about whether I will go to Basic and do the Split Ops program (one summer just regular basic, then school in the fall and spring, then Chaplin assistant training next summer) and go from there. I will have to get a certain amount of semester hours before I get into the Chaplain Candidacy program.

Or will I just wait until I get those hours then go straight into the Chaplin Candidacy program.

I am looking forward to the summer because I get to work at a small nice neighborhood pool, and there is not swim team. I get to either work in the mornings, or at night. I believe I will work in the afternoon/evening, if my buddy Chad gets the job in the morning.

I get to really train this summer, to get in the best shape of my life hopefully, and also I will be able to build on my Spiritual Fitness. Plus, I get to spend time with my friends at Elevation, and to really build life long friendships.

I have had a crazy week, with ups and downs, in short, to sum it up

All I need Is You

by Hillsong

The Best Easter so far!!!

Today, was an amazing day today for me, and for the Kingdom, hands down!!

I now realize why God had me stay in charlotte for Easter, and not go home.
Through a lot of prayer, crying, and just asking God to show me what I can do for His kingdom, I brought 5 people to church today.
Now I am boasting in Christ, and not me, its what Christ did through me, not what I did.
My dad, my Aunt, my friend Melissa, her roommate Jessie, ,and Melissa's cousin Drew came to church with me today.
The worship was awesome! It was a packed service today at the 1pm serivce! Crazy Awesome!

Pastor gave like the best sermon ever!! I mean you just have to watch it when it comes out this week.
(HERE IT IS) My Lord and My God

Let me just say that Melissa, Jessie, Drew, and my Aunt Gayle accepted Christ for the first time ever today. They not only did that, but they actually took the time to fill out the cards, and walk up personally to the new believers table, talked with a person, and received a Bible, Cd, and scripture reference.
I mean like, I am just blown away. Gang, listen, just by asking someone to Church, boldily, and then just loving on them, and helping them get there, is like the greatest thing we could ever do.

I knew in my heart, that by just getting them into the door, just by getting them to Church,then sooner or later they will accept Christ. Over 500 people at Elevation alone gave their lives to Christ today. Imagine how many people did that today, world wide. WOW!!!

It is something that is very personal. I mean the courage that these people took to come to a church that they had never been to before. To be brave enough to go, and to accept Christ, then to publicly go and grab the resources that they need. I mean that takes guts.

And do you know what happened today. As I was going to meet them after I had gone to the restroom, I got frustrated becasue there were a lot of people who were just standing around in the atreum, and not moving. I mean that really got me frustrated, and I was like MOVE haha.
Then God spoke to my heart, and said LOOK AROUND. and I did. And guess WHAT...
THOSE PEOPLE STANDING AROUND, NOT MOVING, WERE THE PEOPLE STANDING IN LINE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST, AND WHO WERE WAITING TO TALK WITH SOMEONE!!!!!
WOW. THAT IS WHAT CHURCH SHOULD BE LIKE. PEOPLE LINED UP TO GET RESOURCES WHO HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST.

Man was I joyfull!!!
I am thankful for a God who is mighty to save!! I am thankful for a Church that preaches the Word of God, in a passionate way that breaks down the Gospel in a relevant way. I am thankful for friends who have prayed for the very people who gave their lives to Christ today.
And I am thankful that God used me as a tool to advance His Kingdom.

Now these people have hope. Now these people have been transformed, and they will forever know Christ's love, and have an intimate relationship with Him.

Who knows what these people will do for Christ in the future. God created each of us in a unique way with a unique purpose, that only we can do. How awesome is that!!!

I am glad that I got to spend some quality time with my dad as well. Me and are so very close, and I know that he is not far from the Kingdom as well. My dad is really an awesome man. I have learned much from him, and I am still learning. It was great to just spend time with him. My heart really needed it. We did cool stuff, went to I HOP for dinner, watched I am legend, and got up this morning and watched INVINCIBLE.
I cannot wait to see my mom when I go back home and spend some quality time with her as well.

Praise God!!

Do not settle for anything less, than God's Best!!

This is a Sermon from Perry Noble from NewSpring Church from the series STUCK

If you want to watch all the awesome worship, then AWESOME!! PLEASE DO!!
if not, then skip ahead to his preaching!!

WHY AM I HERE

Right now... College Sucks!!!

ahhhh so like many of my fellow peers who are in the ministry, well ministry of some sort, we have this hard time studying. We would rather be spending raw, intimate time with God. Like in the Word, praying, worshiping, and just being quite, listening to God speak to our hearts.

I have been studying with a friend of mine, Sarah Womack latley, and we have both agreed on this struggle. OH and def my buddy A.J. Salls!!There is a part of us that wants to be done with college becuase we are anxious about doing the very thing God has destined us to do after college.
This process as Pastor Furtick puts it, is hard. There are some days haha, like today, that I have to write a paper, and I have to put time and effort into it. Yes God gets the Glory, and Yes, God wants me to do super duper in school, BUT COME ON, I JUST WANT TO WORSHIP AND PRAY!! I know someone out there whether in school or not who def agrees with me. I mean THIS IS WHAT WE WERE CREATED TO DO...WORSHIP GOD!

uggh this freakin sucks, and yes I said freakin... and sucks

But you know what, I thank God for this problem. I mean God is Good. If you don't believe it, then check this out.
I was adopted by two wonderful people who are and always will be mom and dad. And did you know what I did for number of years, I rebelled. Yes all kids do it, but I mean there was misplaced anger, and I really didn't know who I was. You know, God has delivered me from that. I mean I know who I am, and I should have know who I was. I am A child of God, who is loved by Him and Two wonderful Parents. Hands down gang, that is who I am. I am loved.

God Called me into the ministry at age 18 in 2004, and I fought with and ran away from God (Dark Night Of The Soul for you scholars out there haha) up till a year and a half ago. It was not until I finally got it in my thick skull that God's way is the Best way, the Only Way that I saw life change, and that I needed to get sold for Jesus. (sorry for the umm like not correct grammar-Im hyped up on coffee) And, if I was going to live to the potential that Christ sees in me, that I need to get my butt in gear and start being a Man for Jesus.

I am glad that I do not have to deal my old self problems like getting drunk, having sex, smoking pot, and living a double life by being crazy at school, and all Churchified on Sunday.
Cliff Barrows this past Sunday put it something like this..."When we make a commitment to Christ, we make it on our terms, but its only when we Surrender to Christ that it will it be on His terms." AND THAT IS THE POINT.

oh so yeah lol sorry for ranting, it felt good.

So i am glad that this is my problem now. I am so thankful for Grace. I mean I know that I am sold out for Christ, and this problem is proof that I am. The struggle is, and I am joyful and frustrated at the same time haha, is that I just want to spend time with God, and know Him better. But people say, oh well you are in college, you have lots of time to do that. YES I DO, BUT THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. WE WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY KNOW GOD. BUT OH MAN IT SURE IS FUN TO TRY TO GET TO KNOW GOD FULLY.
And I do, each day, more and more.

It's just frustrating when God is pouring so much into my life via His Word, Pastor Furtick, Pastor Perry Noble, Pastor Clayton King, MUSIC, PRAYER, and MY Entourage, and I have to focus on school at the same time.

But hey, thats life, and I do enjoy it. This process is teaching me to be able to organize my time better. If I get smart about my studying, and writing papers, then that will allow me more time to spend with God. OHHHHHH haha I KNOW MY MOM WILL LIKE THAT ONE :)

oh, well this is a long post, and its not like the last one which was really to the point.


Oh yeah, I LOVE COLLEGE HAHA!!!!

Notes from UNLEASH 08 @ NewSpring Church pt 1

So this past Thursday was an awesome experience as I believe over 130 fellow Elevators and my self were packed into three charter buses and rolled down to NewSpring Church in Anderson SC for the UNLEASH 08 Conference. Pastor Perry Noble is the senior Pastor of New Spring and it is an amazing Church. God is really doing great things in and through NewSpring.

Here are some of the notes from the first Session that really spoke to my heart.

The Scripture lesson was taken from Luke 15 the Story of the Prodigal Son. But the angle that Pastor Perry Noble is coming from is the one of the older brother.

1) What is it that God wants to do in my Church?

He wants to Glorify Himself and spread the good news of the Gospel.
He wants to use Elevation Church to raise up an army of Believers who are unashamed of the Gospel, and who are passionate about seeing people come to Christ.
"So that People Far From God will have LIFE in CHRIST," as our mission statement states.

A) But the Older son was more worried about the work in the fields, and not the heart of the Father. If he did know the heart of the father then he would have been joyful in the return of his brother. Or he would have helped in finding his lost brother. But he became angry instead. (vs 25-30)
i) Sometimes the church gets more worried about the "work," and not the heart of God. We get to busy doing stuff to re-focus on the Heart of Christ, and why we are doing the work. Then we become frustrated because our labor is in vain.

ii) We are doing the work for God, not for ourselves. The reason that we exist is to glorify Christ, and not ourselves. Or else we fail, and we fail hard.

B) So what will it take in order to passionately follow the heart of the Father?

a) TIME-passionate intimate interrupted time with the Father. That means that we have to read our Bibles for direction. Most Bible's these days have commentary that help us to process all of the information so that we can understand what the Bible says.

i) We need to ask God, and search for that "White Hot Vision" as Pastor Noble says. That also means that we need to spend intimate time praying to God and laying all our burdens at the foot of the cross.
ii) "Revelation not inspiration." When we get an idea from another church or from someone, pray about it before you decide to do it. If it is not from God, then it will not work. Only when God gives us revelation about an idea, and how to use it for His Glory, then will it work.

Remember that by spending TIME with God we will be able to "Do what God wants us to do, and be who God wants us to be."

I will write more hopefully tomrrow.
Please Check out Pastor Perry's Church and his blog along with Elevation Church and Pastor Steven Furtick's Blog.

Thank You

look for new changes

so im gonna make some changes, but I have to figure out how to put some diff stuff on here haha

try to expand my scope and reach, and understanding.

but in the mean time i just wanted to post something lol

UNLEASH 08 @ New Spring was great!!

i'll put more later!!

Time to switch up da beats

WROTE THIS LAST NIGHT FYI LOL

I have come to the conclusion that if you can't beat 'em then join 'em
Tonight, randomly, well haha not to God, He has brought me back to the good ol days.

So As I study for E-Kidz and reflect on the trials I am facing, here is the Message that God is Sending me through these songs.



[Part1:] Lately I've been going through some things that really got me down.
I need someone somebody to help me come and turn my life around.
I can't explain, I can't obtain it. Jesus your love is so, it's so amazing.
It gets me high up to the sky, and when I think about your goodness it makes me wanna stomp.
Makes me clap my hands. Makes me wanna dance and stomp.
My brother can't you see I got the victory. STOMP!!!

[Kirk:] GP are you wit me?
[GP:] oh yeah we having church we ain't going nowhere.
[repeat 3 times ]

[pt2:] stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp

I promise the stomp, the whole stomp, nothin but the stomp

[Kirk:] It ain't over. It ain't over
-Kirk Franklin-STOMP!



"I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm Free
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me"
-His Eye Is On The Sparrow

(Check the rhyme)
Joyful, Joyful
Lord we adore Thee
An' in my life
I put none before Thee
Cuz since I was a youngster
I came to know
That you was the only way to go

So I had to grow an' come to an understandin'
That I'm down with the King so now I'm demandin'
That you tell me who you down with, see
Cuz all I know is that I'm down with G-O-D
You down with G-O-D?
(Yeah, you know me)
You down with G-O-D?
(Yeah, you know me)
You down with G-O-D?
(Yeah, you know me)
Who's down with G-O-D?
(Everybody)
-Joyful Joyful from Sister Act II


I CAN'T HELP BUT PRAISE HIM, RAISE HIM!!! MMHMM YES LORD, YOU ARE AWESOME!!! FILL US WITH THE LIGHT OF DAY LORD. THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL LET DOWN. AMEN

Davidson Worship

OKay! sO I LOVE ME SOME DAVIDSON WORSHIP!!!!

This past Thursday was one of the best worship experiences I have had at Davidson, which is awesome because I usually have a hands down awesome time!

My friend Jenna and I sat up in the balcony and it was just the two of us.
It was amazing. Oh man. I just got to sing, and dance, and walk around praising the Lord. It was amazing to look down and see everyone worshiping God in their own unique way. From dancing around to just laying down and pouring out their hearts to God.

I love Davidson Worship because I can always meet new and exciting people who are running hard after Christ.
Its great to just lay things down at the foot of the cross, and not care about what other people think. Everyone is just so friendly and they respect the way in which you worship.

Oh man I felt so alive. The Holy Spirit was poured out heavily upon me as I worshiped. I gained new perspective. God is just so amazing.
Just to feel the Joy of the Lord at a more intense level is just so mind blowing. I really was exhausted after worship, which is soo awesome. I was able to dance mightily before the Lord, and to lay all my burdens at the foot of the Cross.

Hopefully I will be able to find links to the songs that we sang in order show you the Awesomeness in which God has blessed the artists songs that we sang.

God Bless!

I can feel it rising!! YAY!!!!