Sunday Night Reflections

So today was an awesome day!!! Church was crazy today. Pastor brought a challenging word today and it rocked my spirit. Pastor Steven has been challenging us these past couple of weeks in the area of owning our potential in Christ, listening to Christ, and acting upon what He has placed in our hearts. It has been crazy.

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I am been more emotional this past month in service. I have been brought to tears it seems every Sunday, and throughout the week. God, despite my crazy self, is speaking life and truth into my soul.
As I look back on today's events with the homeless gang at Elevation Uptown, and how freaking awesome our volunteers are, I have a peace in my spirit knowing that I am where I am suppossed to be. God is getting ready to do some crazy things, and He has been preparing me. Today I talked with Josh Blackson (our awesome Uptown Campus Pastor) about a crazy awesome idea that will revolutionize how college kids from my campus will get to Church.
It is part of the very reason why I came to the Uptown campus from the Butler Campus at the start of Uptown. A 2 year prayer has been answered. I am so stoked!!

I am in the process of getting information on how to start a small group at one of the Men's Homeless shelter's in Uptown. Had a chance to talk with my homeless buddies today about how they would feel about an Elevation Small Group at their shelter. It was well recieved with great excitement. I am finding that God is breaking my heart and giving me a pasison for the homeless more and more each week.

My wonderful gf is back from her mission trip. She is a lil under the weather, but that is to be expect when you have been away for two weeks. So glad she is back safe, sound, and radically changed for Christ.

I am learning more and more about the power of Interceding on the behalf of someone. Oh I have been doing this for a good while, but latley God has been speaking to my heart. I am so glad that I have a friendship built on prayer, centered on Christ, and the overflow of that friendship has created a great relationship. I am so glad that I can pray for her, and intercede on her behalf. You never know the affect that prayer has in someone's life, even if it is just a quick one time prayer. Our God is so big, and so awesome.

I would have to say that it was crazy here when my gf was not around. So many doubts, and frustrations that came from being attacked by the enemy. By praying, reading God's word, and seeking sound council, I have grown in my walk with Christ. It has been a time of testing the spirits, seeing which things are from God, and which are from man. It has been a challenge, but an awesome one.

I get to sleep in tomrrow, and I do not really know how to deal with that.

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The name comes from Triathlons. I want to Race for Christ, but not just triathlons, but in life.
Just some random thoughts.
God is ruining me, messing me up big time. My vision to help the homeless, the addicts, the prostitutes is growing. There is a guy I know, Kevin who I pray is one of the ones who can get me further on the inside.
I would like to network with organizations in Charlotte, and get educated in the programs that are helping to deal with homelessness. It would be awesome to coordinate something with IMPACT Ministries on Campus, Elevation Church, and Homeless Helping Homeless, with the other churches and orgs, to reach these people for Christ.
I want to help these people, and call out their potential in Christ. How awesome would it be to see more homeless people get out of that hell, get plugged into a Church, and reach other homeless people for the Glory of God.
How awesome would it be to raise up and army in this city that brings hope and healing. The kind that only Christ can give.

What will you do after thanksgiving?

I cannot stop thinking for those who are overseas, in broken homes, alone, homeless, and lost

What will we all do after Thanksgiving is over?
Did you know that Thanksgiving is one of the highlights for these people?
I am learning more and more of that as I do outreach.
It is heart wrenching, and it makes me cry. I cry out to God because it is not fair that these people cannot have what most of us have.
It is our job to reach out to these people and give them the best dang Thanksgiving that they can have despite their situations.

but why just Thanksgiving?
Why wont more people reach out, and pour out their hearts year round like they do during the holidays?
It is good that we do this during the holidays, but is it more for our satisfaction?
Is it to ease the guilt of having it soo good?
You bet that is why alot of people do this. But God gets glorified in this, but why not do this kind of thing year round.

My homeless guys, and many others are going to go right back to fighting for themselves, and being alone on Friday while we are out shopping for Christmas.

What will you do after Thanksgiving?
Will you reach out to the needy, the poor, the sick, the lame, the def, the mute and those in prison?

I say this country needs to change, and go back to the Gospel.
I am no saint, I need to continue to do this as well, because I am like everybody else who is obsessed with themselves.

Sorry for ranting, but I needed to get this off my chest and heart.

I hope all of you have a Safe and Blessed Thanksgiving, I really do.
I hope God Blesses each and every one of you, and that you will have a blast!

Praise God!!!

If you have not gotten the REMEDY from DAVID CROWDER then you need to!!
It is a great CD
The Last Song "Surely We can Change"
talks about what we must do.



Where there is pain
Let there be grace
Where there is suffering
Bring serenity
For those afraid
Help them be brave
Where there is misery
Bring expectancy
And surely we can change
Surely we can change
Something

MyHeart goes out to the Homeless

so alot has been going on in my life latley. Over the past several months, God has showed me some homeless people in Charlotte to reach out. They have been reaching out to me as well, and God is really using them in my life. I have a different perspective on my life, and my walk with The Lord. God is moving mightily, and I am doing my best to keep up with HIM.
Randy is the main homeless guy that I work with. I feed him, give him clothes, and he comes to church with me. Wendell is another guy who is going through the same things. They are my brothers now, and I spend so much time with them, that they consider them family.

tonight my heart is broken for Randy, and Rick. They both live out in the woods, and some kids went and tore up their camp recently. They have tarps set up and what not, but its not enough. With no ID they cannot get a job, and with no ID it is hard for them to get a social securuity card. Right now they are in the rain somewhere, and I cannot find them. I have dropped off some blankets and clothes, but it is not enough. It is cold, wet, and dangerous out in that part of town.
I pray to God that He is watching over them, sending his angels to them to care and protect them.

Please pray not only for Rick and Randy, but all the other Homeless people who are out side in this weather who are fighting for their very lives day in and day out!
Pray that us Christians will get off our butts, and reach out the them, and give them the hope of Jesus Christ!!
We are not alone, but do the lost people know that? Do they know the Joy of having Christ as their Lord and Savior?
It is our job as it says in Luke to Seek and Save that Which is Lost!!

Luke 19:10"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Amen