WOW! Great night, e3 students were challenged to ask a friend to attend e3 with them. They did and we had a great night. Pizza, games, worship and praise. Thank you all.
JP
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Andrew Night @ e3
WOW! Great night, e3 students were challenged to ask a friend to attend e3 with them. They did and we had a great night. Pizza, games, worship and praise. Thank you all.
JP
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Great Fun
After a long typical Sunday. Taught Sunday School, Middle School Youth and much pushing of DCLA, then over to Carolyn's mom's house for a visit. We pulled up to our stop sign to see Expedition with window paint on it that says "Love you Jim," "Just Married," "C + P" in hearts. Carolyn will love driving it to work at 4AM. People will think we had a wild weekend. Thanks let me guess Kody, Auston, and Chris. Love you guys.
JP
JP
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Gospel
Copied from John Piper's blog;
Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller.
Our temptation is to think that the gospel is for beginners and then we go on to greater things. But the real challenge is to see the gospel as the greatest thing—and getting greater all the time.
The Gospel gets bigger when, in your heart,
grace gets bigger;
Christ gets greater;
his death gets more wonderful;
his resurrection gets more astonishing;
the work of the Spirit gets mightier;
the power of the gospel gets more pervasive;
its global extent gets wider;
your own sin gets uglier;
the devil gets more evil;
the gospel's roots in eternity go deeper;
its connections with everything in the Bible and in the world get stronger;
and the magnitude of its celebration in eternity gets louder.
So keep this in mind: Never let the gospel get smaller in your heart.
Pray that it won’t. Read solid books on it. Sing about it. Tell someone about it who is ignorant or unsure about it.
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel.... For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller.
Our temptation is to think that the gospel is for beginners and then we go on to greater things. But the real challenge is to see the gospel as the greatest thing—and getting greater all the time.
The Gospel gets bigger when, in your heart,
grace gets bigger;
Christ gets greater;
his death gets more wonderful;
his resurrection gets more astonishing;
the work of the Spirit gets mightier;
the power of the gospel gets more pervasive;
its global extent gets wider;
your own sin gets uglier;
the devil gets more evil;
the gospel's roots in eternity go deeper;
its connections with everything in the Bible and in the world get stronger;
and the magnitude of its celebration in eternity gets louder.
So keep this in mind: Never let the gospel get smaller in your heart.
Pray that it won’t. Read solid books on it. Sing about it. Tell someone about it who is ignorant or unsure about it.
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel.... For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
Crazy Love
Psalm 63:3 reads, “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.” Notice how we are surrounded by God's Love. The air we breath, the nature (God's beauty) we see, the things we need. God's love is all around.
Love is deep, secure, strong, loyal, honest and true. It is displayed through a touch, a word, a look or a smile. Love sustains, guides, protects and is closer than you think.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.—Psalm 139: 8-10
Love is deep, secure, strong, loyal, honest and true. It is displayed through a touch, a word, a look or a smile. Love sustains, guides, protects and is closer than you think.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.—Psalm 139: 8-10
Thursday, March 19, 2009
HAIL TO THE VICTORS!
March madness is here! YEAH! This is one of my favorite times of the year. Dana always sets up a competition for us. Michigan beat Clemson (sorry Renee, Dana, Ryan, Molly, Jason, Jessica and any others that might be in our bracket), creating a little split in the family for a little while, but in the end all is good. No counseling needed. The night is winding down and right now I am 12 for 12 in my picks. Pretty impressive for me.
Friday, March 6, 2009
NYMC and Michigan
Back from a week long trip with Nick. We left last Thursday around 9am and arrived in Columbus OH around 4pm. Eva (garmin) took us directly to the hotel. We checked in an then went to Morton's Steak House ($$$). Friday the National Youth Minister's Conference started. Nick attended all the general sessions with me, I also attended the "Flip your youth group" tract with Jeanne Mayo. It was good to see Nick worship and enjoy the sessions. We also went to late night sessions, the skit guys and 100th podcast of Doug and Friends.
General Sessions: Brett and Alex Harris spoke in session one. Kaye Warren spoke in session two. Nick so much enjoyed he bought her book. She is passionate about helping those with HIV/Aids in Africa. Doug Fields spoke in the third session.
Then we went to my mom's and dad's for the remainder of the week. We patched a crack in the living room for them, we put 21 inches of insulation in their attic, carpet on their handicap ramp, and fixed dad's wheel chair along with much visiting. Colin and Brian came over separately to see us. We had dinner at Paul's saw Lynn, Caleb, and Donna.
On Thursday (this week) we left for SC at 3:30am and arrived back home at 3:00PM.
While we were gone Simpsonville received 6 inches of snow. The power went out late Sunday afternoon and was out until Monday afternoon. Dana and Carolyn survived without us. Dana had school canceled two days and a two hour delay the next.
General Sessions: Brett and Alex Harris spoke in session one. Kaye Warren spoke in session two. Nick so much enjoyed he bought her book. She is passionate about helping those with HIV/Aids in Africa. Doug Fields spoke in the third session.
Then we went to my mom's and dad's for the remainder of the week. We patched a crack in the living room for them, we put 21 inches of insulation in their attic, carpet on their handicap ramp, and fixed dad's wheel chair along with much visiting. Colin and Brian came over separately to see us. We had dinner at Paul's saw Lynn, Caleb, and Donna.
On Thursday (this week) we left for SC at 3:30am and arrived back home at 3:00PM.
While we were gone Simpsonville received 6 inches of snow. The power went out late Sunday afternoon and was out until Monday afternoon. Dana and Carolyn survived without us. Dana had school canceled two days and a two hour delay the next.
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