A Day in the Life of a Lemon

If any of you are still around reading this then you realize I hardly ever blog anymore.  I usually just share what I’m thinking/doing/whatever on twitter.  Twitter limits you to 140 characters and that works great for my simple little mind.  However as I was getting ready to twitter I realized I was excited about too much stuff coming up and decided 140 characters wouldn’t do.  So here you go.  Here’s what I’m currently looking forward to:

• Passion Dinner
  • Tonight we are having dinner over at Justin and Brittany’s place.  This is the first time our group that went to Passion2010 has got together since the event.  The cool think is 8 of us went and I only knew 2 of them (3 if u count myself).  I love that when you go through something that huge together, even with complete strangers, it forms a bond that will last a lifetime.  Reminds me that all of us who have given our lives to Jesus has gone through something huge together and have a bond that will last more than a lifetime; for an eternity.
• Game Night
  • Tonight at nine some friends are meeting at my place for a night of Settler’s of Catan. Yeah were all dorks but I bet were gonna have more fun than any of you going out and getting drunk and clubbing on a Friday night.  Just sayin’
• Last night of Conan
  • If you guys aren’t following along with the whole Conan/Jay thing your missing out. Be sure to watch Conan tonight as it is his last show on NBC.  This will be something that will be talked about for a long time probably! Don’t miss it!
• Census Bureau
  • Huh? Census Bureau? Yeah I’m excited because I may get to pick up some extra dough by working for the Census Bureau.  I go tomorrow for a test and interview.  Say a prayer please.
• NEWSPRING
  • HECK YEAH!  Me and about 10 of my friends are all going to NewSpring’s 10th Anniversary Celebration!  It is going to be huge.  Huge because our God is huge and He’s gonna be there. Not that He’s not here right now with me writing this and you reading this, but you know what I mean.

I enjoyed getting the opportunity to hang out with Camron during Seminars4Worship.  Here is his post about it.

At the end of Craig’s Message he read this prayer and it was awesome! This is only part of it, I found it here.

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain in to joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.

• She is speaking with such passion and excitement it is amazing!
• One act of obedience at a time. She had no idea what she was getting into
• We are a bunch of “Grace Junkies” but we don’t extend it to ex-cons
• David was a murderer – but we don’t call him a murderer
• Haven’t received one single return to prison stat
• 98% employment rate
• 5 guys making over $100,000 after prison
• 70% are donors back to P.E.P. they teach these people who have been takers their whole life and have turned them into donors
• Wow had to stop taking notes and just pay attention. I’ll post notes later from my friend Everett!

Favorite part – a guy who just got out of jail 4 hours ago quoted Jesus, “those who have been forgiven much will love much!” then he said, “I have a lot of love!”

• The Gospel is not about making converts, its about making disciples
• We have transformed our ministry from truth to therapy
• Wish we took our jobs as seriously as marines
• Survey the Field
• Serve the troops – train and equip them, because they are going into battle
• Then give them a bigger vision
• Follow me
  • Your job is not to pander your people, it’s to lead them
• %57 of evangelicals said Jesus is not the only way. I believe that’s the stat he said
• There is a misunderstanding of tolerance
• Law of non-contradiction (Aristotle)
• We are fighting for life on every front
• Culture is nothing but religion incarnate
• Are we currently in babylonian captivity?
• I’ve been to top and bottom – Office of the president and in a jail cell
• contend for the faith, and entrust it to the saints
• What is Christianity – 5 non-negotionables
  • God is
  • The Bible is authoritative, inerrant word of God
  • The Fall
  • The Incarnation
  • Didn’t hear it