Crap, fear is tough stuff.

It is soo easy to live in fear.

I am.

Right now.

And, if I can be honest with you, I still haven’t really decided to overcome my fear in regards to one specific area of my life.

It’s tough stuff. You see, I really want to be transparent and share my heart in this one area - but I’m just a little scared boy about it. Why? Because, if I open up and am honest, I feel it could go one of two ways…

1. I lose the opportunity which has big ramifications on my day to day life. Money would be just one of the ramifications.

2. It works.

Oh, how simple it sounds. But what if it’s #1 that comes to be? Crap. That’s what.

So I guess it’s fear compiled with an issue of faith? Faith that God will be with me, no matter what the outcome is. And that brings me to the question that I would really like God’s audible voice to help me out on - where’s the line between having faith and not using the brain God’s given us? Hmmm. Thanks for listening :-)

You are almost there.

You are almost there.

God wired you up in this strange way for a purpose.
It’s really not strange, it’s on purpose.  

Embrace it.

Pick that one thing that you constantly think about and polish it.

Focus on it.

See what kind of amazing person comes out on the other side.

God doesn’t want you to be the best at everything. God wants you to be the best at the thing you are wired up to be. 

Will you keep choosing to try to be like that other person? You’ll fail. Do you like failing? Me neither.

Choose to push forward and be the person God wants you to be.

You are almost there.

Did you read Carlos Whittaker’s blog post yesterday? Check it out, 85 Mics… One Church. I thought it was such a good reminder that I made it into a iPhone wallpaper and thought I’d share it, just in case you want it as a reminder on your phone. I admit, it’s a tad busy on the iPhone, but I think it’s still worth having the awesome reminder. Thanks Carlos!

Did you read Carlos Whittaker’s blog post yesterday? Check it out, 85 Mics… One Church. I thought it was such a good reminder that I made it into a iPhone wallpaper and thought I’d share it, just in case you want it as a reminder on your phone. I admit, it’s a tad busy on the iPhone, but I think it’s still worth having the awesome reminder. Thanks Carlos!

“Simply put, here was a man who knew how to lead.”

Someone speaking of Ronald Reagan. My wish would be for someone to be able to say this about me when I die. What a simple, powerful statement.

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blainehogan:

When we began talking about what we wanted to do to honor MLK weekend we started with his famous speech. As inspiring as it is, it seems that we often miss the genesis of it. When you dig a little deeper you realize that much of his speech isn’t his own, but instead came from the ancient prophet,…

Other than seeing people find a personal relationship with Jesus - this is one of the most awesome things to be a part of with my Church family. Giving people clean water in India…so awesome. Love the video, love what it shows this church is doing!

“Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is how he bears the image of God, that is what God made him to be.”

John Eldredge in Wild At Heart