My months of relaxing have completed and I've started my full time ministry position at Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Canon City. I had an amazing week meeting with the key leaders for the youth! We started casting vision and are now in a make-over stage for the youth program. I got to share with the H.S. on Wednesday night some vision as well as let them ask me questions to get to know me. They are awesome!
I also worked with our youth band for the first time, and we will be getting after it pretty hard until we open up the doors to the youth again on September 2nd and 3rd.
It's truly amazing what God is starting to do. He has set up an amazing opportunity with GREAT leaders for me to work with. We have a lot to do, but God is placing vision and direction at our feet and I just pray we have the wisdom to just follow that path.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
New Direction
It's amazing how
"...God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." [Romans 8:28],
which I have experienced my entire Christian life. Looking back at how God restored me, guided me, and now has called me to a greater purpose in my life, He has definitely been doing works for my good and His purpose. No matter what level of love I had, great or small, the fact that there was a seed of love in my life, a small part that knew of who Jesus was, was enough for Him to be there with me even when He was neglected. I'm a living testimony that once you are adopted by God, once you give your life to Christ, He will never let you go. His faithfulness doesn't hang on our faithfulness to Him (thank goodness)....It is always there, always true, never ending, filled with grace, and full of love.
God has been painting a picture of my life that I could not see because my focus and point of view was either too small or focused on my own needs for me to see. In the last few months that picture has been revealed to me in a small way and the portion of that picture has called me to full-time ministry working with the youth.
Usually when I'm partaking in something that isn't a part of MY plan my excitement level or my heart is only half there. But when you're on the verge of doing God's plan, that may not be your own, your passion and excitement is greater than ever. He knows my heart, my passions, my drive, my wiring and he took that into account as he unraveled this season of His plan for Grace and I. When a Creator reveals His plan for the created... TAKE NOTE, step out, be faithful because He knows more about you than you do and His plan will make you tick more than you will ever know.
I'm excited for this next season of our life, but Grace and I need your prayers as we start down this new path God has laid before us.
All glory to God and God alone!
in Him,
Scott
"...God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." [Romans 8:28],
which I have experienced my entire Christian life. Looking back at how God restored me, guided me, and now has called me to a greater purpose in my life, He has definitely been doing works for my good and His purpose. No matter what level of love I had, great or small, the fact that there was a seed of love in my life, a small part that knew of who Jesus was, was enough for Him to be there with me even when He was neglected. I'm a living testimony that once you are adopted by God, once you give your life to Christ, He will never let you go. His faithfulness doesn't hang on our faithfulness to Him (thank goodness)....It is always there, always true, never ending, filled with grace, and full of love.
God has been painting a picture of my life that I could not see because my focus and point of view was either too small or focused on my own needs for me to see. In the last few months that picture has been revealed to me in a small way and the portion of that picture has called me to full-time ministry working with the youth.
- Is Canon City a place I dreamed of living? No.
- Was this a part of MY plan to go into full time ministry working with the youth in a city opposite of my comfort zone? No.
- Is this pushing me to become more reliant on Christ? Definitely!
Usually when I'm partaking in something that isn't a part of MY plan my excitement level or my heart is only half there. But when you're on the verge of doing God's plan, that may not be your own, your passion and excitement is greater than ever. He knows my heart, my passions, my drive, my wiring and he took that into account as he unraveled this season of His plan for Grace and I. When a Creator reveals His plan for the created... TAKE NOTE, step out, be faithful because He knows more about you than you do and His plan will make you tick more than you will ever know.
I'm excited for this next season of our life, but Grace and I need your prayers as we start down this new path God has laid before us.
All glory to God and God alone!
in Him,
Scott
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