MOVIES!!!

So in the last couple of weeks I have been to the movies quite a few times, and I have to say that all the movies were pretty good if not Outstanding.

Yes Man was probably the funniest movie I've seen this year. I approached the movie with the expectations that it was going to be another rip off of Liar Liar, but oh was I wrong.  Not only did Jim Carrey do an awesome job keeping me laughing the entire time, but the movie had lines that once you left the theater you found yourself repeating. Oh yeah and do I even need to mention the Harry Potter party. I find still after 2 weeks that when I think about the movie I get this big smile on my face...

Bedtime Stories was actually a lot better than I thought i was going to be. I went to see it with a bunch of Jr. High kids and some High School kids. There was a lot of the traditional Adam Sandler comedy such as: the reoccurring actors in pretty much every Happy Madison production (although this wasn't a part of Happy Madison Production...), lines that played off of jokes from past movies, and the mention of his egg shaped head. Even though there was so much "classic" Adam Sandler comedy I found that the majority of the theater wasn't laughing. Soon after the movie I saw that most of the audience was kids in the Jr. High-High School age range. Apparently the age of Adam Sandler is over and the reign of Zac Efron has begun... (I saw 3 girls wearing Zac Efron t-shirts)

Valkyrie was the latest movie that I spent an outstanding $10. I went into the movie knowing the ending. Hitler commits suicide... It's a part of history, its in the books. Even so I found myself on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. I'm not typically a Tom Cruise fan mostly due to the whole Scientology thing and I believe that him and Oprah will give birth to the Anti-Christ, but he did a very good job playing a very dark role in my opinion. There were scenes in the movie that showed how nervous the characters were that I found myself getting nervous. All in all I thought that it was worth my $10.

Making Sacrifices

This is a message I did a few weeks ago for Amplify.

Jesus Saves

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are -- yet was without sin.

This verse is referring to Jesus and how great he is. He as a human lived in our world and was attacked by the same temptations that we come in contact with. But Jesus held strong, he did not sin. But we continuously sin throughout our daily lives. Even if we tried with every fiber of our beings not to sin for just one whole day we would not be able to.

In Hebrews 2:9 it say's "He suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone." The only guy in the whole world to remain completely pure and sinless for the entirety of his life was the one that sacrificed himself for everyone else. It's so crazy to think about because we are the ones that are continually messing up but Jesus died for us so that we could be forgiven for our sins.

his man who did so much for us and we did nothing for him in return was willing to die for us, and his death was not an easy passing. He didn't just die in his sleep. He was tortured and mutilated, for us.

Sometimes I think we forget the full weight of Jesus' actions. He went through so much just so that we can be saved, and how do we repay him? We waste our lives away by being selfish, un-caring, and all around butt heads. In reality we should be worshiping and praising him for what he did for us.

We praise the Lakers for winning a championship, we praise Will Smith for his performance in the Fresh Prince, and we praise our favorite bands for a great album. But we forget to praise Jesus for saving our souls. Will I forget that today? I better not.

Jesus, thank you so much for saving me. You are awesome and I wouldn't be anything without you.

Thrive Christmas Party

camp devo pt.2

1 Corinthians 6:20

20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

This scripture speaks about sexual immorality, but I think it speaks about so much more. Not only should be honor God with our body, but we should honor God with every single aspect of our lives.

Do we really understand the weight that “You were bought at a price” really carries? God sent his only son, his faithful and obedient son, his perfect son down to Earth to die for us. We messed up and Jesus is picking up our slack now.

We already dropped the ball once, will we continue to screw around in life. We constantly use the excuse or live with the notion that since we are young that it’s ok to just cruise through life and not really take it seriously. But we have to honor God with our daily lives, we have to devote ourselves to him. We have one chance to be something in this world. Why would we waste it?

God, I pray that we can understand the sacrifice that your son made. I pray that we can learn to devote all aspects of our lives to you Lord. I thank you for this weekend and for your love God. In Jesus Name

Amen.

camp devo pt.1

1 Corinthians 1:13

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?

In this scripture, people were starting to follow the leaders that they were directly under instead of God.

I often find that we fall into the same problem without even knowing it. There are speakers out there like Rob Bell or Matt Chandler that are really amazing at what they do and they plant and water a lot of seeds but like it says in 1 Corinthians 3 The planters and he who waters the plant aren’t anything, only God can make things grow. Interning at New Hope I find that I am constantly hearing Pastor Wayne speak. Every weekend I am sitting on the edge of my chair in anticipation to hear what PW has to preach about this weekend. I crave to hear his messages for us. In a sense I could honestly say that I put him on a pedestal. I view him as an idol. But PW is just another planter or a man that waters the plants. God is the man with the master plan and I would do well not to forget that.

God, Today I pray that I can just be more immersed into your word. To not just wait until I hear about the bible from another pastor or someone preaching to me. To be proactive when it comes to wanting to know you more. You’re awesome! In Jesus Name

Amen.

Crazy last 2 weeks!

Man the last 2 weeks have been CRAZY!!!

Last Friday we had the sick 80's Halloween party. A lot of cool 80's gear, although I was really surprised that I did not see one pair of shutter shades... sorry Kanye.

Then on Sunday we had the We Will Not Be Silent Concert featuring Arkeo and Alabaster Box. I'm not going to lie I'm pretty sure my face got melted off. The set up was awesome, the food was awesome, the bands were awesome, and the fellowship was awesome! I hope to do another event like this sometime in the future.

like i said its been a CRAZY couple of weeks.