Sunday!

Such a tiring day, so many things went on today.

Woke up late -.- the night before i went to sleep pretty late. i need to stop doing that.
as a result i couldnt go to EM and missed a little bit of yg service. And today i substituted for the 8th graders Bible study. can't say i make the best small group leader though. But having this other guy in there who wasnt even suppose to be there didnt help at all -.- after i played bball which i feel like i played a little too much because now i have a massive headache ><

I donno why, but these days i feel like the yg is struggling. people just dont seem interested anymore. maybe it's because of school? that and the praise teams seem to be losing vigor and passion. i really wonder what it is? definitely something to pray about and work on. "the praise you show reflects your relationship with God that week" says jdsn. so this week im reminding my little praise team to try and spend a little extra time with God outside of their required QT since last friday was big let down spiritually and musically. I'll also be joining them since leaders are even more prone to being attacked by satan. Praise team 2 FTW!

so after bball, me and my jdsn's family went to the international house of prayer in atlanta (IHOP). basically it's a part of a system of places headquartered in missouri where there's 24/7 praise and worship. it was good, lots of "spirit filled people." i saw people crying out to God, dancing, hand motions, etc. Definitely a God filled place. I took a few pictures to show people on facebook, but not a lot because it felt weird taking pictures and i was afraid some people might not like it. so i only took some from the back. i wanna try going back at like 3am one day. seems like a good place to go anytime and just let out unto God.

relationship with God...a lot of times when people are asked how their relationship with God was that week they say something like "oh, it was good. i read my Bible and did my QT" or "oh it was pretty bad, i didnt FEEL God this week." such a typical answer though, even im guilty of it. i donno where i saw, but there was this thing saying that if our relationship with God is limited to reading the Bible and doing QTs, and feelings, then it's totally wrong. and i agree. i dont want my relationship with God to be based off reading the Bible and doing QTs. That's a weak bond. Of course, both a very important, but there's so much more to God than that. I wanna come to a point where i desire to read my Bible, desire to pray and converse with God as my best friend, thank God for everything that is, be able to praise with all that i am and not care about whose around me. so i'll strive for that, and pray for it. I wanna do things outside of duty and more of out of want and desire of God.

What's also saddening is how my old em friends are right now spiritually. a lot of them dont go to church anymore. even worse, they're sucked into things of this world. finding temporary enjoyment from alcohol,video games,smoking,work, and other wordly things. its hard to believe these were the same people i spent time with spending extra hours at church before and after church and even during the weekdays and saturdays. Im praying for them, i really hope they return to Christian living before it's too late.

"If you have not grasped the gospel fully and deeply, you will return to being condescending, condemning, anxious, insecure, joyless and angry all the time. ” - Tim Keller

Tumblr is such a good resource for finding good Bible qutoes/quotes

Even the demons believe, yet they are not saved. Many people who say they believe in Jesus, are also not saved. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21 ‘Not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven’.