Last Night

Last night I had a great conversation with a young lady that I began praying for several months ago. She has begun to ask about salvation and church membership. Now, why would I write about this? I didn't have much influence on her. One of the members of our youth group did. How awesome is that? I am pumped up.

Honesty is truly a great thing, so I will be very honest here. I feel God's leading me to do something different. For the last year I have been serving as Youth Minister at my church. First I served voluntarily for about six months and I felt God leading me to go further. My church hired me as the interim youth minister and i continued to serve. Where I am at a crossrads now is should I pursue this as a full time job or not. I really don't know what I should do. Pray for me. Pray that God would open or close the door for me.

Why are we here? It's a question I've been asking myself lately. I wonder if we are in the place that we are currently inhabiting for a reason. I believe we are. God created us with a plan in mind. He desires our attention, affection, and worship. What are we giving those things to now that we need to stop? This is a quick hit, so think long and hard on it.

New Year, new stuff. We just had an awesome lock in for our youth and I am pretty pumped about 2009. 41 kids showed up and spent the night with us. They were challenged with a message from 2 Corinthians 5:16-21. We even wrote names on posters to display of people we want to come to know Jesus and are going to be praying for and inviting to church. I hope our kids take this serious. I feel like we could be the influence that our community needs for Christ and I hope to see it happen.

Excited for 2009,
Ike