Trust in the Lord...

For all the people that I have interacted with the past few weeks, if I have been a little unbearable to be around. Then I am truly sorry... I have so many things that I have been worrying about certain things in my life.

Like with me, I have not have no alone time by myself or with my family. Also having to deal with issues that we have in the family also and getting preped up for Master's Commission in the fall. There would be some nights where I could not sleep because my worriness would overcome my clamness turning me to become extremly depressed over the littlest things.

With that, I am like learning so much about trusting in God and letting all my cares upon Him. For those who know me... know that I have a severe trusting problem that I am learning to overcome. 'Cause of my broken home life and my 'not so happy' childhood. I have not been able to trust people (even the people who are closest to me). So with that today @ 600am on this awesome Sunday Morning, I have decided to talk about trust.

Proverbs 3.5 // Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

When I think about that verse, I think about people who does not have Jesus in their heart and that they feel that material things and certain ways are suppose to calm them and make them feel better. I know that I am suppose to trust in the Lord and have Him as the center of my life. No dobut that I want that but I am letting my trust issue interfere of letting my relationship with Jesus grow and get more to where God and I want it to be. For over a year, I have been trying to trust others and to break down the walls of worriness in my life. This summer and during the fall at Master's, I plan on getting past the old 'Andrew' and learn to trust other and find that joy and peace that I had with God when I first met Him.

Please keep me in prayer about this issue that I have. Also keep my family in prayer as we are have alot of family issues right now.

Have I told you lately... that you are so amazingly awesome.

The Bible... More Revelation than Application

I recently listened to a podcast entry by Steven Furtick (Lead Pastor / Elevation Church) from his series 'The Essential James'. That message really got me thinking and had me wanting to give some insight on this issue we have in America that Christians are basically only reading the bible and not applying it to their everyday lives.

In 2005, 500,000 Bibles (all versions) were sold per week.

As a Christian myself, it made me realize that it is become a major problem in Christian America. With that we need to have the mentality of becoming a doer of the Word and not just a reader.

Some of us has went to the stage where we have experience Cultural-Christianity. We need to not let our biblical knowledge exceed our our obedience. Basically we don't need more "Biblical Smarty-pants" but more Biblical Servants. Reason is that God requires us to apply His Word to our everyday lives. People in America has been in this "Change My Life" craze with turning to Daytime Talk Shows and to professional help. When all the answers were right in front of them when they just have cracked open the Bible and just apply it with the power of God and the Holy Spirit to their lives. Steven Furtick said a great quote that basically sums up the whole situation.

The Bible don't change our life... the application of the Bible with the power of Christ and virtue of the Holy Spirit does. - Steven Furtick / Lead Pastor :: Elevation Church

So I challenge that the next time you are in quiet time and reading your Bible. Take some of that scripture that you read and apply it somewhere in your daily life.

my summer update and plans for the fall...

hello, my brothers and sisters of the internet blogging world. You know that this summer is going by fast and I am taking some time off... and now after looking at it being mad and out of content with the whole situation that I faced last month. I realized that God needed me to take a break from ministry for a while and He need to do it in a very loud and painful way. Now, I have been rediscovering myself spiritually and in life of who I am. God is sooo amazing!!!! That is a well-known fact indeed.

This fall I am going to be going to another chapter in my life called "Master's Commission". Also there are so many things that I am excited about what God has instore for me. Well, here is what I have planned for the fall.

- MASTER'S COMMISSION ATLANTA!!!!!! This will my first ever away from home (in a daily living environment)
- Own my first Mac
- Hopefully be able to get done with all my credential work and be in the process for it.
- My last night at Renew. I know that it is going to be a very sad thing, but I know that it is destined by God for me to go regardless.