Crowder does "Jesus Is My Friend"

haha :). I knew this would pick up soon!

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Jesus is my friend

Before you think I'm getting spiritual here, well...there's no introduction that will suffice, so just watch this video.



I guess we've come a long way :)

Proverbs 16

I sat down today to read Proverbs 16, and wasn't quite ready for what happened. I've read this chapter many times, but today I've seen it in a special light (and THAT is why I know that God's Word is living and active). I won't break all of it down, but I want to share with you one short contrast that changed my perspective a little today.

v. 7 - When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

I've read Daniel, and know the story of every time God delivered him. I read the Gospels, and have discovered that God will even break you out of jail if that's what He wants.

But this was new.

I love a lot swirling around my head about what this means to me, but am anxious to hear your thoughts. Or, if you have something else to share - go for it!

it's just fun to re-discover Scripture again...

new.

So, it's pretty hard for me to slow down. When I don't slow down, I start to morph into someone I shouldn't be. Not only that, I begin to put God on the backburner, and schedule Him in when the time allows.

Why can't I just follow God?

I've been teaching on fresh starts, and I've been feeling quite convicted. So much so, that immediately after the first talk on leaving the past behind, and saying "yes" to what God has for me, I walked straight to the back of the room and buried my face in my hands, knowing that I was most guilty in the room. I'm not sure if you know the pain that guilt brings like I experienced, but I felt it, as if it were a physical weight on my shoulders.

I spent some time in prayer and reading this afternoon, and God brought me to a few thoughts out of 2 Corinthians 5 - being made new. Out of my reading and prayer time, though, I was refreshed by one, singular principle:

God's mercies are made new each day. Every single day, He is anxious to walk with me.

Screw up as I may, He is always, unthinkably ready to embrace me.

And that, my friends, is the truth that lifts the weight every time.

Wherever you are, whatever struggles you're mucking through, remember that God, in His never-ending (think about that)...never...ending...love, is so ready to give you strength.

May you seek Him today.

classic movies

So, I've been on this life-trek to watch most to all of the movies that one needs to watch in a given lifetime. So here's the deal: I'm looking for any or all movies that are must-sees; whether they are merely funny, influential, or just flat-out perspective-changers. So comment. No minimum. No maximum. Gimme all ya got.