Justice

"The ordinary Christian gets emotional. The deeply committed Christian gets involved." K.G. McMillan

"To be saved costs us nothing, to be a disciple costs us everything."

"see the world is a place made up of places.. and every place has a history.. and every place's history is reflected in what becomes it's culture.. and culture itself is defined through its people.. and the people; well, they are the future… and the future is now..so then - looking at it in the same light but from the other side of the room; at this moment in history, we are the people in the places.. and we are the ones defining cultures.. and we are the ones creating history.. and so the question must be asked…. If we are the future; how's it gonna look..??I don't know about you.. but if our generation is remembered for ipods, myspace, and youtube we missed it.. if history speaks of our generation as self indulgent pioneers of the digital age, reality television and purpose built celebrity we'll have failed.. the world will change by itself.. for better or for worse.. it changes daily.. but who will be the ones to shape it.. and how will it look?in and of itself revolution is neither good or bad.. revolution represents change.. a shift in culture.. History is marked by revolutions.. social and political.. some have represented victory, freedom and justice, however on the flip-side.. too many have become infamous representations of despair, oppression and injustice.. all it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing.. for the church – the hands and feet of Jesus and His plan for the salvation of this big, broken sphere of dirt, water and life we temporarily call home, this has never sounded with more urgency.. it's time for a revolution.. fuelled by a dissatisfaction with self-centred living and complacent faith.. driven by a desire for truth, love and justice..that's what this is all about…every generation needs a revolution.. and this one needs to look, sound, walk and breathe like love..it's not a new concept.. it's an eternal concept.. it's the reason we are alive.. it's the fundemental call of what it means to be a follower of Christ..Love God.. love people.. that's it.. that's the revolution.. revolutionary I know.. but if we understand what that means.. if we get it.. if we establish in our thinking how that looks.. and we start living it.. we will change the world.. it's not so much about the big stuff.. it's just about the stuff.. it's about the people in the places being the answer - in the places.. and together; becoming the answer to the big stuff.. it's about your backyard.. it's about my backyard..The world has watered love down to slogans and t-shirts.. lollipop pop songs and popcorn munching excursions in visual indulgence... all of which are fine.. but we throw the word around.. we confuse it's definition.. we diminish our understanding of God's command.. love is the quintessential human emotion.. it is the desire of every human being to experience, and in turn express love.. and God himself IS love.. and he desires to be loved.. and who are the carriers of His spirit..?? it's us…So that's the call.. that's the mission.. that's what this is all about..A generation expressing their worship; moreso expressing their heart for worship in the action of love.. toward God.. and toward the world we live in.. and the people who inhabit it.. it's not about highlighting the darkness.. it's about becoming the light that diminishes the darkness.. it's the gospel.. and it is now..we're all in this together.."

Joel Houston

Amazing

Something happened this week!

GOD SHOWED UP!

I CAN DREAM BIG AGAIN!

VISIONS AND DREAMS ARE BECOMING REALITY

I AM NOT AFRAID OR SCARED OF DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD

PURPOSE IS STIRRING INSIDE OF ME

WATCH OUT FOR GOD: HE APPEARS IN THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACES WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT HIM

THE BIBLE CAME TO LIFE

So what does it look like when God shows up? It is something that is earthshattering, knee knocking, and teeth chattering. It is beyond anything that you can imagine. It is hearing thousands of college students praising in authentic worship of their Lord and Savior. It shouting for worship to not stop. Worship that is from the heart and not for show. Authenticity is displayed through the faces of brothers and sisters in Christ. It is taking what we have learned and applying it after the mountaintop experience is over when we go back down the mountain and continue with our everyday life. It is something that leaves you in awe and breathless of who God is. It is about reconciliation with God and with others. It is all about realizing that God created each one of us and has a purpose for each one of us. It is about the realization that it is not about who we are but whose we are.

I'm In Love

I'm in love. I want to shout it from the rooftops. It has been a long road. A road filled with steep hills, curves and potholes but through it I have come to appreciate life so much more and the person that has come into my life. He is someone that I have known all my life but never fully knew. I knew him from a distance. I saw how he interacted with everyone else and how he was so kind and gentle but at the same time he was firm when he needed to be. I always secretly wanted him to focus on me and to show me attention and love me. There was so many times that I wondered if it would ever happen to me. If I would ever find that someone who I could fall in love with. Someone that I wanted to tell everyone about and that I could show everyone. Because of him I love to get up in the morning and it has changed how I view life. I don't deserve him yet he makes me feel like I am so beautiful and special. He loves and respects me for who I am. He is by my side through everything:good or bad. He is caring and a great listener. He lets me vent to him and doesn't say a word till I am finished. I feel that I can tell him anything. He speaks truth into my life. He tells me things that I need to hear and not just what I want to hear. He puts up with all my strange moods that I go through. I can't put into words how I feel except that I feel loved and cherished beyond anything that I have ever felt. Who is this amazing peson. His name is Jesus. I never knew that I could know him like I do and to have the intimacy that I beginning to experience with him. He is my everything.