Teach me your ways…

In reading Psalm 25 this morning before heading in to work, verses 4 and 5 slammed me:

Show me your ways, O LORD,
teach me your paths;

guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.

The truth is that each of us are in fact on a path. We have to be. Life moves along, our story unfolds, and we make decisions that affect us and those we love for eternity. Truth is we don’t put enough weight on the decisions we make. All to often we flippantly decide this or that without any thought or respect for how it affects those around us.

So today, my prayer echoes that of King David. That my God and my King would show me His paths teach me his ways, for my hope is in Him alone.

everybody…meet Charlie!

This is Charlie Cadden. She’s a 10 week old Goldendoodle (golden retriever/poodle) that we found in Pell City, AL from a breeder who was trying to sell his ‘older’ pups for half price. We’re loving having here in Auburn (got her Wed), although Cooper isn’t quite sure how to handle the new addition just yet.

new traditions…

This was inspiring, and so true. Thanks Jeremiah Aja for sharing

when you pray

This morning I read this from the book I’m working through (and by “working”…i mean it) and it really struck me about the way I (we) pray:

…prayer to the God of Israel and of Jesus, the living and personal God of the universe, is intelligent conversation about matters of mutual concern.”  The Divine Conspiracy

Are we praying repetitive meaningless prayers because they’re the words we have been taught to say? Are we praying long ‘eloquent’ prayers for others at church or in small group to hear? Or…are we praying about matters of mutual concern between us and the God of the universe. In other words…are you praying about what’s on God’s heart or whats on ours? And if we’re truly connected to him, shouldn’t they be the same?

come and gone…

Thursday night was an INCREDIBLE night of worship in the Student Activities center on AU’s campus. Steve Fee and Charlie Hall led us in a powerful night of “making Jesus’ name famous’ on Auburn’s campus. Over 1500 area university students packed into a room, screaming their affections and praises to the King…and His spirit moved.

all around the Act are intramural gyms, workout facilities, racquetball & tennis courts, lap pools…and students who were nearby came to check out the noise. And trust me…it was loud. There were guys standing in the back in their workout clothes and girls coming in with tennis rackets in hand.

God was moving Thursday night, and still is, in the hearts of hundreds and thousands of students on this campus. It was amazing to be a part of.

But now that the lights and songs have been silenced…what do we do? the event is over. all the planning and prep that went into pulling such a powerful night off were over at the end of the night.

But the movement rolls on. My prayer is that in having been a part of the Passion University Tour, students left knowing that their role in God’s story was theirs alone to play. I pray that each of them left with a sense of purpose and a knowing that God wants to do big things in and through each of them. I pray that the passions of their hearts become realities in their lives.

I pray that each of them forcefully takes hold of that which has taken hold of them and each of them presses on.

Thank you for all your prayers and thoughts that went into making this night special. I ask now that you would continue to lift high this and every campus across our country.

 

the Famous One

Tonight is going to be amazing. Not because of who will be on AU’s campus in the Student Act, or what names will be singing the songs on stage. Tonight is going to be powerful b/c God’s name is going to be proclaimed by over 1000 students (maybe even 2000) and made famous on Auburn University’s campus…and i can’t wait.

This is what the Student Act looks like right now:  

Tonight will be a bit different.

I can’t wait.

I read an article interviewing Louie Giglio from Passion about what tonight means and why he does what he does.

For the longest time i’ve struggled with putting into words why exactly I am passionate about the lives of university students. Louie…as usual…said it best, so I’m claiming this as my own (thanks Louie):

Students are faced with every possible challenge and option, and it’s in that moment they decide what they believe about Jesus Christ, not what their parents back home believe, or the youth group they came from, not what others think, but what they believe about the person of Christ.

And that decision shapes the trajectory of the next 10-20 years of their lives. I want to be standing at that crossroads pointing people to Jesus who is able to transform our lives in to more than we could ever imagine — One who is greater than every earthly fame and the answer to everything our hearts desire.

Tonight will not be as loud as Jordan-Hare on Saturday (although its possible). But it will unquestionably be more powerful. Charlie Hall and Steve Fee are going to lead us for hours as we worship the King.

God will be famous tonight in Auburn. The person of Christ will be made known.