Do Not Let ANYONE Steal Your Dreams

I ran into this and wanted to let you see it also. People can so often steal the dreams of others and even themselves.

STOP!

God has placed in you desires to be what he designed you to be. Absorb the story of Paul Potts from England. e appeared on the British version of "American Idol" called "Britain Got Talent." He was unsure of himself, lacked confidence in his talent and it was written all over his face. When he announced what he was going to do you could see the skepticism on the judges faces, Simon Cowell included.

Watch what happens and don't give up on your dreams . . . EVER!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxTy7KIAaA

God's Goodness Comes In Many Ways

As the start of the school year comes I wanted to share a moment of God's grace with everyone. The prayer has been this summer for a break, as the monetary side of seminary has been beating down on us lately.

Well I ran into one of the brothers from my Spiritual Formation group at DTS yesterday and found out whats been going on in his life. D. B., aka the Buzz, has recently started to pastor a church in the San Antonio area. I was truly happy for him as I knew that God was going to and will use him greatly. He is a good man who loves God deeply and it shows in his words and works. Well Buzz expressed that he wanted to begin supporting us as a missionary family through the church.

I was humbled and crushed by the situation. My pride was screaming,"No!" But, on reflection I have to crush my pride and step out of the way and let God work through this mans obedience to what God has laid on his heart. Buzz God bless you.

Secondly, I also received word this morning that I will be receiving a thousand dollar scholarship for the up coming semester which will immediately ease some of the burden on the family.

Lastly I will be teaching a class to lay people at DTS this fall on World Religions for five weeks. Pray for me. I have a lot of work to finish in a very short time.

Thank you Lord for your grace.

God's Goodness Comes In Many Ways

The prayer of my heart over the summmer has been that God would give my family and I a "break" in some of our financial issues. Seminary is not cheap and the Christian School the children are in has raised its tuition and fees to literally just under $1000 a month.

But God is faithful. More faithful to me than I am to him. His mercy and goodnessis beyond my understanding. Here is what God has done.

I ran into one of my brothers from my Spiritual Formation Group yesterday that is graduating from DTS and has started to pastor a church in the San Antonio area. He told me that he wants to support the family as missionaries. I had to hold back the tears, as I can not lose my cool points you know :), and fight my pride that was screaming, "No!"

Recently Read

Well just finished the 5 minute Apologist by Dr. Rick Cornish. Published by NavPress it is a small book in size but is still 347 pages.

The book is divided into ten sections:

1. Thinking

2. The Bible

3. Worldviews

4. God

5. Jesus

6. The Resurrection

7. Science

8. Miracles

9. Historic Religions

10. New Religions

Each section is broken down into further subsections. In the Jesus section for example, is seven chapters long dealing with the historic Jesus to Jesus personal claims to deity. The entire section is twenty pages long and most of the chapters are 2-4 pages in length and can be read in a matter of minutes. As the title says about five minutes. For a basic overview of apologetics and the issues involved I have to give a big thumbs up to this book.

If you are new to the task of biblical apologetics then this is a great place to start. I look forward to reading the next to in the series: 5 Minute Theologian and 5 Minute Historian.