Today's Prayer

Lord I ask that You would pursure past all my selfishness and convince my desires once again that they can only find their satisfaction in You. I long to experience Your goodness today. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, have mercy on me a sinner. Give me strength against tempation today. I let go of this life that I might truly live. I lessen the grip on my things knowing that everything is Yours, given to me to steward and that I've been blessed to be a blessing. I surrender everything I think I need to what You know I need. Give me a one track mind, wholly focused on You. May Your voice be louder than all the others! Open my eyes to Your grace all around. Grant me purpose and passion and strength for action, with wisdom and grace as I seek Your face. Turn my eyes from the worthless things of this world and give me life through Your word, and may more and more of my breaths and heart beats as I live, be for the advancement of Your kingdom. Forever Yours is kingdom, the power, the glory and the honor.

"Teach me your way, O LORD, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever. For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave." Psalm 86:11-13

My Bro

So my bro, (the one on the right) now lives in Michigan, helping with a church plant called Evident Church. Have I talked about how excited I am for him? I rejoice with him in his new stage of life with the potential future of explosion for the Kingdom. I will be lifting him up in my convo's with Jesus. I love my bro, he's awesome. You should meet him, you'd like him. He's like 5 inches taller, 9 minutes younger, and can grow facial hair. His fashion sense is mind boggling. He has 2D vision. He spent 3 1/2 months in Ireland. He plays the piano like a mad scientist. He loves Jesus. And Gods got big stuff for him I know it.

Mountain Top songs

So I was just listening to one of my favorite songs ever. It is a song I would sing at the top of my lungs on top of a mountain. It's called "Everything" from an author who seems to very often write songs that that totally resonate with what my heart would scream.
His name is Tim Hughes.
Songs to be sung @ the tops of your lungs on top of a mountain...
DO YOU HAVE ANY?

My New Guitar

I've never played a better guitar...

leaf pickup and ellsworth

Today I was raking and blowing with a leaf blower leaves at one of the regular customers houses just like a normal fall afternoon. I was all buttoned up, hood on and sleeves pulled down past my hand to keep the paws warm. Then all of a sudden! I heard steps on the lawn behind me and tap tap tap on my shoulder went some fingers. I turned around and who might it be? oh it was Brandon Ellsworth! One of my electric guitar players for GSM had been riding on the bus I saw pass seconds before. I guess he saw me out his window and yelled at the bus driver "Hey Let me off here!"
It took me by surprise to see him and so I asked him what he was doing there. he said "I saw you rakin leaves and had to get off" I was like "dude you live miles from here ha ha what are you doing!?"
Brandon and I then chatted for a small bit then he called his mom and slowly but surely explained where he was. Brandon told me when he told his mom where he was that she said "Youre reading your bible where? You have a dentist appointment, you can't read it at home?" ha ha then he explained that He got off the bus to see Seth Bible, not read his bible.
Anyways, leaf pickup just plain sucks. No better way to put it. I don't mind and actually like mowing, but picking up leaves just bites, epsecially today when they were wet and heavy and no working mower to just suck em up. So Brandon was a pick up for sure. It was good to see him. He's a pretty cool kid actually and a great guitar player. I'm very blessed to have him on the team.

Oh and Jeff Myers is back from vacation...that makes me quite happy...love to you jeffrey

Last Night

Friends,I believe God was honored last night with bodies moving and hearts beating for Him as we worshipped at 1st wednesday..what a night of joyful joyful celebration. It was amazing and so fun. And what a way to kick off the night as well...Last night at 1st wednesday, Mark Beeson presented to me a brand new, top of the line, upgrade from my last one, Taylor guitar. I was pretty much in shock most of the night. I was blown away thanks to a few anonymous people who gave the money for the purchasing of such an incrediblely fine instrament for me. My heart is warmed as I sit in my chair at my desk thinking about last night and my gratitude levels are off the charts. God is soo very good for coutless reasons. Praise God for people. God I beg of You to use me and this gift as I seek Your face as hard as I can, to bring about massive amounts of glory for Your name and renown, and for people to be overwhelmingly caught up in you Jesus, falling head over heels in love. All I am for Your kingdoms cause.

Last night I played my guitar till 2 am.
Love it

My Twin Brother

So, for those who don't know, yes I have a twin brother. His name is Brandon, I call him "brother Brandon". He is about 4 or 5 inches taller and a few inches bigger round the waist as well, but mind you, he is nine minutes younger. So anyways, a few months ago some friends of ours planted a church in Mcomb Michigan. My brother had planned to move out there to help out with a few other guys to afford an apartment. Well I guess the guys bailed on him to finish school or something like that, so I think as far as Brandon thought, he didn't really know if it was going to even work out anymore. By the way, Brandon also does not own his own car, so that factors in here to pretty big. Well it had been a few months since all this went down and throughout those months, I personaly, as could others I spoke with, could see his want and really his need to move out there and be apart of this new church, but he really had no way of pulling it off, without a car and friends to help pay rent.
Well I got a message from him yesterday that I needed to call him asap cause he had some sweet news. This was unlike my brother...so i found a phone and rang him up...come to find out, a family told him they wanted to buy him a car! and that the pastor at the church really wanted brandon to be apart of what they were doing and said that he could live in their basement for as long as needed.
Holy cow when i heard this my heart was filled with much joy. praise God He is awesome...nothing better...none compares...Lord all we are is Yours, for the advancing of Your kingdom. Use my brother in mighty huge ways..fill him with Your Spirit and may he continue to fall head over heels deep in love with You JESUS!

Another note...check out this website i found. I really like it. Its like a daily guided prayer with a specific chosen verse w/ inspiration. Ive been reading one twice a day and its been great. These prayers for me make space, slow me down, and focus me at the beginning and end of my day. Sort of a labyrinth maybe. You could say a discursive style of meditation.
www.sacredspace.ie

grace and peace