The anticipation...

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." - Hebrews 12:1-3

Let us run...  Let us anticipate something bigger, something greater, something powerful...  With faith and perseverance, all is attainable!!  These few verses have meant a lot just recently!  I think I've heard 3 or 4 sermons on it within just the past 2 months, as well as it coming out in average conversation (last night for example, and wow, just now, honestly how crazy is that!?)  How amazing would it be if all Christians began running again!?  No longer walking or waiting...  But RUNNING and DOING!!  I believe we have a God of ACTION..  And we are His people of POTENTIAL!!

That's right, YOU!!

Q: How often do we forget that we have potential, power, and blessings?

A: All of the time!!

It's so much easier to see the stuff that isn't gong right in our lives..  Struggles are so much clearer than blessings..  So I urge you, run harder, faster, and with faith that it is worth it!  We have the potential to move mountains with prayer, and we have a secret...  A secret of victory over death, and power over everything in our way!!  You have the potential, and YOU have the power of CHANGE..  You have the ability to tell that secret!!  So run on...

I'm so excited for what is coming...  God has been up to amazing things within our church!!  I said goodbye to my brother tonight as he is heading off with a youth team to Brooklyn, NY tomorrow!  Lucas will also be a part of this team..  We are praying with faith that this team will do amazing things with their week in Brooklyn!!  They will be coming back next weekend, and on that same weekend Kaila will be heading off to Tijuana, Mexico for a week with a team there!  She will be working as a part of Teen Mania and Baja Christian ministries building a house, and helping with a children's VBS program..  And overlapping with our trip, a team of men from our church (including my dad) will be headed off to Tijuana also, to work with Baja Christian ministries to build another house (they will be leaving the second week of August I believe)...  This is all so exciting, and I'm even more excited to see as my friends and family take on the call of Christ's ambassadors!!  We have the potential, run on...

And in only 2 weeks we will be headed off to the East Coast, we are growing nervous as the time approaches so quickly, but are very excited to see what God has in store for us!!

So I wish the best of luck to my brother, Lucas, and the rest of the team headed off to Brooklyn tomorrow morning!!  Please be praying for them as they head out (most of them for their very first missions experience)!!  Go and make a difference!!  And run on...