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Last Night!

WOW! We had an incredible night last night as God had some really big plans for our students. I was talking with pastorJon after the service and he made the statement that God wanted those students so bad last night that he blew enough wind to cancel out whatever else was going on to bring the students to Detour.

(Matthew 8:23-27Then he got into the boat and his disciplesfollowed him.24Without warning, a furious storm came up on thelake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’regoing to drown!”

26He replied,”You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up andrebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

27The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Eventhe winds and the waves obey him!”)

I think it is awesome how God works. I want to encourage you to continue to pray with your door closed. Get alone and spend some quiet time with God. I know it’s hard to actually get alone and concentrate fully on one thing. We live in a culture that has trained us to multi-task like never before. We’re driving, texting, updating our facebook status, eating and listening to music all at the sametime. But God wants you to get alone with Him so that He can begin to do an awesome work in your lives. If the first time you get alone with God and you can’t seem to concentrate, don’t be discouraged keep coming back it may take a little practice.

Something else that may help would be to designate a spot that will help you focus. I know many times I am laying in bed praying, but find myself falling to sleep in mid prayer. What you may want to think about is kneeling at the foot of the bed, not because it’s more Holy, but it puts you in a position that is purposeful. The only time you kneel at the foot of your bed is when you’re praying, that’s the focus. Find a purposeful place to talk with God, He’s waiting to hear from you!

Remember to Pray for the three things we talked about last night:

1. Protection from Temptation

2. People in your life that don’t knowGod

3. Things you are Thankful for!

Press ON!

Joey

Windsday

“back to school, back to school”

So, over the past couple of weeks I have entered a new arena of life. This is a cool arena, but at the same time scary. Kinda like a MMA arena. They look cool from the outside, but from the inside you realize it is on! You begin to learn new challenges, get faced with new obstacles and there is work to be done!! I have recently started my masters degree work at Liberty University Online. God is teaching me soooo many new things that if you follow me closely you’ll see my ears drip from information overload (it looks kinda like wet Cheetos!!). It is an awesome thing to be challenged and it is already making me more disciplined, which is what I really need (though I still hate getting up early in the morning). I don’t remember the last time I read a book in three days!! Oh yeah I do, it was Clifford the Big Red Dog, and that was last year. In times of challenge always remember Gods promise found in Philippians 4:13 “I can do ALL things through HIM who strengthens me.”

PRESS ON!

JOEY

To be clear, this is a picture of the Halloween edition of Cheetos. When they are wet they turn blue. YUMMY!