What If

What if...

Ive been thinking about this for the last couple weeks. All the "What If's" we use in life, give use this false sense that we are in pursuit of something more but we really aren't. We use "What If" to dream, we use "What If" to get ourselves to do something different or change, we say "What If" to get people to take notice, we use "What If" to raise issues, we use "What If" to threaten, we use "What If" to give hope...

The more I think about "What If" the more I hate it!

"What If" means nothing. "What If" is this magical saying that we use sometimes to make ourselves feel good. Most of the time we know that we say it with good intentions but nothing will ever come of it. "What If" is a crutch!

Without Purpose/Action/Follow Through "What If's" DIE!

You want to make your "What If" happen?? Be convicted about it, let God move your heart so much that you have no choice but to do something about it.

I listen to people all the time that say this... "I just told myself I wasn't going to do that again..." or this "I made up my mind that this time it would be different..." Intentions are fine... but without your heart changing your mind isn't enough to bring about a change of course!

Without your heart involved your "What If's" will never happen. If your heart was where it needed to be already then you wouldn't need to say "What If", it would already be done!

Purpose + Conviction + Action = dead "What Ifs" & a heart that is ready to make a difference!

If you are a Christ Follower then you have a purpose in this life... to reach out to others and share with them about the unconditional love that God has for them. You have a deep seeded passion to make a difference, a conviction unlike anything youve ever felt. Faith without works is dead... go and do... no more "What Ifs."

Do you have "What If's" in your life? How can you turn those into something tangible? How can you start working towards making your "What If's" happen?

Fun Summer

Looking for ideas for summer theme activities...

WORLD CUP is this summer in South Africa... need some ideas along those lines...

anyone??

Focused Purpose

Last week I had the privilege of attending the Drive Conference in Atlanta, GA. It was a great conference, lots of ideas are coming from spending time at North Point Community Church. Listening to a great communicator like Andy Stanley is always inspiring but there is something else that was much bigger that I took away that week.

It wasn't necessarily all the bells and whistles that North Point implements in their services. It wasn't the enormity of the production or the cool elements they use to make their services unforgettable. It was the mission and focus behind it!! They are unified in their mission and goals as a church. That was inspiring to me! I have been rethinking the student ministry here at SGC to be more focused and more intent on figuring out where God is taking us and how He wants to use us in the future. We will be more purposeful with what we do in the future!!

Without Purpose & Vision things fall apart!

One More Year...

Today is my birthday!! My feelings are mostly jovial and excited about another year of life but there is that little bug in the back of my mind that is saying... "Kent... your almost 30... pretty much over the hill... in a few years you will need help going to the bathroom!" shocking I know...

Really when I boil down another year and what transpired, what were some highlights and some down times I come back to a single conclusion and that is that with every year that passes I learn more about God and the plan he has for me! That is the most comforting thing in the world!! Eph 2:10... he has a specific plan for me and its GOOD!!

Bring on 30... its another year I can learn about my Savior even more!!

Minute to Win it...

So the past number of weeks we have been doing "Minute to Win it" stunts at Crossfire (our student programming on Wednesday nights) Its hilarious to watch students be a part of these events and its probably just as funny for the person doing them. Last night we did Bobblehead... pedometer that counts steps strapped to your head and you need to get 125 steps on the pedometer in 60 seconds by bobbing your head as fast as you can! So funny... Ill be posting videos on my facebook account! If you are in student ministry and haven't tried these out its good stuff! Best part is there are over 70 games now! You can find all the blueprints for the games on HULU and on the NBC site! Go after it... 60 seconds... and GO!!

Nugget of Goodness

Some of the most fun, entertaining moments I have had with students are so random and not planned out. This past Sunday night in one of the Senior High Guy LifeGroups we were watching the Duke/Baylor NCAA Tournament game. While watching we decided to play a game of PIG on a kiddy hoop that was nearby. Coming up with different shots and craziness to get everyone else out was hysterical. Planned events and programs are a good thing and necessary sometimes!! Don't get so caught up in those that you miss the little random moments that make a difference as well!!

My shot of choice was nicknamed "granny on the square" - so good!!

Passion of the Christ

Showing this film on Good Friday here at SGC... rated R for graphic violence due to Christs torture and death on the cross. For a lot of the students they would have been to young to see it when it first came out a few years ago. In my opinion I believe they should see it with parents consent or with their parents. It depicts what Christ went through for us, Jesus made a way for us to have fellowship with His Father in heaven, made a way for us to have heaven as an option... without it we were a hopeless people! Ideally it would be to have parents come and watch it with their student!!

Good thing to encourage students to come and see the film?? Bad??? Thoughts??