Standing in Awe

Alright people get ready, this is rich.   I had the best quiet time I have had in probably months the other morning and I am about to share it with you.   So as I have mentioned I am doing a bible reading plan to read the entire bible in a year.   I started on January first so I’m getting close!   You may not think if Chronicles as a book of great revelation, but on this particular morning it was for me. So to give you a bit of back-story basically the Israelites go through a seemingly endless cycle of having God’s favor, turning away from him and worshipping other gods, God smiting them so they will turn back to Him, repeat.   It is in 2 Chronicles 20 where we pick up.   Jehoshaphat is the current king ruling over Israel and he has turned the nation back to God.   All is going well until the Moabites Ammonites and Meunites decide that they want to attack the Isrealites.   Jehoshaphat receives the message that a vast army i...

Firstly I have an announcement: We will be hosting a New Life Tailgate for UM's Homecoming weekend on Saturday, October 5th (tailgate starts at 11:30am ) .  I want to invite you to come and see our ministry in action!  Football game days can be a time of great fun but also great temptation for students.  Please come join me at the Tailgate for some food and a chance to meet some of the students I minister to.  There will be a $5 suggested donation for the food that will go toward helping me and my co-workers stay fully funded and working on campus this school year.  Secondly, what I have been thinking about lately how God really can use every situation for good.  I was talking with a friend last night and we were discussing how we have had a lot of friends go through rough situations in the last year.  Being in a season of support raising is not something a lot of people see as a blessing at first glance.  However, I have been thinkin...