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Campaign 4s

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:03:26 -0500

We have it pretty good in life. Many of us are going to drop $199 to upgrade to the new iPhone 4s. Meanwhile, more than a billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water. I don’t mean that their pipes don’t work; I mean that they have to walk hours each day to collect dirty water from stagnant ponds and muddy rivers.

I don’t want to sit by and just do nothing, so I picked one cause I think everyone can agree on. I’m working to give people something they absolutely cannot do without — the most basic of health needs.

I want to give people clean drinking water.

My goal is to raise $199, the cost of one iPhone upgrade..

There’s a lot of need in the world. I’m starting here. Will you join me by simply donating $4 or more? Go to the following link to donate: http://mycharitywater.org/4s

"Do you do what you do because you love it, or because it’s just what you have to do? Do what..."

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:05:35 -0500

“Do you do what you do because you love it, or because it’s just what you have to do? Do what you LOVE, and do it well!”

- @BrianCHouston

Book Review: Billy

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:44:00 -0500

Before Billy Graham became “America’s Pastor”, he was simply known as Billy. His best friend, Charles Templeton, was an evangelist and the two young men began strategizing on how to win the world for Christ. That plan takes a turn when Templeton leaves the faith and becomes an atheist. Charles would later become the great intellectual for agnosticism and atheism. Billy would become one of the greatest messengers for the Christian Gospel. It is a story between friends regarding Atheism vs Christianity, betrayal and hope. Billy by William Paul McKay and Ken Abraham

Do Something Important Today

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:22:40 -0500

It’s easy to get bogged down with the urgent things in life, the things that are screaming for our attention. Although many of those urgent things in life are important many of them are not, they’re just immediate. If I’m not careful I will sometimes neglect the important for the urgent because I don’t take the time to distinguish between the two. Don’t get me wrong the urgent things have to be done, but not at the expense of the important. Here are some practical things that help me to make sure that the important things are getting done.

1. Know my priorities.
Sounds simple, but before I can focus on what is important I must know what’s important. What’s important to God, my family, my job, or to making progress in a particular area?

2. Block out time.
While urgent things demand my time I have to make time for what’s important. I put the important things on my calendar and make sure they get my attention.

3. Just say no.
Because something is demanding my attention doesn’t necessarily mean it requires my attention. I ask myself, “Does this really need my involvement or can I have someone else give this the needed attention it requires?”

What are some ways that you make sure the important things are getting attention?

Only 100 more days to go (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:48:29 -0500

Only 100 more days to go (Taken with instagram)

Check Your Motives

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:58:39 -0500

1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

God is more concerned about WHY we do something than WHAT we are doing. God examines our heart and we should take the time to do the same. Here’s some questions to ask:

Why am I doing this? What is my motivation?
Would I do this if nobody ever found out?
I’m I doing this simply to make myself look good and to impress others?

Father’s Day Weekend at Church of the Redeemer. Be there.

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:37:56 -0500

Father’s Day Weekend at Church of the Redeemer. Be there.

What It Means To Follow Christ

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:14:34 -0500

It’s not about rules and it’s not about rituals. It’s about loving God and loving people. That’s it.

This truth is so simplistic, yet so profound. We tend to muddy it with so many other things and loose sight of it’s importance.

Love God. Love People.

“A Portrait of Christ” This is amazing.

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:23:00 -0500

“A Portrait of Christ” This is amazing.

Our “Resurrection Instruction”. Matthew 28 lays out...

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:01:35 -0500

Our “Resurrection Instruction”. Matthew 28 lays out the task that this day calls us to. #Easter

The girls in their Easter dresses. (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:14:43 -0500

The girls in their Easter dresses. (Taken with instagram)

Happy Birthday to my Gracie girl. (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:46:58 -0500

Happy Birthday to my Gracie girl. (Taken with instagram)

"If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big."

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:41:19 -0500

“If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.”

- Donald Trump

"Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love."

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:01:40 -0500

“Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”

- 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT)

A moving story of life change.

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:37:03 -0500

A moving story of life change.

"If you want to be understood, don’t speak to impress people, speak in a language and style people..."

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:36:06 -0500

“If you want to be understood, don’t speak to impress people, speak in a language and style people understand.”

- Phil Cooke

"If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else."

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:19:07 -0500

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.”

- Yogi Berra

How to Avoid God's Blacklist

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:32:31 -0500

Tonight my wife and I are opening up our home to about 25 volunteer leaders from our church. We are looking forward to hanging out with them and getting to know them as we spend time together. This morning I read a passage of scripture that talks about having dinner with God. Could you imagine? In Psalm chapter fifteen David talks about what it takes to get on the guest list and how to avoid the blacklist. Listen to how the Message Bible describes it:

“God, who gets invited to dinner at your place? How do we get on your guest list? Walk straight, act right, tell the truth. Don’t hurt your friend, don’t blame your neighbor; despise the despicable. Keep your word even when it costs you, make an honest living, never take a bribe. You’ll never get blacklisted if you live like this.”

These are some pretty challenging prerequisites, some are more challenging than others for me personally. Could you imagine the impact our lives would have if we lived everyday like we are going to have dinner with God?

"God didn’t send me out to collect a following for myself, but to preach the Message of what he has..."

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:11:00 -0500

“God didn’t send me out to collect a following for myself, but to preach the Message of what he has done, collecting a following for him. And he didn’t send me to do it with a lot of fancy rhetoric of my own, lest the powerful action at the center—Christ on the Cross—be trivialized into mere words.”

- Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 1:17 MSG)

Your Inner Circle

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:17:13 -0500

The following is from “Developing the Leaders Around You” by John C. Maxwell:

“The greatest leadership principle that I have learned in more than thirty years of leadership is that those closest to the leader will determine the success level of that leader. The determination of a positive or negative outcome in my leadership depends upon my ability to recognize the value that others bring to my organization. My goal is not to draw a following that results in a crowd. My goal is to develop leaders who become a movement.”

“Stop for a moment and think of the five or six people closest to you in your organization. Are you developing them? Are they growing? Have they been able to lift your load?”