Just wanted to let everyone know that my wife finally got her new blog launched the other day, thanks to a super special web designer, me. Anyway head over and check it out http://SpringLakeChristian.com

These are some of the things God has been putting on my heart to pray for the past few weeks:

• This guy and his family. I folow his church and have seen him lead worship, so he has been on my heart the past few weeks. Read this and you will see why I have been praying for him.
• Other churches. Specifically NewSpring, Elevation, and Lifechurch.tv. Also the pastors of those churches Perry Noble, Steven Furtick, and Craig Groeschel. These churches have had a big influence on me the past few years and I love reading these guys blogs. They have really encouraged me and forced me to grow with their wisdom and insight. If you haven’t read their blogs yet head over and check them out.
• My wife and her lupus. I am praying for God to heal her and give her relief from the chronic pain that comes with the disease.
• My little minions. I am always praying for them(as well as my wife), but really have been praying for them lately just in regards to their future.
• My new church.God has led us to a great church in the last month. It is less then a year old and the vision and passion God has given them for the lost is awesome. I am praying for wisdom and guidance in serving God and the church, and praying for vision and strategy for the leaders.

So those are some of the things God really laid on me in the past few weeks to be praying about. What are you praying about? I would love to hear so we can be praying together.

I was thinking a few days ago about some life lessons I learned from my dad and wanted to share some of them with you.

#1 Responsibility

When I was 10 or 11 I was really into hockey. No being that I lived in sunny, warm SoCal, ice hockey was not something that was available to me, so I played street hockey, but I loved watching the NHL (National Hockey League, which based upon their ratings i would venture you may not have heard of them ). Well back then the LA Kings had a certain guy named Wayne Gretzky, and they were a pretty good team. They had made the playoffs and were in a game 7 for the conference championship. Now, I don’t know how, but we somehow manged to get free tickets to the game. Needless to say I was stoked. (more…)

Ok so by now any of you who read are probably wondering what has happened the last month. I have stopped twittering, blogging, flickring, and all those other ‘ings that go along with the internet.

Well I took the last month to disconnect and spend time seeking God and spending time with my wonderful family. But I am back now and energized.

I am still seeking God’s direction on which way my life is headed and on some big decisions coming up, but I am ready to plug back into my online communities.

So lately God has been putting the future on my heart. My family and I are coming to the end of a chapter in our lives and are preparing to move forward to the next one. As with any new beginning there is a certain amount of planning, anxious waiting, and yes…worry.

I know I shouldn’t worry. I know God is in control and I feel that He has given me clear direction on the future, but I still spend time worrying about it. Am I doing the right thing? Should I do this? What if this doesn’t work out? What are my back up plans?

Some of these things are just good planning. I firmly believe that God will take me in the direction He has shown me. But i also believe that he may show me a different path as I move forward, much like He gave Abram a goat to sacrifice instead of Issac. So I am also preparing for other options. I guess the hard thing is just realizing the difference between Planning and Worrying.

I wish I had a good answer as to which is which. I don’t. I am just a finite human, but I do believe that in the end I will be taken care of by a loving and INfinite God. So untill God moves the mountains I am facing I am content to just keep climbing, while also keeping an eye open for other paths that He may open up. I’ll keep planning, and I’ll try and let Him take care of my worrying.

Yesterday was my little girls 1st birthday. It seems like just a few days ago I was in the hospital with her mom watching her be born. And it seems like not to long ago I was watching my other kids be born. Life is just so stinkin’ fast.

Makes me realize that every day that God has blessed us with is precious and should be treated as such. i need to take every opportunity to tell my daughters how beautiful they are and how much they are loved because if I don’t one day very soon some young man will be saying that to them and his intentions won’t be the same as mine.

I need to spend as much time as I can teaching my boys how to walk as men of God because if i don’t they will learn how to be men from some other place and won’t learn the values that I want them too.

I need to spend as much time cherishing my wife, building her up, and encouraging her growth spiritually for her benefit, but more importantly for my children’s. They need to see what a godly marriage looks like. My boys need to learn how to treat their future wives. My daughters need to know what a man of God looks like so they can make a good decision about their future husbands

Life just moves too fast. I often kid with my wife that I hate weddings because I am dreading walking my girls down the aisle. And you know what I am. I worry about weather or not I will have done a good enough job teaching and loving them in the time I had with them. I worry about weather they will be marrying a man of God, or a woman of God for my boys.

Life just moves too fast. Dang! Pray for me as I try to be the man, husband, and father God has called me to be.

Life just moves so freaking fast. Embrace your daughters, love your wives, and mentor your sons, cause LIFE MOVES FAST.