Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas. Remember to keep God first and have a wonderful season. I hope to see some of you at SYC! SKEWWWW!
-HoHo(Ho)
Friday, December 24, 2004
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Saturday, December 04, 2004
hehehe
What's the difference between a Guitar and a Ford?
You can tune a Guitar.
What's brown and sticky?
A stick.
What is bright orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot.
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
Why do chicken coops have two doors?
Because if they had four doors, they'd be chicken sedans.
How do you kill a circus?
Go straight for the juggler.
You can tune a Guitar.
What's brown and sticky?
A stick.
What is bright orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot.
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
Why do chicken coops have two doors?
Because if they had four doors, they'd be chicken sedans.
How do you kill a circus?
Go straight for the juggler.
HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAA...
Monday, November 22, 2004
Sunday, November 21, 2004
I Am Lame...
Sorry that is has been since October since I have updated... I promise I WILL have something cool very soon.
-Chris
p.s. VERY, VERY SOON!!
-Chris
p.s. VERY, VERY SOON!!
Sunday, October 24, 2004
AGAPE
On the whole, God's love for us is a much safer subject to
think about than our love for Him. Nobody can always have devout feelings: and
even if we could, feelings are not principally what God cares about. Christian
Love, either towards God or towards man, is an affair of the will.
-C.S. Lewis
Saturday, October 09, 2004
ETERNITY
Soon I shall return... until then:
Below is an article from Calvary Chapel Chico's Kevin MacDougall. You can veiw the rest of CCChico's website by clicking the title above. It's a bit of a large read, but it's a large subject. Check it out! It will raise your day to the highest level...
God's level.
-Chris
p.s.: My new cell phone number is 228-3132
We say it all the time, we share it with people, and we rest in the sure hope… we will spend eternity with God.
Eternity.
But do we ever consider the true meaning of that word? If you’re like me, perhaps many of you have grown up spiritually thinking eternity was more like infinity. Even now, as I right click on the word “eternity” with my mouse, one of the synonyms given to me by my computer’s built-in thesaurus is “infinity”. This is strange, since they are not at all the same thing.
“Infinity” speaks of being endless, but “eternity” speaks of being immeasurable. The distinction there may seem subtle, but it’s not just splitting hairs – it makes a difference. Though it is true that eternity and infinity are similar in that they are both ‘endless’, it’s also worth pointing out that eternity alone bears the distinction of being beginning-less as well. “Infinity” is more mathematical. It gives us the picture of something with a beginning that went on forever. But “eternity” is spiritual; it gives us the picture of something we cannot understand – endlessness outside of time.
Outside of time? That’s right… outside of time. Not constrained by time. Not defined by time. Not run on time. Free of time because time is not necessary to the equation of God’s presence and glory.
And this is the part that hurts my head! I can’t picture life or consciousness without TIME. Go ahead, try to do it… you can’t! Time is all we know. We have to get up by a certain time, be ready by a certain time, we spend however much time at work, or school, and then we finish at a certain time and come home for free time with the eventual hope of having enough time to sleep. We make appointments at specific times, and some of us are always on time, but most of us aren’t. We have time set aside for everything we do. Time defines our perception and colors our every experience. But eternity is not time forever, it’s no time at all.
To put it another way, one term (infinity) classifies something within our reality and our scope of understanding, but the other term (eternity) is foreign to our senses by nature. We can’t really understand the full meaning of it. We can talk about it, but in doing so, we might each borrow a line from Job, admitting that the things of eternity are “things too wonderful for me to know” (Job 42:3).
You see, eternity, the hope we cling to and share, is a theological term. And before we can attempt to explore it, we must lay down the groundwork that ultimately, the concept and doctrine of eternity, is, like the God we serve, rooted in Divine mystery. And since we are not Divine, we must realize that we will not be able to completely wrap our heads around it… At least, not in this lifetime. And what that tells us is, we can only explore the wondrous concept of eternity to a point. Mostly, we have to just wait for it. We’ll have to experience it to really know what it’s like.
“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” -1 Corinthians 13:12
So the pursuit of this subject is not so much an intellectually- satisfying one as it is a spiritually-satisfying one. We’re not trying to get to the bottom of this whole eternity thing in order to understand everything about God; we’re exploring it in order to step in to his majesty. We recognize that Divine mystery motivates the heart to worship, and the bigger we let God be in our hearts and in our minds, the more we can rest in Him. It doesn’t question our faith at all, but rather affirms the awesomeness of our God. It brings Him glory, and leaves us to once again agree with Job when he said, “Dominion and awe belong to God” (Job 25:2).
I want a God that inspires me to awe every second. But the moment I define Him and make Him so classifiable that I pull Him into my realm of understanding, I’m doing Him a major disservice. I’m robbing Him of His mystery. If He no longer holds mystery, He no longer holds majesty. But since the Christian faith is rooted in Divine mystery, I need to take every step to embrace the higher truth. I need to make sure I’m embracing the mystical, and honoring God by giving Him His mystery, that I might bask in His majesty.
It’s the same as with the issue of God’s sovereignty and man’s free will. If I can’t accept these two truths as a paradox, it only shows my immaturity at trying to simplify and make it one or the other. God’s bigger than that, and more transcendent.
That said, have you ever stopped to consider what it means to be with God in an eternal sense? It’s a wondrous thought. Norman Geisler, in his book Who Made God, says, “The world did not begin by a creation in time but by a creation of time. But, you may think, if there was no time before time began, what was there? The answer is, eternity. God is eternal, and the only thing prior to time was eternity.” (pg. 28)
Eternity is where we will join God. He declares the end from the beginning because he IS the end and the beginning, the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last (Rev. 1:8; Isa. 44:6). God sees the whole parade. He is not bound by time. He does not wait. He is the God “who was, and is, and is to come”. He is not those things in sequence, but simultaneously.
When Moses was called to deliver Israel from the hand of Pharaoh, he asked God who he should say had sent him. God’s answer was “I AM that I AM.” The Hebrew for ‘I AM’ is hayah; it is a present and active verb “BE”. That’s God’s name. And Moses’ answer from the Lord was clear: he would tell them, “I AM has sent me to you.” And to quote one of my favorite pastors, Louie Giglio, “That’s terrible grammar, but brilliant theology.
”Only a God named ‘I AM” can be the author of time and the resident of eternity.
That said, I can’t go on to define eternity. Meditating on what it isn’t is about as far as I can go, and where that leaves me is in awe of God, and encouraged by His mystery and majesty. All things considered, the most wonderful thing about God, what makes Him God, is His otherness. And eternity is like God in that respect – it’s something else. Something different. Something beautiful.
When we die…
Below is an article from Calvary Chapel Chico's Kevin MacDougall. You can veiw the rest of CCChico's website by clicking the title above. It's a bit of a large read, but it's a large subject. Check it out! It will raise your day to the highest level...
God's level.
-Chris
p.s.: My new cell phone number is 228-3132
_____________________________________________________
We say it all the time, we share it with people, and we rest in the sure hope… we will spend eternity with God.
Eternity.
But do we ever consider the true meaning of that word? If you’re like me, perhaps many of you have grown up spiritually thinking eternity was more like infinity. Even now, as I right click on the word “eternity” with my mouse, one of the synonyms given to me by my computer’s built-in thesaurus is “infinity”. This is strange, since they are not at all the same thing.
“Infinity” speaks of being endless, but “eternity” speaks of being immeasurable. The distinction there may seem subtle, but it’s not just splitting hairs – it makes a difference. Though it is true that eternity and infinity are similar in that they are both ‘endless’, it’s also worth pointing out that eternity alone bears the distinction of being beginning-less as well. “Infinity” is more mathematical. It gives us the picture of something with a beginning that went on forever. But “eternity” is spiritual; it gives us the picture of something we cannot understand – endlessness outside of time.
Outside of time? That’s right… outside of time. Not constrained by time. Not defined by time. Not run on time. Free of time because time is not necessary to the equation of God’s presence and glory.
And this is the part that hurts my head! I can’t picture life or consciousness without TIME. Go ahead, try to do it… you can’t! Time is all we know. We have to get up by a certain time, be ready by a certain time, we spend however much time at work, or school, and then we finish at a certain time and come home for free time with the eventual hope of having enough time to sleep. We make appointments at specific times, and some of us are always on time, but most of us aren’t. We have time set aside for everything we do. Time defines our perception and colors our every experience. But eternity is not time forever, it’s no time at all.
To put it another way, one term (infinity) classifies something within our reality and our scope of understanding, but the other term (eternity) is foreign to our senses by nature. We can’t really understand the full meaning of it. We can talk about it, but in doing so, we might each borrow a line from Job, admitting that the things of eternity are “things too wonderful for me to know” (Job 42:3).
You see, eternity, the hope we cling to and share, is a theological term. And before we can attempt to explore it, we must lay down the groundwork that ultimately, the concept and doctrine of eternity, is, like the God we serve, rooted in Divine mystery. And since we are not Divine, we must realize that we will not be able to completely wrap our heads around it… At least, not in this lifetime. And what that tells us is, we can only explore the wondrous concept of eternity to a point. Mostly, we have to just wait for it. We’ll have to experience it to really know what it’s like.
“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” -1 Corinthians 13:12
So the pursuit of this subject is not so much an intellectually- satisfying one as it is a spiritually-satisfying one. We’re not trying to get to the bottom of this whole eternity thing in order to understand everything about God; we’re exploring it in order to step in to his majesty. We recognize that Divine mystery motivates the heart to worship, and the bigger we let God be in our hearts and in our minds, the more we can rest in Him. It doesn’t question our faith at all, but rather affirms the awesomeness of our God. It brings Him glory, and leaves us to once again agree with Job when he said, “Dominion and awe belong to God” (Job 25:2).
I want a God that inspires me to awe every second. But the moment I define Him and make Him so classifiable that I pull Him into my realm of understanding, I’m doing Him a major disservice. I’m robbing Him of His mystery. If He no longer holds mystery, He no longer holds majesty. But since the Christian faith is rooted in Divine mystery, I need to take every step to embrace the higher truth. I need to make sure I’m embracing the mystical, and honoring God by giving Him His mystery, that I might bask in His majesty.
It’s the same as with the issue of God’s sovereignty and man’s free will. If I can’t accept these two truths as a paradox, it only shows my immaturity at trying to simplify and make it one or the other. God’s bigger than that, and more transcendent.
That said, have you ever stopped to consider what it means to be with God in an eternal sense? It’s a wondrous thought. Norman Geisler, in his book Who Made God, says, “The world did not begin by a creation in time but by a creation of time. But, you may think, if there was no time before time began, what was there? The answer is, eternity. God is eternal, and the only thing prior to time was eternity.” (pg. 28)
Eternity is where we will join God. He declares the end from the beginning because he IS the end and the beginning, the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last (Rev. 1:8; Isa. 44:6). God sees the whole parade. He is not bound by time. He does not wait. He is the God “who was, and is, and is to come”. He is not those things in sequence, but simultaneously.
When Moses was called to deliver Israel from the hand of Pharaoh, he asked God who he should say had sent him. God’s answer was “I AM that I AM.” The Hebrew for ‘I AM’ is hayah; it is a present and active verb “BE”. That’s God’s name. And Moses’ answer from the Lord was clear: he would tell them, “I AM has sent me to you.” And to quote one of my favorite pastors, Louie Giglio, “That’s terrible grammar, but brilliant theology.
”Only a God named ‘I AM” can be the author of time and the resident of eternity.
That said, I can’t go on to define eternity. Meditating on what it isn’t is about as far as I can go, and where that leaves me is in awe of God, and encouraged by His mystery and majesty. All things considered, the most wonderful thing about God, what makes Him God, is His otherness. And eternity is like God in that respect – it’s something else. Something different. Something beautiful.
Eternity is what we’re living for.
When we die…
we do not enter into INFINITY,
we enter into
ETERNITY.
-
We are not conscious of the passing time…
There IS no time.
-
We cannot run out of time, we are
OUTSIDE
of time already.
-
We are not like geometry’s “rays”
with a start point and no end.
When we die, our start point ceases
to dominate our frame of reference.
We expand into all directions
with every perception of our being.
-
And in all directions, we are majestically, wonderfully, worshipfully…
before the throne of God.
-
Eternally.
Friday, October 08, 2004
Dare You To Move
AHHHH!!! MIDTERMS... NO BLOG TIME!!!
Anyway, here is a post from MPBC's old friend Mike Norton. You can check out his billion different websites by clicking the title.
I promise, I will be back soon!
_____________________________
We need to forget all the negative backtalk that has oppressed us for so many years. It’s time to simple, get out there and live as if you are saved. Come on; don’t look at me that way. We need to step up to the plate and actually act as if we have the greatest thing going. After all, we do. Jesus died for you and he has given you the ability to be more than you are.
So today, I dare you to move.
Yep, you’ve heard that before. Listen to this excerpt from Switchfoot’s album, Beautiful Letdown. And heed the lyrics.
Click Here to Listen
Dare You To Move by Switchfoot
Album : The Beautiful Letdown
Anyway, here is a post from MPBC's old friend Mike Norton. You can check out his billion different websites by clicking the title.
I promise, I will be back soon!
_____________________________
Josh 3:55 Joshua told the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you." (NIV)
We need to forget all the negative backtalk that has oppressed us for so many years. It’s time to simple, get out there and live as if you are saved. Come on; don’t look at me that way. We need to step up to the plate and actually act as if we have the greatest thing going. After all, we do. Jesus died for you and he has given you the ability to be more than you are.
So today, I dare you to move.
Yep, you’ve heard that before. Listen to this excerpt from Switchfoot’s album, Beautiful Letdown. And heed the lyrics.
Click Here to Listen
Dare You To Move by Switchfoot
Album : The Beautiful Letdown
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the
floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could
be
Between how it is and how it should be
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the
floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you
fell
Where can you run to escape from
yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself
Lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Mission Statement
Hey guys... First off I would like to say sorry for being gone so long but I have been buried under a pile of homework. The funky-funky people in the college group like me are trying to compose a mission statement. Here it goes;
"Our mission is to make known the gospel of Jesus Christ, to disciple one another in the Word of God, to join together in worship and fellowship, and to minister to our community through witnessing and service."
Our four points of focus are on:
-evangelism
-discipleship
-worship
-service
Well anyhoo, tell me what you think! You don't actually have to be in the group to comment so fire away!
I'll be back soon...
-Chris
"Our mission is to make known the gospel of Jesus Christ, to disciple one another in the Word of God, to join together in worship and fellowship, and to minister to our community through witnessing and service."
Our four points of focus are on:
-evangelism
-discipleship
-worship
-service
Well anyhoo, tell me what you think! You don't actually have to be in the group to comment so fire away!
I'll be back soon...
-Chris
Friday, September 24, 2004
I Miss My Guitar
Hey guys! Today is Friday, and today I get to play worship before bible study at Butte today. It's going to be awesome.
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in the mighty expanse.
2 Praise Him for His mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise Him with trumpet sound;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.
4 Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord! (Alleluia)
ROCK!!!
-HoHo
Psalm 150
A Psalm of Praise
1 Praise the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in the mighty expanse.
2 Praise Him for His mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise Him with trumpet sound;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.
4 Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.
5 Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord! (Alleluia)
ROCK!!!
-HoHo
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Grace Active -Pat Mathers
The difference between Christianity and all of the other religions out there can be summed up in one five-letter word: GRACE! Grace is the unmerited favor of God. What that means is that we as fallen people can not do anything to earn, work for, or put God in a position where He is obligated to bless us either with salvation or any other spiritual blessing. It is completely of Him. Romans 11: 34-36 says, “For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him? For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” The entire genuine Christian experience has its foundation on the grace that God shows us. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 says, “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.” The sufficiency of God’s grace for our daily lives flows from the infinite power and goodness of God.
Our future hope of heaven is based on the grace of God. We can be thankful and rest in the confidence that since God has shown us grace He will complete the work He began (Philippians 1:6). Romans 5:2 says that we stand in the grace of God and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. This means that we live in a position of grace now knowing that we are saved and will remain saved so that we will see the glory of God when he brings us to His heaven. Our hope of heaven is in the grace of God. In Ephesians 2:4-7, the Apostle Paul writes, “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Grace is found in Jesus (1 Cor. 1:4, 2 Cor. 9:13-15). Paul says in 2 Corinthians 8:9 that in order for us to experience the spiritual riches of Christ He had to become poor. His humiliation on the Cross, through His blood, secured for believers these riches that are only found in Jesus (Eph. 1:6-7).
This grace in our lives causes us to praise God with thanksgiving. Second Corinthians 4:15 says, “For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.” Peter teaches in his first epistle that God’s grace is our motivation toward holiness (1 Peter 1:13-17). When we are struggling we can go to the Lord to receive from Him grace to help us (Hebrews 4:16). Paul went to the Lord in prayer on three occasions to ask for alleviation of his trial and the Lord responded that His grace was sufficient (2 Cor. 11:7-10). Finally, let me encourage you with the same words with which Paul encouraged Timothy: “You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” We need to live lives of confident strength as Christians. We do this through the reliance on all of the grace that God has given to us, is giving to us, and the grace that is yet future. As we go through life, we can face all things with confidence, hope, and praise, bringing glory to God all because of that five-letter word, GRACE!
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
ARRGHHH!!!
I just got kicked out of my English class! I can't enroll until I can pay my fees from spring. I've talked to all my other teachers about it and they are generous enough to let me stay until I can get things sorted out. Unfortunately for me this was not true for my former English teacher. In his words...
"goodbye."
What am I, the weakest link or something?
Now I have to find an open class and beg to be let in. Please pray for me. I am so glad that I just found this verse about 5 minutes ago. I can really use it.:
Your Brother
-Chris
"goodbye."
What am I, the weakest link or something?
Now I have to find an open class and beg to be let in. Please pray for me. I am so glad that I just found this verse about 5 minutes ago. I can really use it.:
1 Cor 14:33
"For God is not a God of disorder but of peace."
Your Brother
-Chris
A brief thought
Why are they called a pair of underwear?
Get it?
Brief thought!!
HAHAHA!!! Ohh, I'm priceless.
OK... I'll Be Back Soon
-HoHo
Get it?
Brief thought!!
HAHAHA!!! Ohh, I'm priceless.
OK... I'll Be Back Soon
-HoHo
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Zzzz
Hey guys. I'm typing this at 7:35 in the morning. The problem is that I just got off of work and I am so tired. I can hardly type this. Me want sleepy time.
-HoHo
-HoHo
Saturday, September 11, 2004
what a day
Hey everyone, I hope everyone is well today. Today's post is one of the best in the Bible... Thank you Lord.
Psalm 23:
1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Be in prayer for our nation today and remember how big God is. He is sovereign. May our leaders be directed to do God's will in this nation. Go out and do something for someone else today and let them know that God loves them. Please pray for my church as well as one of our most cherished members passed away last night. Pray for our church family as well as his. Thanks guys.
-Chris
Psalm 23:
1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Be in prayer for our nation today and remember how big God is. He is sovereign. May our leaders be directed to do God's will in this nation. Go out and do something for someone else today and let them know that God loves them. Please pray for my church as well as one of our most cherished members passed away last night. Pray for our church family as well as his. Thanks guys.
-Chris
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Butte College Bible Study
Hey Guys! Sorry I've been gone. The Blogin' machine was broken for a little while but now I'm back!. I'm happy to say that the first official Butte College Bible study went awesome (for the three of us) : ) hopefully God-willing it will swell to a whole four. hehe! Anyways. I hope everyone is rockin' and keeping God first. Please be in prayer for this college ministry as it is about to have some major overhaul. (sweet, change is good!) Oh yeah! If You want to know where and when the Bible study is, it is at Butte College Fridays at 1pm. Located at the picnic tables on the library lawn overlooking the amphitheater and sports fields. Click the title for a flashmap of Butte. The amphitheater is number 96. If you click the little blue dot above it, it opens a QuickTime 360 degree view of the area. Ooh, high tech.
Anyhoo, talk to you all soon!
-HoHo... The Dagron
Anyhoo, talk to you all soon!
-HoHo... The Dagron
Monday, September 06, 2004
Napoleon Dynamite
OK guys... I usually hate most movies. Well, hate is a strong term. Let's use... "Wish I had no eyes after I see them and would like to have the last 2 hours of my life back." But Lo and Behold I have found quite possibly one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. It is called "Napoleon Dynamite" and it is sick! The best part about it is that it's clean! That's right kiddies 100% squeaky! No angry cuss words or things you wish you've never seen. Just tears-in-your-eyes hilarity. The wonderful life lesson of a nerd helping his new friend with a school election all here on the big screen. Check out the yahoo movies site by clicking on the title above.
And on to our next topic:
John 1:45-50
And on to our next topic:
John 1:45-50
Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"
Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"
Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
Not quite sure why I put this up. That's ok. God does.
See ya soon!
-HoHo the Dagron
(if you get this joke tell me)
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Mr. Clean
Hey everybody!!! One question... Is anyone out there? Someone respond if you're reading this. Rachel is here, but that's about it. I miss you all
= ( boo hoo
(that means I'm sad)
Moving right along, here we go.
-HoHo
= ( boo hoo
(that means I'm sad)
Moving right along, here we go.
Jer 31:31 "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Eze 36:22 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will
know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanliness, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my
rules.
God is so cool. He makes us HIS people and no matter what, one way or another we will act like it. He stakes His reputation on us. Ouch that hurts even me. So... like it has been said. Get a spine,
it's time to shine!
-HoHo
Monday, August 30, 2004
The smell of things to come...
Well guys, school has started again and were back in the swing of things I hope. For those of you who haven't started school yet, you are lame... Mega-lame! Anyway, let me know how things are going for youse guys.
If you go to Butte College (or if you feel like driving a long way...HA!) I am thinking about starting an on-campus, weekly bible study. Please let me know what you think. I need some mega-feedback on this.
Alright guys, don't forget the trip to Old Town Sac... (we get to take the BIG van... wheee) that will indeed be an awesome day.
So, until next time, let me know what's up. Respond to this and tell me how things are going in your world.
God Bless
-HoHo
I got canned from my job at the orange juice factory because I couldn't concentrate!
If you go to Butte College (or if you feel like driving a long way...HA!) I am thinking about starting an on-campus, weekly bible study. Please let me know what you think. I need some mega-feedback on this.
Alright guys, don't forget the trip to Old Town Sac... (we get to take the BIG van... wheee) that will indeed be an awesome day.
So, until next time, let me know what's up. Respond to this and tell me how things are going in your world.
God Bless
-HoHo
I got canned from my job at the orange juice factory because I couldn't concentrate!
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Trip to Old Town Sac
Alright guys I promised you more info about the next college group meeting so here it is:
Forgive me if some of this is redundant from the previous post.
When: Saturday, September 25
If you live in the Paradise-Magalia area we will meet at Magalia Pines Baptist Church 14098 Skyway at 9:30am. Yes, that means you have to get up early even on a Saturday... no sleeping in. Sorry. We will carpool or whatever down to Old Town Sac and should arrive between 11:30 and noon, just in time for lunch.
During lunch at one of the 20+ restaurants there (I vote pizza) we will have a bible study and then begin to check out the place. Or we may have a picnic, we'll see. During this time we will probably pay a visit to the Train Museum and the Discovery Museum.
Chances are we may not get back till late evening or night so... get plenty of sleep.
What to bring:
A Bible
sweater
good walking shoes
a backpack if you want
admission money (museums)
and money for whatever you want to buy.
Childcare can be provided if needed as well.
Please, please, please! If you have any questions please call me. In fact, call me anyways because we need to know about rides and carpooling. My cell phone number is (530)-864-2151 or call Rebecca at 899-9654.
Here are some links for more info and admission prices:
Old town Sac website
Railroad Museum
Discovery Museum
Forgive me if some of this is redundant from the previous post.
When: Saturday, September 25
If you live in the Paradise-Magalia area we will meet at Magalia Pines Baptist Church 14098 Skyway at 9:30am. Yes, that means you have to get up early even on a Saturday... no sleeping in. Sorry. We will carpool or whatever down to Old Town Sac and should arrive between 11:30 and noon, just in time for lunch.
During lunch at one of the 20+ restaurants there (I vote pizza) we will have a bible study and then begin to check out the place. Or we may have a picnic, we'll see. During this time we will probably pay a visit to the Train Museum and the Discovery Museum.
Chances are we may not get back till late evening or night so... get plenty of sleep.
What to bring:
A Bible
sweater
good walking shoes
a backpack if you want
admission money (museums)
and money for whatever you want to buy.
Childcare can be provided if needed as well.
Please, please, please! If you have any questions please call me. In fact, call me anyways because we need to know about rides and carpooling. My cell phone number is (530)-864-2151 or call Rebecca at 899-9654.
Here are some links for more info and admission prices:
Old town Sac website
Railroad Museum
Discovery Museum
Monday, August 23, 2004
New News, Rally, College Group Date Change
Hey Guys, What is up!
The rally on Saturday was sooo sweet! I loved having tea in a fishbowl and brownies on a football field. YUM! More later...
The College group date has changed from September 11, to Saturday September 25th. Those of us in the Paradise-Magalia area will meet at MPBC at 9:30am. Our event for the day is a day-trip to Old-Town Sac. We should get there between 11:30-12:00. We'll get some grub, have a bible study and then wander aimlessly through the streets. Actually there is more of an agenda to it but you'll get more of that later too.
more coming soon...
-Chris
The rally on Saturday was sooo sweet! I loved having tea in a fishbowl and brownies on a football field. YUM! More later...
The College group date has changed from September 11, to Saturday September 25th. Those of us in the Paradise-Magalia area will meet at MPBC at 9:30am. Our event for the day is a day-trip to Old-Town Sac. We should get there between 11:30-12:00. We'll get some grub, have a bible study and then wander aimlessly through the streets. Actually there is more of an agenda to it but you'll get more of that later too.
more coming soon...
-Chris
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
A Sneak Peek and a Preview
HEY!! IT'S ME!!!
I am back...
Camping was sooooooo sweet! I'll tell you guys more about that later.
And with that... here is a preveiw of what is to come at the rally...
of course I have to use scripture:
2Ti 2:1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2Ti 2:2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2Ti 2:3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2Ti 2:4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
2Ti 2:5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
2Ti 2:6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
2Ti 2:7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
2Ti 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
2Ti 2:9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
2Ti 2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2Ti 2:11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
2Ti 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
2Ti 2:13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful-- for he cannot deny himself.
2Ti 2:14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
2Ti 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2Ti 2:16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
2Ti 2:17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2Ti 2:18 who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
2Ti 2:19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
2Ti 2:20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
2Ti 2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
2Ti 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2Ti 2:23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
2Ti 2:24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
2Ti 2:25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
2Ti 2:26 and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
As for the College Group, we are looking at doing something on Saturday September 11. More than likely we will be goiong to Old Town Sacramento. More to come...
-HoHo
I am back...
Camping was sooooooo sweet! I'll tell you guys more about that later.
And with that... here is a preveiw of what is to come at the rally...
of course I have to use scripture:
2Ti 2:1 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
2Ti 2:2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
2Ti 2:3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2Ti 2:4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
2Ti 2:5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
2Ti 2:6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
2Ti 2:7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
2Ti 2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
2Ti 2:9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
2Ti 2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2Ti 2:11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
2Ti 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;
2Ti 2:13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful-- for he cannot deny himself.
2Ti 2:14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
2Ti 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2Ti 2:16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,
2Ti 2:17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2Ti 2:18 who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.
2Ti 2:19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
2Ti 2:20 Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.
2Ti 2:21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
2Ti 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
2Ti 2:23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
2Ti 2:24 And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
2Ti 2:25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
2Ti 2:26 and they may escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
As for the College Group, we are looking at doing something on Saturday September 11. More than likely we will be goiong to Old Town Sacramento. More to come...
-HoHo
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Fo' Sho'
Hey Guys! I am going to be out of town this weekend so don't get mad if I'm not around for a while... I know I am sooo indispensable (yeah... sure!) Anyhoo, keep on posting and clicking. Check out my links, and the last coupl'a posts if you haven't already. Don't worry... I'll have plenty to talk about when I get back.
in His Love
-HoHo
in His Love
-HoHo
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
A Word To the Wise
Hey guys... If You have the time, check out this online sermon from Calvary Chapel Chico's College Fellowship, Worship.Generation. It's pretty good, but it takes some time though.This is the verse of topic:
Col 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert when you pray with thanksgiving.
Col 4:3 At the same time also pray for us-that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about Christ, for which I have been imprisoned.
Col 4:4 May I reveal it as clearly as I should!
Col 4:5 Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of your time.
Col 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
All you have to do is click the title. If it doesn't work, You can cut and paste the following link and then simply look for the verse above.
http://www.calvarychapelchico.com/library/messages.aspx?speaker=10
K everyone! talk to you soon.
-HoHo
Col 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer. Be alert when you pray with thanksgiving.
Col 4:3 At the same time also pray for us-that God would open before us a door for the word so that we may tell the secret about Christ, for which I have been imprisoned.
Col 4:4 May I reveal it as clearly as I should!
Col 4:5 Behave wisely toward outsiders, making the best use of your time.
Col 4:6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.
All you have to do is click the title. If it doesn't work, You can cut and paste the following link and then simply look for the verse above.
http://www.calvarychapelchico.com/library/messages.aspx?speaker=10
K everyone! talk to you soon.
-HoHo
Sunday, August 08, 2004
Whoa!!
Today's topic is BIG!!!
Isa 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Isa 6:2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Isa 6:3 And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!" Isa 6:4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isa 6:5 And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Rev 1:4 From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,
Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Rev 1:6 and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Rev 1:7 Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. So be it! Amen.
Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," declares the Lord God, the one who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.
How Great Thou Art
O Lord, my God,
When I in awesome wonder;
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art! How great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander;
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.
And when I think of God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing;
He bled and died to take away my sin.
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation;
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Alright... I Love You Guys
-HoHo
Sorry it's been so long guys But now... I am BACK!
Anyhoo...
Take a while to think when you read these verses... because they are BIG.
Isa 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Isa 6:2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Isa 6:3 And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!" Isa 6:4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isa 6:5 And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Rev 1:4 From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,
Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Rev 1:6 and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Rev 1:7 Look! He is coming in the clouds. Every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of him. So be it! Amen.
Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," declares the Lord God, the one who is, who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.
How Great Thou Art
O Lord, my God,
When I in awesome wonder;
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art! How great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee; How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander;
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.
And when I think of God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in,
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing;
He bled and died to take away my sin.
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation;
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Alright... I Love You Guys
-HoHo
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Friday, July 30, 2004
What is Holy?
Hey everybody! I had a great time going down the American River yesterday (minus almost drowning!). We spent three and a half hours paddling around. Anyways enough about my adventures.
It's time for you guys to do the posting! My question for anyone who reads this is:
What is Holy?
Feel free to write as little or as much as you want. Leave opinions, examples, scripture, stories, questions or whatever you want in your reply. Just remember to please sign your name at the bottom of your post so I know who to give credit to (you'll find out later).
Much Love
-HoHo
It's time for you guys to do the posting! My question for anyone who reads this is:
What is Holy?
Feel free to write as little or as much as you want. Leave opinions, examples, scripture, stories, questions or whatever you want in your reply. Just remember to please sign your name at the bottom of your post so I know who to give credit to (you'll find out later).
Much Love
-HoHo
Thursday, July 29, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
The Lost Sheep
Sorry I've been gone so long everybody! But now... I'm back! Check out the links on the sidebar. Get ready for another Young Adult meeting soon. Hey! How about a name for this little endeavor of ours? Send me your idears. Anyway, moving along...
Most of us have heard this passage before, but it is always good to be reminded from time to time how awesome and loving our God truly is:
Your friend and brother in Christ,
-HoHo
Most of us have heard this passage before, but it is always good to be reminded from time to time how awesome and loving our God truly is:
Luk 15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
Luk 15:2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
Luk 15:3 So he told them this parable:
Luk 15:4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Luk 15:5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luk 15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'
Luk 15:7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Your friend and brother in Christ,
-HoHo
Saturday, July 24, 2004
My girlfriend is cool
Sup everybody! Hey just so you know, my girlfriend has a blog now.
Encourage her in this new chapter in her life : )
`click' on the title ^ above^
It's sick!
-HoHo
Encourage her in this new chapter in her life : )
`click' on the title ^ above^
It's sick!
-HoHo
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Psalm 121
This verse just rocks:1 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;From where shall my help come?2 My help comes from the LordWho made heaven and earth.3 He will not allow your foot to slip;He who keeps you will not slumber.4 Behold, He who keeps Israelwill not slumber of sleep.5 The Lord is your keeperThe sun will not smite you by daynor the moon by night.7 The Lord will protect (keep) you from all evil;He will keep your soul.8 The Lord will guard your coming out andyour coming inFrom this time forth and forever.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Young Adult Group
Hey Everyone! I just wanted to thank everyone for an awesome time last night. It was
very
very
very
very....
cool.
Doesn't the word very look weird? Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's Maybelinne!
Wow why am I so weird? If you think it looks weird please post a reply. If you tell me which band I just referenced you get an extra thousand points. You know what... just reply anyway. Anybody who reads this post a reply. It'll make me feel less weird. And if you count how many times I said weird I will give you yet another... Thousand points! And if you tell me how many periods are in this posting I will give you a whole five-thousand points!! All for a grand total of Seven-Thousand Points!!!!!
Ohh...
What's the point? I'm going home now.
as always you guys ROCK!!
-Chris
very
very
very
very....
cool.
Doesn't the word very look weird? Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's Maybelinne!
Wow why am I so weird? If you think it looks weird please post a reply. If you tell me which band I just referenced you get an extra thousand points. You know what... just reply anyway. Anybody who reads this post a reply. It'll make me feel less weird. And if you count how many times I said weird I will give you yet another... Thousand points! And if you tell me how many periods are in this posting I will give you a whole five-thousand points!! All for a grand total of Seven-Thousand Points!!!!!
Ohh...
What's the point? I'm going home now.
as always you guys ROCK!!
-Chris
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Number One Gun in Chico
Hey everybody, I just found out that Chico's own Number One Gun will be in Chico on Sunday August 1st.
Well... here:
Sunday, August 1
Senator Theater
517 Main Street Chico, CA
w/ Mourning September & Yellow Second
$8 adv. $10 door
7:30pm
For those of you who have ever been to a NOG show you know that it's worth it. So... I'm going and you better go too. Ha! So there!
For info on NOG simply click the title of this Post.
Any questions, call me, 530-864-2151
-HoHo
Well... here:
Sunday, August 1
Senator Theater
517 Main Street Chico, CA
w/ Mourning September & Yellow Second
$8 adv. $10 door
7:30pm
For those of you who have ever been to a NOG show you know that it's worth it. So... I'm going and you better go too. Ha! So there!
For info on NOG simply click the title of this Post.
Any questions, call me, 530-864-2151
-HoHo
Monday, July 19, 2004
Stagnant Water
This past week I have been led to do some pretty random new things. I think it all came together last night at a local college fellowship. This was the passage of study.
Mark 5:24
24; And he went off with him; and a large crowd was
following Him and pressing in on Him.
25 A woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years.
26 and had endured much at the hands of many physicians,
and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse-
27 after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
28 For she thought, "If I just touch his garments, I will get well."
29 Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she
felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction
30 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from
Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?"
31 And His disciples said to Him, "You see the crowd pressing in on
You, and You say,' Who touched Me?'"
32 And He looked around to see the woman who had done this.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened
to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made
you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.".
So what does it all mean? This past week I have been compelled to fast from meat but when anyone would ask why, I didn't know what to say except, "I dunno" or the Sunday School answer (whatever that is). But what God has no doubt been trying to do is an all too familiar routine to Him. Shouting at me, "HEY!! WAKE UP!!! LIFE WITH ME IS NOT A ROUTINE!!!" It is unfortunate (to say the very least) that we can get so complacent and fall into our routine of "God life" that we forget who God really is and how he can work in our life. We sit back and say "Oh praise the Lord!" but do we really mean it? Are we really praising?
I find it sad that this has been on my heart about my life.
I feel like part of the crowd, crowding around Jesus pressing in on Him. I'm surrounded by Christian music, coming to church, praying, reading, you know... "Church Life".
Why does it feel like a job to me?
I've lost that connection, that relationship that God wants with me.
Water that collects in tires, swamps, or stays calm becomes stagnant. Mosquitoes lay eggs in this still, stagnant water. Mold and algae collect. This water may not have to move around at all but it becomes dirty, useless.
By contrast, have you ever noticed that it is harder to swim in a flowing river, but the water is clean and pure?
The crowd presses in on Jesus, but one woman reaches out in faith. I want to reach out. I'm tired of being stagnant water. I want to fall into the River of Life.
Psalm 40:
1 I waited patiently (intently) for the Lord; And He inclined me and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.
Don't forget the Young Adult group tomorrow at 5pm. If you can come please call me at 530-864-2151
Much Love through our Savior Jesus
-HoHo
Mark 5:24
24; And he went off with him; and a large crowd was
following Him and pressing in on Him.
25 A woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years.
26 and had endured much at the hands of many physicians,
and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse-
27 after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak.
28 For she thought, "If I just touch his garments, I will get well."
29 Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she
felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction
30 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from
Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?"
31 And His disciples said to Him, "You see the crowd pressing in on
You, and You say,' Who touched Me?'"
32 And He looked around to see the woman who had done this.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened
to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made
you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction.".
So what does it all mean? This past week I have been compelled to fast from meat but when anyone would ask why, I didn't know what to say except, "I dunno" or the Sunday School answer (whatever that is). But what God has no doubt been trying to do is an all too familiar routine to Him. Shouting at me, "HEY!! WAKE UP!!! LIFE WITH ME IS NOT A ROUTINE!!!" It is unfortunate (to say the very least) that we can get so complacent and fall into our routine of "God life" that we forget who God really is and how he can work in our life. We sit back and say "Oh praise the Lord!" but do we really mean it? Are we really praising?
I find it sad that this has been on my heart about my life.
I feel like part of the crowd, crowding around Jesus pressing in on Him. I'm surrounded by Christian music, coming to church, praying, reading, you know... "Church Life".
Why does it feel like a job to me?
I've lost that connection, that relationship that God wants with me.
Water that collects in tires, swamps, or stays calm becomes stagnant. Mosquitoes lay eggs in this still, stagnant water. Mold and algae collect. This water may not have to move around at all but it becomes dirty, useless.
By contrast, have you ever noticed that it is harder to swim in a flowing river, but the water is clean and pure?
The crowd presses in on Jesus, but one woman reaches out in faith. I want to reach out. I'm tired of being stagnant water. I want to fall into the River of Life.
Psalm 40:
1 I waited patiently (intently) for the Lord; And He inclined me and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.
Don't forget the Young Adult group tomorrow at 5pm. If you can come please call me at 530-864-2151
Much Love through our Savior Jesus
-HoHo
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Youth Rally
The Youth Rally in Live Oak was awesome. If you weren't there, I'm sorry.
Go to the next one.
Go to the next one.
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Young Adult group
Sorry. I forgot to mention to please R.S.V.P to
lehoho318@yahoo.com
or my cell:
(530)-864-2151.
-Chris
lehoho318@yahoo.com
or my cell:
(530)-864-2151.
-Chris
College/Young Adult group
Alright... It is time for our fledgling young adult group to get in the air again. On Tuesday July 20th we will be meeting at Left Coast Pizza in Chico at 5pm once again for a time of eating and fellowship. We will retire to Rebecca's house after to play games, worship, and have a good time. (They have a pool!)Bring a Bible and an appetite for pizza and the word of God. (Maybe even swimming clothes! hehe!) We probably will kick back and play some games so if there is something you want to play... bring it! Oh yeah. Don't forget to B.A.R.F. (Bring A Real Friend) For more info on Left Coast go to:
http://www.motorcyclecruising.com/Restreview11.htm
(sorry but you have to do the 'ol cut and paste)
For a map to Left Coast, simply click the title of this posting.
If you need a ride or need more info, call me at (530)-864-2151
or e-mail me at: lehoho318@yahoo.com
God Bless
-Chris
p.s. Why am I up so early?
http://www.motorcyclecruising.com/Restreview11.htm
(sorry but you have to do the 'ol cut and paste)
For a map to Left Coast, simply click the title of this posting.
If you need a ride or need more info, call me at (530)-864-2151
or e-mail me at: lehoho318@yahoo.com
God Bless
-Chris
p.s. Why am I up so early?
Saturday, July 10, 2004
SKEWW!!!
Alright... I have no idea what I'm doing here so... uhh... hmm.
OK
Got it!
I like steak,
I like cheese,
give me more,
if you please.
I am lame,
I like to eat.
Taco Bell
admits defeat!
I am weird,
and I can't rhyme,
I guess I'll try
another... moment.
Stupid poems,
and stinky socks,
will NEVER change
that my God ROCKS!!!
OK
Got it!
I like steak,
I like cheese,
give me more,
if you please.
I am lame,
I like to eat.
Taco Bell
admits defeat!
I am weird,
and I can't rhyme,
I guess I'll try
another... moment.
Stupid poems,
and stinky socks,
will NEVER change
that my God ROCKS!!!
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