Spill Your Heart for God

Today's message is pretty personal and will seem extreme. But keep an open mind because this is straight fromt he word of God. so as you read this ask yourself, would you go that far? Are you that committed? Is your faith that strong?

There is a song by a band named Story of the Year called "Until the Day I Die". It is talking about the willingness to perform the ultimate sacrifice. Scripture says in John 15:13, “The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them." Are you willing to give your life for your best friend, Jesus? The one who has never done you wrong or never done anything but love you and pick you up when you're down. Would you die for him? This song was written in the context of a man and his love for his wife but it can be put in the context of a man and his love for The Lord. Just check out the lyrics and compare them to your commitment to God, and ask yourself. And if you have to think about it, think about this. He allready proved that he would for you.

"Until the Day I Die"

-Story of the Year

Until the day I die

I'll spill my heart for you, for you

Until the day I die

I'll spill my heart for you

As years go by

I race the clock with you

But if you died right now

You know that I'd die to, I'd die too

You remind me of the times

When I knew who I was (When I knew who I was)

But still the second hand will catch us

Like it always does.

Well make the same mistakes

I'll Take the fall for you

I hope you need this now

cuz I know I still do.

Until the day I die (Until the day I die)

I'll spill my heart for you

Until the day I die (Until the day I die)

I'll spill my heart for you

Should I bite my tongue

Until blood soaks my shirt?

We'll never fall apart

so Tell me why this hurts so much

My hands are at your throat

And I think I hate you

But still we'll say, "remember when"

Just like we always do, just like we always do

Until the day I die (Until the day I die)

I'll spill my heart for you

Until the day I die (Until the day I die)

I'll spill my heart for you

Yeah I'd spill my heart!!!!!!

Yeah I'd spill my heart, for you!!!!!!!

Thank You

Tonight I sang for the first time at Connect and it was incredible. I'm still coming down off the high it gave me and I'm so fired up for God right now and I praise him so much for giving me the opportunity to just do what I love to do with the ones that I love. Never think that something isn't possible and will never happen. Because we serve a HUGE God and he can do ANYTHING! Just want to say that tonight was amazing. I thank the Lord for the opportunities that he gives us day in and day out to do what we love to do. I always imagined myself singing for a crowd when I was little but I always said that I would never be able to do that. Now that I have I'm freakin pumped and just overwhelmed at the feeling of doing that. I thank everyone that came out tonight and heard me sing and Kaleb preach an amazing message. Thank you everyone for allowing us to do this and especially thank you God. See you all next week.

JACKED!

I can't sit still...I can't even describe my feelings right now! I'm SO PUMPED about what God is doing through me and through many others that are involved in the Bible Study Kaleb Davis and I are doing. I just wanted to say tonight that God is amazing and I CAN'T WAIT to see what he has in store for us next. Thank you Lord for your gifts and your amazing grace. THANK YOU LORD!

Favorite Song as a Kid

This was one of my favorite songs as a kid. And right now I just wanted to share it with everyone and I just want to say that I don't care who you are and I don't care what you've done, but I love you. And if you ever need to talk to anyone or if you ever feel lost, down, broken, or just bored. Contact me. I'm on facebook, myspace, and my e-mail is christopher.t.pitts@ac.edu.
Please contact me if you would like to talk.
Praise the Lord for what he has done in us. Praise God for who he has become through us. And PRAISE GOD for the opportunities we get DAILY to do what we enjoy doing and to be happy. We are all blessed. Thank you Lord.

I love you Lord
And I lift my voice
To worship you
oh my soul
rejoice

Take joy my king
in what you hear
and may it be a sweet
sweet sound
in your ear

Temptation

Hey Guys,
Sorry it has been a little while since my last post but I am back on the horse. I want to ask all of you to pray for me and my walk with God. I find myself more and more as I continue on doing God's work I struggle more and more with living God's will. Thats a little bit of what I want to talk about today.
Kaleb Davis wrote a good post on His Blog about the leaders in the church and the unclear views on many aspects of the church, Kaleb talked about alcohol. I would just like to talk about in general the leaders of God's movement here. God gave everyone a gift and a purpose. It is our job to use our gifts to glorify God and use them as a tool to reach others for Him.(Jeremiah 29:11)
But one thing that ALL of us have in common is a call to the ministry. We are to use the gifts God gave us and the opportunities that he gives us to minister to others. WE ARE ALL CALLED TO BE MINISTERS! But where we fall short in that category is actually living the lives that we teach about. I am a very unexperienced rookie in the field of doing God's work. As you know Kaleb and I started a Bible Study and we talk a lot during the Bible Study, as the leaders. And though we have only been doing this about a month now we have both began to run into the difficulties and hardships of doing God's will. The toughest barrel for me to get past so far, and I'm not passed it yet, is "practicing what I preach". It seems to have become extremely hard to live a Godly life since starting this Bible Study. I catch myself daily being tempted by the devil to go back to my old ways and I pull out of it by the grace and amazing power of God. But sometimes I do give in and this is where I struggle. I recently came across this passage and I believe it is the Lord telling me to shape up!
Proverbs 29:1 "Who ever is stubborn after being corrected many times will suddenly be hurt beyond belief."
I read that in my devotion one night shortly after being tempted but not giving in. This struck me very hard and very intimately and it proves once again that you can't hide anything from God! I pray for and challenge you to fight temptation! To win the battle! and to continue to do God's work while living the life that you preach about. Perceiver through all the adversity you will face because it will only make you stronger and only give you more and more to praise God about. Please pray for Kaleb and I and our walks with Christ because we too struggle ,along with all the church leaders, with living a Godly life.
Study your Bible and pray is the only way to be successful against the temptations we will face.

Bible Study Update Blog!

Click here to go to mine and Kaleb Davis's Bible Study Blog. It is for updates and feedback on the Bible Study. Or click on the link below labled, "ashtonpark.blogspot.com"

PORN, MASTERBATION, ORAL SEX

Perry Noble(Pastor at Newspring) wrote this blog the other day. I think this is very beneficial. It called me out on several aspects of my life and I hope that it will help you too. Click here to read.

My Prayer

Hey everybody,

I have no idea what I am supposed to be talking about right now but it was made very apparent to me that I needed to get up and come to the computer lab in the coffee shop to make my post tonight. So i'm just going to pray on here until I find what it is that God wants me to say.

Dear Lord,

I thank you for the great day you've given us. Wonderful weather and amazing people in our lives to share it with. Lord I pray that if anyone reads this and thinks to themselves, "what people?!" I pray that they find you Lord. I've been there, lonely. Its one of the worst feelings one can experience but not so much in a physical way. Loneliness is very suddle. You never realize you are alone until you look around you and notice that no one is there. You can be totally oblivious to it until you're so far from everyone you can't even get their attention. I pray that they find you Lord and find you well. I pray that they find the peace that you instill into all your children that if they will just come to you you will give to them so willingly and so abundently. I am a perfect example of that Lord. You have given me more than I could ever ask and I thank you for that. I praise you for giving me the amazing girlfriend I have and just the opportunity day in and day out to be around her and share my life with. I thank you for the amazing relationship that I have rekindled with my family since coming to you. You've blessed me with more than I ever thought possible Lord and I'm willing and ready to move for you. Show me the direction and I will go. Please Lord be with anyone who is sick or needs help in anyway. I pray that they find help in me or in anyone around them or that maybe there would be anyone around them. I pray for all the lonely. I pray you get there attention and make them realize that they were and are never alone that all the have to do is look to their side and you are there. Also, I pray that you put your hand on the bible study that we may come together and have a great meeting wednsday. I pray you give me the strength and the words to say that will touch lives for you and your glory, not mine. Thank you Lord for all that you have done for me and I praise you so much for everything you do for all of us. I love you Lord and I know that you love me.

amen.

Leadership

I think that all of God's children all called to be leaders. As Jesus was when he was on the Earth, we are to be also, leaders. Jesus came to the Earth to set THE example. His lifestyle and methods of living are exactly the way we are to strive to be, perfect.
Daniel 21:3 says,
"The wise people will shine like the brightness of the sky. Those who teach others to live right will sine like stars forever and ever."
I think the Lord is showing us here in this verse the results of being a good leader. Also, that we are all called to be leaders and good ones! There is a certain precedent that is set for all leaders of any kind in or to be considered good. First of which I believe to be the most important, you must live according to the word you preach. It is one of the greatest shames to all Christians to see one of our leaders fall, such as the preachers you hear about that commit adultery with young girls and things like that. We should always forgive and be the first to welcome them into the arms of the Church as Jesus himself would most definitely do and even more so, expect us to do. Another characteristic of a leader is to be correct. If a leader is not leading in the right direction they should have enough confidence and character about themselves to admit it and fix the path that leads the others. Another is honesty, brutal honesty. A leader should ALWAYS be more than honest with his/her followers. A group has to have a certain amount of trust in a leader in or for them to be successful ones. That bringing me to my next characteristic of a leader, trustworthy. A LEADER CANNOT AND WILL NOT LEAD EFFECTIVELY IF THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED! This pertaining to the many leaders who do not follow the characteristics I spoke about just now. So lets all look at ourselves as leaders from now on. Lets lead the revolution that Jesus started 2000 years ago!
"You can never separate a leader's actions from his character."
-John Maxwell
Thank you all readers who read this blog. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and I pray that this blog has a positive effect on the world some how. Please also pray for the Bible Study Kaleb Davis and I have started that it go only in the direction of the Lord and that we have the strength and character to lead this thing. Thank you for all that you do.
PRAISE REPORT!:
Last saturday September 9, 2007 I was baptized at Newspring Church along with my brother and sister in law! I was one of the most amazing things that I have ever been apart of and I thank the Lord above for ALL that were baptized there yesterday which was 562 people. Praise the Lord for the movement of Newspring and what it is doing for God.

Baptism

1Peter 3:21
"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."

Tomorrow me along with my brother and sister-in-law, are all being baptized at Newspring Church! I'm JACKED about it! I'm ready to go public for God but also as this verse says. I can't wait to do at least one more thing for the Lord. As I say over and over in this blog, we should all be excited about doing God's work. I'll be the first to tell you that it is very nerve racking and scary at times. I'm a little bit nervous about this Bible Study Kaleb Davis and I are doing, but I know its from the Lord so I am leaving it in his hands. I trust in him completely.
Please pray for everyone getting baptized tomorrow and for everyone who may need to receive Christ into their hearts to be touched by the amazing happenings of tomorrow. Also for the Bible Study, its coming together in a great way and we are all excited about it! Keep us all in your prayers, and thank you for doing so.

Back to the Future

Tonight was the first meeting of the bible study Kaleb Davis and I started working on. We hit a few rough spots and we both got very frustrated about it. But as usual I talked to my girlfriend and she put the voice of reason in my head and I had the most common thought that enters my mind on a daily basis, "oh yea, I knew that". I was telling her all about the meeting and she told me that God's work was hard and full of struggles.That if we weren't fighting any resistance then we weren't doing it right. Well let me tell you if thats true, which I believe it is, then we are defitnitly on the right path. It was an overall successfull meeting though and I thank God for it being so. Our next meeting will be Wednsday September 12 @ 9pm at Ashton Park Theatre. (first building on the right when you pull in, look for Theatre sign over the door)

I ask you for your prayers for our group that we may grow and reach many for Christ.

I looked up this verse in hopes to use it at the meeting tonight but as you well know, it didn't work out. 1 Corrinthians 2:9 says, "What no eye has seen and no ear heard, and what has never come into a man's heart, is what God has prepared for him."

If I had read this verse a year ago it would have scared the crap out of me. But with my new found rock to stand on (GOD) there is nothing to fear. I'm jacked about our Bible Study and absolutly fired up about doing God's work. Thats how you get when you feel the Lord working through you! I'm fired up for God and I can't wait to take the next step for him! I don't care what it is and I don't care what I have to do because I know the Lord will provide and I praise him every day for it. Thank you Lord for what you do for me!

We should all feel this way when doing God's work. I'll be the first to admitt that I get really scared sometimes and worried about how something might go or how it might make me look. But if I step back and remind myself that God will provide a feeling of peace comes over me and is followed by an absolute rush of energy that fires me up and gets me ready to go to war for Christ. I pray that we all share the passion and love that God has given me. I take no credit for anything, I could do nothing without him and I never plan to try ever again.

We should all look to the future with hungry eyes, ready to do God's work. Its an amazing feeling of accomplishment and fulfillment that you can only get by doing great things through him.

This song is by Matt Redman(click here to listen; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIAdgLR1ZGw&mode=related&search)

"Oh No You Never Let Go"

-Matt Redman

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

Your perfect love is casting out fear

And even when Im caught in the middle of the storms of this life

I wont turn back, I know You are near

And I will fear no evil

For my God is with me

And if my God is with me

Whom then shall I fear?

Whom then shall I fear?

Chorus:

Oh no, You never let go

Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go

In every high and every low

Oh no, You never let go

Lord, You never let go of me

verse:

And I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on

A glorious light beyond all compare

And there will be an end to these troubles

But until that day comes

Well live to know You here on the earth

Yes, I can see a light that is coming for the heart that holds on

And there will be an end to these troubles

But until that day comes

Still I will praise You, still I will praise You

23

I recently, as in just a few minutes ago, I saw the movie "The Number 23". It stars, Jim Carrey and is about an obsession with the many different ways the number "23" is linked into his life. This only being true in the movie of course(I tried). Formerly Jim Carrey's character in the movie had suffered some tramatic experience as a child and became crazy. He would see the number in everything that he did. The number stayed with him until it made him do something crazy. He then forgot who he was and started over in a brand new, good, we'll call it christian, life. That is where I noticed the similarity of the movie and God. Once God finally gets our attention he stays with us. We get almost paranoid about it noticing anything and everything that he has done for us and through us. And the more that we see of God in our lives the more it drives us to do something crazy. It drives us to get completly uncomfortable and doing something way beyond anything we ever thought we would do, FOR GOD. We then become saved after asking Jesus to come into our hearts and give us rest and the slate is wiped clean. From then on out we live a completly new life that is good and that makes us happier than we ever knew we could be. The Lord only wants to improve your life, but you have to invite him to, he's not rude.

It was a decent movie, just one of those that make you think real hard and pay attention. Those types of movies have a way of messing with your mind and makeing you believe things are happening that aren't really happening you're just being paranoid. But being as curious of a person I am I had to give it a shot. I looked through the Bible for some time looking for similarities and cool things that I might discover in the Bible that relate to the number "23" some how. Well as amazing as our God is, there were none. At first I was dissapointed and a little bit frusterated that I couldn't find any, but I thought about it for a second.

Lets say that someone did as I did and searched the Bible looking for these relationships to the number. This person also does not know much about the word of God and was not brought up around a christian atmosphere, which many haven't.

If that person or people found a bunch of similarities linking to the number, after seeing that movie, would that not make the Bible and God himself seem like an illusion? Seem like something that is just a coicendence and more of a magic trick than anything else?

I believe it would and after thinking about that it gave me the idea for this post.

I went through and found a few verses that link to the number "23" and see what God told me though all of these.

1John 3:2(the number 23 backwards)

"Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is."

Numbers 32:23(This verse is the very last thing you see in the movie, they did a good job)

"But if you do not do this, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out."

1Peter 3:2

"They see the purity and reverence of your lives."

1Peter 2:3

"If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good."

1Kings 2:3

"and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is writtien in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn."

1Thessalonians 3:2

"and we sent our brother and co-worker in Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith."

The Old Man

This is a song a wrote entitled "The Old Man". It is a story that is told pretty much based on myself. The man in the song is dying(much like you and I; everyone is going to die, therefore we are all dying) and he is very scared. He is doing many things and has many habits that are sinful and evil. He knows the Lord exsists but he doesn't feel that he is a christian or has been saved. The old man tells him all about Jesus and how he saved us all by dying on the cross. The man becomes saved and gives testamony to what he has become through Jesus. I remember very well feeling this way. I hated myself knowing that God was real and that God could turn my life around but I just didn't want to give up everything that I thought was fun. It took me a while to realize that God doesn't want us not to have fun or us not to be happy. In fact, just the opposite. Through God you will find that happiness and peace that you have been searching for so hard and so long in all the wrong places. DRINKING won't do it, SEX won't do it, DRUGS won't do it. Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

God's individual plan for each and everyone of us is so amazing and fulfilling that we can't even imagine it. We don't know what we are to do with our lives because we can't comprehend the thought of exactly "what would make us the most happy and successful". That is what God's plan is for each and everyone of us. So lets all stop trying so hard to make OUR dreams come true and GET ON OUR KNEES and start working on GOD'S dreams.

"The Old Man"

Running away from here

Running away because I'm scared

Running away and I don't know why

I act like I just committed a crime

Tossing my cigarette out the window

Rollin it up cause it feels so cold

Its the middle of July 96 degrees

but I feel so cold I can see the air I breath

Man I got to tell you I don't know why

Why I run Why I cry But I feel like I should try

I gotta tell you everything's not fine

I don't know the lord and I'm about to die

Quick old man tell me everthing you know

talk real fast cause I'm about to go

Tell me please tell me all about his plan

Tell me how it is to really be a man

The old man told me his story

Told me all about his glory

He saved my life, showed me the way

He's the reason that I'm here today

Not running away from here

Not running cause I'm not scared

Not running away and I know why

Cause that old man was Jesus Christ

Grace and Love

Today I am going to be talking about "Grace and Love". It is a song by Kutless. I mentioned it in my post on the 27th entitled, "When You Don't Want To". This song talks about the GRACE and LOVE of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
GRACE is defined as a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who under such divine influence. This meaning that God will forgive you no matter what you've done. NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU'VE RUN HE WILL BE RIGHT BESIDE YOU! All you have to do is turn your head to him and pray this prayer. "Lord I've run for so long, and I'm tired. Come into my heart and give me rest."
LOVE is defined as a strong positive emotion of regard and affection. God has an extremly uncomprehensable affection for us. He loves us more than we can even stretch our imaginations to think that he does. You will find one and only one God who does not condemn you for your sins, and that is the Lord. Study the words of this song and if you have time go to this website and watch the video of the song. It is extremly pretty and has an amazing message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo-ND6msMU0

"Grace and Love" by: Kutless

Many things in life are hard for me
Many things can pull us down
I don't understand why I do what I do
How could I take my eyes off you

After all You've done for me
And after all You've done for me

It's by Your grace and love I am saved
It's by Your grace and love You've forgiven me, hey
And by that love and grace, I'm amazed
It's by Your grace and love I am free
I am free

And it's by grace and love that I am free
I'll live with you eternally
I thank you Lord that I am free
I thank you Lord for loving me
I thank you Lord for dying upon the tree of Calvary
I thank you Lord for loving me
I thank you Lord for dying for me

Because it's by grace and love I am saved
It's by Your grace and love You've forgiven me, hey
And by that love and grace, I'm amazed
It's by Your grace and love I am free
I am free

Many things in life are hard for me
But by grace and love You've forgiven me
And by grace and love we are free

Bible Study First Meeting!

A Bible study being started by Kaleb Davis, Jamie, Andrea, and I has its first meeting next wednsday September 5th at 9:00pm at Ashton Park Apartments Theatre in Anderson, SC. Anyone who would like to come is more than welcome. We dont' know what it is exactly that we are going to be studying yet but we feel called to do this so we are going to do it. The first meeting will be to get together and descide what direction we want to go with it. So come on out and join is its going to be very uplifting because our main focus is, "Jesus! And His WORD!". So please pray for us that we may reach many for the Lord or make a big impact in some way. We need your prayers as much as we need the Lord. Thank you.

Forgiven

I'm sorry for the confusion but the music on MySpace won't be up for a couple more days. I hope to get everything fixed tomorrow but I am having a lot of difficulty getting it on there. So please pray for about that.
This song is more of a power song and it upbeat and a good one to throw distortion on and rock you face off for God. I wrote it one day sitting around the house and it basically just tells the story of forgivness. Such as why we are forgiven and how it became that way.
Jesus Christ, the only perfect man to ever walk the Earth, died on the cross for our sins. This means that had he not died for us, we would not be alive today. When people say, "Jesus died for us" I think it gets missunderstood sometimes, so allow me to clearify. Sin equals death, Jesus had NO sin and we have many. WE should have been and should BE the ones on the cross but Jesus DIED FOR US. So that we wouldn't have to bare the pain and suffering. That is how great and merciful our Lord is. Jesus is our SAVIOR! He saved us from the pain and hurt of death and gave us eternal life. PRAISE GOD!
The first verse of this song is talking about the fallen angels of Noah's time. The angels that fell before Christ came to the Earth. 1Peter 3:19-22 tells us that after Jesus died in the three days before his resurection he went to a place referred to in the Bible as "prison" and preached victory to the fallen ones of noah's time. Which were the 8 people that were saved through water("which baptism represents today not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience through the resurection of Jesus Christ"- 1Peter 3:21) during the building of the ark. These people are said in the Bible to never return to the Kingdom of God.
The second verse is directly out of the Bible, Joshua 1:9. It says,"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; be not frightened, neither be dismayed; forthe Lord your God is with you where ever you go."
I put this in there as encouragement to get out there and do what God called you to do. Even if your not sure if thats what it is, just give it a shot. If you can step back and look at the entire situation, and know that nothing about what you think it is God wants you to do can be considered harmful, THEN DO IT! I read this message in Kaleb Davis's blog today(http://www.kalebdavis.blogspot.com/). God has given everyone a special gift and put them on this Earth to use to glorify him. If we are not doing that, why are you wasteing time? Get out there and do what the Lord has called us all to do. TELL PEOPLE ABOUT JESUS!

"Forgiven"
Verse:
Livin a life full of mysteries
hearing the sounds of victory
it must be hard
to know you've fallen
out of reach

Angels that have fallen

will never return

The ones that turned away from him

A fallen Angel, will never

Rise again

Chorus:
Cause when Jesus died he rose again
and said this is where your life begins
Go and tell everyone just who I am, God's only son
And your sins are forgiven
your sins are forgiven

Verse:
He commanded us to be strong and brave
Be not frieghtned, neither be dismayed
For the lord your God, He is with you
anywhere

Repeat Chorus

When You Don't Want To

Ever felt God pulling you to do something and its something you just really did not want to do from fear of looking dumb or bothering someone else?
I most definitly have and encourage all of us to do better in the future. As an example for me I was at home just recently this summer and I went to the gym to work out. I listened to a song by Kutless called, "Grace and Love". This song is amazing and will rock your face off everytime. I thought to myself over and over again how awesome it would be to hear Lee McDerment and the "Newspring Band" at Newspring church play this song. I thought to myself that I would write to Lee or someone there and make my request. Then I started second guessing myself and was like, "No, Lee would laugh at that and I'm sure they get requests like that all the time I would just be wasteing time out of his day." After working out I went to Blockbuster to rent a movie and directly as I walked in the door one of the lead singers for the band was there. She had just sang recently one sunday and she would have been perfect. That was God telling me "Go! Tell her about the song!" But she was with her boyfriend and I stood there and thought of every excuse not to until she was gone and I then later and still do regret it. That song has and will save many lives and touch many more. I highly recomend listening to it.
Moral of the story is a challenge,
I challenge each and everyone of you to make your self uncomfortable for God. After all he was NAILED TO A CROSS FOR US!...Don't follow in my foot steps but follow in those of the Lord.

Everyday

This song entitled, "Everyday" was the very first song I wrote after becomeing a christian. It is very close to me and a lot of me comes out in the lyrics. I wrote it as a prayer of thanks to the Lord. I listen to a lot of Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, and Dave Mathews Band so a lot of my music will have that kind of feel to it in the music. This song definitly does. The music plays as a Jack Johnson, "BubbleToes" kind of feel. I have started the first steps of putting my music on MySpace for everyone to listen to, but I had a lot of difficulty last night witht he internet. The devil does not want this to happen because it is praising God and reaching people for him. So pray for me and say a special prayer for a very good friend of mine Kaleb Davis, whose blog is linked on this page, he has an interview coming up with Newspring Church to begin an internship there. We're taking baby steps towards a huge goal but I am not afraid because I serve a HUGE God and he can do anything through me!!!!!....BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL GO FARTHER THAN YOU EVER IMAGINED!

"Everyday"
Verse 1:
Lord I come to you a sinner, a beginner
and I am humbled by your works, and it hurts me
to know what I have put you through
yet your still with me, you're the truth
the love, the light, and the way
you stay with me, everyday

Lord sometimes I want to run and hide
then I remember that your always there
right by my side, I loose all my fears and dry up every single tear
So I can say, thanks
you stay with me, everyday

Chorus:
Casuse I know you're with me everyday
and you take all my fears away
So everytime that I feel lonely
I look around just like you told me to
and know that I am safe, everyday

verse 2:
Praising your name is what gets me through, everyday
I don't know how your memory gets erased, everyday
I mess up lord, you forgive me, everyday

and I pray, that you stay with me, everyday

My Faith in Angels

I have just written a new song, literally, I just recorded it. And I am so pumped up about it I wanted to post about it right away. The song is entitled "My Faith in Angels" and it talks about the feelings and doubts you have in yourself as you start to move for God. These questions and doubts are very normal and not anything bad at all. Its ok to have doubts but its not ok to let them control your actions. When I first started to move for God and started making efforts to reach people for God I came up with every question and doubt in the book. I was and still am very apprehensive about it but at the same time its so exhilarating! I gets me SO FIRED UP every time i post on here and just makes me want to do something CRAZY! But I usually don't because people frown upon crazy and crazy usually gets me in trouble. Here are the lyrics to the song, just take them to heart and pay attention to the ending and what God says in response.

"My Faith in Angels"
Verse:
How can I
look into your eyes
knowing what I have done

How can we
as the children of God
Turn away, run and hide

How can your forgiveness
Run so deep and endless

Chorus:
Your love, shines right through me
It consumes me, your grace oh God
All my questions I've found answers
My faith in Angels, has taught me how

My Faith in You
Shows me exactly what I need to do

Verse:
How can I
Begin to do your work
Why would they listen to me

Why should I
Think because I'm here
They'll get down on their knees

Rest easy son believe in yourself
You can do it all and nothing else

Chorus 2x

I am very excited about this song and look forward to performing it in the next 2 weeks along with the song, "Amazing Grace(My Chains are Gone)" by Chris Tomlin. You can hear the Chris Tomlin song by clicking on the video feed at the top of this page.

Relationships

My girlfriend is my role model in being a Christian. She's pushes me and inspires me to be better and harder working Christian for the Lord. She wrote me a note one day and left it in my Bible to read that night and it marked a verse. The verse is Proverbs 31:10-31 and is entitled "Ode to a Capable Wife". The note read, "replace each "wife" with "girlfriend". This is who I want to be...please help me to become this woman and hold me accountable."
The passage is pretty long so I won't type out the entire thing but I will hi the highlites that really hit home for me.
It says, "A good girlfriend, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her boyfriend trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life."
This section of the passage is showing the respect and trust that should be instilled in the relationship from day one to the end. I struggle with this at times and seek the Lords help when I am in doubt. Lack of trust is straight up and down insecurity. If you do not trust your relationship partner then you do not trust yourself and more than likely anyone else. Practice trust with the little things and it will make it so much easier, through prayer and the Lords help, to trust and not worry so much about the bigger issues.
Continuing the passage,
"She opens her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet."
This section is her goal to always be available to me for advice, guidance, and support. As my girlfriend she strives to have only positive effects on me and my life. As a result of that, making me a better person as is also the goal and purpose of the relationship is to bring each other up and never down. Don't be afraid to evaluate your relationship and definitely don't be afraid to change somethings. If God is ultimately first, only good will come. Even if the relationship doesn't last you will part on good terms and as a better person than before the relationship.

"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her toungue."
This section establishing her respect that she rightfully deserves. I can't stand to see a couple, where the male treats the female as if she is a lesser being than he. If we as the Males of the relationship will find the balance of being the leader and provider and combine that with the deserved respect of strength and dignity; wisdom and kindness. We will all live happier, more productive lives.
Finally the ending of this passage that really hits me deep and this is also the best description in words that I could ever use to describe my girlfriend.
PROVERBS 31:30
"Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
There is nothing I can say to describe this verse. It says what it means and it is the love of my life who is my strength, my dignity, my wisdom and my kindness.
Never let a day go by that you don't praise the Lord for the gifts he has given you. Even on your worst day, there will be something to be thankful for.

God just crushed my heart.

Read this qoute. It fired me up for God and is what I want for my life and walk with God.

" I am a part of the "fellowship of the Unashamed". The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. the decision has been made. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight walking, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tame visions, mundane talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. My pace is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my quide reliable, my mission clear. I wiont give up, back up, let up or shut up until ive preached up, prayed up and paid up, stored up and stayed up for the cause of Christ. i must go until He returns, give until I drop, preach until all i know, and work until He comes. And when He comes to get His own, He will have no problem recognizing me. My colors will be clear. "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ".
This qoute will touch the lives of any and all who read it. Join the club, "The Fellowship of the Unashamed".

Jeremiah 29:13-14

My blog today is a short one. Just a simple note to remind everyone what God is doing in their lives. If you are struggling in your faith or finding your self doing things that wouldn't be pleasing to God and you know it. Then you are a lot like me. I fall of the path a lot but the Lord is my shepard and he will always protect you and accept you back in the herd, NO MATTER HOW FAR YOU HAVE WONDERED. The verse in the Bible that has touched my life in the most intimate and meaningful way is Jeremiah 29:13-14. It says that the Lord sometimes puts you in situations to teach you a lesson and to prepare you for greater things in life. Well God certainly did that for me. I strayed away from the Lord for the hundreth time and was doing things very unpleaseing to God. To stop me from doing this the Lord put me and someone I am very close to in a very bad situation that would have altered our lives forever. We then searched the Bible for guidence, because it is always so much easier to come to God when you're in trouble. And the Lord pointed out this verse. It says at the end of the verse, "I will bring you back out of the exile I put you in." This verse touched me on a deeper level than any you could imagine. It showed me my mistake and showed that the Lord wanted to forgive me if I would only come back, because as I have said before, "The lord never leaves our side, We are the ones that walk away."
Back to the first sentence in BOLD. Christians, we should never treat God as a saftey net. We should never have the mentallity, as I often do, "I'll do ti this once I know the Lord will forgive me later." When things are going great, PRAISE HIM! When its just a normal nothing too special day, PRAISE HIM! And when things are not going the way WE planned, PRAISE HIM! Because HIS plan is so much better than anything we can think up. He's smart like that ;).

My Testamony

I wrote this testamony in responce to a message I recieved on Facebook from Kaleb Davis. He also has a blog which is a great testiment to the Lord and is definitly worth the time to read, www.kalebdavis.blogspot.com . Please take the time to read and see what the Lord has done in my life and what I know he will do and so much more in yours.

Hey man,
I just finished classes so here's my story.
When I was younger I was very involved in church and in my youth group. I was saved at a Winter Jam concert at the Bilo Center in Middle School. Soon after I lost sight of it all, I began drinking and trying to get into the popular crowd only to soon find out that it is one of the lonliest places to be. My dad owned his own business all my life until around the seventh grade. It was around then that my Father despite some very heroic efforts, lost the business. The building where his business was, is now a church. I have always seen that as a sign. We almost lost our house and needless to say money was tight. It wasn't long that my Dad got another job which is where he works now that is a very good job. We got back on our feet and moved on with things after about 4 years of almost nothing. My grades in school were never amazing but they fell off very bad after the money problems started. I became very apethetic about everything. After my freshman year in high school and 2 years of me not doing anything or careing about anything I was threatened for the first time and certainly not the last to be kicked out of my house. I started drinking pretty heavily after this and slipped into a mild depression. I drank most nights of the week and everynight of the weekend. I smoked cigarettes, weed, and was up to try anything once. This was a bad attitude to have on life. After many years of this life style and another theat of being kicked out of my house I got better for a little while. I began dating a girl and settled down a little bit. We dated 4 months and then I was back at it again. But this time I ventured into new drinks and new drugs with bigger qauntities. Senior year of high school and freshman year in college was probably my worst time. I began making fake ID's and acting way beyond my age. I thought I was cool.
What turned out to actually be cool was when I met my girlfriend Andrea Ray. First couple weeks of sophmore year I met her and we began to hang out. She brought me back to church and back to the Lord. I have now been saved again and attend church every opportunity I get strictly for the sole purpose of trying to improve in my faith. I strongly believe that some of the best christians and strongest people in their faith do not attend church regularly. I have begun to write music and work for the Lord in that aspect. Just last sunday I started what I hope to be a long journey of performing the songs I wrote to share the word of God. Its been almost a year since I've been saved the second time and my relationship with my family and friends and especially my girlfriend has improved past any point I could ever imagine. I am the perfect example for HAPPINESS. I am very happy and it is because of the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.

I Need You

This song is entitled, I Need You. I wrote it very recently, probably about a month ago. It talks about what we do and what we deal with when we are alone. Just you and God know what you do in that time. I struggle with this at times and I felt led to write this song to kind of vent my frustrations with myself. I have done much much better with it due to a lot of prayer and a lot of help from the Lord. This song is a prayer we should all say from time to time even if you don't feel you need it, you never know.

Verse:
When I'm all alone
I need you
When I'm by myself
I can feel you

You see its not so much what I do around them
It's what I do
When there's nobody else around
Just me and You

Chorus:
So help me now to follow you
and give me strength to follow through
I need you love
I need your strength
to help me follow you
So help me now, I need you

Verse:
Going through my day
I see you
Walking through my time
I can hear you

You see its not so much what I do around them
Its what I do
When there's nobody else around
Just me and You

Chorus:
So help me now to follow you
And give me strength to follow through
I need you love
I need your strength
to help me follow you
So help me now, I need you

Internet Problems

Whats up anybody,
Just wanted to let everyone know that i'm having a lot of internet problems. Someone, I think we can guess who, doesn't want this blog to continue. It has allready reached lives and gotten attention and I can take no credit for that. I just want to leave you with this, "Pray for those who feel alone, its a terrible feeling. Pray that they come to find out that the Lord will take all of that away and through him they will have peace and happiness."
I love everyone and God does to.
Chris

The Master's Hand

This is one of the first songs I wrote after becomeing saved and is my girlfriend's favorite.
I am actually performing this one tomorrow morning at a church in Easley, SC. Anyway,
I wrote this song to show the awesome feeling of submission to the Lord. When my girlfriend and I first starting dating we ran into a few rough spots from each others past that are still haunting us today, but through our own fault. But after I became saved we talked and decided to ultimatly put God first in our relationship and began praying together every night before we go to sleep. This has turned our relationship upside down. We couldn't be more blessed or any happier than we are today and it is because of the Lord's amazing power and amazing will to have everyone succeed in life eternal. This song is intitled,

"The Master's Hand".
Verse 1:
You turned my life around
You made me come unwound
You love me from the inside out

You saved my life
You gave me my wife
You make me want to scream and shout

Chorus:
You are Holy
You control me
I'm but a puppet in the Master's hand
I'm not worthy, of your mercy
You're my God and you're my best friend

Verse 2:
I've got a daughter and a son
Everything that you've done
for me is nothing short of amazing

When I live for you
My wildest dreams come true
Lord I love you and you love me too

Chorus:
You are Holy
You control me
I'm but a puppet in the Master's hand

I'm not worthy, of your mercy
You're my God and you're my best friend

Opening Post

I first just want to take this first post to let you know a little bit about myself. My name is Chris and I am a student in college. I play baseball for the school and majoring in Excercise Science with the hopes of continuing on to Physical Therapy or Athletic Training. I have always played sports growing up and in that time I gathered a group of friends that became a family. These friends got into drinking and everything that goes along with that and I followed. This lead to several years of partying and several years of separation from God. It's not that he separated from me, in fact just the opposite. HE NEVER MOVED. Looking back at those days I can see the Lord unfolding his plan for me even in the mist of everything that was going on. I'm extremly thankful for that.
The beginning of my sophmore year in college I met the love of my life, that I am currently still dating. We have been dating right at a year now and she is my motivation and example of what a christian is. A christian is not someone who is perfect, that was Jesus. A christian is someone who is strong enough to admit when they are wrong and are not too prideful to ask for help and forgivness. The Lord has worked very hard on me in the past year as I was saved at the church I began to attend with my girlfriend almost a year ago today. I have seen and felt his work with my own heart.
He has given me a gift in music and I feel him pulling me in the direction of sharing it with anyone and everyone. So that is why I am here. To share the lyrics and explainations of my songs that the Lord has given me. He gave me the words so I cannot take credit in anyway and I am forever grateful for him doing so. If at anytime you would like to actually hear my music I will be putting it up on MySpace soon.
Thank you for your time and enjoy,
Chris