i gotta song for ya!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MI76zIAe1g



Hey guys and gals, this past week has been a downer because I realized that my summer is coming to a close as I will be starting my first year in college next week. Even though it should be an exciting feeling to be off to college, I still can't help but think about what I have done throughout the short summer months..or should I say what I haven't done. This summer was a crucial one because it was to be a time of preparation for the difficult road ahead. What I didn't realize is that without God, all my preparations, plans, and goals are in vain...To put it simply: its a complete waste. And that's exactly what I did... I put my desires; everything I had planned before God...It was like I totally forgot about Him until Sunday or T.N.P. (Thursday Night Prayer) came around.. I knew something was missing. I continued to sin and do what God would not approve of...slowly I forgot about reading The Word, praying, worshipping...everything that made me a born-again Christian. That was until I went to bed Monday night and a song called "All Along" by Remedy Drive came to play on my sleeping playlist...(yes...thats right...I have a sleeping playlist.) I listened to the lyrics deeply and started to rethink all the decisions I had made throughout my summer vacation and how I was even able to lay in my bed alive...Grace of God was the answer I came up with. One of the phrases in the song says, " I finally found what I could never see before, You've always been the one that I was looking for" Immediately after I heard that phrase, I felt the sudden urge to look around my room..What did I see? Sure enough, I saw the Bible sitting right next to my Ipod. This song really triggered me to open my eyes and see what a fool I've been for being blind to God...I knew He was there...somewhere around me...and yet I still falter..I still disobey...Don't make that mistake..always know that He is there and He holds your heart..not your desires and materialistic possessions of the world that will very soon whither away leaving nothing but God. And if you can't realize then that God is the answer...then...something wrong witchu!


Thanks for reading/listening:)

Unexpected Source

I woke up yesterday on the wrong side of the bed. If you know me, I'm always smiling and I can always look on the bright side. Even if I'm in a bad mood, I'll find someway to make you laugh. I can bet every single person I've ever met has laughed at least once while their around me; whether i was funny or not :)

But for no particular reason, yesterday was a downer. Then I got a call from a close friend who had the random message of telling me to keep my head up because sometimes you go through a desert before you reach the water. Often times there are moments in life where we experience a low, and it can come from nowhere. And although we know the age old lesson of the "light at the end of the tunnel"; we forget it because the problems or circumstances around us dilute it.

That's where we as a community have to be that unexpected source. It could be a song, a random text message, or simply a playful prank on someone to help them get away from their current circumstance a little bit. (See some of our videos for prank lessons LOL!) But do something for your friends and community to encourage them.

After hearing some uplifting words from my friend, I threw on my ipod and this song came on. Nope, its not a Christian song and I actually have probably only one or 2 secular songs on it. But it's humanly impossible NOT to smile or automatically get in a good mood when you hear it. I realized that no matter what situation, mood, circumstance, or problem we are in, there is always room to smile because everything will be alright. While you're looking at your watch waiting for things to happen, God is looking at the calendar. Everything will happen in the right time. So if you haven't smiled today or uplifted anyone, let me try. Check out this song and I dare you not to smile :)



-Jobbin

Ruins

Hey guys – so I’ve recently come across this song I’ve had on my iPod for quite some time now, but I’ve either passed over it or intentionally did not want to listen to it, but one day God caught me off-guard with this song – hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

You know that feeling of just being so unworthy? Or how God tends to bless you the most when you know you just don’t deserve it at ALL? Like… something good happens and you look up and ask… seriously? You did this for me? After I pretty much turned my back on you time and time again? Why?? (and I’m not even talking about turning your back on Him by disowning Him or something, I mean just by our daily thoughts, actions, desires, or our heart’s intentions)

And then you feel peaceful because God replies, “Because I love you, and because I can.”

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” – Matthew 6:26 (NIV)


Amazing.


Ruins – by Bebo Norman

Laying flat upon my back,
All the world in motion
Everything goes by so fast
I feel like I’m frozen

After all is said and done
Did I fail to mention
Everything I haven’t done
All my good intentions

This is my holy hour, this is my world on fire
This is my desperate play, this is where I am saved

I’ve no fear of height or depth
I’ve no fear of crashing
The single thing I fear the most
Simply feeling nothing

This is my holy hour, this is my world on fire
This is my desperate play, this is where I am made
This is my kingdom come, this is my freedom song
This is my helpless state, this is where I am saved

Let my ruins become the ground you build upon
Let my ruins become the start
Let my ruins become the ground you build it on
From what’s left of my broken heart

This is my holy hour, this is my world on fire
This is my desperate play, this is where I am made
This is my kingdom come, this is my freedom song
This is my helpless state, this is where I am saved

God Bless!