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]]> http://www.fireintheforest.com/2009/08/13/how-can-i-help/feed/ 0 http://www.fireintheforest.com/2009/08/11/tough-question-to-answer/ http://www.fireintheforest.com/2009/08/11/tough-question-to-answer/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:29:57 +0000 Cason http://www.fireintheforest.com/?p=764 I heard a question tonight while listening to the Francis Chan Audio Book “Crazy Love”.  He asked …

“Is there anything happening in your life right now that requires you to have faith?”

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Acts 2:37-41

³⁷When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”  ³⁸Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”  ⁴⁰With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” ⁴¹Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

I long for the LORD to move like this.  Maybe preachers everywhere should learn something.  Christ crucified…

Here is your chance to brag on Jesus.  Please take a few minutes and write down how God moved in your life.  I would love to hear from as many of you as possible.

Grace and Peace,

Matt

Grace and Peace….

Matt

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What a great evening!  It was so much fun hanging out with the Seniors and their LCBF leaders tonight.  I am so proud of what John & Sandy Stokes, Gary Jones, and Jaime have done with this class.  Tonight the ladies decided to host the fellows.  They came early and decorated the house, set everything up, prepared games, and even cooked for us.  The meal was delicious and the guys were pretty astounded.  I heard several of them say that they could not wait until it was their turn to host the girls.

The guys made a special effort to be gentlemen to the ladies.  It was pretty funny to see, but still made me very proud of them.  I am so blessed to be around students and adults that truly love the Lord and want to be around with his people.  At the end of the planned events the students did not want to go home so a few of them ran out and rented a movie and we watched Get Smart and ate popcorn.

Here is the interesting thing about tonight.  There was nothing overtly spiritual intended for this evening.  Now sure, we are a group of Christians that all come from the same church.  We DID say a blessing, and everyone was kind and friendly.  But there was something more genuine and authentic present tonight.  What I observed tonight wasn’t a group from church getting together to talk about Jesus or how we should act.   Instead, I saw Jesus in their laughing, affection, and desire to just be together.  If we believe scripture, and we DO!  THen we have to remember that inside of every believer is a place where the Holy Spirit of God resides.  Now it is not a passive residence.  Instead the Holy Spirit roars in us like the Christ figure, Aslan, from the Narnia series.  He is not content to be a part of our lives from time to time.  He is always there, even though we sometimes can’t see or feel Him.

I felt Him tonight as our students loved on and complimented each other.  It was real and beautiful.  It reminded me that if the Holy Spirit is inside of us all then He is the one that truly draws us together.  I wish I could have taken 100 hurting lost 12th graders from all over Montgomery and injected them into this environment tonight.  I could not do that tonight, but I can one student at a time.  I am so glad that I have a place where lost and searching students will not only get to hear about Jesus, but they will get to interact with Him- through his kids!

Grace and Peace,

Matt

Check out the photos from the Senior Dinner!!