God, My Provider (Jehovah Jireh)

Well, the past few days have been really uneventful.

Monday night was interesting (for a better choice of words). Please continue to pray for my family as we continue to struggle through a possible divorce. I really believe that mom and dad are trying at it (though i don't see any drastic changes, but subtle ones). Pray that their priorities will become God centered and then everything will fall in place.

We so often put God on the back burner of our lives. I am guilty of it at times. God is working on that with me (especially with the devotional I am now doing along with everyone else at Mountaintop). The past few days have been amazing in my walk with God. He has really spoken to me through His life-giving Word. I am thankful for His blessings in my life and my relationship with a real, loving Creator.

Tonight I join my brothers and sisters in Christ at Mountaintop in worshipping the Father. I cannot wait to see how God moves there tonight. It may be an ordinary Wednesday night, but I am praying that God will speak to someone's heart and that I can help minister to others. I am thankful for the call that God has placed on my life. I feel whole-heartedly that He is still calling me to vocational ministry through worship leading. He is reaffirming it daily by strengthening me to be the man He wants me to be.

Lord, I praise you for who you are. Thank you for saving me and calling me to lead a life devoted to you and to your church. Please be with my brothers and sisters at Mountaintop tonight as we come to seek your will for our lives and may your Holy Spirit speak to us tonight. Lord, I love you. Thank you for Jesus, and its in His name I pray. Amen.

It is so neat that God can speak to us through His word. As I was reading our first day's devotion, Genesis 1, I at first thought of how I knew this story and I doubted that I would get much from it. But I was wrong in doubting the awesome power of the Word of God that never returns void. As I read the scriptures, God began to speak to me through His word in a way that applied to my life, right here, right now. He really spoke to me in Genesis 1:29-30 ("Then God said, 'Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and hte small animals that scurry along the ground--everything that has life.' And that is what happened") and I began to think of how he provides for me just like he provided for us in His Creation. Not only did He give us life, but he provides for us even today. He has given me all i need, not necessarily what I want...which is GOOD! He really is Jehovah Jireh, My Provider!

To my fellow Mountaintopers that read this, if you have yet to get the devotional book and use it in your daily devotion, you are really missing out. Go by Harvest and pick up a copy TODAY and see what God has to tell you.

God is AWESOME!!

Brian

Messages From God

This weekend was good. I got to hang out with some friends that I haven't seen in a while. Friday, Jan and I went over to the Galleria and Patton Creek. Cambridge was especially delicious. Saturday, Scott and I hung out in Trussvegas. We visited the new shopping center there (which is cool). This morning I had to sing at church, so I had to be there early. I am excited about what God is doing at Mountaintop.

Speaking of Mountaintop, today started our "Messages From God" devotional book. We are corporately as a whole church going to read the same passages of scripture and study them together and see how God speaks to each of us through his Word. God is awesome! He spoke to me today when I had my devotion time. Today's passage was Genesis 1 and God revealed to me that He alone is My Provider, Jehovah Jireh. He provides for all of my needs. Out of everything God created in His Creation, I (we) alone are the one in whom He created in His image. He delights in us, His Creation.

Well, it is getting late and I am tired and have class at 8 in the morning. So I think I will retire for the evening. I always enjoy comments

Family Dynamics

The past week has been good...i guess. I have news. Mom and Dad are going at least now living in the same house together. They are going to try it for 3 months and see if it works. I think this is better than they doing what they were doing with one parent at home one week and the other home the next week. Things are not over yet. Please continue to lift my family up in your prayers.

On another note, other areas of my life are ok...for the most part. Things at Mountaintop are AMAZING!! I am so glad that I am a part of a church that not only meets my needs, but Mountaintop is also a seeker-sensitive church for the unchurched. And they truely care about the unchurched. Almost every Sunday, new believers are baptized and welcomed into the family of God. I have spiritually grown since I joined Mountaintop. I love serving on the Praise Team and in the 18-20somethings Ministry at Mountaintop. So here are a few things that I want to pass along to you, my avid bloggers.

Upcoming Events at Mountaintop Community Church:

Starting on Sunday, October 8, Bill Elder, Senior Pastor at Mountaintop, will begin a new series designed to get to the tough issues families face... and begin fixing them! Join us Sunday at 9:00 or 11:00am for Service. For more information, visit here.

ALSO...



Beginning in October on the second Saturday of each month, The House of Brews coffee house will HAPPEN! Starting at 8 - midnight at Mountaintop Community Church, for only a $5 cover charge you can chill at the House of Brews. Where else can you go on a Saturday night for only $5 and get to see a hot band play in a white table cloth candle-lit setting overlooking beautiful Vestavia Hills from atop the mountain... ps. food and drink are free once in the door

Ok, I guess this entry will do for now.

OH!! I am now using my Facebook more often. EVERYONE SHOULD GET ONE! Especially you JSCC students. Later peeps!