Set a Fire.

I came across this song a while back at a thing I'd like to call Summer Beach Project. I cannot begin to tell you how much passion comes out of this song when you sing it. During this song the Holy Spirit shows up in ways that we cannot imagine. It's crazy how it happens to me. This is one of my new favorite jams for Christ. It's a beautiful song and it should be everyones prayer to God. I'm currently listening to it at the moment and I have chills. Its "Set a Fire" by The United Persuit Band. This makes me wanna dance, cry, pray, jump, anything else you can think about. I remember the last night at project a whole row of us, hands around each others shoulders and swaying from side to side. I had never worshiped like that before with 150 college students all worshiping the same God I was. I looked around the room and I saw people jumping, praying, and just praising the Lord. I could see the passion in their words and in their actions. It was awesome. The Lord really shows up when you hear this song. It's just pure awesomeness. Here's the Lyrics:

  

No Place I'd rather be

No Place I'd rather be

No place I'd rather be

Then here in your love,here in your love

So set a fire down in my soul

that I can't contain that I can't control

I want more of you God, I want more of you God.

Wow what a song. Thats my prayer everyday. I dont want to be anywhere but in my savior's arms. He is the only one that matters after this world is done. He is the only one that we will be with for forever. We all need that fire that this song is talking about, we need it daily or else were going to fail. Its a cry out to God to be a burning flame for Him, thats my desire for my life. No one is gonna stop me, not the devil or anyone getting in my way. God, I want more. Send it my way. I love you.

Here's the Vid. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8almp_nCU

Learning your Love everyday.

Since my last post, things have been okay. It's not all the way better but I can say that its well on its way. There are times that I do fall on my face but I get back up and continue to fight. One of the last meetings of Summer Beach Project, taught us that we need to preach the gospel to ourselves daily. That means that as soon as we wake up we need to surrender ourselves to His lordship. I'm preaching to myself as well, because I know there is mornings where I don't get up and acknowledge my creator for giving me another chance at living my life.

I always go to my phone first and check the Facebook and Twitter apps and alot of the posts that I see that alot of people tweet " Thankin God for another day" I'm not saying thats bad or anything, I happen to see the same person who tweeted that laster using cuss words or posting things that are not of the Lord. They have that right but I dont understand why you would post about the Lord and then do the complete opposite of the Lord. I saw a tweet that I just retweeted, it says "Everyone tweets about God, but do YOU actually talk to Him". I was taken aback, wow it really just hit me that I always tweet or post about the Lord, but I return I never really go to Him and talk. I believe the only time I go to Him is when I'm in need of forgivness of a sin that I have committed and it shouldnt be like that. The Lord expects us to come to Him all the time, even when we dont need forgivness. He wants us to come and praise Him just for who He is and thats more than enough.

True Happiness

Well, I was thinking today after coming back from a nice one on one with my campus pastor: that I don't need to find my pleasure/happiness in sinful things. I can find the same happiness in is Lord and things that are of Him. This thought has been on my mind for about a couple hours. I DON'T need to find my happiness in sinful earthly things, in the future they will only pass away in the end, the only thing that matters is Him and the things of Him. Thats been a hard truth for me to learn over these past few months since giving myself to fully over to Christ. It's not about me anymore, my wants, my needs. I think my pride gets in the way of Him doing alot.

I have some of the coolest relationships with people that are fellow believers, there is nothing different from the rest of humanity we just know who we serve and we live to follow Him. People might think were crazy but I rather think its fun. Me and my friends played Hide and Go Seek and Ultimate every night for the last two weeks, haha even in the midst of exams, we still made it a priority to have some fun and loosen up. Those are times in my life when I'm never going to forget. Were Christians, I think I don't realize that all the fun and pleasure can come out of Godley people. All the slips and falls were awesome. My friend got stuck in the tree with bugs and she didnt want to move and those were good times too. Point is that I have a place where I can put my pleasure and use it for something that is good.

Uphill Battle

I've had an amazing summer. I can't even begin to express how much the Lord has moved in my life this summer. He had me at the beach all summer, for a reason. I was there to learn more about Him and proclaim His name to the people that vacation there. I learned so much about my King while I was there. Some awesome decisions have been made in my life as well in others. The main reason I'm on here is asking for prayer. Ever since Jan. of this year, when I fully gave my life over to Christ, I believe that my life has been and uphill climb on a steep cliff. I was in the valley looking up at the wonders of freedom and what He could offer me. Janurary 12 is when the Lord rescued me from that valley, I had been trapped there for seven years of my life. He came like a theif i n the night and captured me. He placed me to the rock and I began to climb reaching Him step by step. My goal is to fully reach Him, although I know its not possible to reach Him until we actually are brought into His prescence but I strive to live as right as I possiblly can.

What do I need prayer about?? you ask. Well, in life we are never perfect and I know that I will miss a step or two in a certain points. I believe God is testing me through those things to truely wanting me to rely totally on Him for everything. He knows that.  I want to be rid of that sin in my life that I'm dealing with at the current moment. For a while I was going good but then I feel short and I quickly repented and moved on, but as soon as I came back from this awesome summer, I fell back into old habits and I believe that there isnt where He wants me. I am just decending the moutaintop high and I shouldnt be doing that. I need to get back up there, but anyway, I feel like I've fallen all the way back down. I'm not in the valley but im close to it. I'm not at the dept where I was. During that time in my life, I didn't care what He thought I was me and I was living my life. I didn't like to have to submit to a God that I couldn't see or that had never made an effort to be there. He was there and I just didn't see it, my eyes were blinded to it. I am thankful that He brought me out of that and opened my eyes. I was blind for seven years of my life and Christ 'spit in my eyes' and I could see again. Things went on from there and I began my climb.

I thought that no one could take me down, and then the devil started to mess with me and try to knock me down. It shows how weak I am, to let him get to me like that and as an end result I slipped but caught my grip. I continued to climb and then I again felt myself slip. That lead me to falling all the way down back to the bottom. Just as I was about to fall off I grabed ahold of the rock, I believe thats where I've been for a while and I try to fix it but I always end up that way. :(  I get mad at myself. uhhh I always beat myself up about it because I have no desire to be there again, but I can't seem to get past these things. Uhh flesh I hate you.

I need to realize that I can't do it on my own. I need help. I have the best 'rock climbing instructor ever' Jesus. :) haha its cheezy I know but roll with me. All I have to do is call out for Him to help me and He will. He is right there by my side coaching me on towards my goal. Far to often do I rely on myself to get me through things and it always fails. "Watch and Pray, LEST YOU fall into TEMPTATION. When I conflicted or pressured to do things I know are wrong all I have to do is pray. So I ask you to pray for me as I'm in this part of my life spiritually. Thanks :) Matt.