Trusting God

This morning I want to talk about trusting God.
Trust is a really hard thing to obtain in todays culture. In the business world or in our
own personal relationships, trust is not an easy thing we just do or allow.

When I was growing up it didn't take me very long to learn to listen and trust my parents.
In fact there was a few times that I didn't listen to them and I had to reap what I sowed.
After that I learned that I should probably trust my parents and when they gave me advice they were only looking out for my best interest.

As a nation, church and as an individual we have fallen away from trusting God with our lives.
We need to realize that God has only the best for us in mind. He is just looking out for our best interest. He is our heavenly father and we are his children.

At times, we try to do our own thing and God politely allows us to. Sometimes we learn the hard way, by falling, by getting hurt and by messing everything up! Then God waits, he waits for us to realize if we just did it his way, if we would of just listened and followed his plan for our life, things would be so much easier.

 I believe this has also happened in our country. I believe we were once a nation and in God we trusted, but now we've tried to do our own thing, we've tried make up our own rules and we've went our own way.

Today I pray that our country would wake up and see that we have fallen, that we should of listened to our father God.

Today I pray that you would realize that. You may have fallen but God still loves you, theres still time for you to turn this thing around. But we must first start with Trust!
Trust him, trust his ways, trust his plan and trust our father who sees and knows everything.

Just like my parents knew when I was a child, God knows whats best for you, he knows what decisions are good for you and which ones are bad. And he wants to help guide you down the right path, the least painful path.

Trust God. He loves you and he wants the best for you.

Proverbs 3:5-6 says Trust in the lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths.

If you have time today, listen to the song "Walk by faith" by Jeremy Camp its an oldie but a goodie!

Pastor Phil

Direction

Psalm 119:1-3
You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God.
You're blessed when you follow his directions,
doing your best to find him.
That's right—you don't go off on your own;
you walk straight along the road he set.

Today I just want to be an encouragement to those of you who are traveling down the path that God has laid out for you. If your a pastor, youth pastor or if you clean the bathrooms in your church, you can easily get weary and tired of doing that work for the body of Christ.

So many times we get burnt out on church because we don't set aside time for rest or because we don't read enough of God's word to re-confrim that the work we are doing is worth it and then sometimes things people say or the way people act bring us down.

Today Monday, May 21st 2012 I want to tell you that "you are blessed when you stay on course" that "you are blessed when you follow his directions" and even though we can get burnt out at times or get discouraged, its gonna be worth it all.

There may be some of you who are looking for answers on which way to go. There may be a few of you who are looking at your options and wandering what in the world is God doing.

Today I want to remind you to simply Trust Him.
Proverbs 3:5-6 in the MSG says "Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
he's the one who will keep you on track."

In the middle of confusion or being burnt out on church, we need to remind ourselves to trust God, because his plan for us is good, his plan for us is to be blessed and to guide us through this life.
You may not see the purpose now, but one day you'll see the entire picture and you'll know why God allowed certain things that you didn't understand to happen.

Trust him, lean on him, stay on the course that he has set before you and follow his directions (read the word)

Father, I pray today that you would just be with everyone who reads this blog. That you would remind them today that they are blessed and highly favored! And that even though we are in the middle of our battle, if its being burnt out or discouraged, that you see and know the bigger plan and purpose of it all God and we trust you. Jesus help us be real today, help us love others as you have called us to. We love you and thank you
                                                                                                                                      Amen

Pastor Phil
One Way Student Ministries
www.onewaysm.org

Kings & Queens (Week 2 Starts Wed. Nite)

Hello All
We wanted to officially announce the scores from the first week of Battle of the Sexes from our new series entitled "Kings & Queens"

The Guys represented well in the games and spirit all night long, but it was the girls taking over with the most in attendance and the most given in offering!

So the results from the first week are..................(drum roll please)

The GIRLS leading with 97,000 total points and the Guys trailing with 55,000 total points.

The ladies are rocking it out!! Guys where are you? :)

Don't forget the two easiest ways to earn points! For every $1 your team earns 1,000 points. I have a little inside information for you all, last week the boys were leading by 10,000 points until we counted offering! The ladies brought the MONIE$$$$$$!!!!!

This week is gonna be jam packed with presentations and games so don't miss out! Bring a friend and fight for your team!

Remember the winning teams gets served dinner by the losers at the end of the month and there will be a walk of shame for the entire losing team filled with LOTS of embarassing pictures!

Don't miss out on Battle of the Sexes and our new series "Kings & Queens"

Pastor Phil