Moving Forward

Just had a few thoughts to share with you tonight in a blog called "Moving Forward"

Life throws alot of curve balls are way, things we never expect to happen simply happen.
This thing called life is unpredictable, there's only one who knows what happened in the past, what happened earlier today and what will happen tomorrow, the one who is the same yesterday, today and forever and that person is Jesus Christ.

The last month has been one of the hardest months of my life, losing my dad a few days after Christmas.

With life and death the simple things have started meaning something new to me.
Spending time with your wife, siblings and parents is priceless. Keeping those who mean something close to you and sharing your life with them is essential.

So, many times in my life I have been guilty of getting "caught up" with things that mean nothing at the end of the day. If it's a fight or argument with a family member, if it's allowing my feelings to be hurt by someone whose intentions weren't of that.

Whatever it was, like alot of people I would allow it to rule my life for a short time and to be honest sometimes longer than that.

But what I have discovered within the last 30 days of my life is that all these things "of the world" mean nothing. At the end of the day all that matters is your family and your friends.

With all that said there's only one thing to do when we come to this moment, this crossroads in life and that is to MOVE FORWARD! Don't dwell in what has happened but LIVE and BE in the moment that you are in right now!

Too many times have I been guilty of living in yesterday or even tomorrow. But how many times do we truly live for today, how many times do we live up to the potential that today has offered us?

For me the answer to that question used to be rarely, but from now I'm moving forward and I choose to live in the moment, I choose to live for today.

God's word says that we do not know what tomorrow may hold. God's word says that there is time and a season for everything, but one thing that always remains, in my humble opinion is that no matter what season our life may be in we should be living our lives with every ounce of LIFE we can.

Give it all you got! Waste your energy, tire yourself out! Give it everything you have and chase after God! Seize the day, because after all we will only live once here on earth but the life you live right now determines where you will spend eternity!

So, I challenge you to make this committment as I do for myself.

Tomorrow, wake up and thank God for another day of life, tell the ones you that you love them, lead those who follow you, encourage those who are down and share the love of God with EVERYONE you come into contact with! Don't hold your opinion back, don't leave things unsaid, but in everything BE WHO God created you to be!

I love you all and I am excited about what today will bring us!

Pastor Phil

"Fearless" Girls Conference 2013

FEARLESS GIRLS CONFERENCE

One Way is hosting a Girls Conference Friday & Saturday
February 22-23 starting at 7pm!

This event is totally FREE to Girls from age 12 and up!

At this event you'll learn how to be fearless, living in God's love and all he has planned for your life.

Psalm 27:1 (MSG) Says
Light, space, zest-
That's God!
So with him on my side, I'm fearless.
Afraid of no one and nothing.

Guest speakers at this event include Teen Skiles & Rhonda Davis from Dallas, Texas.

Both dinner and breakfast will be provided to participants of the conference.

And we are looking forward to One Big Pajama Party Friday night after service!

To find out more information or to RSVP for the event please visit our web site or facebook page at:

www.onewaysm.org or

http://www.facebook.com/events/314364502013734/?ref=notif&notif_t=plan_user_joined

To view our Promo Video Please Click Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvcQjE9KfBQ

Bragging Rights

I just want to take a second and say how proud I am of our One Way interns!
Our first season of interns at One Way have impressed me, they are passionate
and real but above all they know how to get ahold of God.

In fact we've added several of them to our prayer team for altar times. Because
at One Way we have so many students and we have so many needs it takes a huge
team of people to help us connect with each person needing to make a change for Christ.

I won't name them off for the sake of embarassing any of them but I just wanted to
give them something to be proud of and have they have rights to brag, because since
their first Wednesday in action in September, One Way has grown ALOT and is continuing
to do so!

We have really been blessed to be the youth pastors of the best students in the world and I cannot
explain to you how proud we really are of them.

If your an intern at One Way please know, that we love you and that we pray for you daily.
We know that you are the heartbeat of this ministry and we are passionate about you!
If you ever need anything please call us or text and we look forward to many more great
services with you!

As far as the Internship program goes we are almost done with Season 1 coming up in December!
7 Interns will stay on and 7 new Interns will be picked! We are excited to start Season 2 in January '13 and we know that God is going to keep doing amazing things through you!

Finally, this Wednesday we are kickin' off our new series "Home Sweet Home" don't miss it!
Bring a friend! Invite someone to "COME HOME"!!! For more information please visit our
web site at www.onewaysm.org or contact us directly via Facebook or Phone

-Pastor Phil
One Way Student Ministries