I’m getting ready to step into the service tonight and would love to have you praying for the students here. Tonight’s message is all about following Jesus in spite of the things that happen in our lives. It is about never laying down and the canvas and staying there. It is about never giving up. It is about getting IN THE VAN!!

Please pray that when the service is over and God has done what only He can do, there will be more family members in the van with us on the road with Jesus.

Update to follow…

I’m having a blast up at Ghent, WV, with the Junior High students of the Appalachian District of the Assemblies of God. Last night was our first service and I talked about how the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years moved in and touched Jesus and that the only thing that we’re required to do, according to that passage, is MOVE TOWARD JESUS. And they did. Tremendous altar service as students poured their hearts out to Christ.

Tonight the message will be on brokenness and how we must MOVE WITH JESUS no matter what’s going on in our lives. It should be a blast!

Had a great time hanging out over at The Awakening, the youth ministry at Memorial Baptist Church, Sunday night. Thanks to David for letting me come speak to the group about 704 and homosexuality (not that the 2 are related except for the “o” sound in both). David’s got a great group of teens out there who got to watch me sweat somewhere around a gallon of the salty stuff while I spoke. Yeah, it was weird. Don’t quite know what was up with that, but the good news for the youth on the front row is that my pores aren’t smaller or else I would’ve SQUIRTED on them. I know they were relieved.

It’s not every youth group that allows a speaker to talk about homosexuality without laughing and giggling nervously and the fact that they didn’t just shows the level of ministry that David’s building out there. I was impressed. I was also thankful for the chance to get a youth group talking about 704 and giving us their ideas about what would be good in the youth center. To see what they came up with (including a great idea that will never happen), visit the 704 blog.