The Kingdom will have a King

S.O.A.P. on Mark 1:1-18 by Eric Miller

Here's how I use the S.O.A.P. method. There's not necessarily any right or wrong way, but here's an example of what I do.

First - PRAY.
God, would you speak to me through these verses that I'm about to read. Please reveal the truth of your word to me in my life today. Help me to understand what I'm reading and to be obedient to the things that your calling me to do today.

Second - READ. After praying a simple prayer, I like to read all of the verses for the day straight through. Sometimes I'll read it in a different translation or I'll have to read it through a couple times. I like to use a Bible app on my phone called "YouVersion" to do so. They also have a website (www.youversion.com) that comes in handy as well. 

Third - SCRIPTURE. What one verse or idea really strikes me or speaks to me? Write it down. 
Today it's verse 7, which says, "And this was his message: 'After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie."

Fourth - OBSERVATION. Write down what I observe about this verse. Why does it stick out to me? What speaks to me about it? 
At first glance, this verse was interesting to me for a very non-spiritual reason. Truthfully, my mind wandered and I was puzzled with this thought ... "I wonder if in New Testament times their sandals had laces! That's weird!" Haha yes, even pastors minds wander when reading the Bible :) but as I thought about this verse more, I realized something much more profound. If I'm John the Baptist and all these people were coming out to hear me speak (v. 5) I'm pretty sure that in my pride my message would probably be much different than John's. I would be tempted to make much of myself. It would be easy to make a big deal about myself and all the things that God was doing through ME. Yet that's not John's response at all. He humbles himself. He deflects the power and pride and points to Jesus.

Fifth - APPLICATION. Write out what application you want to apply from this verse and observation. 
I want to be like John and allow my message to be one that makes much of Jesus and humble myself. I want to point people to Jesus through everything I do and say.

Sixth - PRAYER. Write out your prayer to God.
God, help me to humble myself so that You don't have to. Help me to be like your messenger John who points people to Jesus. Help me to be bolder than I am in proclaiming the message of Christ and what He wants to do for us. Use me.

I would LOVE to hear how God has uses Mark 1:1-18 to speak to you. Would you be willing to post some of your SOAP in the comments below?

Evangelism Training Class

By Eric Miller

I'm excited for our upcoming Evangelism Training Class (This Sunday, October 23 at 9:30 AM in the Chapel) for several reasons ... allow me to explain:

1. We're all called to share our faith. While we can often come up with reasons why we don't want to share our faith, we know that it's still a commandment and it's still very important. So I'm excited to help us wrestle with those thoughts and feelings to come to a point where we're willing to take a step of faith in hope that the person we're sharing our faith with will also take a step of faith ... one that has WAY more significance than us risking embarrassment or being uncomfortable!

2. All we have to do is plant the seed. We're called to present the gospel to any and everyone, no matter where we are or who we're talking to. This can be very scary to us. But I love thinking about the reality of Scripture, where we can rest in knowing that our job is just to scatter the seed, it's the Holy Spirit's job to make it grow. If you think about it, we get the easy part!

3. I love hearing and sharing stories of how we've been able to share our faith and plant seeds of the gospel in people's lives. It's a great time to pick up some new ideas and methods of how we can do that and take a risk to get out of our comfort zones.

I hope that you'll join us this Sunday! I promise it will be a rewarding experience to be a part of!

February Fasting

By Eric Miller

For the month of February I decided that I would fast from different things so that I could grow and be stretched in my relationship with the Lord.

Now, please understand, no one challenged me to do this ... there was no hidden agenda ... I simply wanted to see if I could do it and see how the spiritual discipline of fasting affected my spiritual walk. So after spending a few days at the end of January praying about the things I would give up, I put together a schedule that looked like this.

February 1-7 - Fast from Facebook

February 8-14 - Fast from Sugar/sweets

February 15-21 - Fast from Caffeine

February 22-28 - Fast from TV/movies

Just to give a little bit of insight, I purposely scheduled them from the things I thought would be easiest to give up to the hardest as each week passed. For me being a youth pastor, I thought Facebook could be fairly difficult as it's a huge means of communication for me, but it actually was rather easy to give up. I realized how much time I waste on there, even when I'm just getting on to do something that should only take 5 minutes. That time easily turns into 25 or 45 minutes. I also realized in that first week how much I really needed to spend that time with the Lord and so it was an easy switch to make in some senses.

The second week, giving up sweets was trickier than I had first expected. I realized that meant changing some of my habits. I also become more aware of the things that I eat and drink throughout the week. It was also a good week in the sense of prayer as I found myself talking to the Lord more and more each day and asking Him to help me see things differently.

The third and fourth weeks I was dreading. For those that know me best, you know that I LOVE my weekly and sometimes daily visits to Starbucks and in my free time I enjoy catching up on many TV shows. So giving up caffeine was a bit nerve racking, especially after hearing some of the horror stories of people who had tried to give it up. So I was expecting the worst; headaches, grumpy moods, severe drowsiness among other things. And yet, it was probably the best week of the month. I wasn't craving coffee or soda like I had expected. I felt that I truly had to depend on the joy of the Lord rather than perks of caffeine to get me through my days. More importantly, I realized that I wasn't nearly as addicted to caffeine as I had wondered.

The fourth week was probably the most challenging as half way through the week, I got sick. And one of my favorite things to do when I'm sick is lay on the couch and watch movies. So I was torn. Could I justify breaking my fast because I was sick? I decided no. I figured that I wanted to stretch myself and this was a great way to really rest in the Lord and spend even more time focusing on Him. So that's what I did for this past weekend ... I slept, prayed and read more than I think I ever have in one weekend before. And in a very unexpected and unusual way, I grew in ways I was not expecting and I can honestly say that I'm closer to God in some ways because of it.

So what are you willing to give up in order to grow in your relationship with the Lord in new ways??

What Are You Seeking?

By Eric Miller

What is it that you're seeking?

I find myself constantly fighting this battle where I'm so easily distracted by all of these "things" in life. Whether it's entertainment or relationships or even just rest ... I'm seeking them even when I don't realize that I am. I find myself trying to control my life based on and around the things that I want. So I asked myself a simple question ... "why?"

Why do I do this?

The only conclusion that I could come up with is that I'm not seeking God and allowing Him to satisfy me. I'm seeking other things or people to try to meet my needs. And I'm quickly realizing how very backwards that is.

Maybe you're like me and you can relate all of this. If so, then I encourage you to watch this challenging video below and allow God to speak to you through it. I pray that by the end of this 3 minute video, you'll know exactly what it is that you've been seeking instead of Him. And I will pray that before you leave this blog that you'll come up with a plan of action to start seeking God rather than the thing you've identified.

Some good truths in a silly way!

By Eric Miller

If you're like me, it's easy to get lost, frustrated and discouraged about the truth in the midst of elections. It makes me so glad that God is unchanging and no matter what happens in life He's always good. Sometimes the circumstances in life can change our view of God and His character and who He really is ... so here's a video by a Christian band called "Gungor" that gives us some simple truths on who God is.

Two more laments!

These were submitted anonymously and the second is written from the perspective of one of the Chilean miners. Great laments! Please keep them coming! Don't forget that you can send them to Eric Miller at eric@gccfred.org to be posted. Thanks!

"I am hurting.

I am weak.

I am not useful.

I don’t act like Your child.

Lord Almighty, only You can help me.

Only You have the power to change my heart, my mind, my tongue, my trust.

You alone know how I struggle with money, relationships, words, my tone of voice, & my sincere trust in You.

Dearest Father, I sit at your feet asking You to change me, even more than You already have. May others see You in my life & give me a servant attitude. Let me die to self.

But, Abba, Father, You have never failed me. I look for Your hand to touch me.

I praise Your holy name! You are my everything!"

From the perspective of the Chilean miners ...

"God, I’m in a real pit this time.

No one knows where I am. I am so alone.

Will I starve to death?

Will I kill myself?

Will I lose my mind?

What am I to do?

I am not only entrapped in my body but also in my mind, my soul, & my spirit.

Who can I turn to but you?

Where can I go but to you, my Salvation?

My eyes burn, my heart throbs, my chest is heavy from lack of air, my stomach moans.

You alone can save me.

You alone will tell them where I am, how to find me & how to save me.

I wait for you, O Lord.

But, I know You love me with an everlasting love Father.

I look for Your saving hand.

I will worship You forever.

I will remember Your kindness to me.

I will tell others of Your miracle when You save me from this forlorn place & many will come to know you."

Staff Devotional - Our Psalms

By Eric Miller

Every Tuesday morning we have a church staff meeting and at the conclusion of that meeting we spend time together doing a devotional. Recently we've been reading through the Psalms. We spent many weeks studying Psalm 139 and allowing God to give us a hunger for His Word. Since then and in connection to our Spiritual Journey - "From Lament to Praise: Encountering God in the Psalms" - we've been studying different psalms and truly taking time to slow down and savor the richness of God's truth.

This past week, we studied Psalm 1 and I (Eric) challenged us to use the wording and concepts from Psalm 1 to either write our own prayer, lament psalm or something to make the Psalm personal to us. And we loved the experience so much that we wanted to share a few of these with you! We certainly aren't trying to add anything to God's Word, nor do we support that. But we do want to slow down enough when studying God's Word to be able to apply it to our lives in various ways, and we'd encourage you to do the same. In October, you'll have the chance on a Sunday morning to start writing your own lament Psalm, so why not start now and start thinking of how Psalm 1 applies to your life!

Psalm 1 - NIV

1 Blessed is the man

who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked

or stand in the way of sinners

or sit in the seat of mockers.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, 


and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, 


which yields its fruit in season 


and whose leaf does not wither. 


Whatever he does prospers.

4 Not so the wicked! 


They are like chaff 


that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, 


nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, 


but the way of the wicked will perish.

"So if I don't follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners or join in with mockers; then I will have joy (NLT). The NIV says I will be blessed. And if I meditate day and night on the law of the Lord, then I will be delighted and I will be like a tree planted along the river, bearing much fruit, my leaves will not wither and I will be prosperous in everything I do. The final piece is that in all this the Lord will watch over me, He will guide me on the path of Godliness and righteousness. God, would you allow this to be said of me!" ~Eric

"Lord, I consider myself blessed when I don't follow the ways of people who walk in darkness ... even though I see temporary fulfillment come in their ways. Lord, I revel in your Word, but I realize any experience doesn't always match my knowledge of reveling in your Word. Lord, I need to remember the flourishing and strong results of the growing tree. Lord, you remember my way (the righteous one) and the temporary, fulfilling path of people in darkness is a perishing way." ~Pastor Mike

"Blessed am I when I seek the counsel of God's Word and His people. Blessed am I when I delight in His Word and meditate on it day and night. Like a fruited tree planted by streams of water I am blessed and I prosper. Blessed am I not to blow away like chaff or stand in judgement. For God watches over me and I am blessed!" ~Lisa Catania

"I don't meditate on the counsel of the wicked. I do meditate on God's counsel. I don't watch TV day and night. I'm listening to God 24/7. In learning to be faithful, God is making me fruitful with ripe juicy fruit. The wicked aren't rooted, they are blown away. God will deal with the wicked. God knows my path. The wicked path lead to destruction." ~Pastor R

A week in Haiti

By Eric Miller

(to see more pictures check out his blog - www.ericmillerblog.com)

I had the awesome opportunity to spend a week in Haiti from July 29 to August 5th and I can honestly say that it was one of the best weeks I’ve had in a long time. I’m also convinced that for the past 6-8 months, God had been preparing me BIG time for this opportunity. I’d like to tell you a little bit about the story of how I got to Haiti and let the video and the pictures tell the story of the week. I know that’s not usually how these things go, but if you’d like to hear more specifics about the week ... then you’ll have to take me out for coffee :) because I’m convinced that the coolest part of the story is what God did leading up to this week!

(I know this is long, but trust me ... you won’t regret reading it!)

In December of 2009, I had some hard decisions to make. The short version of the story is that I was about to take a significant pay cut at the church due to the economy and I was questioning whether God wanted me in Frederick as the Youth Pastor still. I spent several weeks praying about it and seeking the Lord’s Will the best that I could and by the beginning of the new year I was sure that this is where God wanted me to be ... right here in Frederick. The funny part is that I knew this would be the place where I would have to depend on Him the most and depend on myself the least. Little did I know what he had in store.

In January of 2010, with the pay cut now in effect I knew that I would need to start looking for a part-time job. And I found one working at a local middle school with an after school program. Truth be told, I really wasn’t all that excited about having to do this job just to supplement some of my lost income and was bummed that I was losing hours that I felt I needed to fulfill my role as Youth Pastor at the church. At the beginning my attitude probably wasn’t where it needed to be and I was pretty much just focused on myself. But I knew that this job had some potential because not only would it help me make the money I had lost in my pay cut, but I knew that it could open some doors and give me an opportunity to get to know some more students in the community. So I tried to make the most of it and gave it my best. What I quickly found out was that God was truly at work here. I ended up making $5 a month more than I had before my pay cut (see God does have a sense of humor - now I was “making money.”) But more importantly it was in the relationships that I built where I saw Him working the most. The director of our program was also in full-time ministry as her husband is also a Youth Pastor and I got to work along side Adam Forsberg as well, who was a part of my Youth Staff at the church and would later become my summer intern. Also on our staff at the school was another area Youth Pastor and a guy who lead a college aged Bible Study! If it hadn’t been for this part-time job, I might not have ever met these wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ and partners in the ministry.

In February, God started breaking my heart for some of the students at the school. Adam & I decided that we were going to start praying for them specifically by name and that we would were going to look for opportunities to encourage them if we could in any way. One of the students came on our Winter Retreat with our youth group and one other has since come to our Youth Group and many of the students from the program have started going to the Youth Group of the other Youth Pastor! It was amazing to see God use us as we built relationships with these students. But more than that, it was a wonderful partnership with those who I worked with. SO much so that my director’s husband got in contact with me and presented me with another opportunity. His name is Justin and he told me that he had recently co-authored a book with a good friend of his, Jeremy, and that he was in a band and they would be going on a book tour soon to promote their book. Well they asked if I’d be interested in having them come to our Youth Group to close out their tour. After learning that the band was WILLET and realizing that I had met them a year or so before at a Youth For Christ event that I spoke at (and they lead worship for) I was very excited to have them come. It was awesome getting to know Justin & Jeremy better as we prepared for that night and I learned that they are as passionate as it gets for the Lord and that God was doing amazing things in their lives.

The night that they came to our Youth Group, they presented our students with an opportunity to sponsor orphans in Haiti. We quickly learned that Jeremy’s wife, who is a full-time missionary in Haiti, works directly with many of these orphans and that she was in Haiti when the earthquake hit. I felt strongly that night that God was calling me to do more than just sponsor a child, but at the time I wasn’t quite sure what that meant. Our students ended up sponsoring 25-30 orphans for a year and we invited WILLET to come back to our church again a few weeks later to lead worship on a Sunday morning. That Sunday, they gave the same invitation for our church to sponsor some children and another 45-50 were sponsored. It thrilled me to see this partnership with WILLET and our church and to see how God was moving in these two times that they were leading us in worship. So I talked to my former roommate (Matt Johnson) who had heard about WILLET’s matching grant for their book and we decided that we needed to do something else to help them raise some money for Haiti relief efforts. And thus our Dodgeball for Haiti Tournament was born. We were able to raise over $12,000 for disaster relief funds through WILLET and Food for the Hungry and this matching grant. This also gave us another opportunity to present the gospel to students in the community that we wouldn’t normally be able to reach.

Finally, this past spring, my college roommate sends me an email and says that he recently signed up for this one week trip to Haiti and that there’s only a few spots left and I should sign up to go. I truly wanted to go, but my mind quickly went to all the reasons why I wouldn’t be able to ... I had already been gone a lot from work over the summer, where would I come up with the money on such short notice, my passport had expired the summer before and on and on! Well I decided I’d at least ask our Senior Pastor to see what he’d say and he was really excited for me to have the opportunity and said I should go. So in less than 2 months time, I was then able to renew my passport, raise all the money that I needed, got my airfare booked 3 days before I left town and had a summer intern to cover for me at the church!

And while I was in Haiti, God truly renewed my heart for his Word, for His people and for the work that He’s doing in Haiti on a whole new level. It truly was a wonderful week and I cannot wait to help lead a team from Grace Community Church with Matt Johnson back to Haiti sometime in the next year or so (assuming God allows it!)

WOW! And seriously ALL of that happened because I made a hard decision to put my faith and trust in God when humanly speaking it made no sense at all. Praise God for my pay cut and for having to get a part-time job!

Doing the Little Things

By Eric Miller

This past week I had the opportunity and privilege to speak at a High School camp in Pennsylvania. It was a humbling experience. I realized that being a passionate follower of Christ is hard work. I realized that I take so many things in my daily life for granted. But most of all, I realized that it’s easy to pray and read my Bible
because I’m “supposed to” or because its expected of me … but if I really want to see God work in my life; then I cannot survive without prayer and Bible reading.  You see for a long time now, I’ve had this burning desire to truly see God do something amazing, something HUGE, in my life. I’ve wanted to witness Him do something I can’t explain or justify. Don’t get me wrong; I know He’s at work in my life and all around me. I
don’t doubt that at all. I also love seeing Him do the little things and can praise Him just the same because of those. But for some reason, I don’t want to be content with that.  I want to be a part of something so much bigger than myself. And that’s where it hit me.

… God cannot use me for something big IF I’m not doing the little things right. If I pray before meals because that’s what I’ve always done. If I read my Bible when I’m preparing for a lesson at Youth Group or if I have time and feel like it. No! I should be praying constantly, about everything that passes through my mind. Every decision I have to make should be rooted in prayer. If I want God to move in the lives of the students of our church, then I need to talk to them less and talk to God on their behalf more. Rather than trying to problem solve and ask other people for advice, I should be asking God and reading His word. For every hour I spend in worry, I should spend two hours in His throne room pouring out my heart.  It must start with doing the little things and doing them well. I will not mindlessly pray over something just because I’m supposed to. I want to start fervently praying for things, big and small, because of my need for God and knowing that I can’t do it on my own. I want to start reading my Bible with a hunger and thirst for the wisdom that only God can give. I want to stop singing worship songs to Him while allowing my mind to be somewhere else.

Colossians 3:17

By Pastor Eric

We’ve been studying Colossians chapter 3 for well over a month now and every time I read this chapter I keep getting caught up in verse 17. It says, “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” I can’t stop thinking about this verse. I can’t stop thinking about the implications of it; IF I truly lived this out like I know that I should. What if, every single day, the very first thing on my mind was this verse and I made it my personal mantra that day – every single thing I do and say will be for Jesus. And if it doesn’t qualify as something that I should say, then I don’t say it. If I have a choice of something to do and I ask myself, “can this be done in the name of Christ?” then I go for it. And what if every single one of us lived this out every day. Wouldn’t that absolutely allow us to live up to the statement that Jesus makes to his disciples in John 13:35 where he says, “by this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

I would love nothing more than for the body of Christ to be know as people who are “loving, kind, sincere, authentic, passionate, gentle, joyful, patient, faithful and honest” (to name a few) rather than so commonly spoken of as “no different than anyone else, prideful, fake, discouraged, selfish, lying and exclusive.”

How has your day been filled with words and deeds in the name of Christ? Have your actions reflected Christ’s love to everyone around you? If so then let’s give thanks to God the Father. And if not, then what changes need to be made so that “all men will know we are his disciples”?

Reject Apathy

Apathy – a lack of feeling, emotion, concern or interest.

Has apathy been setting in on you and your life? Have you lost interest in reading God’s Word? Are you no longer concerned with the sin that’s over taking your life? Have you lost all sense of emotion when you attend church on Sunday mornings? Is your heart hardened to feeling conviction?

When you read your Bible and something applies to you, do you actually apply it to your life and obey what God says; or do you just take a mental note of it and go on living how you want to live? When you attend a worship service do you focus on all the negative things or do you allow your heart, mind and soul to be fully in the presence of the living God? When you are convicted of sin in your life, do you confess it, repent and fully surrender that area of your life over to God; or do you just squelch the role of the Holy Spirit and just try not to think about it?

Do you model your life after Christ and the example that He has given to us; or do you make decisions on your own and do as you please? Do you avoid awkwardness, ambiguity and embarrassment by never talking about spiritual things, stepping out in faith or fully trusting God for a decision? Do you have doubts about your relationship with God that hold you in fear and have caused you to give up on Him; rather than seeking the truth and allowing Him to speak to you?

It’s easier to be apathetic than it is to be passionate. Where do you stand? What are you willing to give up in order to get right with Him? What are you willing to get rid of in order to get closer to Him?

Reject Apathy.

Watch this video clip and hear Francis Chan talk about not living life in the middle.

More to Easter than Meets the Eye?

By Pastor Eric

What is it about Easter that is so special to us? I don’t mean “us” as in the Christian realm or as in the body of Christ, but rather to us as a human race. For example, why is it that in our culture today, more people go to church on Easter Sunday than any other Sunday throughout the year? Do you think it’s about tradition? Is it just something that culturally is expected of people to do? Like actually throwing your trash away instead of pitching it out your car window as you drive down the highway? Or could it be that to the average person, deep down inside they know that Jesus really did walk this earth, die a horrible death and conquer the grave? These are things that I have spent far too many hours thinking about. I wonder if we (and now I’m talking about the body of Christ) even really get it. Do I? Do I fully understand that the ONLY thing on this earth that I truly DESERVE is hell? Honestly, I probably don’t. Because when it comes to every day living, it’s far easier (culturally) to give into this trap of thinking that I deserve something … anything! Culturally we think that we deserve a nicer car or a bigger house or cooler clothes or faster service or even just a break because we’ve earned all of it somehow …

Apart from Him … we’d have nothing. We deserve hell. We are all sinners in need of a savior. It is only because of Him that we have anything.

Yet we continue on about our lives. Getting caught up in culture and tradition and what we think we deserve.

I can’t stop thinking about all of this and comparing it to what God’s Word says in 1 Peter 2 about how we should live our lives.

“For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone. He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly. He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross
 so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed. Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.” (v. 21-25. emphasis added)

Does your every day life look anything like that?? Mine doesn’t … but I’m so grateful for His example and His sacrifice because without it … I wouldn’t even stand a chance.

the Cross

By Pastor Eric

After listening to the very powerful message that Pastor R gave this past Sunday on the cross I’ve had several thoughts … allow me to share.

1. The gospel in its truest form is very simple to understand. We are all sinners. Our sin separates us from God. The penalty for our sin is death. God sent His Son, Jesus, as a sacrifice for us and for our sin. We then have a choice to make. We can accept the sacrifice that Christ made for us and because He conquered death, be an obedient follower of Him or we can live our lives for ourselves and pay the penalty for our own sins. It’s crazy how complicated we can make this sometimes. I think that’s part of Satan’s plan, to make the message of the cross confusing and complicated so that we either won’t try to understand it fully ourselves or we won’t share it with others.

2. Which brings me to my second thought. I don’t share the gospel with others like I know I should. I’ve had many conversations with people that I probably could have presented the gospel, but I didn’t. I’ve also had many conversations where I’ve started to talk about spiritual things but never truly talked about the cross and the good news that it brings us. Maybe you can relate to me in this area. Maybe you’ve invited someone to come to church or told them what church you go to (you know, the one by Trout Liquors!) but you’ve never taken the opportunity yourself to talk about Jesus and invite them to be an obedient follower of His also. Sure it’s easier to just invite people to come to church and let Pastor R share the gospel, but it’s our job as well. We’re all ambassadors of Christ and we all share in the Great Commandment. So I’m deciding to stop being the great chicken and start being bolder.

3. The gospel IS confrontational. No one likes hearing that they’re a “sinner” or that they are “broken.” But let’s be honest, we’re ALL sinful and we’re ALL broken. Whether we like it or not and whether we want to admit it or not and no matter how hard we try to make people think we’re not … we are! So if we’re all sinful and we’re all broken, why don’t we tell others about the good news?? I can’t really think of a good answer to that question … can you?

So I’ve decided to make a plan. I’m going to start praying for opportunities to share my faith. I’m going to start looking for opportunities to present the gospel. I’m going to encourage other people to do this with me (hence this blog entry and the student leadership focus this month is sharing your faith). And I’m going to be bold. So who’s with me?