i think i'm closing shop here...

i've used this blog so sparingly... i guess its time to close down the powerhouse.

Hope

Ben Sanders. Good guy. He's basically lived out his entire life at ASU, literally. The dude was raised in the ASU nursery for goodness' sake. The man has been here a while. 25 of his 47 years of life have been spent trying to harvest some sort of revival here at ASU. This is what this guy had to say to us on Friday after worship on Hayden Lawn:

"In my 25 years of ministry here at ASU, I have never been so expectant of a great move of God. Aside from 25 years ago."

One word: Yowza.

Can you believe it? What a statement. I believe we are on the verge of something great here at Arizona State. I just can't wait until I see it. Whatever "it" is. A united body of Christ. A thousand worshippers of Yaweh on Hayden. A transformed campus. Yeah- "it" would most definitely be something along those lines. Yowza. I am scintillating with excitement. It is a good time to be alive.

True Strength.

"LORD , who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill?

"He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart
and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,
who despises a vile man
but honors those who fear the LORD ,
who keeps his oath
even when it hurts,
who lends his money without usury
and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.

"He who does these things
will never be shaken. "

-David, Psalm 15

God, I want to be these things. Help me become the man You have always thought me to be.

Life is like a box of random

"For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous." - Romans 5:19

It's so easy to just play the game of life. Roll a couple dice. Go to school. Roll a couple dice. Get a job. Roll a couple dice. Get married. Stop. Have kids. Roll a couple dice. Retire. Roll a couple dice. Die.

I hope that my actions here on earth aren't meaningless. I pray that my passage through life is more than a breeze.

I think Mike Tyson said it best: "I might just fade into 'bolivian', you know what I mean? I ain't got nuttin' to do or nowhere to go." I'm sure as soon as we figure out that our jobs and careers aren't as great as we think, we might just begin to fade into 'bolivian' as well.

Thank goodness for an eternal life that starts now. Thank God for that.

Cartoons I like...

Has anyone else seen Mucha Lucha? Goodness that show is genius.

Destiny

"Her uncleanness is in her skirts; She did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
'O Lord, behold my affliction, For the enemy is exalted!'"
- Lamentations 1:9

Don't ever forget to consider your destiny. The collapse will be awesome.

Supply Chain Management isn't as bad as people make it out to be.

Supply Chain Management is worse than people make it out to be.






Supply Chain Management!!!

Sometimes this life sucks. And sometimes you change that.

"Nazir" = consecrated one.

In order for there to be change, there must be a few who will consecrate themselves.

This past week has been a revolutionary week.
The material and lifeless things that once bound me have become meaningless. A passion is rising up that cannot be contained. I desire nothing more than to be a consecrated one.
Take it from Lou:

"When the long hairs let down their locks, the people volunteered" Judges 5:2. This alternate viable translation of Judges 5:2 is the true Braveheart picture of young Nazirite troops rallying their armies of God into Jihad – holy war.

"The custom was this; at times of war, young men would make a vow for victory and begin growing their hair. When the lines were drawn up for battle, these long hairs would let down their locks, revealing their total consecration to death. These were the possessed ones. The loosing of the locks would strike fear in the hearts of their enemies and rally the rest of the troops."
-Lou Engle, The Call to Nazirite Consecration

Many will hear the Call. The Few will respond.