Today is my birthday!  Not my physical birthday but my spiritual birthday!  Thirteen years ago I gave my life to Jesus and I haven’t been the same since.  I will never forget that night.  I went to the BCM looking for a good girl and thought if I could find a good “Christian” girl she would straighten me up.  However, I met someone that night who changed my life forever.  After hearing about how much God loved me and wanted to forgive me of all of my wrong doings, I went back to my dorm room and hit my knees and cried out to God to forgive me. WOW!  What ride it has been!  I would have never in my wildest dreams believed what has taken place over the last 13 years.  The very next week I met my wife at the BCM.  We have been married 11 wonderful years.  We have two boys and another boy due in October.  I have been able to be in full-time ministry for the last 8 years.  The crazy thing is God has allowed me to be apart of a team that planted a church right here in Morehead, KY.  The very same place where HE saved me!  And even though it has been a blast, I truly believe the best is yet to come!!!

Last week I sat down and reflected on what God has done for me.  Before I knew it I was writing this down:

God loves me!
God died for me!
God forgave me!
God knows me!
God is with me!
God is for me!
God helps me!
God encourages me!
God sings over me!
God called me!
God has anointed me!
God has a plan for me!
God knows His plan for me!
God has a purpose for me!
God knows His purpose for me!
God isn’t through with me!
God walks with me!
God talks with me!
God goes ahead of me!
God prepares the way for me!
God cares for me!
God draws near to me!
God holds me!
God sees me!
God hears me!
God is in me!
God rescues me!
God protects me!
God is faithful to me!
God rejoices over me!
God runs to me!
God restores me!
God completes me!
God speaks to me!
God calms me!
God carries me!
God knows what’s best for me!
God thinks about me!
God strengthens me!
God uses me!
God owns me!
God has blessed me!
God has freed me!

Just thought someone needed to read this today.  I would encourage you to reflect on what God has done for you.  It helps me keep things in perspective that God is in control!

We just completed a series called “NewThru30” and I have to say it has been one of my favorite series we have ever done.  If you missed it you can go and watch all the videos HERE.

I really believe that our next series has the power to change who we are individually and who we are as a church.  If we would put into practice these commands from the Bible that I am going to share over the next few weeks, we could see radical transformation in our community.  Needless to say, I’m excited!

Here are some quick reminders about what’s coming up:

• We kick off a brand new series this Sunday!
• Father’s Day is coming up in 2 weeks.
• Crosspoint will be meeting at Button Auditorium on June 27th.
• We will be having our first ever child/baby dedication on the June 27th for kids 6 years old and under.  If you are wanting to participate in this event please sign up at the Starting Point table on Sunday!

Yesterday was a great day!  Many people experienced life change and many people were challenged to tame their tongue.  Have you ever thought how powerful your words are?  Your words have the power to destroy or build up.  Do you realize that you can loose your family from the words that come out of your mouth?  Do you realize that you can loose your job base on the words that come out of your mouth? James said, your tongue is like a spark of fire that can destroy an entire forest.  Do you realize that your words carry that same destruction?  James goes on to say that we all are inconsistent with our speech.  One minute we can praise God and the next minute we can tear down another person.  No matter who you are we all struggle with this problem.

So what’s the problem?  Jesus tells us clearly in Matt. 12:34. We have a heart problem!  What’s in the heart is eventually going to come out.  And if your words are full of poison then its because your heart is full of poison.

So what’s the solution?

1. Get a new heart. (Repent) 2 Cor. 5:17
2. Ask God for His supernatural power to guard your tongue. Ps.141:3
3. Think before you speak. James 1:19

Yesterday 25 people stood up publicly in front of the whole church and said I have failed the test and I want to retake it!  What test?  The test that Paul talks about in 2 Cor. 13:5. The test that examines your heart to see if you are truly in the faith.

Test #1 - The Commandment Test (1 John 2:3-6)

Test #2 - The Fruit Test (Matt. 7:15-20)

Test #3 - The Love Test (1 John 2:5)

Test #4 - The Confidence Test (1 John 5:10-13)

You can go HERE and listen to the talk I gave yesterday and take the test.  Don’t be deceived…a lot of people believe they have past the test but will one day find out they didn’t! (Matt. 7:21-23)  It’s either pass or fail.  Make sure you pass the test today.  Tomorrow may be to late!

This past Sunday we kicked off a brand new series called NewThru30. Our church is going to go through the entire New Testament in 30 days!  Yelp!  That’s right…30 days!  The good news is that you can join us.  If you would like to start today and go through the entire NT in 30 days with us then just click HERE for your reading plan.

Over the last 2 years our church has grown numerically.  However, we want to grow spiritually as well.  The way to do this is to get into God’s Word and live it out.  We want to make sure our hearts are ready for what God has next for us here at Crosspoint Church.  We want to make sure that we’re on the same page.  So with that said…YOU CAN DO THIS!  Trust me…10 chapters a day may seem like a lot but you spend that much time reading blogs, email, newspaper, magazines, etc. everyday.  The best way to do this is to break it up.  Read a couple chapters in the morning then a few on your lunch break then the rest before you go to bed.  I believe in you and I’m praying for you to get into God’s Word and live it out! YOU CAN DO THIS!

Don’t forget that we are not having church this Sunday.  We will be having one service on Tuesday, April 13, at the Morehead Conference Center, at 6:30PM. It’s going to be awesome!  You do not want to miss it!

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