Movin' on up!

Hey All,
I think for now on if I am going to be blogging, it will be on my Myspace acount. Look me up there. www.myspace.com/chrislillpop

Question

Does anyone else see the injustice and feel the pain of this world and just long for Christ to come back?

A Leader's Prayer

I recently stumbled across this group of verses in college group while I was home in Colorado and they just jumped out at me...

You know my folly, O god;
My guilt is not hidden from you.
May those who hope in you
not be disgraced because of me,
O Lord; the Lord Almighty
May those who seek you,
not be put to shame because of me,
O God of Israel.
-Psalms 69:5 & 6

The thing that stuck out to me was that David, this man that was clearly a leader, was crying out to God not to put the people that he was leading to shame. He starts out confessing his sins to God and then he just asks for Grace. As I look back on the service that I have done in recent years, I notice the same prayers and scenario's. So many times God has used me to encourage his followers when my heart or my actions should have brought disgrace. Praise God for his incredible grace that has done mighty things in me and through me despite my folly. May God continue to bless us with his Grace and as we seek to serve him in ministry, may He use us to glorify His mighty name despite our shortcomings! "....May those who seek You, not be put to shame because of me"

God is working in People's Hearts

Every student at Moody has a PCM (Practical Christian Ministry) that we are required to do. I, along with 3 other students, have been assigned to go to a nursing home and put on a church service for the residents. I just got back from this weeks service and it was incredible!

There is a guy named Willie and we have become buds. I got to talk with him today for a while and it was a huge blessing. Then we sang some hymns and then the preaching began. When the guy preaching said we are, "In Christ", one of the ladies that is there every week raised her voice and said, "what does it mean to be in Christ?" We started to look up a bunch of verses and attempted to explain what it was to be "in Christ". She was very clear that she did not believe that Christ came to seek and save the lost. She believes that Jesus was a good man and that he was killed and that we are only saved by obeying the ten commandments. The Holy Spirit came back with tons of verses that prove otherwise but she was firm in her beliefs. It was amazing to see God power in bringing this subject up. This lady has been coming to the service that our group has put on for at least since August and God is softening her heart and exposing the truth to her. He is doing some incredible things.

After this conversation went on for a while and the service was over, we started talking to some of the other people that were there. There was an African American lady there who had hurt her foot pretty bad and I think that she was in some pain. We started talking to her about what happened and she exclaimed to us that she believes that Jesus saved her and that the Bible is the Word of God. She then started saying that she was, "ready to go to heaven. She was ready to go home. My hands will be well and my body will be healed. I am ready to go Home!" It was so cool.

There was some other things that just had God's hand upon them so much today as well. I praise The Father in Heaven because He is working in peoples hearts today. Amen

Job!

I got a Job today! it is so good. I am working at a local Allstate office right down the street from campus. I start on this friday. I am so glad and God has been SO faithful to me these last few months and I am so grateful.

Prayer Request

Hey all,
I have been going crazy with school and it seems sometimes that there is not enough hours in the day. I am trying to be disciplined and do what needs to be done. On top of all of that, I need to get a job. So on Friday I am meeting with a pastor from church in the area that posted a request for a worship leader position on campus. It is a part time position and I think that it would be a learning experience as well because it is a relatively young church plant. So if you could keep me and this job in your prayers it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Freedom!!

There is a problem with me and with everyone I know. We all relate to each other like we are still in bondage to sin! I live my life trying to hide everything about me that is bad. Even when I do open myself up, I word it in a way that makes it sound o.k. or not as bad. I try to make myself look "good". I hate it! We are afraid that we might look weak and not as strong or "good" as we want to be when the truth is that we are weak and that our only source of strength is in Jesus. I am so sick of my heart thinking that I am sufficient fir myself!

Father in Heaven- I pray that you would make me open with my brothers and sister's in Christ. I need freedom and I need the Body of Christ. I am weak and it seems SO hard to just trust you and trust my brothers and sisters. It is So hard because I do not want to show anyone that I are weak or that I am failing. Even though I know that we are all in sin together but more importantly, We have all been born again together. We are Free!!!....If only we trust...