Without wavering...

Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise Hebrews 10:23

The potential to lose at anything in life is when you waver. In sports, nobody has ever played a perfect season, not every pitch is a strike, not every ball is caught, and in life it's the same way. Hebrews 10:23 say's "Let us hold tight without wavering" "Without wavering does not mean perfect progression, it means progression without losing sight of your goal no matter what"
Wavering is not when you are tired, frustrated or even pushed to the limit of breakdown, wavering is when facing those challenges and becoming undecided about your goal. It's when your mind becomes unresolved about who God say's you are. Wavering is when all of the sudden you begin to think, "who was I kidding", "what was I thinking", "this is not me". Without doubt, your life will face challenges on the way to believing and seeing what God has actually planned for your life. Too many people give up when their victory is right around the corner, they give up on their children, give up on their marriage, give up on God, give up on life.

Don't allow what's happens to you in life to effect your God given goal for life. I prayed for a young man this weekend at church and God put something in my heart for him that was powerful. I mentioned to this young man "Life has tried to make you feel like a bronze all your life, but God is telling you to go for the gold." Don't allow God's word, His promise, His design for your life to become skewed, hold on with every bit of strength you have and when your out of strength know that God's strength takes over. Frustration will challenge your grip, but wavering begins the process of loosening it. Hold on tightly without wavering...

Sunday Recap July 12th

-Went to sleep thinking about church, woke up thinking up about church. Every Sunday I get to influence, challenge, and encourage lives to live for Jesus. It's some of the most precious 75 minutes of my week and I absolutely do not take it lightly NOT ONE BIT.

-Felt like tweeting the following post last night, but really felt it should wait. Found out a few other Pastors that I follow on Twitter had the same encouraging heart this morning.
Here's what they posted, mine is towards the end:

Pastors...if HE really is THE MOST HIGH GOD...then PREACH today like THAT IS TRUE!!! BRING IT...hell is too hot for us to be cowards! - Perry Noble Newspring Church, South Carolina

Pastors-today you'll come to a point in your msg where you'll think: "I can't say that." Say it.
Steve Furtick, Elevation church, North Carolina

Hey Pastors & Worship Leaders: Let's serve God with our whole heart today! Our God is ALIVE and cares about us! How awesome?! Shaunk King, Courageous Church, Atlanta

Is there any greater cause than the cause of Christ? Luv incredibly, inspire hearts & touch lives. Preach 4 a generation u might never see.

- I visited our lead campus in San Jose early before our service, had to see the rest of the family. Feeling like God is about to do something incredibly special and unique...and I'm not just saying that. It's time for the greatness to show up in peoples lives, take a risk for God.

-Our worship band is going through a HUGE transition right now. Our team of musicians and singers are up for the challenge and they brought it HARD today. So proud of them. Incredible time praying with people smack in the middle of worship. Great call Jesse, great call.

-Something that has happened often at our church is meeting new faces from far, far, away. Met a new guy this weekend all the way from Germany. Toby loved service, loves journaling and we loved him right back. Hey Toby I feel like your family already man.

-My Boy Santos preached, he lived with me for several years while in Masters Commission, you know what that means it's roast Pastor Ant time. Man Santz called me an instigator, big smack talker and super competitive. I get to preach next week bro remember that. Ah ah aha.

- We've been discovering God's blueprint the past weeks, this week Santz talked about living it. Straight from 1 Kings 19, Elijah hid in the cave, although victorious in the previous chapter, in 19 he was fearful and discouraged. Sometimes that's us in life. We stop living God's purpose, we hide in the cave and God calls out "What are you doing?" Some people are afraid to live amazing but God has called us to live amazing. -Santos Samayoa. LIVE YOUR PURPOSE. Powerful message. I love to hear Santos speak, because I remember him when he was just a ruddy kid like David in the bible, now he's a Giant Killer. Love you Santz, your the man dude, you and your soon to be wife had such a HUGE influence on today's service, amazing.

-Getting ready to start a new series in a few weeks. "At the Movies" courtesy of Pastor Angel Menchaca from CWC Dinuba Thanks bro, you inspired me. Also we are taking a new initiative towards building a journaling culture and life on life growth. Can't wait to unveil this new experiment.

Sometimes it's easier...

Been having this thought and have experienced a bit this week so I had to blog on it. "It comes natural to live by feeling then to live by faith" It's easier to live by what you know then to pursue what you don't know. It's easier to believe where your at then to trust in where your going. Truth is, you block the greatest you when you allow feeling to run your life rather than faith. Your greatest purpose, your greatest potential, your greatest dream, the greatest you will remain unknown without faith. My prayer is that faith becomes natural more then our feelings, deepest fears or biggest roadblocks. God has not called you to live by feeling, He's called you to step out and live by faith. I have a friend who recently wrote a poem. Matter of fact I did not even know that she wrote but glad that she did because it's perfect for this post.

The Lion
by Amanda Mikkelsen
My mind is racing
Cant seem to help my mate
Brings back such feelings
I cant shake
I know uncertainty; I know the way
It makes you feel as though
The road is clear yet youre no where
Near the path
Lock eyes with the lion
Its your turn to fight
Get up on your game and stride
The strides you know you must take
Your eyes are weary but keep that lock
On him
Things will open up
Things will fall in place
Things will work
Dreams will work
Work until its done
Work


"Faith makes the impossible work"

Sunday Recap

-Had a fantastic 4th so I was expecting a great Sunday on the 5th

-Launched a new off site LifeGroup at Starbucks. This thing has some amazing potential, were expecting BIG things out of this latest experiment.

- On a weekend we celebrated the freedom of our great country a mother and child attended a church service for the very first time in America at our church. We made a big deal, because it is a big deal so we recognized and honored this tremendous journey of a family being reunited. Prayer works Sumant! Congratulations on your family arriving and welcome Geethu and Advay!

-T.L. the ministah unleashed his latest song to open the message. By the way a new CD is due to be out soon available on iTunes. More info on that to come within the next three weeks. We can't wait!

-We continued our series on "The Blueprint", but with a twist. Complete video driven sermon, other then the first and last 4 minutes. Great success, many people were touched, a lot of positive feedback. Great experiment... definitely won't be our last.

-Had a chance to talk to several folks during the day and heard some beautiful stories. Take some time, listen to the stories of peoples lives, they are amazing. Thanks Kanchan for sharing your heart and your amazing story, more people need to hear it.

-Ended the day with a great lunch with the team and some shaved ice. Started brainstorming our next series. We have some great ideas, can't wait to see things unfold.

Should have some more pics later during the week!