tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24888350519031318872024-02-20T05:05:52.711-08:00My MilkshakeStuff to think aboutSteve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-44997553081780061372015-06-01T06:49:00.001-07:002015-06-01T06:49:10.995-07:00ActionAction: https://youtu.be/95IoXMOr4ZASteve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-61529672755979163052014-11-24T09:29:00.000-08:002014-11-24T09:29:43.127-08:00What is grace?<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">So I’ve been
thinking a lot lately about what it means to be graceful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I think of being graceful, I tend to
think of something like a ballerina performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More specifically, I think of my 5-year-old
daughter dancing like a ballerina in the living room while I’m playing music
from our stereo or my guitar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’ll
start dancing, twirling, plie’ing, jete’ing, and at the end, a curtsy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I can do is smile, clap, and tell her how
wonderful it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, she shoots me a
huge smile and comes running up to me to dig her face in my lap as her
bashfulness starts to come out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">I think that we
can all agree that Jesus loves us and He also gave Himself up for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During His 3 years of ministry Jesus didn’t
just show us what grace looked like, He WAS grace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Every miracle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Every
conversation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Every sermon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">He was showing
what grace looks like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when He went
into the Temple and became angered towards the selling of things, He showed them
grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have to remember, this is the
guy that caused the creation of the world by His efforts alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The authority and power that He has is
overwhelming to our minds and hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With just a few words, He could have ended what was happening in the
Temple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">But He didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">He chose to use
those moments to teach us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He chose to
show them AND us grace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">To me, Jesus
wasn’t just showing us what grace looked like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He IS grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is the
definition of what grace is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we
acknowledge and accept Him (faith), He comes into our lives, literally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is when we become covered in His love
and grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When He comes into our lives
we are saved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">This is the grace
of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">If Jesus is
grace, then Ephesians 5:1-2 should bring a whole different meaning to how we
approach people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what it says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">“Be imitators of
God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as
Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice
to God.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Paul is telling
us to imitate God in the way our children imitate our actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In verse 2, Paul shows us what that looks
like. If Jesus is grace and Jesus is also God and we also have Ephesians 5:1-2
telling us to be imitators of God, then we should look like grace, right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">I don’t mean that
we should drop everything, find a robe, grow out a beard, and walk around the
world in sandals (if God is calling you to that, more power to you), what I’m
saying is, that our lives should resemble Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">1 John 4:12 says,
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his
love is made complete in us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">With that said,
grace should be pouring out of our lives and people should be able to see grace
through us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some people, the grace
they see in us is the only way they will ever see God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To them, we are Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 John 4:17 shares this idea, “In this way,
love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of
judgment, because in this world we are like him.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">WE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">ARE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">LIKE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">HIM.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">When we start to
look like Jesus we will naturally start caring for people the way He did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grace doesn’t give up on people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grace is there for people when they don’t
deserve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grace forgives over and over
and over and over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">This world that
we live in doesn’t really understand grace and that’s because grace doesn’t
follow the typical rules of society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s why Jesus didn’t “fit in” with the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why the story of Jesus looks messy at
times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Grace is messy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grace is simple, but we make it messy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">If you’re a
believer, God is calling you to be like grace to the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How that looks is different for every person,
but one thing you can count on is that if you show grace to this world, your
children will see that and imitate that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">After all, isn’t
that the job of a parent?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">“Start children
off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn
from it” –Proverbs 22:6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">So may you be the
grace of God to those who desperately need it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-20868995034041509092014-11-08T10:41:00.003-08:002014-11-08T10:41:43.279-08:00<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever feel like people judge you without really knowing you? Ever feel like you have something amazing in you and you just don't get the chance to show it? I know that feeling all to well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a little video that hopefully is an inspiration to you. I know that it was to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May you remember that you were fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). You were created with awe, wonder, love, and in the likeness of the ultimate definition of creativity and mystery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are unique and loved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't be afraid to show it.</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-63893791920672605942013-09-20T22:00:00.001-07:002013-09-20T22:00:55.163-07:00Dark horses<p dir=ltr>So I've been listening to this song by switchfoot called <a href="http:// http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5_5oE0ijhKg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5_5oE0ijhKg">dark horses</a> and it's been making me think. Mostly about my faith and about the burden that God has put on my heart for the next generation of Christians. </p>
<p dir=ltr>I still haven't been able to put all of my thoughts together yet on the subject</p>
<p dir=ltr>BUT </p>
<p dir=ltr>the song is definitely worth listening too and figuring out. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Here's a clue. <br>
It's more than just about horses that are dark.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Thoughts?</p>
Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-51557414128907588602013-09-12T17:22:00.001-07:002013-09-12T17:22:46.999-07:00People helping people<p dir=ltr>So I came across this soap today. My wife has a job with whole foods and a company came in to give samples away of their product. They are a bath and body company. The reason why they caught my attention is because they hire homeless folks to make and package their products. Inside there products there is a note from one of the employees telling their story and how they are making a change. The company provides classes and seminars on different subjects that will help the individual find a job and clean themselves up. Totally worth purchasing a bar of soap to help a fellow human being. Check out there website to find out more about them and how they help people. You can also look at there product.</p>
<p dir=ltr>http://justbbjust.com</p>
Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-89206318867686189112013-08-05T18:13:00.001-07:002013-08-05T18:13:00.562-07:00Back in action<p dir=ltr>Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Blogger has won the battle. Let's get Rollin!</p>
Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-72290844899828623392009-01-25T14:46:00.001-08:002009-01-25T14:46:53.770-08:00an end to bloggernot using this one anymore. tryin out wordpress. You can find me at<br /><br />www.adamwithane.wordpress.comSteve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-36022489128358248062008-12-02T09:32:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:34:06.513-08:00The Day I Caused My Mother PainTODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!! (imagine me singing that and doing a little shimmy)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That is all.Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-89929507435031172032008-10-15T15:29:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:34:45.156-07:00::Change of Plans::<div id="ms__id47"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;">ITS A GIRL!!!</span></div><div id="ms__id48"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;"></span> </div><div id="ms__id49"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Wow...they told us that it was a 75% chance that it was going to be a boy a couple of months ago. Then we had another ultra-sound...</span></div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and ITS A GIRL!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I'm so stoked about it. Seriously, a little girl. How awesome is that?!?! Her name is going to be...ready? Her name is going to be:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Chloe Samantha Adame</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Jack Baur would be proud. :)</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-39457883151423183462008-07-23T09:38:00.000-07:002008-07-23T09:48:52.071-07:00A Call From God<span style="font-family:verdana;">Before I get into this story, I have to tell a pre-story. Last Sunday was my last Sunday at The Rock Eternal. There are a ton of great people there. It was hard knowing that we probably won't see some of those people for awhile if ever. When Liz and I got home, in my head and for the past week, I started to question whether our decision was the right decision or not. Whether or not God was really telling us that this is what He wants from us. That's pretty hard to think about right now, since my wife is pregnant and finances are going to be a lot harder than they already were.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So...about two days ago today, I was at Wal-mart shopping for a few things for my pregnant wife. I was at the self check out checking out when my phone rings. No...it wasn't God. It was a Pastor from a church in Nevada. He started asking me questions about myself and I was completely taken off guard. I had no idea he was calling.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">After I got off the phone with him, I started thinking about that phone call. That phone call, really meant a lot for me. The Pastor was saying that he thinks I should keep pursuing this position, which was great for me to hear because I was already questioning if what we did was right. I took that phone call as a phone call from God saying that we were doing the right thing.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I couldn't do anything else, but thank God for that encouragment. I have no idea what I'm doing with these interviews and all that good stuff, but I do know that God is behind us...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">...and that's enough for me.</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-39378782889226365302008-07-10T19:25:00.000-07:002008-07-10T19:26:11.060-07:00So true. Take it or leave it.<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2oi6y292kE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/E2oi6y292kE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-82386841053480992152008-07-09T09:52:00.001-07:002008-07-09T11:09:39.653-07:00Mad Go-Kart SkillsSo the other day I was driving Liz (my beautiful wife) to the doctor's. She has an ear infection. On the way there something crazy happened. We were driving down Ocotillio (which is a two lane road where we live) and this car pulled out right in front of us turning left into the other lane!!! Seriously, I thought we were going to die.<br /><br />I slammed my breaks and it wasn't slowing us down quick enough. Literally in a manner of split seconds, I realized that we weren't going to slow down in time so I decided to fish tail it around the car. I swerved to the right, then immediatly turned my steering wheel the other direction to fish tail around this stupid car that was blocking the whole entire road now. We ended up half on the road and half on the dirt shoulder, but alive and with no accident.<br /><br />Liz then said, "Wow."<br /><br />Then I said to her, "That's my mad go-kart skills."<br /><br />The End.Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-19194989391763291672008-06-26T13:58:00.000-07:002008-06-26T14:01:57.354-07:00one of the greatest things ever<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TApA1fyoSdk&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TApA1fyoSdk&hl=en&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-6516894158602074902008-06-26T13:51:00.000-07:002008-06-26T13:58:22.881-07:00Matthew 5:43-48<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">Love for Enemies </span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[</span><a title="See footnote h" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%205&version=31#fen-NIV-23278h"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">h</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[</span><a title="See footnote i" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%205&version=31#fen-NIV-23279i"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">i</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000000;">] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Courier New;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So I've been reading through Matthew lately, and as I was reading through the sermon on the mount, I started to wonder why Jesus had said </span><span style="font-family:courier new;">"He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I asked my wife her opinion and I gave her mine, but I was curious to figure out what other people might think.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">If you have a minute, let me know.</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-74879509660598779442008-06-22T23:26:00.000-07:002008-06-22T23:38:38.980-07:00fear<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">tonight was the first night that I really felt afraid of what's in store for my future. maybe its because now I'm in charge of a family. Before it was just me and decisions like this were a little easier because it only affected me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">not any more.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">the thing is...as afraid as I am, I know God has great things planned. As long as we are making decisions based on what God has put on our hearts or have said to us, we'll be great. This morning, I just preached to the 5th and 6th grade that we should be humble people. Man...is that hard. What I mean is...I could sit here and give a ton of reasons as to why I should just get a regular job with benifits and great (or just good) pay, but I know that's not what God has put on our (Liz and I) hearts. We have a calling that we can't deny.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I'm also afraid because of my lack of a degree at this point. I'm afraid that people will look at that and think less of me because I don't have it completed YET. The thing is...I didn't finish because I felt God saying that it wasn't time yet; that He wanted me elsewhere, which was Queen Creek. For that, I am completely humbled and thankful for. If He didn't put that on my heart, man...my life would be different. Probably no Liz. Probably no...lots of things. :) So if I know that it was God sending me away from school at this time, who am I to think that He isn't bigger then a degree?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">I guess what sums this up is...at this point, God is taking my world apart...in a good way.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Exciting, yet scary.</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-17235030523118164402008-04-30T14:19:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:31:55.950-07:00A Morning To Remember<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So this morning...I was on my way to my second job working at Aztec Paper Inc. and I was driving on a road in the country. So I'm driving along this road when all of the sudden, the hood of my truck flies up into my windshield and bashes my windshield in on the passenger side (well more like made a bunch of cracks like a spider-web) and blocked my site of the road! So i stuck my head out of my window so I could see the road and tried to pull over onto the shoulder, but I couldn't! I couldn't pull over because there were contruction barriers on the shoulder that were blocking it for the construction that was going on about a mile down the road. So I ended up driving with my hood up and my head out of the window for about a 1/4 mile until there was a spot where I could pull over. I ended up pulling into a drive-way and checked out the damage. My windshield was pretty much busted, my hood was dented in many different ways, and part of the plastic connecting my windshield and hood was cracked...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">man...what a morning...I'm done for the day i think...</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-27046513598789334082008-04-18T16:29:00.000-07:002008-04-18T16:35:26.639-07:00A Quote to chew on<span style="font-family:verdana;">What are your thoughts about this quote:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br />"We can do no great things, just small things with great love. It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into doing it."<br /><br />What about this quote?<br /><br />"Jesus never says to the poor, 'Come find the Church,' but he says to those of us in the church, 'Go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned,' Jesus in disguises."<br /><br />So...what are your thoughts?<br /><br />I've been re-thinking my view on the Church as a whole.</span><br /></span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-36048794958625703542008-03-19T16:17:00.000-07:002008-03-19T16:30:30.403-07:00Success<span style="font-family:verdana;">So this past weekend we took the Jr. High and High School Youth groups up to Payson to a camp called Tonto Rim Camp. We took about a total of 37 people up there and it was awesome.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This camp was the first camp I have ever planned myself. I can't really say that I planned it all myself. My volunteer staff helped come up with ideas and put things together too, but it was the first camp that REY put together by itself with no other churches.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">One of the reasons why it was awesome was because I didn't really have to do too much! I didn't have to do much because I had someone be the camp director for me so i didn't have to mess with too much. We put everything together before camp and all i had to do was show the camp director what we wanted and told him how to do it and gave him the stuff to do it and had the volunteers ready for him to pretty much make it run. The camp director i had was Allan Firman. I love that guy. Seriously, i do. I consider him a dad to me and his family is my family.<br /><br />The camp theme was "Unashamed" and the rec theme was Military. It was such a simple camp, but so much fun. The speaker was great and the students got alot out of him. There wasn't really a "come up to the front" salvation message. He basically put it out there and let them chew on it and he built on that for the rest of the weekend. I'm so excited for next year's REY trip.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It was a great, first time planning our own camp, camp. </span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-56544914162306678962008-03-04T19:47:00.000-08:002008-03-04T20:09:20.660-08:00The Waiting Game<span style="font-family:verdana;">You ever have one of those moments where things don't go the way you plan? Well I think I just had one of those realizations a few days ago.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">My wife and I are completely excited and sold out on mission work overseas and that being what we do with our lives...or so i thought. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"> ::::enter my realization::::</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't know if many people read this, actually I kind of doubt anyone really reads this. I dont think anyone really knows about it. Anyways...one thing that we (Liz and I) had planned on doing in our future was going overseas to live our lives.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I had thought that we had found a place where God had wanted us. When we first found it and thought/prayed about it, we were both excited about it. Now, i'm not completely sure where she's at with it. I know that she is still completely sold on overseas mission work, but just not where I had thought that God was leading us to.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">So now here we are, still looking/waiting/praying for God to let us know what He wants us to do. For all I know, it could be doing Youth Ministry in the States for the rest of our lives.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As for right now...Liz and I know that where we are right now, is where we're supposed to be.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">So now, we wait...who knows...it could be where we first thought.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The waiting game...oh boy...</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488835051903131887.post-34966155163181911352008-02-19T16:06:00.000-08:002008-02-19T16:21:32.647-08:00Miracle on Dexter Way<span style="font-family:verdana;">So Liz and I were talkin the other day and realizing that we weren't making our budget...go figure. We were stressin about it and didn't really know what to do. I thought about getting a third job to try and make more $$$ for us. I even thought about backing away from working for the church as much and get a full-time job doing something else and work for the church voluntarily. I knew that wasn't really what God wanted from me. You know that feeling you get when you want to do something and God doesn't want you to go that way? Well that's how i felt about both ideas. Liz was shocked that i would even come up with the idea to back away from the church and she didn't want me to get a third job, that would kill us!!! I really didn't think that's what God wanted me to do either so i talked to Brent (my senior Pastor) and he asked, "so about how much do you think that you guys would need a month to make it?"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I said to him, "well about $500 give or take."</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now that conversation happened about a few weeks ago. Liz and I have also been talking about her transferring closer and an opportunity came up where she could, so she looked into it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here's the good part. Not only did she get the transfer (that would save us a ton on gas because she drives an hour to and from work every day), but they also gave her a raise!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Guess how much the raise was?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just a little under $500!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">God is frickin amazing!!! </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">All I have to say is...have faith the size of a mustard seed.</span>Steve Adamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17452413805280791273noreply@blogger.com1