Getting Ready

So we are getting ready to leave for Poland in one week. I am really excited to meet Alicja's family and see some friends. We have had some changes in our plans but we will still enjoy ourselves. I will post from Poland when I have WiFi and keep you all updated.

New Life

We take granted thinking that Christ is is Jesus's last name. Christ is who he became when he was crucified. Acts 2:36 Today, love each other as it was intended, with the love of Christ in us.

It is hard to believe that 2 1/2 years have gone by since my last post. I ws thinking recently about starting to blog again. I was hoping there wa an App for iPhones, thinking that it would be easier if I had better access. I am just going to do it. We are leaving fr Poland in 26 days and would live to keep people updated and sharing pictures. We will be gone fr a month, you can find me on skype if you are in or around Poland and maybe we can get together while Alicja and I are in Poland. I am really excited about going, as I have never been outside of our continent. We are going to SLOT art fest and down to Krakow but most of our time will be spent in Warsawa with Alicja's family and friends.

God is doing some great things in my life. I am no longer doing massage full-time at Ivy Spa. Back in October of 2010 I felt God's tug on me very strong about going back to counseling and he has opened the door very wide. Since February 2011 I have been working at Faith Family Recovery Center in Hastings, Mn. it is about a 45 min drive every day, but well worth it. Faith Family is a Christian outpatient program that provides chemical health assessments, individual and group counseling to peole with addictions. I am so blessed to have a great boss and teacher as well as great co-workers. I am still doing massage on-call and when someone needs a shift covered but not as much as I was. I am learning a lot from great teachers like Dave Ridell an great friends that had been involved and are currently involved in my journey. I har learned what it means to have deep meaningful relationships with people and deeper intimacy with God.

I look forward to posting more in the coming days and weeks, please feel free to contact me here or on Facebook.

Chris

A Must Read Book

So the past two weeks I have been reading a great book (knowing this I can't believe it took me two weeks) it is call The Shack. WOW WOW WOW. Can I just say for all those out there who have always thought God to be a mean and wrath filled and un-loving God, I have news for you, he is not...... He is a loving God and a mercifully God, and this book The Shack, gives you one man story of just how true this is. It is based on a true story and gives you an image of God that will rock your whole body off including and most of all, your mind. A definite must read,digest and apply book. And good Luck not crying through it.

Marriage

So i have not written in some time now. That is because i have been very very busy. I have been working two jobs and planning a wedding and trying to figure school stuff out. Adjusting to married life is a bit.......tough. It just takes time adjusting to living with a spouse (So i have learned) and not mention just being married. I love everything aout being married, even the hard times, even the disagreements. I am hoping to get the chance to blog more often and share with you my new life .

God's Wisdom

So this past weekend I sat through an Evangelistic Artist conference put on by Steiger.
It was nice to be filled with God's spirit and moved toward his will as well, to feel his encouragement. However, the most moving thing was Him breaking my heart for the lost and telling me to go out and get to know the people he has called me to.

I think the most important thing I learned and one the most profound quotes I have heard in my walk with Jesus is; "The greatest need people have is to be forgiven, Jesus is great enough to meet those needs". In all his glory he is smart enough, wise enough, and powerful enough to forgive and to teach us at the same time, all he needs us to do is be willing to serve and be used by him.

So many people get mixed up thinking they have to preach the cross, when the cross can preach itself, it just needs you to be a voice unto the people. It has been my experience that we get so consumed thinking we have to have the perfect ministry and everything has to look so good that when it comes time to present the gospel everything else has consumed the space needed to present the gospel, and it becomes watered down. You see, we live amongst a generation that is not afraid to give their life for the gospel, that is not afraid to tell there friends at high schools and in colleges that Jesus died for them and that he loves them unconditionally. It is our mission to preach the word of God to all nations. I love that God trains us in how to do this, as well as how to face the persecution that comes along with it
(see Matthew 5). God is great this way

I conclusion, may he bless and keep you safe, and his perfect will shine on you and through you. And if I do not see you very often, know my heart longs to....

A Road Trip

So Alicja and I are off on our road trip. Not far just to Kansas City and Chicago and a couple other stops we don't know of where the Lord may take us. We are sitting in the prayer room right now and just sitting here I feel the presence of God resting on me and moving in me resting on me, fanning the fire he has placed in me, growing and growing and growing and growing the fire gets hotter and hotter and will not be extinguished. This fire is even to hot for the impostor to come near, which will allow God the time in me to work through me and build me stronger before the impostor finds another way to come at me, but it won't matter, cause by that point God will have already told me a way to get out of that trap and the impostor will not know where I am getting this information until I yell it at him saying HOLY , HOLY , HOLY IS GOD THE FATHER AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST OUR BLESSED SAVIOR AND MAKER, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE OF WINNING ME OVER!!!!! STEP BACK AND SUBMIT TO YOUR MAKER YOU IMPOSTOR, YOU FAKE, YOU WILL LOSE!!!!. You see as I sit here God is speaking through me and to me with tears gone and guilt fallen off I am able to sit and hear his voice his calling, his intimacy with me is growing. I am going to worship.... God bye for now.... He is calling me to his throne right now and I need to.......................