TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!

The pastor said that Christmas is a journey. My family and I are here in TX with my mom,dad, sister and all my relatives. We went to Pantego Bible Church for the "glow stick" Christmas Eve service, where pastor Daniels said some pretty profound things amidst the screaming and crying children. He said that out of all those who travelled to the manager that night none came so far as the baby Jesus. Mary and Joseph came about 70 miles, the shephards a few miles, the wise men hundreds of miles and of course there was a few animals that really didn't have to go further than the next stall. Then there is christ. He came from infinity and beyond miles away. He came from God to man, from the Old Testament to the New, from Spirit to Flesh, and from Heven to Earth. Why did he go so far? The same reason we drive 20 hours to see relatives during the holidays, because he loves us. This Christmas Jesus has come quite a long way to be with you, but His real destination didn't end at the manager, He wants to come into your heart. And he wants to lead you back to His fathers house.
I am going to slow down this week and allow that to sink in...

I am so excited to welcom Christina Murrell who will be joining me next week at our main offices as a one year intern. We are blessed to have her with us and I am filled with anticipation of what God is going to do in and through her! Hope to see you all at our convention Jan 7! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas

It was hard to say good bye to frosty. His wife and son were griefstricken as they followed his "bucket" to the pond site. Sometimes tragedy strikes when we least expect it. Frosty didn't see the little kid with the hair dryer...

Memorial Service for James

I was at a memorial service last week for a man I hardly knew. He used to fold bulletins for our church and every now and then I would stop in and say hello. He was 85 and had served the Lord most of his life. His son spoke and told of a time when he asked his dad if he knew what his purpose was and without hesitation his father said, “to pray.” The more I learned about this man I found out that as he sat in the church brake room he was praying for our pastors, Global Passion, and for me. I am so grateful for James and his prayers over me. I never knew until now.

Have you ever been prompted to pray for someone randomly? You are experiencing the prompting of the Holy Spirit.

The bible also says that Jesus sits at the right hand of God and intercedes for us each individually. Psalms 32:7,8 says, “He surrounds us about with songs of deliverance…and leads and guides us with His own eye.” I am encouraged today to know that even though I may feel a little overwhelmed, there is someone I may not even know praying for me right now, and Jesus is interceding on my behalf; even our God is singing over me right now. Today I want to take a lesson from my friend James. I am going to take some time today to pray secretly over someone and to be sensitive to the H.S. prompting.

Blessings,

So much to be thankful for

I get so excited everytime another application for FUEL comes across my desk, because it shows the faithfulness of God and the passion of this generation. Congratulations to Christina and Sara who are joining us January 3rd! They are our trailblazers, because they are our first one year interns who will use the FUEL curriculum. Our next start date is September 1st 2006.
This weekend is Thanksgiving and my family is going to Sacramento to enjoy mucho turkey and play a little Halo.
Have a great Holiday!

Praise God the oven is in!

I can be a little impatient, which isn't always a good thing when you are doing home improvement stuff. I get half way into a project and I start to think, "I just want to be done with this." I had this thought yesterday when I was putting a new stove into our kitchen. I was using a buddys jig-saw and I must have been sub-concisously pushing this thing to hard, because it blew-up in my hands. Sorry Jim. But in my rush to finish I used a saw he had let me borrow and again, you guessed it, I broke his saw blade. Sorry again Jim. I did end up finishing the project and slid the oven into place, but today I have to tell Jim about his tools. Please pray for God's protection.
Have a great Monday--Make it Count!
Bryan

The McLemores: Brendan (5), Bryan, Dorie, Makenna (2) 

Sunday afternoon

We love our Sunday afternoons! After a great time in kid's church we love to lounge around the house, take a nap, and watch movies in the evening with the kids or get some ice cream. In the book of Genesis God gives us the example to take Sundays as a day of rest. In fact he made it a comandment to keep the sabboth. In America it seems we have lost the art of resting and getting refreshed. It reminds me of the Lumberjack that never stopped to sharpen his axe. He worked all week and when the other lumber jacks rested and sharpened their tools, he kept chopping expecting to get a jump on them. The opposite happened. His blade became dull, and his body was cramped and tired that by Friday it took him all day to chopp down one tree when the others were doing ten a day.