Ready to fight!

I have just finished another sermon on the battle that surrounds us. A quote that I have.. that I couldn't find a place for it.. comes from Lord of the Rings:Return of the King. I thought it fitting in light of the pastors message last night! Aragorn is positioning his troops to fight an overwhelming sea of enemy! As the gates opened the sea of rushing enemy soldiers was mighty impressive.. His troops started to waiver in their want to fight... Now lets pick up Aragorn's prewar speech:

Aragorn: Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!

Think of the many families whose lives could be changed by God using you! You can't go anywhere where the talk isn't one of gloom, despair and agony.  No matter what the future holds.. the future is NOW! You might feel overwhelmed.. maybe unprepared..I say hogwash! God's word tells us that in Matthew 10:19b-20; do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

This day we must come alongside God and fight for our family, our friends and all the whosoevers that are out there! So please make a commitment this day.. make a commitment to fight!

How can you and your student join the fight, There are many ways! In our students ministry we have started a drama group. This has been in the works for about a year but finally has come to reality! Bro. Tim and Emily Patton are doing an awesome job with this! About 8-10 students are involved with this ministry. They had practice last night (awesome job) and will be performing in a week @ the Turnaround and very soon on a Sunday morning! You won't want to miss this!

We have room in our Praise Team for you! If you play an instrument or want to sing.. have we got a spot for you! Just let me or Jenny Redfern know .. we will get you involved.. no age is out of the limit....

We still need workers for Wednesday night! Upstairs we could use workers to just come in.. greet students as they show up..hang out with them, pray with them and be ready to help love on them!

We are also trying to go out and do door to door on Wednesday nights.. We need you to go with a few of our students! E mail me today: broke@fbcdan.com

Awana needs workers...needs van drivers...the list goes on and on.. let miss Jeri know or Mrs. Rhonda Connell where they can sign you up!

I have the privilege to be part of something that I have not seen in a long time. Students really trying to reach their friends and family for Christ! In the last 2 weeks, we have been apart of 6 people coming to know Christ! How awesome is that! Some of the students are here, some are from out of town! Praise God.. I am passing the names on to a local church in their home town to do follow up!  Students reaching Students.. many others have been Andrews... just bring people to Jesus..I will share more on those students later!

See, our student ministry is based on the fact that we want to see students come to know Jesus and make Him known! We are far more worried about their relationship than we worry about where they have their membership! I want to teach our students that God will place people where He needs them. We just need to be faithful in engaging our peers and community for His glory..not ours!

Wednesday night: SUPER MESSY NIGHT! bring your own mess! Going to be crazy wet too!