HELP, I'm Lost!

I speak to a lot of youth who just don't seem to know where they are going, am I on the right path, am I headed in the right direction, help, I'm just so lost!

DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED!!

Think about what we do when we are lost, we ask people around us, "excuse do you know where this and that is?" As we ask, people point us in a certain direction, which we have no idea where we are going, but since they know where they are going, they have been there before, we trust their guidance. Eventually, we end up at the place we were looking for, McDonalds, sike, I'm just playing, see it's not so bad.

But we find the place we were looking for, we followed blindly and went and ended up at our destination. In our spiritual walks, at times we feel lost or we feel like we don't know where to go, however, we have people to guide us, we have pastors, youth pastors, leaders, worship leaders, singers, older brothers, older sisters, people who have been there, people who live in Christ to guide us. If you feel lost, ask, just like Jesus taught in the book of Matthew, "seek and you will find." Seek that path and you will find what you are looking for, you might ask yourself, what path? The path that others will direct you to as you ask them for direction. If you are lost, you have so many people around you that can give you direction, but you must trust them. A lot of times we let what other people say go in one ear and out the other, but these people who live in Christ are there and have been through their own lost times, so pay attention to them.

As you ask, you will find direction and as you follow that direction you will find what you are looking for. You will find that relationship that you are looking for in God and as you develop your relationship with God, you will find answers to your questions, you will find everything that you are searching for! See, just as we follow the directions from those when we are lost, we follow blindly just as we should follow Him, faith is blind, as we follow blindly, He begins to open our eyes and HE will reveal Himself to us.

So, if you are lost in your walk, do not be discouraged, but be encouraged because at least you know that:
Because you are lost, you will be found!

In Christ,

CL

Missions Conference

I attended the Ichstus Missions Conference in Rockville, MD along with some of my youth kids.

First off, it was incredible! We met new brothers and sister in Christ, there were great testimonies that were shared, it was a great time of worship and fellowship, it was awesome!

God continues to amaze me and leave me in awe of His plan. It's crazy when we follow Him and then when He reveals Himself to us by watching His plan in action.

No words could ever describe how GREAT our God is!!

There were so many ideas that I had going through my head and I do believe that God is continuing to push me in this ministry. I do see this ministry going beyond just the music, there is a greater call, one that I could never even begin to fathom or comprehend, all I can do is follow and keep my trust in God.

God will always lead us as long as we are in full surrender to His word, seeking Him earnestly and worshipping Him in spirit and truth. Sometimes we forget this, we get caught up in our own things, being too busy, this and that and we have to constantly remind ourselves that He is watching and that He is in control.

I challenge you to come before our Father, in prayer and petition, and ask Him to guide you and follow whole-heartedly, not leaning to the left or right or being distracted, but fully placing your focus upon Him because greater things are yet to come!


God bless,

Your Brother In Christ,

CL