Lost! Life with a blank map and a broken compass

In Sunday's sermon Lost! Life with a blank map and a broken compass I used these illustrations and promised to post them on my blog for your viewing as you listened to the message. Hope this helps! If you're viewing the blog and want to listen to the sermon visit our website, www.lighthouseonline.org, and click on the sermon audio tab where you will find a link to our podcast on iTunes.

Creatorade coming up!

I'm getting excited for the next Creatorade coming up on Feb. 23rd. Watch for your invite-everyone in 6th, 7th and 8th grade is invited. We will have the event for three Mondays in a row, with lots of giveaways and lots of games.

Happy New Year!

I am always excited to see a new year roll around, to look back on what happened in the past year and set plans for the new one. 2008 was a great year starting with Creatorade in February, VMA's in May, 3 on 3 basketball for Ayr Days, Road Rulz in July, Doug had a couple of excellent concerts, joined the efforts of the RCMA, joined the Chamber of Commerce, it was a full year! I feel like there was real forward progress. Plans for 2009? There are always many plans, with God's leading and by His grace I'll hopefully get many of them accomplished!

One of my main goals this year is to love my "self" less and to love God more. I preached on this topic Sunday night because I feel a lot of conviction in this area. I don't want my desires to be the fuel of my life. I don't want to wake up in the morning and be concerned with my plans first. My desire is that God would be my first thought always, so I know that my natural first thought, myself, has got to go. I have nothing without Him and the grace He has given me, my prayer for 2009 is that my actions and efforts and energies would reflect that truth.
God bless in 2009!