Are You Up For The Challenge?

I went to a youth rally in Orlando this past Friday! Wasn't planning to go. It was a last minute thing I was talked into, but can't say I regret going. Acually the day of I was excited about, but not for reasons I should be. Actually the only reason I wanted to go was to find a nice, good looking, pentecostal young man, but God had other plans.

The preacher was from Alaska, and he was very good. He talked about not letting your dream die, which spoke right to me. I mean I feel called to ministry and the devil constantly puts doubt and fear in my head, so the sermon was awesome. Altar call came and he asked everyone to stand back a few steps and for people who felt called to ministry to step forward and before the pastors even laid hands on us I could feel the annointing. I absolutly love living in America where I have the freedom and the opportunity to expierence a Holy Ghost filled service and to be touched by His all powerful presence. Its truely like nothing else I could imagine.

Before we left they handed out these little note cards that had 101 things to do for God. Some of them are as little as praying everyday, or committing to listening to christian music for 90 days, but other ones were a little more complex like obey and respect your parents, make sure your modest before you walk out the door, or raise money for your youth group. As I'm reading through these I realize its not as difficult as it may seem and most of it I should do anyways, but I realized also that I usually don't:(

Do you ever feel like your not a good Christian? I do! Sometimes we don't even care if were being a "good Christian", but maybe our interpretation of a "good Christian" is misguided. Maybe its not about being perfect and doing every little thing were supposed to. Maybe its simply doing what we can and striving to do better.

You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God. You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. Psalms 119:1


With Love,
Ally