8 minutes and 44 seconds of time well spent

What's up fellas. Tarik here. So cool to read everyone's whereabouts and happenings-- especially the nuggets. Check out this clip from Louie Giglio. FYI-I got a B on my midterm. Thanks for the prayer support. Looking forward to Monday already. Much love. t

The schemes of the enemy...

Hello men! Jason here. Tonight's lesson was awesome, and in keeping with the theme of the message I thought I would share this amazing quote by Charles Spurgeon from his book Lectures to My Students pg. 16. Britt has mentioned this same text before, but it's worth reading again because the enemy of our souls prowls about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.
The book is written to those who would take up ministry to become preachers, but it applies to us all seeing as how the bible has called each one of us to our own ministry.

"Take heed to yourselves"..."because the tempter will make his first and sharpest onset against you. If you will be the leaders against him he will spare you no further than God restraineth him. He beareth you the greatest malice that are engaged to do him the greatest mischief. As he hateth Christ more than any of us, because He is the General of the field, and the 'Captain of our salvation,' and doth more than all the world besides against the kingdom of darkness; so doth he note the leaders under Him more than the common soldiers, on the like account, in their proportion".

"Take heed, therefore, brethren, for the enemy hath a special eye on you. You shall have his most subtle insinuations, and incessant solicitations, and violent assaults. As wise and learned as you are, take heed to yourselves lest he overwit you. The devil is a greater scholar than you, and a nimbler disputant; he can 'transform himself into an angel of light' to deceive. He will get within you and trip up your heels before you are aware; he will play the juggler with you undiscerned, and cheat you of your faith or innocency, and you shall not know that you have lost it; nay, he will make you believe it is multiplied or increased when it is lost. You shall see neither hook nor line, much less the subtle angler himself, while he is offering you his bait."

But be not discouraged men, remembering at all times that the devil is a 'defeated foe' and that we walk in victory through Christ Jesus who sits at the right hand of the Majesty on high! So lets use discernment to spot the enemy at work and resist him that he may flee from us!

national day of prayer

hey guys, everett here. be praying in the next few days about the national day of prayer on thursday, may 1. i'm gonna get something going at my work, a little prayer meeting in the parking lot before work that day, i just wanna ask that you pray for the Lord to be glorified through this and heads get turned and doors get opened to talk to people about Jesus, because there are a lot of guys at my work, that need to Lord. be blessed this week, love you all.

-e

1 Peter 2:11-17

Here are just a few nuggets from the teaching tonight. If you read John 17:6-26 there is an awesome example of Jesus' love for us as he prays for us. Remember to be in this world not of it. Boat in water is good. Water in boat...Bad. We are always fighting a war, physical and spiritual. Regardless of our awareness, Saten has a strategy to get us to disgrace Gods church. If we are not aware of this war, we are losing it. The word war comes from the word strategy, you better have one. Saten wants us to use our judgment, not Gods, just like he did to Eve in the garden. We play a part in Gods kingdom as we live above reproach, through the power of the Holy Spirit. We must be examples of Jesus in the little things, i.e. obeying traffic laws etc. Our obedience is an act of worship to God. People want to know about Jesus, and if you claim to be a Christian, guess what, they are looking at you and what you do, not what you say.. Whether we like it our not. Anyway, be encouraged because God equips us through the Holy Spirit as we are in the Word. Here's some encouraging Psalms.. 37:4, 119, 20:7-8... Read John again, Jesus knows your situation and prayed to the Father for YOU...

Greetings from the OC!

Boys! I miss you all so much and pray for you everyday. I pray that God is moving in your group like I know He will! Heather is still pregnant! Can't believe it man. Thank you for walking with me in the worst times. Holding me accountable to our Loving Father and now I want to rejoice with you. She is 4 months and 1 week. We saw the baby kicking and moving all over the place in our last ultrasound. Doctors say that its an 80 percent chance its a girl. Pray for me boys! I will be fine until she starts dating! We are going to name her Courtney Sue McKinsey. Please pray for her by name and pray that the Lord continues to form his precious child. I believe that in the next 9 months, the Lord has such a sweet time with his children. Heather and I worship every night and we are praying that Courtney is worshipping with us! The Lord has been great to us. Love you guys, miss you, and will continue to pray for you!

Ben

Franks House 04-28-08 until further notice

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Post from Ivan

Gentlemen, Ivan here and it is so good to be able to address you all as a group again... this blog is sweet.

I have been wanting to update you all and solicit your prayers. So, to limit wordcount, I will combine the updates with the prayer requests. I have been invited to start a fellowship at our small and growing church. I believe the Lord would have me start a college age ministry and would seek his guidance, timing, and opening of doors so that we know that this would be his creation, not mine. Please pray in any other way that the Lord would lead you for this.

As for work, my job is very challenging. Part of the job is sales, which I like but have had difficulty with. I am getting impatient, but really believe that this is challenging my ability to persevere. So please pray that the Lord would help me persevere and close a few deals.

Otherwise, I wish you all the best and cant wait to hear from you. I pray for you very often and will certainly keep my eyes on this sight to learn how a can pray more specifically.

May you all be empowered by the Holy Spirit to battle for the kingdom, remain in obedience, and be filled to overflowing by the lov of Jesus.

Gentlemen, Welcome to the Listen Up blog. This is for communication between men that want to walk the walk. We can keep in touch and share cool stuff. The theme verse for us is 1John 2:6... Let the Blogging and fellowship begin. God Bless.