Are You Alone & Why?



Your never alone...

 At some point in time we have all felt as if we have been forgotten and no one cares about us. There is a story I read about a guy in the bible who had leprosy. Leprosy is a disease that causes your nervous system to shut down and eventually causes your nervous system to shut down causing you to lose your ability to feel. Back in those days those who had lepers were forced to wear clothing that was torn and had to reside outside the town.These people weren't allowed to have contact with anyone including their family or friends because these people considered the "living dead" were constantly being rejected and left with thoughts of suicide.

Much like this story we all at some point in our lives have felt despised, forsaken, forgotten, ignored and judged. The good news is we don't have to stay depressed. In the story Luke 5 12-16 Jesus came along and healed the man from his condition. But the man first asked Jesus if he was willing to heal him. So many times we don't open up our mouth and ask Jesus to meet us at our needs and then wonder why we still are going through the same problems.

"Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him." Luke 5;13

Just because things are bad today and you seem like there is no hope always keep your faith and understand who is in control of your life. We forget this when things get hard and we trust ourselves don't let this be you. First we have to know that problems come and go and what doesn't kill us will make us strong. God will never put you in things that are to big for you because he promised not to put more on you than you can bear. The moment it becomes unbearable is the moment you must realize he didn't put it on you.

Why Small Groups Work

More churches need small groups

I can no longer count how many times people have questioned me about the purpose of me starting my small group and why I chose to plant a small group before launching a church. For over a year I have been doing small groups in North Carolina and Virginia and what I have noticed is mind blowing. It's crazy people don't have a problem with God or learning about the bible. People simply have a problem with church and all of its traditions. Don't get me wrong I personally do not have a problem with church. My problem is with people in the church who try and turn others away from it. So many unhealthy churches meet Sunday after Sunday and it's sad that more people are leaving the church than joining the church, but why is that? Well I can tell you my opinion why. It is because the church fails to meet the needs of people and often fail to preach things that are biblically sound. When I officially start a church it's going to be on a strong foundation and centred around the whole truth.


Statistics have proven that small groups work. I personally suggest that any pastor that intends to plant a church first begin with a small group bible study. In most cases specifically in medium to larger size ministries it is very easy to get lost in the crowd. Because of this many are never given the opportunity to build personal relationships with others. That's why small groups are so powerful, they allow small group members to come together in a laid back environment and speak candidly with one another.

The vision for my ministry is to always be centered around small groups because I recognize it's effectiveness and the potential these groups have in changing lives.People so quickly disregard small groups because it is not an idea centered around traditionalism; however, I am sorry to inform you that tradition isn't going to get anyone to Jesus or leave people encouraged to live their life.

Learn To Lean

This month I did a series titled "Why you can't let your faith fail you" all I did was talk about faith! And doing this series my faith went to another level. And I learned to not lean on my own understanding of how things should be in my life but I completely learned to trust God even when things didn't look good or feel great. Having faith is when you can look past where you currently are and can focus on what's ahead. We get so caught up in what is in front of us that we can't even think what is ahead or what is in our future. God wants us to trust him and lean on him! The bible helps us and shows us why we can't trust in ourselves and why we must trust God.

Proverbs 3; 5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;  in all your ways submit to him,and he will make your paths straight."

Is your path straight?

To many times we try and make our own path then try and figure out why it's not the right way. God has laid out a plan for your life but the plan isn't always what we want or the direction we want to go. Trusting Jesus isn't always easy and it wont make sense all the time but I have learned it's not suppose to!