Thirsting to Know Him, and some thoughts

Quote of the Week:
"There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice."
~John Calvin~

Hey everybody! its my fifteenth day out here on the Jersey Shore, and there is a major thunderstorm goin on right now so i find my self taking time out of my Job hunt to sit down a blog a lil bit. This summer so far has been amazing this group of people this year in OC has been a blessing in my life and a true pleasure to be around. Its fun to meet and hang out with the friends and disciples of my close friends from last summer. We have been having an awesome time together in fellowship, and one of my favorite memories so far has been our student led prayer times. They are a time were we as a group get together and just cry out to God and ask him for big things. They have been moving and intense times in prayer and the Lord is going to honor the prayers of His people.
As the title of this Blog says this week is titled "Thirsting to know Him" which is a week for us as a project to take a time out from the craziness of arriving and meeting 80 or so new people and just focus on the Lord.

"As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God."
~Psalm 42:1-2~

This verse has become my heart for this week, i want a deep thirst for God that can only be quenched by the living God and walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit everyday. I pray that this week would give everyone a thirst and that it will not just last the rest of this summer but until we see Him face to face.
I have been reading a book I got at The Gospel Coalition Confrence called The Bookends of the Christian Life Written by two men named Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington. I just finished reading about the First Bookend which is "The Righteousness of Christ" It has been a challaenging read thus far and really showed me a lot of areas in my life where i need to see Christ as fully sufficient instead of leaning on self and my own abilities.

"But its not enough to merely see the righteousness of Christ as all-sufficient; we must see it as all-suficient for us. Jesus was perfecty obedient in our place, as our substitute. Have we lacked purity? Jesus was pure in our place. Have we lack patience? Jesus was patient in our place. In every area where we see failure and sin, Jesus was successful at providing a perfect obedience that's credited to us."
~The Bookends of the Christian Life, pg. 70~

Self-righteousness creeps into our lives and makes us lean on our own abilities instead of what Christ has already done. That can lead to sin and that brings on guilt for what we have done and that is not where the righteousness of Christ should lead you either. If you know and have a relationship with Jesus Christ rely on what He has already done He has put his righteousness on you and you are no longer seen as sinful. let him satisfy. If you do not have a personal realtionship with Jesus you can have it any time you wan you just need to understand that we are all sinful and that what Jesus did on the cross paid for your sin and ask through faith (prayer) for Jesus to come into your life and forgive you of your sins and ask him to lead your life instead of doing it on your own. Take on the righteousness of Christ and stop trying to do it on your own, check this out two this lays it out well. If you would like to talk about this more e-mail me or facebook me or call if u want. Hope you have an amazing day! HE IS ALIVE!

In Him who did what we couldnt,
Andy C.


Video of the Week:
Video from Phil Wickham who is an awesome guy and an extremly talented musician. He probably has one of the best voices i have ever heard. Hope you enjoy it and if you do check his brother who is also extremly talented name Evan Wickham