Let's look at the "big picture" with the Bible

Does Guitar have to be hard?

If you've visited my channel youtube.com/acousticselection , you know I like to keep things simple. Guitar can be very complicated and take hours and hours of practice. But....it doesn't have to be! Learn 4, yes 4! simple chords and be playing all your favorite praise and worship songs today!!! Why not? It's so much fun and can instantly lift you spiritually. Check out these 4 chords and how little you have to move your fingers. If you know someone interested in learning the guitar, send them this video. It can really help the beginners out. I wish someone would have showed me this early on.

Rejoice in the answer NO!

Often we feel like God didn't answer our prayer if the answer was not the "yes" we anticipated or wanted. I have found I can pray so hard for things and God will tell me "NO." We must as christians realize God works his plan on his watch, not ours. I'm praying I can learn to better accept God's answer to my prayer...even if it's not the one I want. Many answers we didn't like at first turn out much better later on. Keep the faith!

It's your choice...

I heard an interesting quote today....we choose if we want the blessings of God from our obedience or the punishments from our disobedience.

Really has me thinking...

Forgotten God

Just started the book "forgotten God" by Francis chan. This book is about the Holy Spirit. You don't hear a lot of talk about the Holy Spirit these days in churches. I'm anxious to see what he has to say. I loved his other book, "crazy love" Hopefully this one will be as powerful as that one was.


God bless!

Francis Chan

I just started a new book by Francis Chan called, "Crazy Love" Many of you might have heard of this before. After just a few chapters I know God is really going to speak to me through this book. The first thing he talks about is our view of God. His video puts in perspective just how big the world really is. Think about God right now in silence for 30 seconds. What are your thoughts about him? Do you just see a rule giver or a cross or even just the earth? God is SOOOO much bigger than that! Check out this 3 minute video of our galaxy and ponder on how big God really is. (and a quick secret too, he allows us to call him "friend" ...that just amazes me!)

God bless,
Matt

The Reason We Sing...

This is Easter Season. This is what it all comes down to. Why is it we can have joy in the midst of troubles? Why can we have peace when everyone around us lives in chaos?

The answer is simple. We know the one who overcame the grave! The cross was a horrible agonizing death, but we must realize, it wasn't the Roman soldiers that put Christ on the cross. It was the plan of God all along. Fortunately for us it didn't end with Death. 3 days later Christ rose for the grave and now sits at the right hand of the Father the Bible says.

Take time today and thank God for the cross and the sacrifice he made for each of us. If you grew up in church you can get numb to it and not really let it sink in. I challenge you this Easter to focus on the cross and the price Jesus, the one and only son of God, paid for your sins.

Because of the cross, we can wake up each morning with a song in our heart and a reason to sing!

Praise the Lord!