Starting into Video

I have a group project in my English class that we have to make a website for and I thought that it would make the website look a lot more professional if there was a video posted on the front page.  So I made a video with some quick shots from in my backyard.  Here it is:

Philemon 1:6

Hebrews 10:23

What has God promised you that you need to "...hold tightly without wavering...?"

Hebrews 6:1

Take back your faith from the complacency that this so strongly instills in us.  

Break away from whatever you are finding comfort in instead of Jesus and "Go on to maturity" with him!

Footwashing and Cardboard Testimonies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkyIdWJnhZs

James 4:16-17

James 5:13

James 2:18-19

Leviticus 19:18

James 4:6

James 3:10

James 3:1-2

James 1:26

James 1:19-20

James 1:5-6

If it isn't already blatantly apparent to you, I like the book of James.  So if you haven't been in the Word recently, or if you haven't visited the book of James recently, then I would highly encourage you to do so.  

My girlfriend Erika and I are reading the Bible in a year this year and it has been really cool so far.  For those of you who have always thought about doing this, you should do it.  For those of you who have already done it before, you should encourage someone close to you or just someone that you know to do it.  I have experienced an incredible thirst for the Word recently, solely due to the fact that I have been reading stories from the Bible that are very interesting to me.  I have always read parts of the Bible in pieces...or I have read books like Leviticus (which we just finished...thank goodness) which are very drab/doesn't feel like they apply in our day and age.  However, when I read the Bible in chronological order, I realize the lineage of the old testament starting with adam and eve.  Also, it is really cool to see how all of the Bible stories that we have been taught as a kid are interconnected and fit together.  

Overall, this has been a great experience so far and I am so excited to see where it takes us in the future.  If you do happen to take on this task, I would encourage you to do it with someone.  It could be your spouse, accountability partner, or just a friend, but if you do it with someone, then you will have someone to talk to about what you are learning and what you think about what you are reading.  Not to mention, you will definitely grow closer to that person through the experience.  

It is now time for me to go freeze my butt off and take some sunrise pictures over ASU's campus.

Ephesians 5:4

James 1:12

James 1-17

James 1:2-3

Romans 10:11

Romans 1:20

If you are saving this photo to use as a desktop background, be sure to click on it so that it gets larger and then click it again to make sure that it is the largest that it can be.  

Psalm 103:15-16

If you are saving this photo to use as a desktop background, be sure to click on it so that it gets larger and then click it again to make sure that it is the largest that it can be.  

Proverbs 4:23

If you are saving this photo to use as a desktop background, be sure to click on it so that it gets larger and then click it again to make sure that it is the largest that it can be.  

Proverbs 3:5-6

John 19:1-2

Isaiah 40:8

Genesis 1:24

1 Timothy 4:12

Genesis 1:16-18

Luke 19:40

Bringing in the New Year with...Desktop Verses

So I have been thinking for a little while now (18 days to be exact) as to how I was going to start out the new year on my blog.  I started the whole blogging thing as a way to post some of my photos so that others could see them, but also as an encouragement for me to be continually shooting.

However, as I continued posting, I noticed that I kept going to the stats page of my blog only to feel the glory of how many people were looking at my photos.  Basically what I am saying is blogging turned into yet another way in my life for me to be prideful.  By no means am I saying that I was outwardly saying that my blog was my way to be arrogant about how many people were looking at my blog, or how good the pictures were that I posted, but inwardly I was getting so much satisfaction out of it.

At the winter conference for Campus Crusade, I learned a lot of things, but my inward pride was one thing that I was completely convicted about.  On the outside, I try my hardest to never show my pride, but that does not mean that it is not there.

The part that I struggled with the most is that I really do want others to be able to enjoy the photos that I take because it is a visual representation of how incredible God is.  Taking pictures for me can even be a way of worshipping my creator!

So what I have come up with I am calling Desktop Verses.  I am going to be writing scripture on the photos that I upload to my blog so that anyone who looks at my blog can save my pictures to their computers and put them as their desktop background and every time they open up their computer, they will be memorizing verses simply by seeing them so many times.

I am going to be doing the same thing on my computer in an effort to help me memorize God's word as well.  I hope that this can help my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ in ways that I will never even know about.