This summer has been unbelievable. The Lord is doing work, and it has been awesome to see our students completely sell out to the Lord. They are on fire, and willing to do whatever it takes to make the name of Jesus famous. It has been humbling to watch our youth grow in depth, and in numbers over the summer. I know that being around them challenges me every day, and it is unbelievable to be a part of this movement among youth in Lubbock, Tx.

Our youth served for over 900 hours during a service week called Die2Live this summer. During this week our worship theme was that Christ died so that we could have life, and now we need to die that others can have life. By the grace of God 9 students surrendered their lives to Jesus and 8 others took their next step in getting baptized! Many of the students are now going to our Monday night prayer gatherings and the 6:30 service Saturday nights. They all sit together during these gatherings and worship God with all their hearts. I know it challenges our whole congregation to see students raising their hands, kneeling, and dancing before the Lord.

In addition to all this, LifeHouses are now back in action and going strong. We have 7 LifeHouses that are packing out, and at least 3 of them will multiply within the next month. We truly believe that we are seeing the beginning of movement of multiplication of Lifehouses that will spread through the youth of West Texas!

Join us in praying for God to raise up a generation that will change the world. God bless.

It is great to do good things for the people we love, but I have found myself guilty of expecting too much in return from them lately. I can easily fall into the mindset of  “what can I get from spending time with this person.” But that isn’t how Jesus called us to act as His disciples. Jesus walked this earth with the “how can I invest in this person by spending time with them” mindset.

It is very easy to use those around us, most of the time without realizing what we are doing. Our natural human tendancy is to figure out what we can receive from others, not what we could give them. I love this verse in Luke, becuase we are reminded that true giving means to expect nothing in return. How many times do we give a gift, only because we are expecting something in return? Jesus laid His life down on the cross for us, knowing well, that many would not return His gift by laying their lives down for Him. But He did it anyways. I would challenge you to start finding people who cannot repay you, and start blessing them. For it says, “Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

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9th Grade Lifehouse

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8th Grade Lifehouse

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step 1) you read

step 2) post here what God is showing you in your reading

step 3) repeat

Pretty simple huh?  Well then get busy a reading and a posting.  If you are going on Freak Week (leadership trip) you should be reading Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

6th: Kathryn Holdampf and Christina Eisenhut (254-913-0614)

6th: Phil and Emily Gilbert (806-543-8467)

7th: Grade: Miguel Cardenas and Amanda Leach (214-927-5457)

8th: Nick and Allison Bohn (806-543-3746)  and Mary Grace Seagraves (404) 791-4615

9th: Annie Greenburg, Jordan Smith Parker Hutchens, Bryan Smith, and Nicole Frantz (806) 281-8931

9th: Andrew Vanderpool (806) 790-3240 and Wendi Kennard (913) 220-9683

10-12th: Scott Bryan (214) 282-3235 and Lucy Greenberg (806) 281-8316

10-12th: Ryan Bukhair and Jessie Cayton (254) 289-3377

10-12th: Mike Smith (817) 247-3249 and Christy Morgan (830) 481-4685