To Speak of the King

Hebrews 13:7

I saw this verse today and it kind of stuck out to me.

Mainly because the people i look up to are all preachers,
prophets, speakers of God. Whatever you may call it. and
This verse kind of answers a bit of my last post about MH
and how theres something about him that i think is so awesome
but could never really figure out until I really thought about it
along side this verse.

Hebrews 13:7 says ::

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.
Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

To have the courage and strength to stand
before hundreds or/of thousands and declare to the christians and non-Christians of
the metal scene. That you believe in the living God and that he is their Lord
and savior is something amazing and extremely difficult to do. As Mattie Montgomery said in “Joshua Generation” of “when the sons become fathers”,
 When we have a clear connection with the Lord God Almighty only then will we be
in silenced and let our words be the Lords words, and he will speak through us.
I hope that i have the opportunity to do such a thing, and I would give up anything
in this world to speak the word of God to people across the nations through music.

I can honestly say. Mike Hranica and Mattie Montgomery will always be my
inspiration in faith. And I will always look up to them as the true men of God that 
they are.

Weekends.

So this weekend. as everybody who follows me would know. there was a youth leaders retreat at a cabin on cultas lake. Needless to say, it was sick. So much fun just hanging out, eating food together, watching movies, sharing God, and just encouraging others. and it seems that, just like last year, the saturday night of the weekend was the best time out of the whole weekend.

Sitting around and just talking about one person for like 10-20 minutes. Just letting them know what you think Gods doing in their lives, how they’ve affected you, retelling funny stories or whatever. So good. And i loved how i just wanted to say something to somebody, but i had no idea what i wanted to say, but God would just in the moment tell me. And i loved that. And it says in scripture that When you have a pure and strong connection with the Lord that when you speak it will not be your words that come from your tongue but the Lord, your God’s voice speaking. And man.. i am stoked for when i have the privilege to let God use my voice to speak to others.

So for our weekend of partying, hanging out, and worshiping the lord, we started a circle where we would say something encouraging about one person or something that you felt God was telling you about them that they needed to hear. so we were in this circle, me being 3rd last, i was trying to think of what people would say of me, what they thought of what i had in store. 
And i was more stoked to hear what they had to say than what i was going to say to others. and truthfully after they had spoken to me, i realized that i loved telling people what God was telling me about them, more than hearing what people thought God was telling them about me.

You know.. Its an odd thing hearing from God. And i can confidently say that both weekends i have been there. God has clearly spoken to me. And i dont want to be little it at all. Like its not like him normally speaking, where its like “well maybe that was him.. or maybe i’m just making it up in my head.” it was like “God was saying this is me. listen. this is something you NEED to know. and i will repeat it as many times as it takes until you realize it”
so as soon as he said for me to listen. i left the room, grabbed my book and wrote down exactly what he said to me.

And its weird. i have this thing with God where he likes to keep things in confidentiality. Where I am not to speak of what he has told me. which is cool but kind of tough, since what he spoke to me is the best thing i have heard in probably a years time. And i wish i could share it with the world. But its all in Gods time, and just know that ya’ll need to be stoked because things are going to change and going to be sooo sweet.

Where to go.

Man so i’ve been listening to Mattie Montgomery’s album “When the Sons Become Fathers”. and HOOOLLLYYY is that filled with some strong stuff. and i’ve been listening to it over and over and over. and let me tell you. it is truely inspiring. you all NEED. to hear it.

I have been thinking a lot about the future and where to go. And the calling on my life. and let me tell you. God has revealed to me today. what i am meant to do. for the REST of my life. and i’m so stoked for it.

this quote is from “House of Mirrors” in Mattie’s album. definitely buy it. best 8 bucks i’ve ever spent. i highly suggest it.

:: He will accept us as his. and will take us into the holy place, and clothe us with his garments of majesty. THIS is where our home is. And from before the foundations of the earth were laid. The Maker has been calling you. 

So lately i’ve had a real struggle with trusting God with things in my life. And trusting what he has in store for me in terms of a musical career. And it makes it worse that i struggle with patience. Like I dont look forward to a lot of things, or get excited about them. But when i do — i get super excited and can’t stop thinking about it. For instance ::

this picture.

I love this picture. Its super inspirational. and when i look at it i just get so pumped because this is something that i want to do. — play for thousands of people and share the word of god. And just the way everybody has their hands up, its like everybody there is just praising god. and thats so sick.

And looking at this picture and then back to where i am right now. it just seems like such a far thing to grasp for. And things like this are impossible to get to. But just thinking about playing for that many people and getting a chance to share god is such a sweet thing and i hope i get the opportunity to do that.

Post 2.0

A lot of the posts after this are ones i posted on my other tumblr a while back. so when im up to snuff with posting weekly or however often i do it. i’ll start adding some sort of dates or something.

In the beginning :: An intro

For those of you who dont know. This is a blog purely devoted to sharing the word of God and speaking of him and his ways. I do vocals for a metal band, i’m a full hearted christian, and i want nothing more than to spread the love and word of our King Jesus, Our God.