Tech Stuff

Sometimes I question the purpose of this blog, is it meant to inspire, be about leadership, show a window into my crazy mind, look into technology and show ways to truly help you, the leader/ pastor/creative/etc? Well I think because I do not force any of you to read this (even in that comment there is hilarity because I have this pseudo-high that there actually readers, silly me), than I can have it to be whatever I want it to be about.


Well here is the newest tool that is shocking me right now at it's abilities and plus, it is free. Check it out, it can be very useful. Here is a link to a blog about it over at Youth Ministry Geek. The program is at http://www.evernote.com/. I urge you to read the blog first, it does a better job explaining the program than the website. Best of all, it's also good for PC, Mac, iPhone, and Windows Mobile!

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AZ Youth Workers Conference Session 3 of 3

Speaker: Doug Reed

The Greatest Responsibility

Reading this generation, this generation looks bored, they weren't made to be captive and caged up.

1 Samuel 16

Like a custodian makes sure ever door is locked, we need to access the corridors of our life and make sure every door is OPEN for God to move in.

My thoughts:
Success is when someone has let their guard down and I get to go inside and mess some things up that makes them think differently for the positive, getting the backstage pass into their life. When a student gives that access they are letting you into their life to penetrate and find the hurts, brokenness and bring healing. Through the authenticity, creativity, and hard works and the kid is standing their defenselessness and they cry out for help.

We should have 3 responses:

1. A prophetic response - Samuel knew there was someone else
- 1 Samuel 16:1
- 4 Elements of prophetic response
1. We must see the Big Picture
2. Be willing to take a Risk
3. Do not deny the moment
- We can't deny the moment just because the moment is controversial.
4. There must be follow through

2. A Parenting Response - Jesse left David in the field
- So many of your students have had parents, that instead of speaking life to them, they have spoken death to them.
- What happens to the kid when their protector becomes their predator?
- Ephesians is a good book that speaks of self-worth
- Part of our redemptive process was not only the beating that was for our healing, not only the salvation from his death, but as they hurled insults he redeems every negative attack that has been said about us, every word that has broken us down.

3. A Prepared Voice - Samuel went off to Rama after anointing David
- Use your hurt to help someone in life instead of using your hurt to hate and have an excuse to never help anyone. As if a girls who was raped to ask how would God let that happen, did God see that happen? The truth is God says He would never leave us nor forsake us, so yes God was there.
- John Wayne movie, The Cowboy, John teaches a bunch of boys how to be men, being a father to them.
- When you awake the man inside a boy you can expect a war every time.
- Come out of your cage to fight for a generation.

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AZ Youth Workers Conference Session 2 of 3

Speaker: Garland Owensby

Topic: Postmodern Church/Emerging Church
Postmodern is a philosophy

Postmodern Youth Ministry

Book: Soul Tsunami - Leonard Sweets

Modern world says I don't need proof, post-modern says prove it.

Postmodernism is the reaction to the unfulfilled process of modernism

Science, education and rationalism were supposed to end war poverty and sickness.

Modernism:

• Learn truth
• Reality is out there to be discovered
• Individual emphasis
• Progress undeniable
• Logic is convincing

Postmodernism:

• We make truth
• Reality is simply to be constructed
• Team emphasis
• process is highly questionable
• stories are convincing

Earl Creps AGTS July 2003

1. Objectivity is out

• The FBI would not ask for your son if there was a bomb to go off if the bad guys ordered for him OR a box of chocolates and a case of beer. There is either another option or there is only ONE way.
• Postmodernists do believe in truth, their truth is 't'ruth, ours is 'T'ruth.
• Any time we see certainty they see arrogance, hard to be a win-win.
• Feelings are subjective, truth is objective, postmodernism basically stands on subjective source over objective truth.
• Mandy Moore Seventeen 2003 p187, "Truth is discovered from passion."
• We should discover Truth then become passionate about it.
• We must proclaim truth in Love, if we feel guilty then we must search our heart for subjective thoughts.

2. Question everything/Try anything

3. You will know me if you know mt story. (Experience)

• When we read the epistles, every rule is about a real life situation.
• Every dumb rule in life is about a real situation.

4. Tolerance is a necessity

• No absolutism, we must be tolerant

5. Multi-culturism and Pluralism

• Many faiths all competing together.
• Greg Steir about Starbucks Christianity quote, this is a generation that embraces a "Starbucks spirituality. Teens today are used to customizing every aspect of life, so why wouldn't this spill over into the areas of their spiritual lives...

Modernism: Facts - influence - belief - influence - behavior
Postmodernism: Experience - influence - belief - influence - behaviors

Modern truth affects relationships experiences and feelings, postmodern affects the others.

How do we reach the Postmodern World.
1. Invite them into the body of Christ, ecclesia
2. Invite them to experience God
3. Use authentic Language
4. Speak Love before Judgment
5. Relationships
A. What's it like to be ______________?
6. Build Community - small groups
7. Train students to share their testimony
8. Emphasize Dialogue

My thoughts:
There are emergent theology and emerging praxology. One has rebuilt it's foundation while the building is standing, the other is always making sure the building will continue to stand shoring up any areas of question. Emergent theology saw the postmodern movement and changed it's foundation of theology, the emerging praxology saw the postmodern movement and changed it's ways of teaching it's theology, these are big differences to be noted. When we have exchanged our core theologies to match the desire of our culture we risk huge losses when we cash in our stock, however when we realize that the culture has changed and we begin to chase it and adapt our inadequacies to meet the demand blessing ensues and the one being chased recognizes the relevancy or at least the futile attempts and realizes the status quo has changed. The average, typical person that has set his mind against the church has perfectly adequate reason, we have met every doubt in his mind, as I always say, the worst of us (the radical rights) represent the best of us. Paul said it best, follow him as he follows Christ. Case in point, it was also Paul who recognized this when he was in Athens in Acts 17. He recognized that the culture had changed, not that culture changed literally but his surroundings had changed. He picks up right from their belief system and applied biblical theology to their pagan praxology. The theology stayed the same that he had instilled but his praxology changed to using Greek mythology and an altar that had some writing on it. This is one of the most beautiful chapters in the bible for cross-cultural communications. The bigger admittance is realizing that we live in a cross-cultural nation, no longer do we need to go over seas to recognize this. And I don't say this due to the many languages in America nor the skin tones, but the modern thought versus the post-modern thought.

Let us not change our belief to accommodate all thoughts. Yes it is true that all truth is God's truth, his inspired truth. Yes, this truth can run deep in the pagan practices and ruthless extremists, even they wouldn't approve of you raping and pillaging their families. We can't assume that morality leads to God if different religions all agree on common morals. All truths definitely share common thread but those threads eventually weave ropes of theology that are tied to anchors of religions... we can agree in the midst of truth but must not be ignorant to realize that they all lead to their own individual 'gods'/God. I love my fellow Jew and even the radical Islam, the Jewish person deep down inside might even find love for me and the Islam and same for the Islam, that doesn't mean our belief lands us all on the same cloud with the same harpist as be knock on heavens door, let us not be so arrogant/ignorant.

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AZ Youth Workers Conference Session 1 of 3

Speaker: Doug Reed

Lack Of Passions

Colossians 2:3

We become great at methodology but lack the passion that goes beyond theology.
Their has to be a soulfulness to communication.

Sometimes we struggle with passion because we don't like the position God has put us in.

IQ - our intelligence quotience.
EQ - our emotional quotience.

God Is About Making Us Passionate About Him.

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 - (rephrased my me) God chose the nobodies to point out the shallowness of the somebody's.

5 Principles of those who are passionate:

1. Principle of Solitude

• Satan fights your personal time because he is so afraid of the value it brings.
• Passion grows in the dark, it has to settle into your heart
• Dr. Cho, said, "I have more to do, I guess I better spend another hour with my creator to get it all done."
• Ezekiel spent three years before God used him to kill the Baal prophets.
• Principals of greatness begin with principles of solitude.

2. Principle of Self Encouragement

• Passion will die if it is not encouraged by yourself.
• enCourage is when courage is put in, disCourage is when courage is stolen.
• "Shut up and drive, we have all been shot" - Black Hawk Down

3. Principle of Sacrifice

• Personal cost will build passion

4. Principle of Simplicity

• Passion is like an arrow, it must have a target.
• If you live without a vision you make life more difficult to live.
  

5. Principle of Spiritual Experience

• Jesus is the vine and we are the branches and apart from him we can do nothing.

Great One Liners:
The problem with the lack of passion is not what happened, it is what didn't happen.

You get tired when you live below your destiny.

All jobs have their own set of challenges.

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Rock The Block Teen Challenge Outreach

We are at a park in a tough area doing an outereach with about 500-600 people. Stomp, breakdancing, preaching and a rap fest. Teen Challenge does an incredible job with these Rock the Block outreaches. Their teams are incredibly abled; we are glad to be able to be working with them. The pastor is sharing the story of when he was 26 he loaded his brother's arm with 3 hits of heroine and he watched his brother die in his arms. God revived his brother in the ambulance and has changed his life ever since. His story, like ours, has the testimony of changing lives because of what God has done. About a hundred responded for salvation and many for healing. The students are getting the ability to pray at the altars, hand out bibles, and walk people throught the salvation prayer. God is showing up and moving in this outreach and with our team.

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The Bowery Mission Chapel Service

We are at a homeless mission/church. This is the 3rd oldest church in New York with an almost 40' pipe organ. This missio was founded by Rev. Albert G. Ruliffson in Nov. 1879 and was active in it's work until Sept. 1895 and was laid to rest in May 2nd 1897. This mission seats approx. 225 people and serves as a homeless mission. This truly a beautiful mission with detailed architecture in stone and wood.



Our group will be conducting the service this morning. Lukus will be leading in worship with the team singing with him. Chris R. will be preaching and Chris G. Doing the closing prayer and altar service.



LOL Moment:

We were at Gino's (possibly the best NY Pizza here).

Aubrey went to go get a fork and knife to eat her food. She grabbed them out of the cups that was near the napkins and salt & pepper. As she retuned to her seat to eat she realized that her utensils were VERY dirty and used. What she failed to realize is that the cup for utensils was structly for dirty ones. The actual clean ones were in thew drawer in your typical silverware drawer at home.



Come one Aubrey everybody knows the dirty ones are in the cup and clean ones are in the drawers. That's what drawers are for.

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Prospect Park Outreach Survey

We went out to Prospect Park to ask questions in a survey that hopefully leaves with students asking about if they would like to know more about Jesus. The weather is awesome and it is a beautiful park. I asked each student to pray for each person as they go to them. Prayer and trusting in the Holy Spirit is the only thing that we have as a tool. It is through the HS that comes conviction, the knowledge of our mistakes and knowing that we have failed God's expectations for our lives.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Synagogue

We went to a couple parts of New York that are Jewish communities. It is a very different world then we had thought about. We approached three Jewish guys in front of a synagogue and our approach was that we were hear to experience their culture. Our leader is a Jewish missionary and is very smart. We dialogued for a while then asked if we could go inside.



I have NEVER truly understood deeply the issues that Jesus had to deal with when he would debate an challenge the pharisees. It seemed that they were always out to get him and never listen, but that was because everthing that Jesus the Messiah is for was against their legalism.



"I am a Pharisee" was the first words out of the mouth of one of the guys who was quick to try to eat us apart and simplify our beliefs to everything short of the gospel and Jesus the Messiah. I was baffled at how much they are against Christians. I spent another 45 minutes dialoguing after I was called an infadel and terrorist to Judiasm. It actually was a very good conversation and an eye opener for us all.



The particular Synagogue was Lubavitch and they believe that Schneerson was their Mosiach, their messiah. "Long live our Master, our Teacher, our Rebbe, King Moshiach Forever and Ever. Very interesting!!!



LOL Moment:

We were going to go to Brighton Boardwalk/Beach to minister to Jews.



Caitlyn: Beach?

PShaun: Yeah, NY is on the ocean!

Caitlyn: What, are you serious?!?

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Chinatown Fresh!

We arer getting to experience Chinatown. This is a very fun place. We split up our team and are shopping. One group waved us into Teariffic, a chinese fingerfood and exteme tea bar... I think without alcohol, just kidding, teenage safe.



LOL Moment:

Brandyn: Shaun, this is good, do you like it?

PShaun: It tastes like b.o. Smells

Brandyn: So do you like it?

PShaun: Oh yeah. I love it.

Brandyn: Wow

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Ground Zero

We are at Ground Zero. This is a very sobering place. It is crazy to see how life goes on and people moving and hustling and bustling. Two years ago I was here and this place was literally a 7 story hole. There is much progress. The building wrapped with mesh in the background is the same as I saw two years ago. The building had a huge mold problem and nobody was allowed to go in to remodel and it appears they are making some progress but still is wrapped and boarded up.



We should never forget the loss on Sept. 11, however let's be reminded about the lives that are lost everyday to evil and sin and death apart from God. We are here in NY to help make a change, maybe very small but our hope is to make an impact; to disturb what Satan is trying to destroy.

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Helping @ a Cerebral Palsy Center

Our team got the great opportunity of going to a cerbral palsy center in Brooklyn southeast of Manhattan. We got to sing some worship songs like Amazing Grace, How Great Is Our God, The Lord Reigns and of couse the old classic, You Are My Sunshine as one of the ladies grabbed Ranissa to dance.



We also brought crafts and helped all the ladies make butterflies out of paper plates. The ladies had more love for us and was so happy to see us more than I have ever seen. It truly was a memory maker in our hearts.



BTW... The other team went to do ministry too. At least that is what they are calling it. They went to Central Park and did a survey; asking people questions. Did I mention there was a free outdoor Bon Jovi concert?? I don't think they are ministering... I would call it walking around talking at a concert... Lemme know what you think ;)



LOL moment:

As we were putting stickers on the butterflies. There were different size of stickers.



PShaun: Wow, those stickers are miny (my-nee).

Aubrey: Pastor Shaun, I think you meant mini.

PShaun: No, miny (my-nee), you know like tiny and mini all together.

Aubrey: Oh, ok whatever you say...

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Subway, Ride Fresh

Here is our first subway. Our team of 19 students got split into two teams. We are on our way to our first outreach. Going to set up a booth, doing clowning, face painting, balloon animals.



LOL moment:

Leader: we will be going under the Manhattan River.

Caitlyn: Awesome. Will we get to see fish, like in a big tube?

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NY Missions Team Orientation

Our group of 97 students and then leaders. There are some amazing things that are amazing on the schedule this week. "Ministry begins when the thrill leaves" - Brandon Watkiss



Just got subway cards, going through House Hot Thoughts (tricky words that mean house rules) and common sense rules/safety. I have never been on a missions trip that is this full of ministry. We will be bringing home tired kids, keep 'em in your prayers. This team is an amazing group.



LOL (laugh out loud) moment:

On the airplane at the bathroom door.

Caitlyn: Vacant, does that mean someone is in it?

Chris G: No, that means you can use it.

Caitlyn: Oooohhhh!



Love you guys.

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Welcome to New York!

We made it and here is the first pic in state.

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New York Missions Trip// Day 1/2 of 1

Well we always hope to get a running start. This trip was a bit of a stumble at first but the team is doing awesome. Arizona is one of those states where when it rains nobody knows what to do. The first bit of news was that we would be about 30 minutes late. No big deal, we had 1 hour and 5 minutes for our connection flight. Well 2 hours later we actually took off.

As Ray M so eloquently put it, "It was a lesson of patience of God." In that meantime Joe T had fell asleep as the plane was backing out, about an hour and a half later he woke up to the plane moving again still on the tarmac and he thought he was already in Atlanta, not realizing that it would be light out. They quickly assured him NOTHING has happened since he fell asleep.

Currently we are sitting in Atlanta Concourse B waiting for our flight out at 240p, which puts us into New York around 5ish ET tonight.

Check back often, we will be updating this blog whenever we have time or anything changes, we will also post pictures too. Don't forget to follow my twitters of this trip HERE, or you can text message 40404, and type "follow shaunmayfield". Those updates will be sent out much more frequent.

Oh yeah, Jared B Told me to say "hi, everybody".

Love you all,

The eikon missionary team!

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Encounters With God - Altars//Week3 Finale

Here is the TwitterNotes of Week 3 of Encounters With God where we discuss altars.

Encounters With God - Self Sacrifice

The central issue of life is worship.

Romans 12.1 - I urge you in view of God and his mercy to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God.

Some people sacrifice their bodies to meaningless and trivial things.

Their hands, feet, eyes, ears, tongues and hearts are sacrificed to time-consuming activities that are largely insignificant

John 15:10 - If you keep my commands you’ll remain intimately at home in my love, that’s what I've (Jesus) done - kept my Fathers commands and made myself at home in his love.

Matthew22:37-39 - Jesus said "Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence" and "Love others as well as you love yourself

If God doesn’t exist then worship is insanity. But if God does exist then nothing is more logical or reasonable than worship.

If worship is sacrifice, and true worship is self-sacrifice then it is time that we begin sacrifice our desires.

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Conversations of LIfe - 1

This is a conversation of a good friend of mine, a student in Atlanta Masters Commission, RC. He is a great kid (a 21 year-old man), with an awesome heart, loves to bike freestyle and MTB, and even enjoys disc golf.

AIM IM with RC 7/3/08 4: 11PM

RC hey bud.
SM hey man
SM outta cali yet?
RC nahh
SM or stayin for the 4th
RC yea
RC how's the disc golf?
SM went good, nice to get out but a little warm, you ever play?
RC I'm jealous, of course, we have the third hardest course in the nation in my hometown
SM that is awesome

RC hey, I have a couple questions for you...
SM sure..
RC you're married, right?
SM yes
RC ok, How did you KNOW that your wife was the girl for you?
SM God, i know that was the answer u were expecting to hear
RC haha, well, I mean, what made it click in your head? like, there had to be something that just TOLD you that she was IT
SM i had made a vow that i would not date until it was the girl god wanted me to marry
and then when we wanted to date i prayed about it and knew that was what i was suppose to do
many said we were young and didnt know, but i knew
RC how old were you?
SM then, 19 when we started dating
RC not bad... yea...I'm just asking cuz, well, I met this girl... and I think she's perfect... well, more than perfect, if that makes sense
SM if there was one thing that you could change about her what would it be?
RC where she lives, lol, hmm... lets see... I'm really not sure... dang
just curious, what is the point that you are trying to make? cuz I think you have one...but I don't know what it is
SM haha, sometimes we look at people and wish we could change things about them. No matter how perfect she may seem now, sooner or later you will find something u wont like
RC mmk
SM you must be able to accept those things that you cant change
RC i was just about to ask how you handle that...
SM the truth is you cant change someone else, you can only change your perspective of that which you dont like
RC wow. thats good
SM that will help you not only in marriage but in every relationship you are in!
relationship/friendship/etc
RC yea... dang, thats good ;0 you're the freaking man...
SM in changing our perspective it allows them to keep their own personality and character
and be themselves and allows them to live more whole
RC wowww. yea, I need to get to AZ.
and chill with you for a while
SM when we try to change them we force them into our box of perfection then they always are trying to live UP to our standard and then they end up feeling like a failure
and in marriage that is not healthy, she then feels like she is hurting you then makes you go on a power trip and puts u in control and not in a healthy manner
RC wow.... i never would have thought of something like that
SM marriage isnt about power, its actually about submission, "wives submit to your husbands, husbands love your wives"
RC loving is submitting, yea?
SM in loving our wives we submit to their needs, they submit to our spiritual authority
two different kinds of submission
RC wow...
SM control authority and spiritual authority
RC yea
SM that will get u mileage in a relationship
RC it makes so much sense!!
SM good, and know that girls never make sense, haha
RC haha, yea, I got that one
SM dont ever tell them that, thats not good either, haha j/k
RC yea, that would be bad
wow... dang dude... how'd you get so smart? like, I'm still shocked. for lack of a better term.
SM ran to a wall a lot and too many drugs, lol, no idea
i dont see my self as smart as much as i would say i am an observer
learn to watch your world and learn from it
RC ahhhh
SM be experiential and allow everything to be a moment of Ahaa!
RC I like that.

SM i want to blog this conversation, is that cool with you?
RC I am down for that... whats your blog site?
SM www.shaunmayfield.com
RC haha...you have a blogger account with your own domain name! Awesome!
SM haha, i figured i better get it before someone else does
RC haha, yea. I don't know what I would do without friends like you.
SM awe, thanks man, that is very cool, im glad we got to know each other in ATL
RC haha...yea. I'm very glad for that. I'm gonna blog this convo too, just so ya know
SM sweet man.
RC You honestly don't know how much this meant to me... I honestly feel a whole lot better..cuz I was worried about so much...
SM that is so cool
RC yay for friends who are there for each other!!
SM haha, woot!

I shared this for a few reasons.

1. Take a good look at how you see people and understand the ability to change our perspective on someone else's 'lack of' and realize that we can either focus on the 90% negative of who they are to us or we can look at the 10% positive and focus on that and begin to change the only one we control... ourselves!

2. Marriage is about love and submission. Wives submit to the control authority, ultimate say so goes to the husband... HOWEVER, and a big however, before any one presumes I am chauvinistic. (Just ask my wife, I am not allowed to be chauvinistic ( that's a joke, get it?!?)) When husbands truly love our wives we then submit to there needs, emotionally, physically and mentally, there creating a balance.

3. I am not smart, as matter of fact, I consider myself to not learn as well as others and I am self-admitted learning disabled (no doctor proof as of yet). However I have learned to observe the world around me. This point deserves a blog on it's own and will quite likely lead to a blog/book/short story of some kind to show how my outlook on life is all from observing; it is what I have coined reasonable deduction (common sense+mathematical calculations+not allowing ignorance to blind me). Be a watcher, soak up your environment, breathe slowly and observe the motion, hear the dialect, watch the mannerisms, be a learner, be a CREATIVE!

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Encounters With God - Altars//Week2

Here is the TwitterNotes of Week 2 of Encounters With God where we discuss altars.

The Altar is: A Place of Stability.
When the Israelites settled into their towns they began to build an altar for stability.
So the altar was a place of stability in an environment of uncertainty.

The Altar is: A Place of Submission.
Genesis 22:1-14 - As a Submission to God Abraham placed his son on the altar for a sacrifice to God.

The Altar is: A Place of Leadership.
Leviticus 6:8-13 - God had Aaron keep the flames going on the altar to establish leadership.

An altar is a place someone can come and find a sense of stability of meaning to life, but the altar doesn’t give us stability... it’s only a table.
An altar is a place where someone can submit to God, but the altar doesn’t create submission… it’s only a table.
An altar is a place to become a leader, but the altar doesn't create leadership... its only a table.

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Encounters With God - Altars//Week1

Here is the TwitterNotes of Week 1 of Encounters With God where we discuss altars.

Genesis 12:7 So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
Altars were built to God for two reason:
1. For prayer and worship.
2. As reminders of God's promise to bless him.

Altars symbolized communion with God and represented powerful encounters with him.

The power of the altar is unspeakable.

Matthew 11:28 Are you Tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest.

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What We Are Buiding Is What We Are Becoming

Altars were created by many religions for sacrifices. For Jews they built them when God showed up as a rememberance and as a place to signify God's promise. What we are building is what we are becoming. We need to build altars to God for the promises He has given us and to remind us of those moments that He has showed up in our lives.

We are doing a 3-week series on Altars. Week one, understanding their importance and significance. Week two, understanding what we become at altars. And next week, self sacrifice. I will follow up with blogs with our TwitterNotes for each week. See the older post title TechKrunch. TwitterNotes is just the 'tweets' that we send out in our eikonLIVE service.

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