Found this video today and i loved it. So good to just thank God for who i REALLY am, not what Satan says that i am.
If you read my last entry you saw that i had a rough week the other week and the Lord revealed to me that i was listening to the lie of the enemy. So when i heard this message i was thankful to have some insight on what to do when you hear those lies coming your way. Just give thanks to the Lord for who i am in christ. Old things have past away!
Enjoy!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Another ending... And a new beginning...
The season is now officially over. It is a sad thing, to be done playing hockey in February but i am doing well with the whole situation.
When i last wrote we were going into our final week of practices. We had 2 home games this past weekend and all last week we were preparing for them. I was all set on enjoying the week and working hard that week to get ready for those games. I got to practice monday and i saw something, something so small and it wasn't really a big deal, however, i let that thing bother me big time. It affected my whole practice on monday and i did not enjoy that. Quite honestly last week was a tough week for me. I want to be clear that i am convinced that the devil has been rendered powerless, and that the Lord has made us (believers) to be more than conquerors over situations and the devil. However, the devil still has a voice. It says in 1 Peter 5:8,
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
And the devil was trying to speak last week and i made the mistake of listening. I had a very rough couple of days, entertaining negative thoughts and even in the midst of reading my bible and feeding on truth, i was still listening to those negative thoughts. I made the mistake of entertaining them for a minute. The devil was crafty and some of those negative thoughts i was thinking sounded logical in a sense, they sounded like they could be true. However, they did not line up with truth (the word) and thats where the light bulb should be going off. So i had a rough couple days at practice and thursday night came around and coach put up the lineup for fridays game. Again i was not on the list and again the thoughts kept pouring in. Stronger than ever and i continued to entertain them. The funny thing is, if someone just saw me and said hello they could possibly not know what was going on on the inside of me, unless they had discernment from the Lord. This was an internal battle going on. Later on in the evening i was able to talk with my parents, and they so wisely helped to open my eyes to what was going on. How i was entertaining these lies from the devil and that was producing a thought of "the Lord is unfaithful" - i might not of said that with my mouth, but i entertained the thought for even a second and that is not good. After having my eyes opened i was so mad, mad at the devil and his deceitfulness, i was mad that he was trying to trick me like that, trying to get me to question the goodness of my God.
After going to the Lord and just spending time with Him thursday night and getting myself back into the truth, i was at peace and at rest in my spirit. It was excellent.
My parents and Carol had planned to come up for the weekend and watch both games. So they arrived friday and we went to the game and watched it together. We lost that night to Geneseo. The next day we met at the rink at 10 am to have a little meeting. Coaches use this as a way to get guys up in the morning so you dont sleep all day, plus this is where he puts the lineup up for that nights game. When i walked into the room i noticed that i was on the list to play that night! I was excited for sure, i wasnt jumping for joy or anything like that. But i was thankful to the Lord.
So basically including my parents and Carol, i had 13 people come to that game that night. ha. I had my own little fan club. We won that game and i was pleased with how i played. I had a mixture of feelings after the game, i was so happy that we had won, however, i was also sad that that was the end of the season then. So it was bitter sweet. I remember walking out to my car after the game and i was just thankful to the Lord. I was thankful that i had gotten to play that night, especially since it was the last game of the year and it was also senior night. I played that game for the 3 seniors we had, i wanted to make sure we won that game and we could send them out on a win! So i was just thrilled.
I still want to spend some time with the Lord and just speak with Him about this season and how everything went down. I am asking the Lord why certain things happened the way they did and i also want to start asking the Lord about next season. I might end up blogging later on about what i receive from the Lord or maybe i wont. I will try though.
We have about 2 more weeks of school until i get to go home for 1 week for spring break. I am looking forward to that. Also after this week is over (this is my rest week this week) i will start my training program for the spring. Also this spring i plan to setup a net outside in my backyard and i want to shoot at least 500 pucks a day. Maybe more, we will see how that goes. I really think this will be wise and it will be a good use of my time as well. I really want to work on my shot for next season and i think this is one way to do it.
I am receiving revelation from the Lord about work and how we do that under Grace and things of that nature, but i do not have the whole picture right now. I will post about that later sometime when i have more. Plus this entry is mega long already so i should cut it off now.
Thank you all for reading! I'll post again later!
When i last wrote we were going into our final week of practices. We had 2 home games this past weekend and all last week we were preparing for them. I was all set on enjoying the week and working hard that week to get ready for those games. I got to practice monday and i saw something, something so small and it wasn't really a big deal, however, i let that thing bother me big time. It affected my whole practice on monday and i did not enjoy that. Quite honestly last week was a tough week for me. I want to be clear that i am convinced that the devil has been rendered powerless, and that the Lord has made us (believers) to be more than conquerors over situations and the devil. However, the devil still has a voice. It says in 1 Peter 5:8,
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."
And the devil was trying to speak last week and i made the mistake of listening. I had a very rough couple of days, entertaining negative thoughts and even in the midst of reading my bible and feeding on truth, i was still listening to those negative thoughts. I made the mistake of entertaining them for a minute. The devil was crafty and some of those negative thoughts i was thinking sounded logical in a sense, they sounded like they could be true. However, they did not line up with truth (the word) and thats where the light bulb should be going off. So i had a rough couple days at practice and thursday night came around and coach put up the lineup for fridays game. Again i was not on the list and again the thoughts kept pouring in. Stronger than ever and i continued to entertain them. The funny thing is, if someone just saw me and said hello they could possibly not know what was going on on the inside of me, unless they had discernment from the Lord. This was an internal battle going on. Later on in the evening i was able to talk with my parents, and they so wisely helped to open my eyes to what was going on. How i was entertaining these lies from the devil and that was producing a thought of "the Lord is unfaithful" - i might not of said that with my mouth, but i entertained the thought for even a second and that is not good. After having my eyes opened i was so mad, mad at the devil and his deceitfulness, i was mad that he was trying to trick me like that, trying to get me to question the goodness of my God.
After going to the Lord and just spending time with Him thursday night and getting myself back into the truth, i was at peace and at rest in my spirit. It was excellent.
My parents and Carol had planned to come up for the weekend and watch both games. So they arrived friday and we went to the game and watched it together. We lost that night to Geneseo. The next day we met at the rink at 10 am to have a little meeting. Coaches use this as a way to get guys up in the morning so you dont sleep all day, plus this is where he puts the lineup up for that nights game. When i walked into the room i noticed that i was on the list to play that night! I was excited for sure, i wasnt jumping for joy or anything like that. But i was thankful to the Lord.
So basically including my parents and Carol, i had 13 people come to that game that night. ha. I had my own little fan club. We won that game and i was pleased with how i played. I had a mixture of feelings after the game, i was so happy that we had won, however, i was also sad that that was the end of the season then. So it was bitter sweet. I remember walking out to my car after the game and i was just thankful to the Lord. I was thankful that i had gotten to play that night, especially since it was the last game of the year and it was also senior night. I played that game for the 3 seniors we had, i wanted to make sure we won that game and we could send them out on a win! So i was just thrilled.
I still want to spend some time with the Lord and just speak with Him about this season and how everything went down. I am asking the Lord why certain things happened the way they did and i also want to start asking the Lord about next season. I might end up blogging later on about what i receive from the Lord or maybe i wont. I will try though.
We have about 2 more weeks of school until i get to go home for 1 week for spring break. I am looking forward to that. Also after this week is over (this is my rest week this week) i will start my training program for the spring. Also this spring i plan to setup a net outside in my backyard and i want to shoot at least 500 pucks a day. Maybe more, we will see how that goes. I really think this will be wise and it will be a good use of my time as well. I really want to work on my shot for next season and i think this is one way to do it.
I am receiving revelation from the Lord about work and how we do that under Grace and things of that nature, but i do not have the whole picture right now. I will post about that later sometime when i have more. Plus this entry is mega long already so i should cut it off now.
Thank you all for reading! I'll post again later!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Still going...
Hey!
So last week i wrote my blog before our game that saturday night against Elmira College. We ended up loosing that game to Elmira. We played so well and it was an excellent game, we just came up short in the end. It did not matter as much because Elmira is not in our conference, therefore, it does not affect our standings within our league. But it is still nice to win... After the game we came outside to load up our bus and then found it stuck in the snow. ha. We assembled about 12 of us in the front and tried to "push" the bus out. We got really close actually, we were rocking it back and forth and almost got it out but then a tow truck came and he ended up pulling us out. It was eventful to say the least. While waiting we ended up having a mini snow ball fight in the parking lot between us all which was pretty fun.
Last sunday was pretty disappointing to all the Steelers fans out there... I have surely gotten enough hassle from teammates and friends at school. But i still proudly wear my Steelers hat to school everyday. Also it was funny because my coach is a huge Packers fan, so i guess it was nice that his team got to win....
We had a good week at practice. I did not have a great practice monday, i was thinking about hopefully getting to play this weekend and all those thoughts were bogging me down. Then tuesday when i went to practice the Lord so kindly opened my eyes and reminded me that EVERYTHING i do i do as unto Him. And it clicked and i was free to practice unto the Lord, not to my coach and not for the chance to play either (although we do practice and prepare to play, that should be our expectation) but my purpose cant be just to play games. Thats not enough, everything i am doing must be as unto the Lord, in order that HE might be glorified through me. I remember telling my mom halfway through the week that i was having so much fun at practice this week because the Lord brought me back to that truth.
We only had 1 game this weekend, on friday. It was a conference game and it was a big one for sure. We had to win the game in order to have a chance at making the playoffs. Again i did not get a chance to play and again i was disappointed. I actually had an afternoon where i felt depressed slightly and the enemy was trying to fill my head with wrong thoughts. That things will never change and all those things that could potentially go with a disappointing situation. But again i am so thankful to the Lord because He always helps His children, He always sends me help in time of trouble. I got into the Word and into some teaching and the Lord continued to enlarge my picture of Him and what Jesus has accomplished on the cross and what that means in my DAILY life. The thing i am seeing is, i must come to the Word daily and be receiving food for my soul everyday. I need to keep feeding on what His word says about me, not what my situation or my coaches say about me but only what He says.
We did not win our game last night, we lost 4-0 and now we are officially out of the playoffs. We have 2 games next weekend, both home games but even if we win them both we cannot make the playoffs. Even though it doesnt really matter, i really want to win them. I want to end on a good note this season and i want to salvage some pride for this organization and school.
I look forward to what this week holds and i want to enjoy every single day of practice because this is our last week of practices. So i really want to take it all in and enjoy it and i am looking forward to hopefully having a chance to play next weekend in both of our games.
Again i will update you all next weekend after both of those games and i hope to bring some good news!
Thank you again for reading, it means so much to me that there are people out there who still continue to follow. Lots of love!
So last week i wrote my blog before our game that saturday night against Elmira College. We ended up loosing that game to Elmira. We played so well and it was an excellent game, we just came up short in the end. It did not matter as much because Elmira is not in our conference, therefore, it does not affect our standings within our league. But it is still nice to win... After the game we came outside to load up our bus and then found it stuck in the snow. ha. We assembled about 12 of us in the front and tried to "push" the bus out. We got really close actually, we were rocking it back and forth and almost got it out but then a tow truck came and he ended up pulling us out. It was eventful to say the least. While waiting we ended up having a mini snow ball fight in the parking lot between us all which was pretty fun.
Last sunday was pretty disappointing to all the Steelers fans out there... I have surely gotten enough hassle from teammates and friends at school. But i still proudly wear my Steelers hat to school everyday. Also it was funny because my coach is a huge Packers fan, so i guess it was nice that his team got to win....
We had a good week at practice. I did not have a great practice monday, i was thinking about hopefully getting to play this weekend and all those thoughts were bogging me down. Then tuesday when i went to practice the Lord so kindly opened my eyes and reminded me that EVERYTHING i do i do as unto Him. And it clicked and i was free to practice unto the Lord, not to my coach and not for the chance to play either (although we do practice and prepare to play, that should be our expectation) but my purpose cant be just to play games. Thats not enough, everything i am doing must be as unto the Lord, in order that HE might be glorified through me. I remember telling my mom halfway through the week that i was having so much fun at practice this week because the Lord brought me back to that truth.
We only had 1 game this weekend, on friday. It was a conference game and it was a big one for sure. We had to win the game in order to have a chance at making the playoffs. Again i did not get a chance to play and again i was disappointed. I actually had an afternoon where i felt depressed slightly and the enemy was trying to fill my head with wrong thoughts. That things will never change and all those things that could potentially go with a disappointing situation. But again i am so thankful to the Lord because He always helps His children, He always sends me help in time of trouble. I got into the Word and into some teaching and the Lord continued to enlarge my picture of Him and what Jesus has accomplished on the cross and what that means in my DAILY life. The thing i am seeing is, i must come to the Word daily and be receiving food for my soul everyday. I need to keep feeding on what His word says about me, not what my situation or my coaches say about me but only what He says.
We did not win our game last night, we lost 4-0 and now we are officially out of the playoffs. We have 2 games next weekend, both home games but even if we win them both we cannot make the playoffs. Even though it doesnt really matter, i really want to win them. I want to end on a good note this season and i want to salvage some pride for this organization and school.
I look forward to what this week holds and i want to enjoy every single day of practice because this is our last week of practices. So i really want to take it all in and enjoy it and i am looking forward to hopefully having a chance to play next weekend in both of our games.
Again i will update you all next weekend after both of those games and i hope to bring some good news!
Thank you again for reading, it means so much to me that there are people out there who still continue to follow. Lots of love!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Being a branch in the vine...
Hey guys!
So last night we had a game against no. 1 ranked Oswego. This game was absolutely huge for us, we are in a position right now that we have to win the rest of our games in order to earn a playoff spot. So everyone was pumped up for this one, it was a home game so we tried to get a good portion of the school to come out and see us and we actually had a good crowd there. We played so well last night and we were winning the game 3-1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd and final period. Right after we scored our 3rd goal to make it 3-1 Oswego came right back and scored a goal to make it 3-2. Then about a minute after that goal they scored again to tie the game up 3-3. It totally stunk that we blew our lead like that, we made a couple dumb decisions and that cost us some goals. We then had to go into overtime and try to beat them there. We dominated them in overtime and had a couple of different opportunities to score but we didnt. Then with 1 min left in the overtime period one of their forwards split our D and he went in to score the game winning goal. It was pretty disappointing because we had the No.1 team in the nation and we were beating them and all we had to do was hold onto the lead. Everyone was mad and disappointed with the results.
I did not get a chance to play in this game again. I was not really thinking i would get a chance because i figured that since we won both of our games last weekend that my coach would try to keep everything the same, we even wore our away jerseys for our home game because we won in our away jerseys last weekend. However, through the coarse of the week my Mom and Carol encouraged me with the scripture from Psalm 31 that says, "My times are in Your hands". My times are not in the hands of my coach (even though they look like they are), i trust the Lord that my times are in His hands and thats the safest place they can be. It doesn't always feel good, but i am thankful i can trust my times to Him.
We had a meeting this morning at the rink to talk about the game and to watch some game tape. After our meeting my coach announced that the lineup would be exactly the same as last night. Therefore i will not be playing again. I was kind of thinking because we lost last night that he might change the lineup but i was not sure. However, that word in Psalms still remains true, my times are in His hands. It stinks that im not playing, but i can rest in His time.
Also a dear brother of mine from India, Sid, reminded me yesterday of the scripture in John 15 about we believers being a branch in the Vine and because we are a branch we simply bear fruit. We do not have to TRY to bear fruit or strive to bear fruit, because we are a branch connected to the life flow we simply bear fruit. So i was greatly encouraged by that as i meditated on that yesterday.
We leave this afternoon to play our game against Elmira College, it is only an hour away so it wont be a bad trip. After this weekend we have one home game next friday and then 2 home games the following weekend and then the regular season is over...
Thanks again for reading and keeping up with what i am doing and what the Lord is doing in my life. I greatly appreciate it. I will write again soon!
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So last night we had a game against no. 1 ranked Oswego. This game was absolutely huge for us, we are in a position right now that we have to win the rest of our games in order to earn a playoff spot. So everyone was pumped up for this one, it was a home game so we tried to get a good portion of the school to come out and see us and we actually had a good crowd there. We played so well last night and we were winning the game 3-1 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd and final period. Right after we scored our 3rd goal to make it 3-1 Oswego came right back and scored a goal to make it 3-2. Then about a minute after that goal they scored again to tie the game up 3-3. It totally stunk that we blew our lead like that, we made a couple dumb decisions and that cost us some goals. We then had to go into overtime and try to beat them there. We dominated them in overtime and had a couple of different opportunities to score but we didnt. Then with 1 min left in the overtime period one of their forwards split our D and he went in to score the game winning goal. It was pretty disappointing because we had the No.1 team in the nation and we were beating them and all we had to do was hold onto the lead. Everyone was mad and disappointed with the results.
I did not get a chance to play in this game again. I was not really thinking i would get a chance because i figured that since we won both of our games last weekend that my coach would try to keep everything the same, we even wore our away jerseys for our home game because we won in our away jerseys last weekend. However, through the coarse of the week my Mom and Carol encouraged me with the scripture from Psalm 31 that says, "My times are in Your hands". My times are not in the hands of my coach (even though they look like they are), i trust the Lord that my times are in His hands and thats the safest place they can be. It doesn't always feel good, but i am thankful i can trust my times to Him.
We had a meeting this morning at the rink to talk about the game and to watch some game tape. After our meeting my coach announced that the lineup would be exactly the same as last night. Therefore i will not be playing again. I was kind of thinking because we lost last night that he might change the lineup but i was not sure. However, that word in Psalms still remains true, my times are in His hands. It stinks that im not playing, but i can rest in His time.
Also a dear brother of mine from India, Sid, reminded me yesterday of the scripture in John 15 about we believers being a branch in the Vine and because we are a branch we simply bear fruit. We do not have to TRY to bear fruit or strive to bear fruit, because we are a branch connected to the life flow we simply bear fruit. So i was greatly encouraged by that as i meditated on that yesterday.
We leave this afternoon to play our game against Elmira College, it is only an hour away so it wont be a bad trip. After this weekend we have one home game next friday and then 2 home games the following weekend and then the regular season is over...
Thanks again for reading and keeping up with what i am doing and what the Lord is doing in my life. I greatly appreciate it. I will write again soon!
GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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