New Series at Campus Church!

This Sunday, May 30th, we'll be starting a new series at Campus Church - "To Live is Christ: A Study in Philippians." It will be the first series that the Lord has had me preach at CC. Please pray that He would anoint me with the power of His Holy Spirit and that He would speak through me so as to please Him, and not those who hear. Please pray that He reveals Himself to people's hearts - that He would increase and that I would decrease. Pray that, as Jesus is lifted up, that He would draw all men to Himself. He will do it, but not apart from believing prayer.

"All of God's works are done through believing prayer ... God will not do apart from prayer what He has promised to do in answer to prayer" -Armin Gesswein

Let's pray and watch Him act!

For the glory of Christ,

Ben

Two Loves, One Source

We're giving in to the blog world, not necessarily because we feel like anyone will want to read what we write, but because we both love to write and to document life and all that God teaches us about Himself along the way. We're creating this blog toward the beginning of our marriage in hopes that we'll be able to look back on it to reminisce and praise God for what He's done.

That being said, there is no better way to kick off this blog than for me to write about my two greatest loves: Jesus and Kayla.

I love my wife more than anything. She is the most beautiful person, inside and out, that I've ever known. She is loving and sweet. Discerning and wise. Encouraging and gracious. She is the depiction of a godly woman.

But as wonderful as Kayla is, she will never be able to satisfy my soul. All of the amazing qualities she has are mere reflections of the One her soul loves - Jesus. My ultimate fulfillment and joy are found in Him, not her. He is the desire of my soul and my greatest love. He enables me to enjoy and treasure her, but He does so because of His grace and because He enabled me to love Him first. My pursuit of Him fuels my pursuit of her.

Two amazing, undeserved loves have been given me, and the infinitely greater of the two treasures is also the Source of both. By the strength He supplies, I will passionately pursue them both until my heart can no longer stand the wait to see the King enthroned in all His beauty.