I'll sing because You are good!

Saturday night we kicked off the youth rally in Bowling Green with a new song from Christ for the Nations Institute that goes a little like this:

"I'll sing because you are good and I'll shout because you are good and I'll dance because you are good, you are good to me!"

That line has been replaying over and over again in my mind since that moment because, God has been SO good to me. This past weekend was incredible. All last week I battled with worry and doubt about the youth rally. I was afraid kids were burnt out, that no one would show up, and that no one really wanted it or cared for it anymore, but God is faithful and I started praying for the service and building up my faith that God would do something great and he did! So here is a list of all the Awesome things God did:

1. First of all, we had an AWESOME turn out. The church was packed. We had youth groups from Leitchfield, Ky to Murfressboro, TN. It was great. I never got a final count, but the crowd looked good.
2. The music rocked. My sister Christina and Rebekah's boyfriend JJ got the arrangements and everything set up and it was absolutely phenomenal. The anointing was so strong and the music was perfect and the worship followed suit. Christina played the guitar so good... I don't know what I'm going to do with her.
3. I had asked Byron Lowe, from Leitchfield to have a 10-15 minute testimony. He's sixteen years old and God definitely has a calling on his life. I asked him to speak because I want other young people to see how God is using him and know that God can use them too. He blew me away. I was shocked out of my mind. He blew every expectation I have ever had for a sixteen year old kid preaching out of the water. Praise God for him and his ministry. 
4. The flow of the service was so good. God definitely was working and moving things around and leading the service.
5. MARK TIPTON BROUGHT IT! He preached one of the best messages I have EVER heard at a youth service. I mean, he didn't play at all. He preached against sin, and he preached Hell hot. He didn't beat around the bush at all, he told those young people like it was.
6. The alter service was incredible and my cousin Rachel's best friend from school was filled with the Holy Ghost! Ah! It was such an incredible moment watching that happen and it was so good for Rachel as well... I just can't get over it.

Christina said when we left that every service gets better and better, and I agree. I mean, that's what should happen. I know, in my personal life, that I want to constantly grow in the Lord. I never want to go back to yesterday, I want to continually move onward and upward with the Lord. I have been experiencing revival in my own life in the past few months unlike anything I have experienced before, yet I still see so much room for growth and so many things that I want the Lord to do. 

I was in a service on Friday night with several ministers and the common theme seemed to be that yes, God is coming back soon, but he's coming back for a church that is spotless, without blemish, and even those of us who are "saved" still have work to do. We haven't reached perfection yet. I haven't reached perfection, but I know that I serve a perfect God and each and every day is a chance to grow in him.