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Have you ever been frustrated with God or yourself (or both)? Have you ever felt that you are hopeless or far away from God? Have you ever felt that you are not where you should be? I have a message for you!

This Sunday I will be preaching a message on Spiritual Frustration. I will be talking about some things that cause this condition and what we should keep in mind if we are experiencing this. It will not be “five steps to end spiritual frustration” or anything like that. Just come and see what God’s word says for the spiritually frustrated.

I cannot promise that I will post this sermon online, so come join us this Sunday if you want to hear the message. This will probably be my last time to preach at our congregation for the 2006-2007 school year.

The week of Valentine’s Day turned out to be quite eventful. Starting Sunday and ending this morning (Saturday), The Lord blessed me with six speaking engagements. I am still amazed that He can use someone like me to speak to students. I have seen God’s faithfulness in so many ways this week:

*The power was out when I arrived at the church on Sunday afternoon for their youth service. A pastor prayed with me, asking God to give us electricity in time. The electricity came on just in time for us to get the program and seminar started.

*Wednesday we had a problem with the LCD projector (we did not have the right cord to attach it to my laptop). Someone found the right cord just in time–we started a little late, but we were able to finish in the allotted time.

*Thursday I had the opportunity to share TLW to a deaf audience (about half of those in attendance were deaf and got the message through their teacher/translator). It was the first time I’ve been able to serve students who are hearing impaired, and I considered it a great honor. Some of these students also spoke with me personally (through their teacher) after the seminar.

*I praise and thank God for my physical health (sometimes I forget to thank Him for this). My voice held up just fine, even though I had to really speak up at some of the venues.

*I praise God for the opportunity to interact with diverse groups of students. Some of the seminars I did were for church youth groups and high school students. This was something new for me, since I normally only do seminars on college campuses. Even though I was “out of my element,” God was faithful to give us successful presentations.

*Many speaking engagements were with smaller, more intimate groups. I also enjoy big groups, but the smaller groups allow for more Q/A time.

I hope that all of you who attended were blessed. I hope that many students will commit their lives to Christ and will commit themselves to sexual purity as a result of this week’s ministry.

Maybe some of you at University Baptist Church are just hoping I’ll never wear that shirt again 🙂