http://trousey.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:59:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every day millions of people are fighting for it. In the midst of fighting for it, it can cause… marriages to be ruined... jobs to be lost... reputations to be damaged... relationships to drift... kids to be pushed a way... And for what? All for the achievement of one of the greatest and most addictive illusions of our life: control Control ... http://trousey.com/?p=540 Long story short... Last night me and a friend went to hang out with my Pastor Joey and his wife at their house. We went with no real agenda other than to be poured into and drawn closer to God. On the way over there I prayed that God would challenge us ... http://trousey.com/?p=535 Ok so I'll admit it, when it comes to ministry there's a TON of things I don't know. BUT I have learned a few things about student ministry. For instance... Students are crazy PASSIONATE... Students want a place to BELONG and call HOME... Students long for people who are REAL... Students want a chance to ... http://trousey.com/?p=532 Mark 10:35-45 When was the last time you volunteered to do something in service to another person? If you’re a father, you’ve probably done something selfless already to serve your child or children today. If you’re a husband, chances are you can remember the last time you served your wife without ... http://trousey.com/?p=527 Via PerryNoble.com #1 – I believe there is more God given potential in you than you realize.  (See Ephesians 2:10) #2 – I believe He has a plan for your life…one that He is revealing in steps because IF He revealed it all at one our minds would explode.  (See I Corinthians 2:9) #3 – ... http://trousey.com/?p=524 I'm that guy who has to pray for people right then and there because if I don't, more times than not, I'll forget. I'm that guy who is on staff at an amazing Church yet feels so inadequate and undeserving. I'm a guy who should have a lot better relationship with his ... http://trousey.com/?p=85 Psalm 46:1-11 Stress. We face it every day. We eat stress with our breakfast, sit next to it on the ride to class or work and dream about it at night. Stress can consume us to the point that we feel like Robert Orben, who wrote, "Sometimes I get the feeling ... http://trousey.com/?p=502 Think for a minute: What's the first thing you'd do if you were to win the lottery? Buy a new car... New house.... Shopping spree at the best clothing store in the world "H&M"... Season tickets to watch americas favorite basketball team the Lakers Well Bud Post actually won 16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery and ... http://trousey.com/?p=500 Luke 6:27-36 Late in the winter of 1569 Dirk Willems found himself running from the Dutch authorities. Although no one today would see his beliefs about baptism as radical or threatening, leaders at the time regarded them as heretical and illegal. Fleeing for his life, Willems came to a pond covered with ... http://trousey.com/?p=504 The story of Joshua starts off as a terrible story, but trust me, it changes for the better. Sacred Heart, a hospital in Haiti, found a 12 year old boy from Haiti suffering with cerebral palsy and pulled him off of the streets to start caring for him. Before Joshua was found ... http://trousey.com/?p=497