I'm Not Going There! plus, Blameless and Not Ashamed updates

Last weekend the Senior Pastor at my church (Pastor Stovall Weems) preached a sermon on relationships. We are in a series called "What's Your Status?". Well, the message was on guarding your heart. Everyone should watch it here, but He said something during that message that hit me incredibly hard. When tempted, or before tempation comes, just tell it "I'm not going there".

Let's be honest. My first thought was "Stovall, great concept, but I do a whole lot more than that and I still stumble". Well, this week when when temptations came about that usually cause me to stuble, I simply said "I'm not going there" and then prayed. I stumble ALOT (lol) so it was like an ongoing thing, but kept me praying. WOW this was such a great and powerful week!

Thursday night I was having a dream. In this dream I was in a situation that wasn't pleasing to the Lord. I stop in the middle of the situation, say "I'm not going there" and seriously get up and walk away. This was in my dream! I was shocked! Anyway, after talking to a friend, I realized that this was my spirit protecting EVEN MY DREAMS! I think it was also my spirit connected closer to God. Truly Amazing!

I feel that God may have me in a transition right now. I am excited!

So, also over the past week, God is showing me different people. Maybe I wasn't ready for it before, I don't know. I've done a lot of socializing this week with different people from church and what not, and it can be dissapointing to see the real side of people sometimes. Maybe God is showing me things to pray about.

On a different note.... If you know me personally, then you know that I'm a fairly social guy. I get along with most (sometimes a select few I totally let get under my skin lol) and I enjoy people. I have a problem though. Let me give you this example. I am with a group of people and they start trash talking a person that I know. Maybe saying that this person is fake, or lives a different life outside of church or what not. Well, even though I am cool with said person, I've caught myself starting to look at them differently.

First of all, when gossip arises when I'm around, I try to turn it around by either changing the subject, or turning that "gossip" into a possible positive scenerio. I don't like gossip and try to avoid it. I guess that it just bothers me that I catch myself letting it affect me. Good thing the Holy Spirit corrects my thoughts and reminds me that none of that matters and I am to TRY to love that person as Jesus loves me! Amen? oh yeah

Ok, I have tons more from this past week. Best spiritual week I've ever experienced! If I had it all in this entry, no one would be able to finish due to the length lol.

Have a great week, all!

-chris



Blameless Update:
Blameless has 5 new songs out that you can listen to at www.MySpace.com/BlamelessMusic Also, they are working on the artwork for the new EP and will be releasing that hopefully within a week or two.

Not Ashamed Update:
We are continually putting up a few of our designs, and we are still set to begin print maybe within a couple of weeks. We are very excited!

Bitter-Sweet

I don't even know what to blog about this morning. It amazes me how our life is to be "Sweet" with God's blessings and grace and mercy and love. But, why do I choose to add that "Bitterness" into my life.

OK, thats it. I have no other thoughts or a solution for that. Prayer and continue to read. That's my only solution. It just frustrates me that I become so ignorant to let anxiety and anger and frustration overcome me from time to time.

On a light note......

Blameless has just uploaded their 5 new songs to their MySpace. Totally amazing! You have to check it out. No joke! www.MySpace.com/BlamelessMusic

Not Ashamed may be printing up their first shirts in as little as 2 weeks. It looks like they may start out with 4 designs. Very promising designs. The quality of the shirts themselves is the highest in the industry. The company that I found was by complete accident, and he was able to help us keep costs down. Talk about a blessing!

As of right now (this may change) it looks like we will have 1 mens shirt for $30, 1 men's shirt for $20 and 2 women's shirts for $18, but we may be able to even lower the cost of the women's shirts to $16! I personally feel that the designs are pretty hot. We are lookin at releasing a number of shirts every month. We are already designing for December and January which are looking phenominal!

I'm nervous, though. I'm nervous of people not liking them, or for me stepping away from the "message" that I really want to use this for. I guess that I'm scared of failure on all the different levels. I believe in the message, I believe in the designs and I believe in the quality of shirts that we are selecting.

But, overall I'm excited and happy. Just wanted to share my feelings LOL. Have an awesome day anyone reading this!

A little annoyed this morning.. blameless and not ashamed updates

I hate the fact that everytime I am doing well with my spiritual growth, I let something come in and knock me down. I'm not talking about being in depression or in a negative mood or anything. I just mean that I get this great momentum going, and WHAM! Something makes me stumble. I really need to better prepare myself for battle, I guess. All I can do is pick myself up and keep on ah groovin!

Blameless Update: The guys are doing well, and has a big surprise for everyone here REAL soon!

Not Ashamed Update: Clothing line is coming along. Made some new contacts and I think we've figured out the different print shops that we will use. We are trying to make sure to have great designs that are modern, very high quality garments, but able to keep the cost as low as possibly. Yes, people pay $200 for an Ed Hardy t-shirt or $86 for an Affliction t-shirt, but who is going to do that to a no-name? We are trying to keep the cost down under $20, and if we can (at least at first), I truly feel that we can get a lot of product out there.

Have a good day!