Hello

Hey everyone. Sorry it has been a while since I have blogged. Life has been somewhat busy the last couple of weeks.

I really don't have anything that is like burning inside of me to share. Not a lot has happened. Life is good though. Lauren and I are doing really well. We are going to get to spend more time than usual with each other this weekend. She is going to a women's retreat with the BSU, and they will be staying here in Norman. So, when they are finished we are going to hang out some.

Last Sunday I started teaching the Freshman college students with Merideth Dake. I am really excited about what God is going to do. Everyone seems excited about it. It will be a lot of fun. Especially since Merideth and I are so different in a lot of ways, but our thinking is pretty much in line all the time.

She is an amazing communicator/speaker. One of the best in the country for our age groupe...literally. Where as I am not. I am a terrible speaker, and shy away from it. But I really want the students to grow in their passion for Christ, so I am more than willing to help. Merideth is choleric, and I am flegmatic. That is all there is to it. But I think it will be really good.

There is one thing that I really have been praying for lately. That is that God would reveal His glory and power at OU. I want to see OU have a spiritual awakening. I have been reading in I and II Kings lately, and God has really been showing me a lot of things. In I Kings 18:20-46 the story of Elijah proving God a LORD is told. And it really has just stuck with me. I read it again last night, and some things stuck out even more.

1st of all the way Elijah prepared the alter was extremely impressive to me. Israel was in the middle of a droubt, and he had buckets and buckets of water poured on the alter until the ground was soaking wet. It wasn't like the people of Israel had a lot of water to just give to a sacrifice that would not work. They were in the middle of a three year droubt. So them doing thing was sacrificial on their part.

Then Elijah's prayer was powerful. I asked that the LORD of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel answer him. He had been obedient to God, now he wanted God to show His people the He alone is God, that their hearts may turn back to Him.

Then God's fire. It consumed everything that it touched. It took up all of th water, dust, and stones on the groud. That would be so awesome! His people could not help but fall facedown and worship Him.

Lastly God's blessing. God sent rain for the first time in 3 years to his people.

So, my thought is that in order to see revival anywhere we have to take the steps that Elijah did. There is obviously more to the story and life of Elijah that is not told here. But he allowed God to do His will through him. Then he prepared himself for the time that God would make Himself known. He prayed diligent and with conviction for the people of Israel to fear God again. And he waited on God's perfect timing.

There are others praying for this to happen also. And we are starting to passionately pursue God in this matter. We are tired of the stronghold Satan has had on this campus since its conception, and we want God to do an incredible work in the lives of His people. So join us in praying for OU. But also pray that God will use you wherever you are.