Going Public!!!

Last night's service was great. All the things Tweez said about going public were incredible. We read in Acts 9 about Paul and the first thing he did after his life was changed by Jesus. It said he went around preaching, basically going public with his decision. That message was awesome and encouraged me stand for Jesus all the time and make sure people know I belong to Him. It gave me courage to go and talk to a girl on my volleyball team. She came up to me yesterday and basically told me know I don't know anything. I do have trouble with knowing the formation changes in some of the drills, but she should be trying to help me instead of condemning me. So anyway, I went up to her today, after previously messing up and showing the young girls the wrong thing to do. I just told her I don't always know what to do and if she sees me doing something wrong to show me how to do it correctly instead of getting mad. I was very scared because she is a junior and I feel inferior. She said she just gets aggravated because she's been playing for a while and I need to make sure I get it. Today was really encouraging. One of the first things we did was go in a room and turn out all the lights. Then we went around a circle and each turned our lights on one at a time. It showed that we all have to work together to light up the room. Our coach explained that we are all part of the team and we're all important, even if we're a freshman. Another girl told me when her and another girl get back they will be right there with me when we run.(I'm usually close to being last to finish.)The message last night and much prayer gave me the courage to go talk to this girl. I hope it helped the situation. Also the worship was great last night. the song My Future Decided really spoke to me. The words go something like this: I will scream at the top of my lungs,You are my God and I won't be silent. This made me really won't to witness to my volleyball team and at my school. Like Jason said it's MY team and MY school. It gave me a real passion to witness with my words and actions. I think talking to that girl the way I did started it off well. I could've gotten really angry when she was ugly and going around talking about me, but God gave me self control. The other song was also really great. The words went something like this: We will praise the One who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead. Worship always gets louder during this part of the song. The words taught me a few things. (1)God paid the price with His son Jesus Christ. (2)Jesus' blood washes over ALL my sins.(3) I'm not perfect but I serve the One who is.(4)God uses unperfect people, by the way, He specializes in it. There is no condemnation is Christ.(Romans 8:1-2) Jason said that God didn't fix out life or give us hammy downs. He gave us a new life. All those points weren't literally in the words but that's what God had been showing me. That's all for now.