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City On A Hill

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:54:00 +0000

It was early Monday morning and I was having one of those days already. I was tired from staying up late; fighting a cold and school was the last place I wanted to be. I could sense that I was being short and not too friendly to anyone, but I did not really care I was just in one of those moods. I was patrolling the hallways moving students along to class when I kept noticing signs hanging the number 514. I did not really think about it, our hallways have things hanging all over. Finally while exiting the second floor there was that sign again I was walking right towards it and could not help but read it. It was a sign for a new bible club in our school. It was called Club 514. The 514 was in reference to Matthew 5:14 which reads, “ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.”
Wow! How I needed to be reminded of that. It is easy sometimes to forget that as a follower of Christ we are to carry ourselves a certain way. As Christians we are like that city on a hill, everything we do is seen and magnified at times. My entire drive to school I keep telling myself I was going to hid out and keep to myself, but God makes our plans. His plans for this day were for me to venture out of my office and see that sign!

Blog written by Justin Aaron Foster

What is Your Life Story?

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:44:00 +0000

I love this video clip from one of my favorite shows. The reason that I think it is such a great video is not just because it is funny, but because it makes you think about what! When I watched it, I thought about, “What is my life story?” What did Jesus do for me. This is a great video to share with your teen or child and then ask them “What did Jesus do for you?” Today’s youth relate through video and this is a super discussion starter. Just like this video, youth ask every day, “What?” Now it is time to harness that curiosity and to encourage them to talk about their story of how God changed their life. I think of Pastor Rick Warren when he shared at Barak Obama’s inaugeration by praying, “in the name of the one who changed my life…Jesus.” How did Jesus change your life? This is what we need to share with our youth of today, the life changing story of how Jesus changed our lives.

God of This City! God of our Schools!

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:51:00 +0000

God is the God of our Cities! God is also the God of our Schools! Listen to this song and dream about what God can do in our public schools. Many people think that prayer was taken out of public schools in the 1960’s, prayer is alive and well in our public schools today. Christians are serving as teachers, paraeducators, principals, custodians, volunteers, secretaries, Superintendents, and many othe positions to serve the young people of this great nation.

I hope that you will join me in praying for our public schools and in legally living out your faith in our schools. God calls us to be salt and light; light in a dark world. Christian Educators Association International is equipped to help you to live out your faith in our schools and to encourage you to be the salt and light in your classroom.

God Bless you for what you do! Whether your a mom, dad, educator, or student, God wants to encourage you to live with hope and purpose.

Blessings,

Bill

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:20:00 +0000

Take time today to view this powerful video with your child and talk about the importance of standing for the right for life with all babies. Thank goodness that Elliott’s parents decided on Life. Even though Elliott only lived 99 days, it was an eternity to his parents.

God Bless you and your child as you watch this video together. Get a box of tissues:)

Mission Possible

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:10:00 +0000

So many times it seems that it is mission impossible leading someone to Christ; however, this summer I had the opportunity to lead over 50 people to Christ in a four day span. For me, leading someone to Christ became Mission Possible. This summer I experienced one of the most life changing events in my entire life. I went with a group of teens from my church on a missions to trip to South America. This trip to Ecuador was an evangelistic trip; one where we went door to door sharing the gospel and telling others about Christ. WE used a tool called the evangecube to share the plan of salvation. My team led 190 people to Christ in a week’s time and we trained the nationals how to share their faith with their neighbors. As a principal in a public school, I believe that a missions trip to a foreign land is one of the best lessons that your child can ever learn. Check out these photos of our team sharing the Gospel with the people of Ecuador. The group of teen boys standing together all accepted Christ after we shared Godl’s life changing, liberating message with them.

God Bless You

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Did you Bless someone todayI have been trying to live out my faith in everyday events such as saying God Bless to you to people. Two weeks ago, my family and I were at a fast food restaurant and ordered one four pack of chicken nuggets and I said God Bless you to the lady serving us. She was so encouraged by this that she gave our family 15 more nuggets. A week later after saying God Bless you to our server, we received an extra milkshake with our meal. After this happening two weeks in a row, my son said, “Dad I am going to say God Bless you to all the cafeteria ladies tomorrow in school to see if I get extra food.

I recently led a Good News Club in my childrren’s elementary school. At that meeting, I encouraged all the elementary school students to say “God Bless” to their teacher and principal. One child reported that after saying “God Bless” to their teacher, the teacher responded by saying, “Thanks, I needed that.” A simple gesture of God Bless can encouarge a broken soul, comfort a saddened heart, and uplift a downtrodden child.

God Bless,

Bill