It’s Good Friday and this is the verse that comes to mind for me today.

Christian Hosoi was and is an ultimate skateboarding hero. Ask anyone from the 80′s and 90′s and you’d get the same response. His skate decks where under my feet in my early teenage years and I loved watching him shred in old videos (like Terror in Tahoe!). Today I got to watch his story of freedom. One word…Awesome!

My walk has been short, but the effect it’s had on “holidays” has been pretty immense. Things have changed, to say the least. The last few Advent seasons, I’ve read and re-read the account of Jesus’ birth. This morning, I started in Matthew, then Mark, but ended up being drawn to this specific verse in John….

“In his heart a man plans his course, 
but the LORD determines his steps.” – Proverbs 16:9

I am so thankful for God – who continues to give me such joy out of prayer and the study of His Word. I am praying He will continue to align me with opportunities to share Christ. I’ve been labeled as being disciplined. I guess that may be true, but from my perspective it’s simply desire. I want to know God more. I want to be as much as He will let me be. I [...]

I found the “I am Second” website a while back and thought the concept was awesome. I watched some of the stories and was inspired. Putting God first… Great idea right?! Anyway, today my wife sent me this one particular story and said – “you have to check this out”. Well, she was right. It’s an incredible story. It’s well worth the ten minutes, I promise! The video is called Whispering Danny. More about “I [...]

So today is a big day. I accepted Jesus into my life exactly 1 year ago. It’s been a whirlwind of a ride, too! I can’t begin to say how my life has changed, or at least make it short enough for anyone to read . But take my word for it, I was born one year ago (not 30-something years ago). Everything is new. Everything is amazing. And honestly, everything is hard. I’ve been [...]

Lately I feel like the Holy Spirit is the only thing that loosens the soil beneath my feet. He the main ingredient in helping the seed Christ planted in me, grow. In fact, the Holy Spirit is the only Godly part of my body. Sure, I was made by God for God, but when I asked Jesus into my life, my so-called “reason for being” changed pretty dramatically. There’s NO WAY I can do anything [...]

Every night I read a devotional with my son, Wilder. Tonight’s was about “The Book of Life”. We talked about it and read a short passage in Revelations 21: 22-26 where it talks about Jesus (the Lamb) holding The Book of Life. The book contains the names for people of all nations who are going to be with Him forever. We talked about asking Jesus into our lives as a Savior. Wilder said he’d done [...]

On this Thanksgiving, I am more grateful than ever. I’m humbled by what God has done in my life. Through His grace alone, I have been changed. It’s nothing I’ve done, but only what He’s done IN me. I’m thankful for a God who provides me with an opportunity to know Him more deeply. I’m thankful for a God who gives me the fruits of the Spirit and let’s them grow inside me. I’m thankful [...]

C.S. Lewis said, “If you’re thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you’re embarking on something which will take the whole of you.” This quote rings especially true for me lately. Despite not having posted in awhile, it’s certainly not because my faith has dimmed. It’s actually quite the opposite. Since my last post, I’ve finished reading and studying the book of Matthew, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, and Ecclesiastes (Solomon’s words blew me away!). Beyond that, I finished [...]

Even though I lived most of my life with worry, one day, I finally gave up. And when I say “gave up,” I don’t mean it in the literal sense. I mean, I gave my worry up to God. Since my walk began, and more specifically, when I gave myself wholeheartedly to God, I went from falling victim to worry, to having hardly any worry at all. By giving Him 100% of myself, I begin [...]

Sometimes I think to myself, “people must think I’m crazy”. But beyond an irrational explanation for such an intense feeling, I really can’t explain it better than – “it’s just the way I’m feeling it.” I have tried to get the words right in my head before making this post over the last few days, but I really can’t seem to get it right. So, I’m doing it anyway. Now if this is your first [...]

Today was kind of a tough day. Not necessarily because anything really bad happened, but because I was busy. Yup, I was busy. Busy with stuff, work, work, and more work. I let all the regular day distractions keep me from spending the time I now need in my new relationship with God. I’ve been so focused lately on that relationship being my priority, that just one “off” day really throws me for a loop. [...]

Yesterday I heard someone say they think there’s a difference between calling yourself a Christian or a Believer. Their point (I believe) was that anyone can call themselves a Christian but it’s more “REAL” to call yourself Believer if you’ve “got faith”. I found that thought interesting. In many ways I totally agree. The term Christian gets thrown around so much it’s unfortunately become a simple label which doesn’t always have the best example coming [...]

So here it is… our Baptism videos. Both my story and Samantha’s story, otherwise known as our story. Jason and Samantha Davenport Baptisms from buckheadchurch on Vimeo.

Yesterday was kind of an odd day for me. It was one of the first days in a long time where I started to feel myself slip back to the “old me” with stress and insecurity and self concern coming to the surface. Luckily I told my wife. She then proceeded to rally the kids together and gave me a big cheer. Yup, a real genuine cheer with pom-pom’s and all – and no, she [...]

Define what Church means to you. An old friend of mine (Matt from Lakeland FL) who I’ve recently reconnected with posted this comment on FB. I thought the question was pretty thought provoking, but I honestly didn’t have to think on it much. Church is pretty real to me right now. I admit a year ago or so it was like torture just hearing the word “Church”. I think I found something that really fits [...]

Yesterday morning (Sunday July 25, 2010), my wife and I got Baptized. Samantha and I were nervously excited to say the least. It was like our wedding day, but different. It was that kind of feeling you get when you are about to embark on something so huge, so extra large, that it was hard to imagine really. We had a number of friends who were pumped to watch which only added to the celebration. [...]

So a lots been going on lately. I know these posts have dates, but they aren’t really accurate necessarily. They merely represent when I got this website up! Anyway, after becoming a believer, I knew there was a bigger step. My wife Samantha really wanted us both to get Baptized at our church (Buckhead Church). I admit when she first told me about a few months ago, I was still young in my belief and [...]