three18:unveiled

Self-Control

2009-07-09T07:36:00.000-07:00

What are you doing to build self-control? What areas of self-control do you need to work on? How can we help? How can we pray for you?

Leave a comment or email me at jsmith@gilliamsprings.org

This week at Three18

2009-06-29T09:33:00.000-07:00

Oasis-The Great Water Battle

The battle begins Tuesday at 1:30 and a ceasefire will be called at 4:30.

Soldiers need to be dressed in the proper uniform, dark t-shirt, fingertip length shorts, and shoes that can get wet. Bring sunscreen.

Wednesday- We are going down on the Cruise Farm...Wear Tennis Shoes...We will be leaving the church at 3:00 and returning to the church at 8:00. Make arrangements to be dropped off and picked up.

Oasis News

2009-06-22T07:16:00.001-07:00

Oasis has been rescheduled for Tuesday June 30th, due to a conflict (Whitney and I are buying a house and moving this week.) It will be a water Oasis. Please wear old clothes that can be destroyed, a one piece bathing suit, with a tshirt and appropriate length shorts (fingertip). You will also need shoes that can get wet or you can go barefoot (not really recommended). Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. This is going to be awesome.

Unplugged...

2009-04-23T12:58:00.000-07:00

So how did your unplugged moment go this week?

Devotional Thought

2009-03-12T12:26:00.002-07:00

The Widow we talked about last night gave all she had to live on... everything she had she dropped before God. If God is going to do something amazing in our lives, we have to lay everything before Him.

Is there something that you are struggling with laying before Christ?

Something that you are holding on to really tightly?

Something that is getting in the way of you giving your best to God?

If there is I encourage you to lay it before the cross. Give it over to God, and put God first. Let me know what happens, because it will change your life.

Read Luke 18:18-29

Jesus is not saying that having stuff is wrong, but He is saying letting that stuff get in the way of worship is wrong.

The greatest part is, if we give up everything, God will provided us with exactly what we need, and very often SO MUCH MORE. Give up "friends," God will give you true community. Give up a relationship, God will give you true love. Give up success, God will redefine success in your life. It is amazing what God can do! What is He doing in you?

Stretch

2009-03-12T12:26:00.001-07:00

What are you doing to be stretched by God?
How is God stretching you?

How to Twitter

2009-03-03T08:07:00.001-08:00

Step 1: Go to: https://twitter.com/signup: Go to: https://twitter.com/signup

On the Create a Free Twitter Account Page:

-select a username and password

-enter your e-mail address

-enter the code you see in the box

-click on “I accept. Create my account” at the bottom

You can skip the find friends part (hit the “skip” in the top right of
page)

Step 2: Click on “settings” at the top and then under “accounts”
change the time zone to Central Time
Then click on “devices”

-Enter your 10 digit cell phone number and check the box that
says Twitter can send texts to you then click “save”

Step 3: Then you will need to verify your phone number by texting the code it gives you to the number it provides. Within a few minutes you will get a verification text.

Step 4: Go to http://www.twitter.com/three18.

Step 5: Login again, click “follow” and make sure device updates are set to “on” or you will not get texts from us.

You are now signed up to receive texts from us! Feel free to look at
the different settings so you can change things if you want. There are a lot of options.

A few things to know: If you begin adding others to the list of people you follow you will receive texts from them even if they aren’t sending something directly to you. Like if Joe sends a reply to someone else (not you) but you follow Joe you will receive that text that has nothing to do with you. This is important to know for privacy and because standard text message rates apply.

We can’t receive any replies you send to us, so don’t bother. If you have a question or need something call or facebook message a student ministry worker.

Standard text rates apply!! Make sure you know this!

How to Twitter

2009-03-03T08:07:00.000-08:00

The Brazilians

2009-02-19T13:42:00.001-08:00

Let me start of by saying... Y'all are awesome. You really pitched in and raised over $300 for their renovation projects. Rock On Guys! So what did you think about those guys? What did you like? What did you not like? Let me know.

What do you want to talk about...

2009-02-10T11:59:00.000-08:00

So this week is a little different for me. I'm not having to plan a talk or a service for this week, so that means I can get some planning done for the future of our ministry, and I would love your input. So here is the question, "What would you like to learn about at worship:three18?"

This is your chance to find out what God says about the stuff you care about. Let me know.

Def: three18

2009-01-22T09:12:00.000-08:00

What is your definition of three18? How are you defining the three18 brand in your school, with your team, with your friends?

VIRAL: TONIGHT 6:30 PM Taco Bell Come chill

Accepting the Challenge

2008-12-18T07:53:00.000-08:00

What challenge have you accepted?

There is no prize for this one, just the public, exposing, knowledge that you have accepted Christ's challenge for you.

What is it?

How will you complete it?

How did it go?

Christmas

2008-12-16T13:27:00.000-08:00

What are you doing make Christ the center of Christmas?

First three responses win 5 bucks off of DiscipleNow.

(If you have won in the last 30 days you cannot win again. Sorry.)

Now I know why they call it stuffing...

2008-12-04T11:01:00.000-08:00

After a great Thanksgiving, where I learned the true meaning of stuffing, and felt like I had been to a taxidermist, we are back.

Questions:
How did your reading of John change your view of Christ?
How did you apply it to your life?

I want to hear your stories, I want to know what God is doing in your life so I can pray for you, encourage you, and give you practical teachings about how to press on.

So what's next:
If you didn't finish, keep going. It's never a time to give up.
If you did finish, read it again and see what new things you learn.

I love you guys, and am really looking forward to see what God does in your life over the next year. Keep going, you are doing great.

PS First 3 student comments about what God is doing get a free CD.

John 1:45-49

2008-11-25T11:49:00.000-08:00

I was reading through John 1 today, and ran across this passage:

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."
Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked. "Come and see," said Philip.

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."

"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you."

Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."

This is an really cool passage. I heard one of my favorite preachers Erwin McManus preach on this recently, and he made a great point. In this passage, Nathanael had questions about Jesus, who he was, where he was from, whether or not he was God, but when Nate finally encountered Christ, all those questions didn't matter so much anymore.

So here is the question:

How are you helping people encounter Christ?

What are you doing to get them to a place where they can overcome their questions?

Are people encounter Christ through you or do they come away with more questions that get in the way?

No Viral

2008-11-24T13:17:00.000-08:00

No viral this week, but keep looking. You never know...
Check out the website for what coming up...

Movement...

2008-11-17T14:24:00.001-08:00

I don't know how many people actually read this, but I think this is important to say: Movement is good. Movement is what makes us feel alive, what wakes us up in the morning, what motivates us to continue. It is easier to keep moving than to start moving. I am more likely to take a step after I have taken one, than if I haven't started walking yet. To be honest with you... we need more movement. Now I'm not talking about dancing or waving our hands during worship, I'm talking about pursuing Christ, moving with Him. We had a student accept Christ last night, THAT is movement. We have had students going forward to pray for revival, THAT is movement. I look around at the potential we have, and I KNOW we can move mountains, Christ tells us so. We just need to MOVE. You have a chance to move this week. You need to move and help make this renovation happen. Where is the excitement from you? the commitment? the sacrifice to get this done? If we can show the church that we are committed to doing what it takes, to giving what it takes, then they will get behind us and help, but we have to be moving first. We need to be willing to give. Willing to give from our paychecks, our allowance, our savings, our hearts to make this thing happen. Will you help us move towards this goal? How?
What can I do to get us moving?

The Beginning

2008-11-10T12:09:00.000-08:00

three18:unveiled is something that has been brewing in my heart for several years. I love this verse 2 Cor. 3:18, and this is what I want our student ministry to be about. I will be talking more about this verse in the posts to come. Be sure to check back here often for devotionals, random thoughts, cool links, and the latest news. I love you guys, and am so blessed to be here working with you. Be sure to come back now, ya hear.