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We had Victory Weekend today.

VW is a 2 day retreat to encounter God, get filled by His Holy Spirit, be set free from sin patterns and break curses that have been passed on from generation to generation.

We have it every month.

Spoke to a guy who has been in church for years and yet never really progressed spiritually. Marriage problems. Business falling apart. Lost spiritually.

But today, God did something amazing. Hard to explain in words but according to him, today is a turning point.

His life changed… God gets the credit. He always should.

Seeing a life transformed never gets old.

For our date night, Jenn and I watched “From Paris With Love”.  It was not your typical chick flick love story to say the least.  I don’t think she enjoyed the movie.  (But I did… haha)

One of the main characters turned out to be a suicide bomber (sorry to ruin the plot for those of you planning to see it).  She said she has found her purpose in life.

While not most of us will not agree with her found purpose in life, I dare say, at least she found one.

Too many simply exist.  They walk through life without purpose.  They live like everything’s just about them.  Wake up… Go to work/or school… come home… surf on the Net… have some bit of fun… sleep and the same rut happens again the next day.

Reading from the book of Judges, 2 names popped out – Tola and Jair.  The Bible says that they were born, they lived, they led and they died.  That’s it.  While I’m sure they did more than just live, lead and die, the Bible didn’t think it was enough to make it into the book of Judges.

Got me thinking.  Got me praying.

“Lord, I don’t want to just live, lead and then die.  I want to make a difference.  I want to make a dent in this nation’s history – not by my strength or abilities (knowing that I really don’t have lots) but by Your grace and power!”

* Friday and Saturday was awesome!  Got to speak at the Kids Ministry Summit in Caliraya where we had 400 delegates from all over the nation (34 churches all in all).  Mark Tusoy and the team did a phenomenal job.  The theme was “Making It Stick”… making the vision stick, the volunteers stick and the lessons stick in the minds of the next generation.  Kudos to the team.

* After the Summit, my family and I rushed to Ian and Claire Sia’s son’s dedication.  Ethan turned 1 year old and was dedicated to the Lord.  Children’s parties are fun.  Love the food at kids parties.

* I was so tired Saturday night … I crashed early.

* Sunday morning, I exercised… I needed it.  Got blood flowing.  Finishing touches on my message for the afternoon services.  Last weekend was the start of our new series “God & Gov.”

* Monday was super fun. Went to Lakeshore to try to fish.  Operative word was “try”.  But when we changed the bait from feeds to old school worms, then we caught some finally.  Flew kites.  Rode pedal boats.  Went up the lighthouse.  Looong yet absolutely fun day.  I often thank God for Monday family days.