Fire Sale

So this past Saturday, Karissa and I went off to purchase our
Christmas tree. Now it wasn't as though we didn't have a tree yet( in
fact we now have five in our house) we just didn't have our real tree.
Somewhere in my creative art of procrastination I hadn't made it to
the boy scout tree sale to purchase it.
So there we are. The whole family bundled up in the cold ready to
purchase our live tree. Which brings me to a sidepoint, it isn't
alive. It just isn't completely dead. Let's face it there are no
roots, no growth and no chance for saving it. It is a dead tree,
pretty, but dead! So it being five days before Christmas the good ole
boys are having a fire sale. Trying to get rid of the leftover fire
starters to those people, such as myself, who have waited as long as
possible to get a tree. Now I have no problem supporting the BSoA, I
myself was one and enjoyed thoroughly being made fun of, burning
stuff and tying knots, but seriously with five days left now is the
time to put up your rock bottom price. So there we are, freezing, my
kids playing chicken with cars on rt. 60, trying to find the perfect
tree. So we find one my wife likes, original price--- $75... Sale
price ---- $60! What! 60 bucks for a tree that is going to be up 3
weeks in my house is one thing, I sacrifice to make my wife happy, but
60 for a tree that's going to be thrown out in a week, either by me or
them because they can't sell it... No way.
In the car we go. Straight to the real discounts, the everyday fire
sale professionals, Walmart. How much did I pay, 18.95! Sorry boy
scouts, you loose.
In this experience I wonder, how often do we do this with God. Put up
a front. Give him everything in words, but nothing in actuality. See
the scouts wanted to sell the trees, but they wanted to make money
more. They would rather chance not selling those trees at all instead
of moving them without a profit. We want God, want his change, love,
peace, joy, provision, purpose but do we want it more than all our
other desires. You will never get the fullness of God in your life
offering him parts of you at a discount. He wants it all, and for
free. You see when you finally find yourself given to God just because
it's His, not because of what He can do, you truly find Him.
So I encourage you, understand what season we are in. Now isn't the
time to procrastinate with God, now is the time to sell out. Now is
the time to give him everything.
D.

Blog? What

Well it is here! The day has arrived! I have finally begun my Flood
blog. And I find myself asking, Why? You see here I sit typing on my
iPhone, knowing I have one ( count them one) blog follower. I have
this neat arrangement where I type an email and send it to some weird
address, and then that is forwarded to the blog page. We have a web
site, facebook, myspace, podcasts, emails, twitter (not sure on that
one, still think it is for terrorists) and now a blog. But why? The
answer I think is this. Wait for it.... You! Our goal is to reach out
to a generation that is crying out for change. To equip you with the
practical knowledge of the word and encourage the intimate
relationship with God that it will take to change your world. To
ignite the passion to rise up to a new kind of Christianity. So my
hope for this blog is this. To provide another tool to help you on
your journey. So go head subscribe to it, tell your friends, but most
of all open up to the journey God has for you. It's going to be one
amazing adventure!
Peace - D.

Give Thanks

Thanksgiving is soon approaching, school children will be out frolicking about in the leaves, and all will be pigging out to some tasty treats; but, remember to Give Thanks!

Stressed Out

Stressed with homework, school in general, life?? Dennis has a message for you! Find out how not to be Stressed Out!!

Never Let Go

Dennis explains that Jesus will Never Let Go of us.

An Update (from me!)

So I know that you don't actually know who "me" is. But for your sakes you can just know that I am "me". Now with that bit of information out of the way, we can begin our journey into this fantastic update.

So I (aka "me"), have been looking at this blog thing, and it's pretty cool. I (its "me" again) get to control exactly what you read and/or listen to on here! Isn't that super! Anyway, there are 4 -- that's right, count 'em F-O-U-R (isn't that cool how there are 4 letters in the word four.. tangent sorry!) -- new podcasts from our Flood services this fall ('08)!!!!

This indeed is a startling development considering its been umm.. 3 months..
BTW.. we are also working on updating the Flood website and per your permission.. GET RID OF ZACH'S INTRO!!! But, if you object, I ("me") .. will keep it on there for you!

So keep checking back because in no time at all there will be new updates etc..!

P.S. If you direct your attention to the top-middle right hand corner of the screen, you will notice a map looking "thing".. That's right.. we have a map "thing" that will show number of visitors and their respective geographical locations! Fancy!

Static Interference

So this was Dennis' latest (maybe the greatest! haha I kid!! .. but really, it was good!!) message on 10/21/08 entitled Static Interference....

Who You Are

This is Dennis' challenge to us that we figure out who we are in Christ!

Weight

This is part of Dennis' message Weight..

Diligent Faith

Dennis talks about diligent faith, sort of.

Let it be Said

This was Josh's last message at flood.

Where to?

Where to? Many ask the question but aren't willing to let God tell them. Open the bible and see what the prophets did?

Plug In

Josh decided to let his feelings out, I guess thats better than gas. Plug In

Get Over It ... Margaret

Margaret's debut ... Get Over It! She's amazing.

Flesh

The only way to kill the flesh is by praising God!

With

It was sibling night at flood and Josh spoke on the importance of the word "With" ...

Speak No Evil

Ronnie "Speak no Evil" in his debut at flood. Unfortunately his microphone goes bad and the podcast is cut short. But Ronnie did awesome and it proves that you need to show up to flood.

Back to the Future

Travis speaks for the first time at Flood. And what goes on is crazy! Stop the sin and ask God to clean your slate!

Invincible

You're not invincible so stop trying! God wants us to cast our cares onto him! Stop living a Heaven accepted life and live a God accepted!

Passive Aggressive Thief

John 10:10 ... Why do we feel stupid, why do we feel inadequate? Because the Devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy!

Look What I Can Do!

Travis Adkins makes his debut with, "Look What I Can Do!"

Martyrs

Being a Martyr is not easy, but can you even witness to your neighbor?

Translucent

It's tough to see "light" through people who say they trust in the name of Jesus when storms arrive and they fall. Lets build our faith. Psalm 9:10 "Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you."

Your Junk His Miscellaneous

It's a new year at flood and the best thing to do is clean out your junk drawer!