THE STORM!

Camp 2009 was more than we all expected! God showed, up on the very first night and the the rest of the nights. I believe camp 2009, was a readiness and preparation to reach our schools, work places and homes! I am so excited to see what God has in store for us, it says in His word But if we look forward to something we don't have yet, we must wait patiently and confidently Romans 8:25 as you know the church has been praying every night at 7 pm for many weeks now. God is hearing our prayers! I believe the month of September is going to be something we have never encountered...seen....or dreamed of! Something we all have been waiting patiently for.
And this is why this post is called "THE STORM". During my time at camp, I kept praying for the youth ministry and this prayer was still going on even I got back and God kept giving me visions of these mighty storms hitting were I was at. They weren't just little rainstorms these were massive, dangerous storms! I was very curious what this had to do with. So I kept praying asking God for a revelation and while I was praying yesterday at one of my cousins house, God gave me a revelation to what all these visions had to do with. It was the month of September. He told me September isn't just going to be like any other month. There is something that is going to happen, something so mighty, something so life changing its going to hit like a mighty Storm!! So I believe the theme for the month of September in my life and maybe even yours is "Storm"!
So get ready to be changed, to be renewed, and hit with the power of God, young people!
Love you guys,
Kiran

CAMP 2009 IS FINALLY HERE!

I am so excited to anounce that VLC youth camp 2009, is in a couple days. I and many others are super excited about what God has in store for the youth. We are going to be fully blasted!

Word to the VLC youth: Get ready to be totally tranformed...totally renewed....and set on fre to reach your schools..work places ...and your homes!!!!
Love you guys,
Kiran

P.U.S.H

Hey Guys!! :)
Hope all of you guys are having a fantastic summer. I know for a fact, that the VLC youth are super pumped for camp 2009! Its going to be amazing! Please be praying for funds and provision we are still doing fundraisers and we are believing God will give us more than enough in the area of finance
But the title of this post is P.U.S.H. And I am sure all of you guys have heard of the saying Pray Until Something Happens. Well, I believe something big ...huge ...magnificent is about to happen because of our intense prayers we have been doing for a couple weeks now, at VLC. There is so much warfare going on but that just gets me, and I pray many others more and more excited for the blessings and outpouring that we are about to get. So, I am just going to encourage you guys to GO after God!!!!!! Something Big is about to happen in your life! So start Praying Until Something Happens!
Love you guys,
-Kiran

The Valley Of Dry Bones

Hey guys!
Just wanted to encourage you guys to keep pressing on because there is definite warfare going on everywhere and I know a lot of you guys are dealing with some stuff but know that God is always there. He never forsakes the righteous nor His children.
Other than the attacks of the enemy I wanted to share with you guys, what God is sharing with me. While I was reading my Word last week in Ezekiel 37, God was just telling me about the Kent area and our Valley that we are going to reach and lead to God!! I absolutely love this chapter because it shows so much about this generation and how the earth views things and how God views them. Ezekiel went out in obedience and went to the valley of bones. Even though the earth saw Death, God saw life! When the earth saw Dry Bones, God saw a vast army!! When we walk in obedience things will happen that seemed impossible before. But like Pastor Bob says "I M Possible". So, I strongly encourage you guys, when God tells you to do something that seems crazy just do it cause the fruit that will come out of that will be more than you expected! So go after God even when the enemy is trying to pull you down reach to God and He'll pull you out!
Love you Guys,
Kiran

UPDATE!

Alright. How many of you guys are so excited for summer 2009?! Its going to be Awesome! I am so pumped for everything that is going on this summer. God is stirring something up, in each one of us, and if you can't feel it yet. You will! VLC youth Will be having Camp! Car washes! Fundraisers! and so many other ridiculously awesome things!! You do not want to miss it!

Other than all the AWESOME stuff that is going on, I just want to encourage you guys to stay focused and go after God this summer. Like I said before God is doing something so fresh in everyone! Make sure you Read your word daily. Meet with God in your secret place and get CRAZY for Him!!
Love you guys,
Kiran

Still Standing.

How many of us feel as though we’ve been fighting Hell lately? Amen. When we have done all to stand, we stand. We may get knocked down in life, but we are not knocked out.

Isaiah 7:9b
…If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.

The kind of standing this verse is talking about is, "life has hit me with its best shot… life has poured all it could out on me"… and if we don’t stand on the Word of God and what we know and believe is Truth, we will not survive. We have to bounce back in our spirit. If it wasn't for God's mercy and love, would we still be standing?
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you.
We will pass through rivers, but the Lord promises that the waters will not overflow us! He leads us into fire, but then appears in the blaze with us. We always have to remember that He is the ‘fourth Man’ in the fire!

Philippians 3:4

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus...
"The word press implies that that we are going to have to exert ourselves in our lives if we are to endure the process and embrace the promise." We need to keep ourselves focused on the jobs that God has given us here on earth, but we will always keep an "eye" on the life that awaits us.

I guess it comes down to a choice, to make an effort to find the good in things even in the midst of a trial.... in any situation. It takes a decision on our part to focus on the life and blessings that God has given us. Jesus promised us that He would never leave us and He would take care of us in life.

- Pastor Dana

Looking Ahead

“Lord Forgive them for they know not what they do.” These were the last words of Jesus Christ as he breathed his last breathe in his natural body. Lord Please forgive them for destroying Hope, Love, Destiny, and Promise. Jesus came here and his promise still remains, to give life and life more abundantly. Jesus knows the thoughts he has towards you, thoughts to prosper you and not harm you; thoughts and plans to give you a future filled with hope. Jesus is light because he wants you to see him, he is Love because he wants you to feel him, and he died for your life because he wants you to know him. Look him up, or should I say look up and find him.
Why do we say that we cant, or say that we’re not good, talented, or special enough? If we only see the obstacle and not the victory where will we be directed? People like me drive so much that their car is like a second home, I’m alive today not because I look behind me, but because I look ahead of me. What if I only looked to what was behind me? Would I ever see to the purpose, promise or destiny that was before me? Why do we go through life looking behind us? I promise whatever happened to you in the past happened to you in the past. Jesus gave his life for us to have a pass through; he died to give us a Promise. He promises that there is therefore now no condemnation, he promises to give us life and life more abundantly, and he promises to wipe away every tear from our eyes. It’s a promise our past has passed as long as you choose to pass it, so lets do that as we look onto a new future in Jesus Christ.

Youth Pastor