Quick Update

Recently, I haven’t found time to write much on here because I’ve been busy. Business school occupies most of my time with class lectures, group meetings, group projects and written-case critiques. My responsibilities with Cornerstone such as leading Bible study, attending weekly meetings, and discipleship occupy my time too. Also, I work full-time Thursdays and Fridays at an accounting firm. On the weekends, I get to relax but I stay involved with Summit Church on Saturdays and Sundays. Taking time to blog is hard with my current schedule. However, I enjoy blogging and I’m going to try to post more this month.

To update the blog, here are some recent happenings of my life:

At Cornerstone’s Fall Retreat, we talked about the peace of God. During that weekend, God spoke to me about how I should stop trying to please Him through what I do and to rest in His grace. I pray my heart will rest in His grace and experience the peace of God.

About two weeks ago, I led some Freshman guys in a Bible study on Ephesians 1:15-21. Mainly, we discussed the difference between heart knowledge and head knowledge. I found this Scripture challenging because I often find myself filling my head up with knowledge about God and neglecting to ask God to give me more heart knowledge of His presence. I pray God will grant me a greater desire for heart knowledge and His presence.

Around the time of my last post, I started reaching out to one of my high school friends named Alan. I already blogged about the story and my Facebook profile provides more details. I’m excited because Alan agreed to meet with me and talk about everything we’ve discussed. Plus, I invited him to a campus debate between Bart Ehrman and Dinesh D'Souza on the problem of suffering and God. During this time, I pray God will work in the hearts of those who are searching for truth and He will draw them to the cross.

Last Sunday, I signed up to go to Summit’s College Fall Retreat and Passion 2010. I look forward to both of these special times to grow closer to God and to fellowship with other believers. I can’t wait for Passion 2010! I'm pumped about seeing my favorite band Hillsong United play live and hearing my favorite preacher John Piper in person. Oh yeah!I pray God will use both of these events as catalysts to strengthen my relationship with Him!

In Him,

Mark