YR Axxess New Years Eve

For the final Youthrock service of 2010 Youthrocks own Media Director Adam Jackson took the mic on this night while the Koelling Family were away on Vacation. It was a small after christmas crowd and YR We? opened up with praise and worship  followed by offering collecting and Justin Skiles introduced the speaker for the night. Adam spoke on a message that he calls his own personal theme for 2011 titled "Rise Above!" The general point of the message is to hear God's promises, believe in his promises and act on those promises in order to rise above your situation and problems in life. Meaning put what you believe and know that God has spoken to you in action and stand on that. Adam talked about the story of Joshua first looking at Joshua Ch 1 where God appoints this next generation leader who is the successor of Moses after his death. Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt and crossed the parted red sea only to find a several day journey turned into a 40 year wondering the desert due to the corruption going on in the camp. Moses never reached the land God promised him but Joshua was told that he would set foot on this land. God list all these promises to Joshua in Ch 1 saying the land will be his, no one will be able to stand up against him, know, obey and mediate on the instructions that Moses passed down and not deviate from them so he will be successful.

Jumping ahead 10 chapters later in Joshua Ch 10, 5 Amorite Kings take notice of Joshua and noticed the Gibeons became allies to Joshua. The Kings merged all 5 of their armies into one and set out to attack the Gibeons. Gibeons then tells Joshua and pleads for help. Joshua and his best warriors travel all through the night and during that time while Joshua was getting closer and closer he and God had a conversation. God reminded Joshua of his promises and said that Joshua would have victory. Joshua pushed and prayed through the night. I'm sure he reminded his men of God's promises and speaking it into everyone. One of the key things in this is that Joshua spoke the promises and was reminded of Gods promises. Sometimes we need to preach to ourselves and speak Gods word to ourselves and remind ourselves of what God has promised us in his word.

Joshua surprised attack the Amorites and slaughter them along the way. He then chased the enemy! He chased the enemy? You mean he didn't run away, he didn't avoid the problems and battles, he chased them? Exactly right, Joshua chased the enemy and stood up against the attacks. We need to learn how to chase the enemy and send him running. Not only chase the enemy but chase after the promises of God. Joshua didn't just chase the enemy he chased the enemy to receive God's promised victory. If we learn to stand up and engage the battle God will fight for you and with you. And that's what happened. While the battle was going on God sends a hail storm killing more men than Joshua and his army with their own swords. God has Joshua's back. He fought with him and for him. No matter if we feel like we are alone or we can't take on the battle that is ahead of us just remember, God has your back, he won't fail you or abandon you and he will fight for you because he loves you!

Question is will you fight for God? Will you be obedient to his instructions and his word and do what God has ask you to do. You see Salvation is a free gift but Obedience can be costly. You may have to make some sacrifices for God. After the hail storm Joshua was probably tired and the day was going longer than planned and he took a look at the sun. He in the middle of the battle prayed out loud in front of his people "SUN STAND STILL." (See verse 12-14 in Joshua) He asked God for the impossible and the sun stand in the sky for a good full day. If the sun were to go down the enemy may have slip into the darkness, regroup and fight another day against Joshua. That's like some of the sins, addictions, and temptations in our lives. We will just fight enough to survive, allow those things to go for a bit and come back into our lives. God didn't say half victory he said complete victory to Joshua. When we have a relationship with God and we are in tune with him, we will know his instructions. ALL DIRECTION COMES FROM AN ALTAR! When you spend time with God, studying his word, knowing it mediating on it, you will know the plans and direction of God. So in the end Joshua received his complete victory!

In order to rise above in 2011 we need to stand and speak the promises of God into our lives, have a daily relationship with God receiving instructions and direction from him, and act on those promises. Engage your faith. Faith is complete when you put what you believe into practice. Do you believe in the promises of God? Do you believe what you read in this bible? Do you seek God for direction at an altar? You will be amazed what God can do if you become that next generation leader like Joshua and have that kind of faith that he had. RISE ABOVE!

Starting in January 2011, Pastor Mike will kick off a new series called "Seven." In this series Pastor Mike will unveil Seven core values of Youthrock teen ministries and defines what this Youth Ministry is all about and why we are here and exist! Don't miss this next series starting in January 2011!



HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I want to take a moment here and just say thank you all for a great successful year in Youthrock Teen Ministries. Students without you all Youthrock wouldn't exist. Youthrock staff without you all Youthrock wouldn't be where it is today. 2010 has been awesome. We made alot of great moments and memories, see God do some amazing things through the services and ISERVE campaigns, events, camps, and more. 2011 lets make this next year the best year yet. We are going to continue to see God do more amazing things in this Youth Ministry and here at Solid Rock Family Church! Happy New Year Everyone!

ATTENTION STUDENTS
Youthrock Media Team is looking to expand and we need your help! We are looking for Students who would like to make graphics, photography, videos, service production such as running the projector, sound, lights, even have a hand in this Youthrock Axxess Blog. If you don't know how to do any of these we will teach and train you. We are looking to launch class sessions in the next month to have a starting place and teach about Church Media and how to engage a media driven culture.

If this is something you would like to get involved with see Youthrock Media Director Adam Jackson for more details and info. You can email him at ajphenomenon@gmail.com or send an email to yraxxess@gmail.com or hit him up on Facebook or catch him at Church.