Tenth Dot

My youth Pastor, Joe Castaneda, and a close friend of his, Danny Ray, have started a new website called http://www.tenthdotministries.com/. They post short devotions each day that they write themselves for their friends, family, youth group, and anyone else who wants to read them. This month they are doing a 28 day challenge. I have been doing it, and some friends and I have been keeping each other accountable and talking about what we have been learning. We are currently on day 15, and it has been an amazing two weeks. I have learned so much! The first week we talked about our past, and how we need to surrender everything to God and let God use our past to help us make the future glorify Him. Week two was about Joseph, and that was really cool. I learned a lot from that. This week, week three, we are talking about Nehemiah. I never had really studied the life of Nehemiah and what he did with his life. It is so inspiring! God is amazing. One quote that I really liked from this week is "always be in a place where we allow God to move us, and when He does, to act."
Some of my favorite verses have been:

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God."
2 Corinthians 1:3-4



I am really thankful for this ministry that PJ and his friend, Danny Ray, have started. I am growing closer to God, discovering the things in my life that I need to work harder at fixing, learning about what God has done in other peoples lives, and how my life can impact others. Also, how big of an impact and how great of things I can do for God, more than I could ever dream of, if I trust in Him to make them happen; if I surrender my life to Him.