Scott Clark

So you saw the Haiti footage this past Sunday? Very cool… I hope you liked it… it was powerful stuff

There is a video however that you were supposed to see but did not (dang it) and it was the modified version that I worked on Friday night and Saturday!!

I was definitely disappointed as the lights dimmed Sunday morning, and I realized that I had not replaced the old video with the new one!!! Awww crap!!! It included a little bling in the Haiti text (watch carefully) better handwriting effect and moving text at the end. Oh, well not one person would have gotten saved due to the changes, HOWEVER, there were enough tweaks and refinements to deem this video worthy of the title:

“Haiti Video Recap !!!!LEVEL2!!!!” ENJOY…

(Also you can see this video and other past Journey videos @ our Vimeo site here: http://www.vimeo.com/journeyriverview )

Haiti Video Recap from Journey Church on Vimeo.

Good Afternoon,

It has been a while since I put anything up about little Bre (or baby for that matter) so as you can see she’s moving and grooving. Picture (up above) is literally her groovin to music. She’s a blast to play with, and anytime music is going she’s laughing and dancin, or grabbin her guitar to play alongside me. Ash and I are so blessed! We thank God every day for His abundant grace to have such a beautiful family.

With one on the way…

Baby #2 is doing great, along with Ash having a great pregnancy. Although watching 6 kids at work can take its toll at times (even if you aren’t pregnant). Baby #2 is 18 weeks along at this point, and around 6 inches tall, WOO HOO! We’re definitely excited to experience a baby all over again.

Some names we have been throwing around so far, although it’s completely up in the air still (obviously considering we wont know boy or girls for 11 more days), are:
Canon – boy
Caydence – girl
Harper – boy
Lynn – girl
Liam – boy
Levi – boy
Reagan – boy
Naomi – girl
Ultimately the name will come down to gut feeling and it’s meaning, just like with Breanne.

I’ll keep you’s updated as we find out more But in the meantime,
What does your name mean? Does it match you in meaning? what do your kids names mean? Why did you pick them?

Be Blessed.

HAHAHA. All the people that are like, “Really?’ right now, but “Yes, Really”.

I don’t know about You, as corny, or old, or whatever that song may be; every time I hear that song I jam. So, as I sat and wondered “How can I incorporate this into my blog?” (Cuz i wanna blog more often)

This thought came to me:
I GUARANTEE YOU, SIR OR MA’AM, I CAN COME UP WITH at least 99 THINGS TO THANK GOD FOR.

I bet we all could if we took what, 10 minutes? And I bet there are more like thousands. And I’m talking fairly recent, every day life things. Not, “thank you Lord for…..ummm……pizza”. Although depending how religious you are, that might be a legitimate, heart-felt prayer, Praise Jesus.

So now, God is up in heaven jamming to “99 Beautiful Thank You’s” (cuz in heaven prayers/thank yous float, not balloons) literally seeing our thanks rising up to His ears.

Pretty sweet, huh?

And seriously, in the same way that that song can make me instantly feel like a goat eatin a hole in a bully’s shirt, those 99 things, or even 5 things that God has blessed us with, whether food, or family, money, or salvation, by taking the time to give God glory will definitely turn sorrow into joy, and probably bring a smile to our heavenly Father who paid the highest price so we can enjoy and glorify Him. (AWESOME)

God has been so good to us, as the bible, and our lives so faithfully attest, and He is worthy of all the credit.

I am going to write down 99 things, and you just might see them up here some time soon… What about you?

Be Blessed.

I cannot stop laughing at a special behind the scenes video I made in preparation for one of our upcoming videos.

No, ha ha I cannot show you it yet bcuz it might ruin the fun, but I can tell you that I am sending it to our Pastor and my Co-staff for the enjoyment and edification.

AND I WILL ASSURE YOU that I will post it here for you as well after we show the ACTUAL video I am making.

TRUST ME don’t miss Sundays @ Journey…. EVER. God Is THAT Good!!

To Expound on my tweet about the Lohan/CROSS refrence, I just find it amazing the reactions such stunts and exploits like this get. First of all, in the past I have been guilty of such complaints and criticisms, however, thankfully today through revelation or common sense I had the immediate thought, well actually two immediate thoughts preventing such judgments.

1. Shouldn’t we almost cherish the thought of broken people imitating/referencing Christ or whatever you want to call it in their own messed up way? God sees and knows their hearts.
2. These people are broken and far from Christ, what should we expect? We need to shut our mouths about how inconvenient this is to our religion and open our hearts and realize this hinders the supernatural saving power of Jesus Christ a whole 0%
okay 3 thoughts..
3. I think we should be worried when our offense over the heretical, blasphemous, or inappropriate reference (whichever you might believe) to the cross pales in comparison to its timing in regards to our religious traditions

So if I could say something to Mrs. Lohan it would not be “stop trying to look like Jesus” cuz hey isnt that OUR goal? But just a little advice that “its not so much getting the outside right, but the inside” Ok, c’mon I wouldnt say that cuz its cheesy. BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS… Which one accurately depicts the CORRECT message of Jesus Christ better:

Disgust? Or Discipling? If they dont want to be discipled then maybe they don’t see anything life-giving in our lives… time for a self-check… less of me more of You, Jesus.

The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh
The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth
And strips the forest bare
And in His temple all cry “Glory!”

What a beautiful description of the owner in who hands I securely rest. The same owner of the unending universe that ripped the darkness from the night sky with the words “let there be light”. The same author and lover of the human race that has almost spent its entire existence perverting His creation and worshiping the created, myself included. And still, the same owner of the precious tree that provided the wood for the cross that His Son would be murdered on. That same cross and murder that set me free and allowed me to crawl into these eternally safe hands forever removed from
hell,
[MY] sin,
shame,
and fear.

There are not perfect enough words to describe my perfect Savior and God.

Within the last two years I have learned so much. The countless times Pastor has told me that there are things He constantly reminds me of that have become second nature to Him (in encouragement) and slowly but surely I do my best to get them and then forget about them until one day I’ll be walking a volunteer through something and I’ll think “HEY WAIT A SECOND, PASTOR TOLD ME THAT” but I wont even have to think about it anymore (well not actively anyways).

I am so thankful for my time at Journey Church over the last 2 and a half years. I have been forced out of my fears, negative tendencies, bad attitude, etc. Not that I dont slip back sometimes, but thanks to Pastor Michael, Pastor John, and my teammates I’ve been able to make mistakes, fall on my sword, adjust, feel the pain of loss, joys of success (best Christmas EVER!!! ) man up and get my butt ripped (miss it Pastor), and learn about the Grace of God. AND THAT’S THE BIGGEST LIFE CHANGER. Understanding Grace.

Understanding God’s massive room for mistakes and even blessings on top of that when we’re walking that line He’s set before us, because believe you me, I’ve made mistakes, and God’s not given up on me. He IS that loving Father we all dream about hugging us and telling us He loves us unconditionally. Sometimes it’s just on His terms, He is God after all.

Back to my first point though. It’s been 2.5 years at Journey Church, and amidst all the learning, mistakes, doubt, discouragement, fun, joy it would have been another 2.5 years without 2 things:

1. Mentors that Mentor – don’t mince words and get confrontational when needed
2. Law of Process – Meaning consistent learning/challenge

You know this is convicting as I write it, because the men who have spoken into my life don’t wake up and go if Scott asks for a challenge today I’ll give it to Him, they are men of the word, integrity, and the cajones to do whats needed. Im convicted because my excuse for not being more like that myself is fear. Fear of being wrong, Fear of being misunderstood, Fear of not being liked. And seeing other men around me that need a challenge or even a rebuke (like I often do) I give into this fear.

I have to repent because just like I need other men, I know that I need to be that to other men, and that means standing up and being a man. Honestly, I still need freedom in this, I don’t have my breakthrough yet, but I’m not going to give up.

Still I wouldn’t even be here without those two things, so here’s a question or two for you.

Are you being mentored? (have you asked for it)
If so, are they blowing your precepts away or blowing smoke up your butt?  Even good intentioned mentors or meetings can just hinder. If thats the case then can YOU step up and create the atmosphere for change? For a long time I just sat knowing my meeting time (years ago) was ineffective, but I couldn’t say what was hard to hear.

Are you applying the law of process?
Meaning, are you reading books consistently to strengthen your weaknesses and reinforce your strengths? Day after day are you working toward a goal? Even if its minute steps… the law of process is the only thing that will lead to significant change apart from God’s radical transformation.

As I continue to do these things myself I can only imagine what lies in store. I can never achieve or succeed (on any meaningful level) apart from Christ, but with the Christ in me I am an overcomer, a son, a disciple, heir, messenger of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank You Jesus! God please continue to transform me. Make me like you, and bless the men in my life who want that as well.

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Rep your church @ work or just give your home desktop a nice new look.

Let me know what you think or if you need a different size!

Here they are:

Regardless of how utterly exhausted I am right now I HAD to take time to thank our volunteers for their time, energy, friendships, and sacrifice today and some week after week.

There were a few times I almost got teary eyed thinking about our volunteers who pretty much gave up their whole day to SERVE together to pull off what we did tonight. And trust me, there is NO WAY we could have done what we did today without our volunteers.

Some did it for others. Some for Jesus. I am sure both are the case, but it was selfless service that makes me proud of you great people. Thank You.

I am so honored to be able to serve beside you guys (I wish I could list everyone, but I am sure to forget someone and I’d rather not) and wouldn’t trade my work beside you guys tonight for a week at the coolest vacation spot anywhere. I am so blessed by you volunteers.

That’s all for now. Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!

God Bless You Guys. I CAN NOT wait for 2010, cuz God keeps blessing us @ Journey.

In case you missed our services today, you missed out big, we shared 6 (awesome) video testimonies from our Journey people, and Pastor shared on the true reasons we have to be thankFULL.

But that was assuming that your circumstances were bringing you joy, right? O wait… UMMMM NO!!!

Again, if you missed today, you missed big, but here’s one of our video testimonies cuz we still love you…

Among other things, Pastor wrapped the message up with our #1 reason to be thankFULL. Jesus Christ. His grace, love, SALVATION. Forget circumstances, forget enemies, trials; we have Salvation regardless of our sin, past, laziness, selfishness, and on and on. We’re eternally thankFULL because we know who our Savior is.

If I don’t talk to you before Thursday, have a great Thanksgiving, and remember why, no matter what, you can be thankFULL!!