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Prayer is a primary barometer of our faith. Don't have enough faith? Pray! Have faith in a God that works miracles and responds to our cries? Pray! Feel like you're not sure all the promises of God are true? Pray! Have overwhelming needs and concerns that all but crush the life from you? Pray! Stuck in habitual sin and trouble resisting temptation? Watch and Pray! THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE PERSONALLY ATTENDS TO EVERY PRAYER OF HIS SAINTS. Bow down on your knees and observe how Jesus Christ will lift you up. James 5:13-18 NLT 13 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. 14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. 16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. 17 Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years! 18 Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops. "Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but are helpless against our prayers." Baxter

Moving Forward! Felton's July News!

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Baptism coming!

Had a meeting last night with a surfer and his daughter ready to be baptized. So good to hear their stories of coming out of a lifestyle of growing pot for a living up north to now holding a job and living for Christ. God is good and the stories of changed lives never get old!

Coincidence?

Funny thing happened at our chapter meeting last week. First, an old friend Thomas reconnected and out of the blue pocket called a friend of his (A) that he hadn't spoken with in 5 years! Upshot of it was Thomas went to A's house and shared Christ with him. A was receptive and had been doing business with another of our members who was also sharing with him!
I had no idea and was about to also place an order with A for some chapter t-shirts! So when Thomas brought this up as a testimony at our meeting we all went, really! God has been leading us to A too! Thomas was so fired up that on the way home he called A and shared that we had prayed for him in the meeting! A was grateful and plans to come to one of our Bible studies soon.
All this again made me remember that God is at work in lives and I need to be attentive to see just who He is at work in at the time, we don't know how long those open doors will stay open! Pray for A.

New Direction

This ground has lain fallow for a while now, it has been a long time since I updated my blog!
Anyway, I thought that I would change direction with it and use it as a way to keep you updated on how to pray for the various surfers that God is sending our way.
The first prayer request is for R and his family. He made a committment some time ago and has been far from God now for a while. Last week at our Point outreach he came up and shared that he was tired of going this walk alone and needed to plug in and wanted to come to our next Bible study. So I was able to surf with him before church Sunday morning and keep building that relationship.
This morning he texted and shared that after that surf he found out that his wife's father had passed away and asked for prayer.
Please pray for R and his family that they experience God's love and comfort and that God continues to draw them back to Himself.
Thanks!

PS. The image below is of the new organization I am working for!

2:6 Meeting

In Florida we met as primarily Christian Surfers leaders for the first of six 3 day meetings studying the life of Jesus as a model for ministry. It is radical in it's simplicity and commitment. Jesus modeled principles of multiplication, relational ministry and pouring into a select group of disciples that would go out and change the world.
Let me leave you with a few questions: Is your ministry primarily relational or event driven? Would you rather have a penny doubled every day for a month or a million dollars? Let me ask you another question, Is Jesus the ultimate example for us in life and ministry? Let me finish with a final question, was Jesus intentional in everything He did? Thoughts to ponder.

The flu that won't quit

Going on a week now, first me, then Allison, Ryder, Faith and now it seems Quinn. Brutally sick, worst in a long time but on the mend now, can't wait for it to be over.

Clash of the Icons

Casey and Jen Cruciano: Yearly Board Meeting

Casey and Jen Cruciano: Yearly Board Meeting

"Cleansing" Premiere!

Filmmakers Mary Kimball and Elisabeth Pena have just finished making a documentary featuring myself and SB chapter director Matt Coleman titled "Cleansing". The premiere is Thursday 11th, 6:30 pm at 3153 N Ventura Rd., Oxnard, CA. We will be showing it for our weekly Surfer's Bible study. Come join us!

Pray in February!

Join us in praying for surfers, our workers, the surf industry and much more in the month of February. Go to www.christiansurfers.com to get the downloadable prayer calendar for February.

Bible Study reminder!

Having a great time at the Bible study, God is moving, stop by!

Christian Surfers at ASR, Feb. 2-4, San Diego

White Diamond Video with Robert Weiner

The Prayer Wall

Brian Edward's (CS Huntington Beach chapter director) prayer wall. We are now on there, thanks Brian!

Bible Study Flier

Surfer's Bible Study!!

Coming this Thursday, we are going to be hosting a surfer's Bible study that we pray will grow into a full blown CS chapter for this area. Keep this in prayer, please! Meeting is at 6:30 pm.