Even Greater (Explained)

I’m sure there are a few of you wondering why I named this blog “Even Greater”. Even Greater has become a life motto for me recently....I took Kaden to a youth conference put on by our church youth group and youth groups from two other local churches....the last session of this conference Pastor Andrew spoke on the promise that “whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these” (John 14:12). This message absolutely floored me and even to this day when I think about what this means I get chills. Think about it for a minute, Jesus performed miracles throughout the Bible....Stuff that you would have a hard time even thinking were possible. But yet He says that if we believe in Him we can do all those things in His name as well.  That in itself would be amazing, but He doesn’t stop there...we can do Even Greater! Can you imagine if we were really able to perform miracles even greater than those done by Jesus?!?!  Oh wait....we can!!!  The weekend of the conference I saw a young man who had been into drugs and had contemplated suicide fall on his knees at the altar where his peers surrounded him praying for that bondage to be broken. This young man came face to face with Jesus that morning and his life will never be the same!  I saw teenagers walk up on stage take the microphone and speak a name that was given to them by God and that person be in the room and needing to hear what God spoke to someone else for them. Now this one is gonna really blow your mind, some of you may even call me crazy on this one, one Sunday we were praying over a young mans back and hip because he was having a lot of pain....half way through the prayer PC gets a clear vision that we are praying for the wrong thing. We sit him down and realize that his one leg is longer than the other which is cause his back and hips to be out of alignment, a few of us laid hands on his leg and prayed for healing and his leg grew!  Yes you read that right, if I hadn’t been there I would have laughed at the thought....but I was, and it definitely happened!  I’ve physically seen God work through his followers and heal bodies and minds so many times that my head starts to spin.  Guys, my prayer for you is that you realize “The One who put death in its place
His life is flowing through my veins”. The Lord wants to work through you too!  And while you are at it, make sure you give the glory to the one who deserves it all!  You explaining to someone what and why you just prayed for them could be the thing that leads them to Jesus themselves or at least plants a seed. I think we all can agree that winning souls for the Lord is well worth it!!  Do yourself a favor and spend some time watching this video and truly listening to the words and thank Him for all He has done for you and all He will do through you!  Love all of you and please don’t hesitate to write me and ask for prayer. 

Miracles 

Steve

In The Beginning

Welcome to the first post of Even Greater!  I know that you all probably know me already but I’m going to take this time to introduce myself.  My name is Steve, I grew up in PA (near Hershey) and have been living in SC for 14 years. I am married to the most amazing woman I’ve ever met, Stephanie. Steph came into the relationship with two amazing boys....I refuse to call them my step sons, they will always just be my sons!  I dreamed my whole life about being a dad and God blessed me with the family I always wanted.  Then just because He is God and he can do amazing things He recently blessed Steph and I with a daughter, Piper Grace!  The purpose of this blog is basically just to voice all the thoughts God gives me from time to time. I’ve seen some absolutely amazing things in the last year or so and I refuse to keep any of that to myself!  A lot of these posts will seem like ramblings from a crazy person but I promise you there will be a point in there somewhere and I will usually add in some music to go with my thoughts. So please read along with these thoughts, listen to the music, spend some time in worship with the Father, and please do not hesitate to ask for prayer!  I love each and every one of you!