FIRST OF ALL, we must realize that Christianity is not a "game" that needs a coach, cheerleaders or a mascot.  Christianity involves trials, tribulations and, yes, sometimes warfare, that demands a warring Monarch to rule and reign through us.
Many Christians are still "playing the game" of success, prosperity, winning, looking good and coming out on top.  That is an endeavor to deploy Jesus to being a "spiritual mascot".  We "trot him out" on Sundays to cheer us up, give us new vigor and vision, and to reassure us that we are important.

We want Him to reinforce the things we do for God.  We want Him to resuscitate our souls and rebuild our confidence.  But then, sadly to say, for the rest of the week He is sent to the sidelines ans we start "calling the shots" of our lives.  Even things we do "in His name", we do with little reliance on His Lordship.

We must again become desperate for "His Majesty" to be the chief desire for our hearts.  We need to elevate the Lord Jesus as our "all in all" and not just our "fix it all."

It amazes me how many people have redefined King Jesus into someone who can be both admired and yet ignored a the same time.  We can no longer use Jesus as a "reserve", "convenient" or just "on call" for our personal needs.

I believe we need to become a "Person-Driven Church" (Christ-Centered once again) and not merely "Purpose-Driven" (works-centered).

May the "King of Kings again have pre-eminence in His Kingdom as we serve Him with all honor and might.

Serving and loving my King,

Brother Jon

Matthew 6:9-13

Dr Jon Jenkins is a regular speaker at Life Center of Brandon. He is an evangelist with a unique pastoral heart.
Jon’s  pastoral heart with his prophetic anointing have been instrumental in bringing  great encouragement to leaders and renewed  vision for many churches throughout  the country.
Married for over 30 years, he met his wife, Helen at Bible College. Their greatest testimony is that their three sons are also Bible College graduates and are in fulltime ministry positions.
The Jenkins are ordained with the International  Church of the  Foursquare Gospel and presently reside in 
Troutman, North  Carolina. 
Their mission is to spread revival fires through a  prophetic anointing, powerful preaching, and pastoral mentoring releasing God’s  potential in and through His people.
www.inhouseministry.com

You can watch the entire program here.

We had a small group of teen and young adult girls over for a screening of the award winning documentary "Yellow Roses". The response was amazing.
Here's what some of the girls posted on Facebook after the movie:

"Whyy Do People Go Backk To The Same Guy That Hurt Them ? .... More Than Once . Smh"

"* Yellow Roses ♥ [:"

"my new fav color:)"

"freedom ♥"

"So Im Singlee w. NO Intentions On Looking For A Guy . This Time , Im Letting Him Find Me . ♥"

"God is good. Had alil girls talk with the teenagers from church at my pastors house. We had a blast. im glad i went! We all needed that. New start baby... Yellow roses"

"Done looking stupid for being "in love" with him when i know he dont love me back. Im letting God bring a guy to me cuz i know he would be "The One" :)"

The film is a wonderful, honest look at the lives of several real life teen girls dealing with pressure, technology, relationships and abuse.
We will announce future showings.
You can check out the website here.
The Facebook page is here.
The trailer for the film is below.
Check out clips from the film here.

"... this was an awesome film for every age woman and young women. I love how every girl had there own story but had a strong head on them. It made me look at my life as God sees me and the way he made me. It got me closer to God, myself, family and friends." Erika

In their book The Faith of Leap, Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost write:

"God took something of a risk in handing over his mission to the all-too-sinful human beings who were his original disciples...it is entirely conceivable that history could have gone in a completely different, indeed totally disastrous, direction if the original disciples hadn’t plucked up the internal courage to follow Jesus no matter where."

John Piper responds to their notion - that if it wasn't for the mustered up courage of the original disciples, God's mission in saving sinners through Christ could have possibly failed - as

1. false to the Scriptures;
2. built on a false philosophical presupposition;
3. damaging to the mission of Christ in the world;
4. and belittling to the glory of God.

You can read and see his video response here.

Yes, the big robots are back along with most of their human supporting cast (Megan Fox is history after publicily comparing her boss to Hitler).
But after the debacle that was 'Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen' (which I think was one of the WORST MOVIES EVER MADE), does 'Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon' redeem the franchise?
In a nutshell, it's better than #2 but worse than #1.
It is loud. The effects are masterful. The crude, immature humor that marred #2 is practically (but not comlpetely) gone. The action is good (if not draining).
Unlike TF1 however, the characters are unlikable and certain story elements are set up but never developed.
It almost seemed as though some of the script was taken from a couple of 8 year olds playing with action figures.

All that aside, one of the things that really bothered me about TF3 was the casual destruction of human life from the villians while the heroes (who could have AT LEAST HELPED to save some lives) did nothing except save the main characters.
The friend who took me to see TF3 commented on how in the Superman films we see Supes doing all he can to save the endangered innocent lives around him. Now that's a hero!
Sadly, these heroes do nothing of the sort.
Maybe it's the pastor in me, I don't know.  But when I see a giant robot maliciously flip a minivan over on the freeway and destroy it, I can't help but to think to myself how many family members were in that vehicle.
Also, seeing Optimus Prime in cold blooded kill mode was definately hard core.
(SPOILER ALERT)
Ripping out one the evil robots metallic spinal columns while mercilessly putting another one down execution style with a cannon to the head (as it was on it's knees in defeat) was quite shocking and a little bizarre. Had they been humans, this movie would have easlily been rated 'R'.

I posted Ted Baehr's video review below:
His full review is here. Focus on the Family's full content analysis (violence, nuditiy, drug use, etc.,) is here.