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About Me
HIS PLAN FOR YOU
Welcome I Can’t wait to get to know you,
I would like to start with a Question. What is the worst thing for God and you that Jesus would say to you when you stand in front of him?
God made us for relationship and communion with him and each other so we may allow his freedom in us and through him with each other. He has loved us first so we can in communion with him and each other increasingly grow our trust in Him. The purpose of a relationship is to know ourselves and each other deeply and accurately so trust abound.
A bi-product of an intimate communion with him and through him with each other is the freedom to be who he says we are. This in-turn strengthens and motivates us to fulfill the great commission and his purpose for us. Testify and share with others his abounding Grace through his work and the gift of freedom bestowed on us . The “Good News”
Everything is changed when you change, the best way to transform others is to be transformed ourselves.
Do you see yourself accurately through your self inflicted prison bars? do you see yourself as God sees you? which way do you live your life out ? his way, yours a little of both? How Do you see God ? Even more importantly, have you discovered the wonderful and accurate picture of God as the creator, the father, the Savior, the judge, the brother, the influencer, the guide, the man and more ? If you haven’t, don’t worry... you will still experience and maybe even become convinced that the depth of the God’s love for you just might be the key to forever Transforming your relationship with Him and others.
This freedom is for us. All of us... read that again, ALL of us.
But even at the beginning of this journey, we have to be very careful, because it is possible for truth to MOVE us and still not FREE us.
How? Let me explain.
Discovering the depths of the heart of God offers us incredible hope. But looking at God’s heart through the lens of the world we can only see a distorted and twisted view. Here are some examples of how we may see God.
Each of us has a lens through which we see God and truth. If we see God through a lens of our shame, despite the evidence to the contrary, we will remain unconvinced that He is good, powerful, present, willing and utterly loving. We will likely self-protect and guard our hearts fearing it may all feel too good to be true. We have been let down too many times to risk it. Too often, we bought into something that promised hope and never delivered.
BUT... equally harmful is seeing God through a moralistic (right behavior/wrong behavior) lens. This could compel you to respond to this adventure into the heart of God by jumping in with both feet, the way you would a New Year’s exercise resolution, relying on yourself. You may say, “I must get to work on my shame” or “I need to be better at loving God and saying no to temptations.” BEWARE! It’s a trap! And it will work even less well than the last twenty-seven self- improvement projects you’ve subjected yourself to.
There are 2 ways to make yourself a god, the first way is to Brake all the moral rules the second is to keep all the moral rules
So, let’s do a self-check. What does your heart say as you enter this relationship? Do you want to promise God that you will finally do something more or better? Do you think you are buried so deep that you can’t claw your way out?
You will certainly not be alone if you answered “yes” to either question. But, be aware, a “yes” answer can also sometimes cripple you or leave you pretending you’re okay. Pretending leads to striving. Striving leads to despairing. Despairing leads to hiding. Hiding leads to giving yourself permission to act out again.
There is another way. We must surrender and allow Jesus in so we can see God through the eyes of the son. The adventure towards your freedom starts with community. While we are allowing God to work in us so we can trust him, it is with each other that we can test out such daring trust. The time has come for a clumsily real, probably often awkward, but increasingly authentic community to walk together and allow the heart of God to fill us.
“ IT IS GOOD TO KNOW AND TO BE KNOWN”
The real me
I was raised Catholic and I went to an all boy Catholic school “La Chartreuse” france. The monastery served as a seminary as well as a school for young boys. I was trained as an alter boy and in the many ways of serving God but i didn’t have a relationship with God. I only knew Him as the big distant God that will punish me if “I did bad”. Four years ago Jesus delivered me from the curse of the law with the gift of understanding His gospel. I have not been able to look back since.
From a very young age God had blessed me with the gift of forgiveness, compassion, perseverance and reconciliation and through Jesus’s gospel i found home in Him and He in me. I walk with my father, Brother and Guide through my day and when distractions come the spirit graciously and swiftly brings me back to our communion. I find peace in his sufficiency. My wife and I standing together on his foundation have been sharing His “Good News”, first with our children then our community and beyond. My oldest son is now full time staff with YWAM and my other Children are blessed with similar desires. Praise Him!
I am a member of St. Ansgar's Lutheran church in Salinas. In addition to serving there i also serve members of South Valley church, Christ Fellowship, Community Baptist and more growing together. I am blessed to share a deep brotherhood and friendship with the pastors of each church
Jesus gave me purpose in discipling men from many different denomination , especially young men using the Bible, along with a disciple making program called “Breakaway”. The Bible and this relational biblically base guide leads us to find freedom in a deep, authentic and vulnerable communion with Jesus and Each other. His love displayed Through his work and promises fertilizes our faith in him so we can be transformed into a new creation that shines on top of the hill.
In the last few months Jesus has encouraged me to use my abilities to reconcile “the big C” Church. A house divided cannot stand. Together with the many disciples coming out of the “Breakaway” program, we have teamed up to build his house on the rock. Our goal is to stand united as Christians so we can spread the “Good News” with the strength of His word and the guidance of the Spirit.
Things I love
I love to spend time with my wife, my family and my brothers in christ.
i enjoy deep conversations about the character of god and his relationship with us. I am fascinated by the different ways men and women think, there differences and there similarities. I find great joy in serving and watching God work in the relationship that he has put in front of me. Watching my own relationship between my wife and i and my children transform from constant stress to harmony and fun is extraordinary. God keeps on giving and now i get to influence other couples in his ways, a gift that keeps on giving.
we also love traveling, glamping, lake sports, snow sports pretty much anything active we love to do!
Above all we love God and he loves us. he takes amazing care of us so we can serve you. Praise him!