I love God and i'm passionate about sports and young people. It's crazy because he tied all those things together in what i do for a living. I love going work. And right now sports is crazy. We have the San Jose Sharks deep in the playoffs, and the Giants and A's playing extremely well, NBA playoffs and football about to kick off. If you drive around San Jose, you see people wearing Sharks colors, banners, flags, hats, and more! Stores have signs and posters up, this town loves their Sharks and are not ashamed to represent them! When we think about craziest fans, the Oakland Raiders almost make that list! Fans are exactly that "Fanatics!"

As a matter of fact two crazy Vancouver Canucks fans became pretty popular recently for the extreme they are willing to go for their team. Two men at every major Canucks game dress in a full green outfit and buy the closest seats near the penalty box to distract the oppossing players! It's pretty funny.


I came across these verses in the Bible the other day and it made me think about life.

"And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:  that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."
                                         - 2nd Corinthians 5:15-21

We are Christs ambassadors or "Representatives" here on this planet! What a privilege and an honor!  God chose us to do that job, which means he believes we can do it with his help. Our job is to tell other people about Jesus and the opportunity to experience reconciliation—to receive God’s forgiveness for our sins and to begin a lifelong friendship with Jesus.

It’s great to have a favorite sports team. As a matter of fact it gives us a cause to support and a connection to other fans. Most sports fans proudly display their support! They even go to games! Maybe you haven’t thought about it before, but being a follower of Jesus is similar to being a sports fan because we have a cause to support! And i believe an even BIGGER reason to boldly declare that support.

So how do we represent Jesus to this world!? I have and love christian t-shirts, hats, bracelets, and even a nice necklace, but does that make me a representative of Christ? Not necessarily. I even attend weekly services. Does that make me a representative?  Not necessarily. Don't get me wrong those things are important but i believe there are two HUGE things that matter most to Jesus....our ATTITUDES and our ACTIONS.

You and I have the chance to be positive, solid representatives of Jesus through our actions and attitudes. This doesn’t mean we have to be perfect. It simply means that when we love people, when we display compassion, when we meet needs, when we forgive, when help the needy and hungry—when we do these Christ-like things and have a Christ-like attitude, we are revealing Jesus to our world. It's interesting because Jesus never called his followers "Christians." The word Christian was given to people from non believers who acted and followed the teachings of Christ! They didn't know how to describe these people who were so different than everyone else. All they could say was, "They're Christians!" (Followers of Christ!)

Following Jesus starts on the inside, and works it's way to the outside. This world says the opposite. "Hey if you have money, power, great job, fame, THEN you will have joy, peace and happiness!" So let me ask you something? Who do you represent!? Who would your friends and co-workers say you represent? You see if Christ's teachings don't turn into action, it's just theory. And theory doesn't change lives! Let's rep Christ this week and every week! It's the best life you could ever live!

      Team Jesus,

           Chris

So i officially caved in and started my own blog. So thanks for joining me on this journey and i pray this encourages you and pushes you towards a life with Jesus, the one who changed my life.

"Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered." - Matthew 21:18-19

For years i struggled and searched for purpose in this life. I grew up like many of you in a dysfunctional home, ripped apart by divorce. My Mother did her best to raise me as best as she could. She was my world, that is until she was taken from me when i was 11 to cancer, and my world went into a downward spiral. I had no clue where i was going in life.  I was lost, hurt, and confused. This passage in the Bible probably boggles my mind more than any other in the whole book.

Jesus is hungry and comes to a tree that God himself created! Yet it had NO fruit, but it did have leaves! Basically this tree was not doing what it was created to do, and Jesus cursed it. A fig tree is suppossed to have FIGS. In another words he didnt want anything to do with it. He found it useless. It's crazy how something in life can exist and not know it's purpose. But whats more sad is for something to exist, KNOW it's purpose and not function in it! We can have "leave's" like nice cars, homes, big bank accounts, designer clothes, but are we doing what we're suppossed to be doing!? Are we producing fruit?!  In the end, what will matter most?

In John 15, we learn Jesus is the Vine, and we are the branches. If we stay connected to Him we'll produce fruit! (Or find PURPOSE!) Another illustration is He is the Potter, we are the Clay, either way you look at it, a life in His hands will produce purpose! God desires to use your life for His plans and purposes, outside of that you'll be left empty and lost. When i surrendered my life to Jesus, not only did i find purpose, i found forgiveness, peace, joy, and love.

I pray today you turn to Jesus, He's waiting, and so is this hurting world. You have to live your life like someone's counting on it, because they are. There's many ways to Jesus, but only ONE way to God...Jesus.

One Love, One God, One Way,
                    Chris