Josh Meadows

Most of the time people are held captive through trepidation when they think of there past. The hate it, despise it, loathe it, and are ashamed of it. Yet this past week I realized something, that God REALLY does work all things for the good of those who truly love Him. I was able to stand in front of 700 kids, knowing that for most of my life, I was fake. And the very fact that I was fake and put on a show for people with Christian clothes and my Christian jargon....leads me to believe that many others are doing the same thing. God gave me a boldness like never before, and I spoke right to the heart of fake Christians who wanted Jesus as savior, but didn't care for Him as master and Lord. And I saw God take my past, redeem it, and use it for the glory of His name. I know exactly why God had me up on a stage in front of that many people, to tell people to count the cost, not the blessings, before make the biggest decision of there young lives. I'm not proud of being fake, i'm not proud of being a hypocrite, but I am proud is that God honors repentance and that He will take your past, and enhance someone else's future...GOD is so good, and I will never ever give another invitation without first urging people to count the cost.....doing so would be the biggest injustice i could do to the church.

Pray for me as i'm off to beach camp this week, with amazing kids from Gaffney!

Love ya'll

It's thursday, and I'm exhausted! I have to say this has been one of the best weeks of my life! Every night i have preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to nearly 700 kids, and I walk away every night with one OVERARCHING thought....and it's this, "That God is more passionate about His name and His Glory that anything else in the World" To see kids walking the isles and repenting of there sin and there junk, and responding to the pull of the Holy Spirit is amazing, it's something that i can never take credit for, therefore I attest to His greatness!

Kids are out on roofs in 100 degree weather to the point of exhaustion, other groups are building wheel chair ramps for little kids like Little Johnny, who i met lastnight...I'll never forget His mother carrying Him to the front of the auditorium and letting everybody know how thankful she was for the new addition to her house, so that her Son could write his NEW wheelchair up to the porch! Friends, this is the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

We got 2 more nights together, May God blow our minds!

A friend of mine, Clayton King, wrote a book titled, "Surrounded by the Sacred"..and it is a beautiful book about God speaking through everyday circumstances. The book encourages us to pay attention to our surroundings because God is at work. On Saturday night i'm at target with my little brother and as we are walking through target i notice something, that my little brother is staring at my feet? Weird huh? I started thinking about what he could be thinking and doing, and as i'm looking down i notice that He is trying to walk like me!!! He is shorter than i am, he is probably 5'4" or 5'5", but he had lengthened his stride to match mine. You have no idea how cool that was for me to see my little brother, trying to walk like me. What is even cooler than this is that God taught me a lesson, That His heart is made glad when my eyes are on Him and i'm walking like He walked. Just like my heart was filled with joy in seeing my little brother keep my stride, so also is God's heart filled with Joy when His children keep in step with the Holy Spirit! My prayer is that we will keep our eyes on the king of kings and begin to lengthen our stride to match our Jesus....Keep your eyes on Him today! Peace...........

Guys you know I come at you in honesty, and it's hard to say that my words and my life have not always meshed together. It's easy for me to stand before you and talk about Jesus, and How I long for Him and how I long to KNOW HIM. But behind my words and behind your words, is there action in motion to back it up? This one statement has really helped me lately, you ready?!?! Here goes....Whenever i'm tempted I talk to myself and say this, "Josh, you said you want to know GOD, and if you want to know God, then is what you are doing right now backing that statement or opposing that statement?" In other words, our words mean nothing if we don't have actions to back it up...WORSHIP is loving Jesus with our words and our lives...we must not separate the two. Nothing deep here, it's actually simple, be careful who you say you are...Be obedient

I have to say, after examining my own life, and also the culture around me, i can humbly and vulnerably say, that there is something missing in regards to our view of God. IF WE ONLY KNEW, how Holy, how majestic, how wonderful, how unbelievably amazing God truly is, woudln't we fear Him? So the question is, do we KNOW Him, or do we know ABOUT Him? For me, it has often times been the latter, yet the Holy Spirit through a guy named Solomon has something to say to us in Proverbs 2:3 Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to FEAR THE LORD, AND YOU WILL GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. Guys, seeking and pouring through scriptures, causes us to KNOW HIM, KNOWING HIM CAUSES US TO FEAR HIM, AND FEARING HIM CAUSES US TO OBEY HIM. Maybe if there is consistent sin in our lives, it simply means we don't know God, or possibly that we have forgotten who He is, and it could be time to get on your knees and re-aqquaint yourself to Him. If we would pour into knowing JESUS, like we pour into the things of the world, our lives would change, which in turn would change the lives of others...it's a dominoes effect....don't stop seeking.

Moses is out tending his flock, he has an interesting experience with this "weird" bush that is being surrounded by fire, YET, it is not consumed. Would that spark your attention? It did for Moses, so He draws closer. And from within the Burning Bush, God speaks to Moses, and although Moses is intrigued about the whole situation, God says something very important, "DO NOT COME ANY CLOSER, Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground" I love this, God is saying "Moses, although i drew you over here and sparked your interests, there is only so close that you can come to me...you can't come over here and approach me like you would anything else, I am set apart, I am Holy, and the ground you are standing on is Holy because I am here" Moses could not come any closer the way that He was, the closer He got the more reverence He had to show, and God made Him aware really quick, that this was no ordinary encounter, and He had to change His approach. Guys, often times we approach God just like we approach anyone else, "Hey Big Dude in the sky, My eternal homeboy, please answer all my prayers and keep my safe, amen" And if we want to see God move in our life, we need to stop right where we are at, we need to take off our sandals and realize that He is Holy, and that we can't approach Him the same way and expect different results. Jesus has made a way for us to come before Him with Boldness, but we must recognize that he is INFINITELY Holy, and we must change our approach, and enter into His presence with reverence....again, take off your sandals, He is Holy and there is none other than Him! Love ya....

Before you read the title and think that i'm funny, or that i'm out there, i would have you know that i do love women, and I am not gay...HOWEVER...there is something about sitting around a room with men of God and pouring out your heart and soul and being vulnerable together. Jesus did the same thing with His disciples, and it literally turned the world upside down. Those 12 men, were fishermen, cowards, tax collectors, etc...yet when they saw with there own eyes, that Jesus conquered sin, death, and the grave...the became bold, audacious, and all but ONE became martyers for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Today i had the opportunity to sit around a living room, in boiling springs NC, with 12 men, in a discipleship network, and I believe this netword will be a turning point in my ministry, my integrity, my character, and my life...please pray for these 12 guys with me, as God is going to use us to change the world! A big thanks to Clayton King, and his integrity to stay faithful to the Gospel of Jesus