REBOOT in Drammen...

The show last night was so wonderful. We saw a handful of youth respond to the Gospel. I shared my testimony. Runar preached. And I believe many were touched by God. It was very good. Today, a handful of us will join in the local Vineyard church´s worhsip team, and directly following we will find ourselves back on the road to Skien. It has been a nice weekend, and I hope for many more like it. God has encouraged me this weekend. Until next time!
-Jordan

Going to Drammen....

Well, in about 2 hours we will be heading for Drammen for the weekend. Tonight, we will be joining a youth café and speaking a little bit there... tomorrow we have the show... and on Sunday we are preaching in the church service! Should be really cool.. I will let you all know what happens! Until then!
-Jordan

This is not the post that I began originally...

I have now spent the past 20 minutes or so trying to write a really inspiring post, but it failed as I was not able to find the Bible verse that I wanted to use that made the point of the whole thing.... That was frustrating... So the result is now this... In my own words, we should not sit around and wait for God to tell us what to do. God is not in control of our lives...(that may have been controversial..) Do you agree? Do you know why He is not `in control`. Do you think God wants to be in control? I don´t. If He were, would he have bothered to give us free will? What is free will all about? Wouldn´t we be all better off if God just made us do the right thing all the time? Of course God knows what is best for us. Of course He knows which decisions we should make. Why doesn´t He? He gave us free will... Why? So we could be the completion of the most perfect relationship ever. He created us for relationship. THAT, is why He does not dictate our lives. It would not be a relationship if He made all of our decisions for us. We would be puppets. Is it possible to have a relationship with a puppet? Nope... afraid not... The puppet does whatever YOU tell it to do. God does not do the same with us. Puppets have no free will. They can´t decide. They cannot CHOOSE to love anyone or anything. WE, however, have been given the greatest and most dangerous gift of all. Free will. We can choose to love Christ. Therefore, God does not have control over us, nor does He want it. He wants our hearts. He has given us life. He has given us dreams and desires. Don´t wait around for Him to tell you what He wants you to use your life for. You probably already know. And if you are not sure, start going in a direction that seems promising. You cannot steer a ship that is not moving. The ship must be moving first, before you can choose the destination. In everything you do, do it with God. Include God in all that you do. It is as simple as that. Be blessed. God loves you becuase He loves you. That´s it. Enjoy it. Until next time, Jordan

sorry...

sorry about not posting for so long.. I have been kind of lame.. In the past couple weeks I have been on tour on the northwestern coast of Norway. We started up in Ålesund and ended on an island outside of Bergen in a place called Austevoll... It was a good tour. We had lots of cool experiences and also a lot of fun. The team is growing, and getting better known with each other.. For those of you who don´t know yet, I have now been asked to be one of the leaders of REBOOT, so now it is Me and Julie leading the team. Fun fun... Anyway, for now we are in Skien.. we will be doing local shows off and on for the month of November, and will be off to Denmark for a week in December. After that, I am hoping to go home for Christmas for once in my life... it has been some years since I have been able to be home for Christmas, so it would be nice I am able to make it this year... now I just gotta put together 1014.00 usd to buy the ticket.... wish me luck! =) Until next time! Be blessed!
-Jordan K. Ernst