Friday June 5^th ’09 - So, I can say that God still speaks to His people. John 10:27 tells us that as sheep, we hear the voice of God and only Him we will follow. I was so reminded of this early this morning. I got up and the most awful thing that could happen happened...I made my coffee and had no sugar in the house! For those that know me personally, that is sin itself. So, off to Winn Dixie I go to get the necessity. As I am walking through the store, I run into these two people frantically running around the store picking up some of the strangest items...multiple bottles of Windex, shaving cream, paper plates, bread, peanut butter...I was not sure if they were shopping for their home or preparing for the end of the world. Then I noticed that both of them had Duval County Public School badges on. Then it finally hit me...END OF YEAR CLASS PARTY. Hey every little kid loves a shaving cream face on their desk as they make peanut butter sandwiches. I did not think much of it after that, but continued to notice the couple throughout my mad hunt in the store for sugar. Side note to Winn Dixie....MAKE THE SUGAR EASIER TO FIND! A few minutes later, I had found the sugar, I was in the line and ready to start my day. Then wouldn’t you know it? The couple was behind me in line...and God began to speak...”I want you to pay for their supplies in my name”. For those of you that have experienced such a thing...the next 5 seconds seemed like an hour as I worried and stressed about...”They will think am weird”, “That is embarrassing”...and the biggest one of all...”I DON’T HAVE THE MONEY”!  Then I turned to ask them “Are you buying supplies for your class?” They answered affirmatively and then the thoughts (or should I say fears in the form of thoughts) started again. Not needless to say...I went through with it! I chose the cash back option on the little swipey thingy, took out $40.00 and turned to them and said...”I would like to donate to your class.” The amazed tone in the their voice of “Really!” said it all. God has struck something. I am sure their thoughts (or should I say shock in the form of thoughts) where varied. Maybe “And why would he do that!”, or “Who is this pedophile trying to smooze in on my class.”  My response was that “God sees you raising up world changers.”. With that, I walked out of that store and the day became more than just about getting a bag of sugar for my needed coffee.  It became about giving myself away to a purpose.  Some kid in that class is gonna have the cure for AIDS, write the next Christian best selling fiction series, be the next mega pastor in Jacksonville. And today, God used me to “give myself” into it. I am going to share more on this topic tonight at the Ascension Worship event at Hillcrest Baptist Church. It starts at 7pm and is located at 7673 Collins Rd (www.ascensionworship.com for more details). Join us to hear more about how you can “give yourself away” to the mission of activating world changers in this generation...looking forward to seeing you there. - cc