forerunner777, excitement, and urbana

lately, i've been experiencing a lot of zeal for outreaching to other students on campus. and when i was talking to one of my friends, she expressed that she thought the end times were near. she had looked into it a lot, and i began to research it some more as well. hypotheses about the pope being the antichrist, the pope establishing a new world order and world currency, and the russian president even pulling out a $1 world currency coin out of his pocket during a meeting was daunting to me. some sites that i've been looking at have even been talking about how if the pope is not the antichrist, he may be the antichrist's helper. there has been a lot of speculation on the pope and the catholic church. i've been looking a lot at youtube videos from a guy with username theforerunner777. he backs up all of his findings with scripture, and they're all based on hard facts. he has spoken a lot about the end times, and even though we don't know the minute or the hour, we should prepare ourselves for His coming. some people have predicted the second coming to be within the next 30 years, but i'm not sure. no one is supposed to know when it is, but hearing a number that is within my lifetime scares me. it scares me that there will be an antichrist, and no one will know who he is. false prophets will pop up. rfid chips, which are used in passports, merchandise purchased from stores, and fast passes for tolls.

that being said, i've been turning to my bible as well. there is nothing better than the Source to tell me the truth. so i'm beginning to read a chapter a day of revelation, rather than turning to other people to interpret it for me. knowing that the end is near, whether it's in my lifetime or not, has become really motivating for me to outreach to students on my campus this fall.

after going to NISET, and filming for some of the classes that were held about chapter building, i've learned a lot about how to effectively grow a chapter, and outreach to students on campus.

on a different note, the interns and i are making good headway on our project about stewardship, and we've come up with some good ideas, so i'm really getting excited about attending Urbana this year. for those of you reading this who haven't registered, do it now: urbana09.org. now i know what you're all thinking. "it's so expensive." "i want to be home for new year's." "it's so far away." but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a conference with 20,000 other christians, all worshipping the same God. i've heard that it's one of the closest things to heaven that you can come to on earth. and you know what? it's not about you. it's about God. so don't think of yourself when it comes to urbana, because it has less to do with you and more to do with God. don't pass this chance up, because once you're out of college, you won't want to go again with people who are younger than you, unless you have a high tolerance for embarrassment. so DO IT NOW!!