Resurrection Sunday! 2010
April 5th, 2010

Easter 2010 BIt was great to see folks come out from all walks of life on Sunday April 4, 2010. We had a great time celebrating the resurrection of our Savior and Lord! Over 134 in attendance was a bench mark for Tha MYX on any given Sunday. We are excited to see God moving in a mighty way within His church. 10, Salvation’s, Several re-dedications, and many were prayed for including Yasmin who is struggling with alcohol addiction. Yasmin and her husband have been attending Tha MYX for close to 9 months and face day to day struggles as they are homeless and live under the bridge on 6th avenue and Federal Blvd in Denver. Yasmin said, “I don’t know what it is about this place, Nathan and I woke up and had enough money to go and buy a bottle, but we said NO, let’s go to church today.” Praise God they did. Yasmin and Nathan are just two of many who attend Tha MYX with different degrees of a hard knock life. We are glad that so many come to see the power of God move in a mighty way through fellowship, encouragement, and prayer. As I was preaching about the Glorious Jesus on “Star” status in His time, I come to find out several things about Jesus. . Whenever He entered into a place, town, neighborhood, or house, people flocked to Him. Even His enemies or those who doubted were moved by His appearance. Jesus came as a sacrifice and wasn’t moved by any of the distractions that the people laid on Him. They fixed their eyes upon HIm, they were amazed by Him, they were silenced by Him, and the influence that Jesus had was an all time “Star” status. Even this day, He is gaining the attention that He is the Messiah. Something happens when we’re fixed on Jesus. We gain this super natural Unity within each other. When we stare at Him, we gain this Elusive UNITY. Acts 4:32 states, “Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and of one soul.” Even a warring pack of dogs banded together when a lion walked into town. And so it was with Jesus. His Holy presence was striking. And as people stared at Him, they grew UNIFIED. The world is to know us by our UNITY. (John 17:21) So it was, when He entered, they worshipped Him, they praised Him, and this was totally Elusive Worship. Imagine, Jesus comes and dies for the world so that through Him they might be reconciled. What an impact He had, WHILE ON THE EARTH, AND WHILE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF HIS FATHER AND YOURS, WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!!!!

Christmas Angel Project @ Tha MYX
December 10th, 2009

n1026391717_348380_535Greetings to all-

In spite of illnesses and the busyness of December, we are moving forward with the plans to sponsor over 70 families in the Sun Valley area of downtown Denver in a few weeks.  As always, details are being adjusted, but here’s what we have planned right now:
WHEN: Saturday, December 19  10:00 AM-Noon
WHAT: A Christmas Store
Families/parents that signed up for support will be given an opportunity to go through the “Store” and select one toy for each child.  Following their selections, they will have the opportunity to wrap the gifts in the wrapping room.  We’re using this approach this year for a couple of reasons.  First, we want to help the parents maintain as much control and dignity during the gift giving process as possible.  Second, we think it will be easier for people to contribute and participate in a number of ways, as opposed to just sponsoring a family.  More details on that below.
WHO IS IT FOR:  During the Thanksgiving support that many of you supported, we offered families eating with us to sign up for Christmas support if they needed it.  Over 70 families signed up for sponsorship.  Almost all of them from the Sun Valley community.  The Sun Valley community is a neighborhood of about 1500 people, 1000 of whom are children.  It is bordered by Invesco Field on the north, 6th Ave on the south, I-25 on the east and Federal Blvd on the west.  It has traditionally been one of the highest crime and poverty areas in the state.
WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE:  Anyone.  Any person, any family, any business, any church, any group.  If you’re interested in supporting urban families in need, we would love to have you participate.
WHAT DO WE NEED:  Gifts, mainly.  We’re trying to collect approximately 250 age and gender-appropriate gifts for these families.  We’re targeting gifts from $10-$25 each.  If it’s easier, we will also take financial donations, which we will use to purchase either gifts or gift cards for the children or their families.  We will also need 25-40 people, at least, to help us run the store, assist the families, and ensure it’s a great experience for everyone involved.  If you’re able to contribute in any, or all of these ways, we would really appreciate it.
HOW WILL IT WORK:  We will send out a detailed list of the number of gifts, by age and gender, that we need in the next few days.  We’re asking for people to sign up to contribute in a similar way as for Thanksgiving.  If you can contribute one gift on the list, just let us know “One gift for a girl 3-5 yrs”  or “10 gifts for boys ages 10-12″.  We’ll have all of the requirements broken down in detail so you know what we need and what our status is at any given time.  We think this approach will let children, adults, business and groups all participate in a manner that they are comfortable with.

Click on this link below to find out how you can get involved in sponsoring a family!

http://just-beneath-the-surface.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-angel-project-for-sun-valley.html

Finding peace in the word of God!
December 10th, 2009

bible pictIt seems, we are stopped in our tracks at times as fundamental evangelical followers of Christ. It seems that we are not growing any deeper in our relationship with God, our knowledge of who He is, and have no energy to even open the Bible and try to make sense of what it saying. I mean let’s face it, we have a lot in this world up against our time, resources, energy in Christianity. You have generations hooked on videos games, internet gaming, pop culture, rap music, and recreation time that just simply out powers the boredom of sitting down trying to understand God’s word. I HEAR YA MA PEEPS! It seems there might be need for a little change in our habits and I really feel it’s time to dig deep in what God really has for us. He’s given us His word for a reason. Word’s mean something and I believe when our eyes are enlightened to the Spiritual things of God, it sheds light on a whole new level in Christ! I decided to post a few helpful things that you might be able to take with you as when your sitting at home late at night, not watching t.v. maybe just looking to study, that you can apply when studying or reading God’s word.

When studying God’s word use this technique:

The “Sentence Within” Technique

While completely reading all quotations herein, learn to focus on core ideas contained in Scripture passages.  Verses that may seem familiar will almost certainly present new information previously overlooked, because every good Bible teacher will bring out new information from the Word.

In the quotations in the book, bold words will highlight a sentence within a sentence.  For example consider the footnote just referenced.

A sentence:

Therefore every scribe concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

Notice that the bold words within that sentence highlight another sentence, drawing attention to a particular thought.

A sentence within a sentence:

Every scribe brings out of his treasure things new and old.

So the bold words not only form a sub-sentence, but they indicate exactly which words support the point being made by the writer using the technique.  Bold underlining brings into focus an even more basic idea, always forming a narrower sentence.

A sentence within a sentence within a sentence:

Every scribe brings out things new.

Techniques for studying the Bible, called hermeneutics, can be used properly or improperly.  If used properly, this system of bold words and underlining can precisely denote one particular truth within a verse.  The principle rule for using this technique properly is honesty.  For leaving out a single word, especially a condition or negation, could distort a text.  For example: “He who does believe is condemned” rather than Christ’s words “He who does not believe is condemned” would be dishonest.  Used correctly, however, the sentence-within technique greatly aids Bible study.  For example in Ephesians, Paul’s run-on, seven-verse sentence (Eph. 1:15-21) contains, “I give thanks for you,” which kernel of thought helps the student keep the rest of the passage in context.  The sub-sentence helps the user of the technique communicate his ideas to the reader.  The reader then considers whether the original author of the greater quote, say Paul or Jesus, also had in mind the same inner sentence.  If so, then honest use of language and consideration of the context has indicated the validity of the sub-sentence.

The sentence within a sentence technique is designed to highlight not individual words but complete thoughts.  Grammatical elements like subject, verb, and object help to constrain the range of interpretation and narrows the possible scope of the meaning of the passage.

I pray this helps you out when your studying and looking to FIND PEACE IN THE WORD OF GOD!

Holiday Season 2009!
December 3rd, 2009

holiday_headshotGOD IS GOOD! That’s all I have to say. Well actually, I would like to share a little more. This time of year is rough, depressing, harsh for some if not most of the people in this world. I have been deeply encouraged to see the men and women of God come together to lend a helping hand to those in need. Not all those who lend helping hands have it all together either. It seems that when you take a bunch of SUB-urban folk, and UR-ban folk and MYX them together you get SUPER-natural outcomes. Not only do the lives of the inner city get touched and reached, so do the lives of those who live in the suburbs. This is totally amazing! On November 21st, we were able to feed 300 meals on a saturday afternoon in the front side of our church. Going back and thinking how in the world we would make this possible, made me realize that I have to fully depend on God to make it happen. Well as people lined up from all kinds of different walks of life, I was touched. Watching those volunteer’s serve and be a part of the BIGGER picture of what God is doing was truly amazing. Seeing these working class, middle class and even upper class individuals laying aside all their selfs to be a blessing. In all in all, they were touched too in their own special ways. It’s truly amazing when God’s people come together for one good cause and allow the Holy Spirit to work through them. On November 21, 2009, LIVES WERE CHANGED! AMEN to that one! The next day at church, we held a service of about 90. Not bad for our first year of the Church plant! The best part was when lives got saved and right after, sent people away with food to feed their families that afternoon. God not only provided food on saturday for 300 folks, but there was plenty of left over for the whole church to take food home. Kinda like God feeding how many with 5 loaves of bread? Wow, thank you JESUS for all you do. – AGE

Attention Musicians!
December 3rd, 2009

baby_drummer-2We are currently seeking musicians for our worship team. We are in big need of an acoustic guitarist, drummer and a bass player at this time. If you would like to serve on a team that has a heart and mind to reach the city of Denver, Please come down and join us. Contact us info@thamyx.org to find out more about how you can be a part of a great team!!!

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