I forgot

I forgot to mention that Volunteers for Christ is an outreach to the University of Tennessee.

Sorry,

matthew

I'm Back

Hey everyone,
I told you last time I would tell you a bit about myself, so here it is:
A big part of my life is devoted to my local church. If I could sum up my whole life in 2 words I would put "local church." To be more specific, my local church, Cornerstone Church in Knoxville, TN. Like I said last time, I have been going to Cornerstone for 14 years (since I was 4). Even though I grew up in the church, it wasn't until later in my life that I became a Christian. I had fooled myself into thinking that I had become a Christian a long time ago, but my life just wasn't matching up to what I was professing to be. In the summer of 2002, God started to work in my life. That summer, I started having doubts about my salvation. I started thinking about my life and what would happen if I died that night and what would happen to me. Then, God started to actively work through my life to change me like I had never experienced before.
On July 31, 2002, at a youth camp our church was going to in Charlotte, North Carolina, God showed me my need for a savior. That night a man named Mickey Connolly spoke on the doctrine of hell. The message scared me. I started thinking of all the stuff I had done wrong and all the sins I had committed against this holy, just God. After the message we broke into discussion groups and I started to cry because of all the things I had done and the punishment that I owned. Then, two of my best friends: Casey Holbrook and Matthew Bowman started to pray with me and that night I gave my life to the Lord. You see, I knew the truth. I knew that God had sent His only Son to die on the Cross for all my sins. That he took the punishment that I deserved and gave me eternal life. I knew all that, but my pride was keeping me from admitting that I needed a savior.
The Lord has been so good to me to give me friends like Casey and Matt to bring me to Him. The Lord has brought me all the way to where I am now, and he will keep me to the end.
Well, that's a little about me and my experience. Don't worry, the blog probably won't be this serious all the time. I just wanted to let everyone know how God has changed my life.

see ya,
Matthew

Hey Everybody

Hey,
This is my first ever blog. My good friend Jonathan inspired me to write a blog with his own blog. So here it is.
I'm Matthew Reynolds. I'm a freshman at Pellisippi State Technical Community College (PSTCC). I'm a part of a campus ministry called Volunteers for Christ. I help out there a bunch and am really exited about what God is doing through this ministry. Through this blog, I hope to give some of you out there a glimse of what it's like being a college freshman and a glimse of what God is doing through VFC.
VFC is a outreach of Cornerstone Church. Cornerstone is the coolest church ever! I know because I've been going to Cornerstone since 1991 (when I was 4). I've seen God work in countless ways in and through this local church.
Well, thats about all the time I have now, but visit more often as I try to keep this up.
Next time I'll try to let everyone know a little about myself and stuff like that.

Have a wonderful, grace-filled day,
Matthew