VolumeMAX'D April 2011

Algebra. YUCK.

Okay, not all of you may

agree… but most of you do. However, despite being one of the least

popular subjects in school, it‟s amazing how

many of us would rather rely on suspect

spiritual mathematical formulas

than on the leading of the Holy

Ghost!

As the Church learns to

Build on Calvary this month, Am-

plify wants to make sure that we

understand there is NOTHING

ELSE we can build our salvation

off of other than the sacrifice Je-

sus Christ made for you and for

me. There is not a sequence of

good works, no formula of self-

righteous deeds, no godly life-style

that in-and-of itself will eventually

equate to forgiveness of sins.

No matter how you add

April’s Theme: BAD MATH

IMPORTANT TO NOTE

April 2011

The Official News-zine of Amplify Student Ministries

up our actions by themselves,

they will never balance against

our outstanding debt. Romans

6:23 “For the wages of sin [is]

death; but the gift of God [is]

eternal life through Jesus Christ

our Lord.”

Prepare to lock „n load,

because we‟re hunting down the

bad math that leads us to believe

we can be anything other than

Spirit-led, cross-carrying, pas-

sionate-pursuers of Jesus Him-

self.

T.J. Heidenreich

Student Pastor

VOLUMEMAX’D

We‟ve been a little short on writers

& contributions the last few

months. I trust and hope everyone

has enjoyed reading VM the last

two years or so, but I really need

some readers to step up and decide

to become a writer!

If you‟re interested, please

contact me, or, better yet, just

WRITE SOMETHING and email

it on over to

[email protected]!

WWW.THEAMPLIFY.COM

Amplify has its own website!

While it is still under construction,

please stop by and check it out!

YOUTH CONGRESS

I know, I know, Youth Congress isn‟t until

August, but it‟s already April! The early-

bird registration deadline is approaching

quickly, so if you want to reserve a spot on

the bus of awesomeness, please sign up for

the trip and hand in $50 to reserve your

place!

Remember, three nights in a great

hotel, a bus ride to and from Columbus,

OH, and registration for North American

Youth Congress is ONLY $275 total for

the whole deal! Other youth groups are

charging $350+! This is a great deal, a

AMPLIFY CHOIR

Calling all students and young

adults!!! The Amplify Choir is go-

ing to be ministering Easter morn-

ing and soon at a Praise in the Park!

Pastor Bennett & I would like to

challenge you to get involved! It‟s a

great opportunity to shine for Jesus!

AMPLIFY’S RE-TWEETS FOLLOW AMPLIFY ~ WE ARE @Live_Louder

AaronRodgers12—Jesus wore the 1st championship belt I heard RT @revbrp @AaronRodgers12 As a

pastor, should I finish the Sunday message and put on the belt?

JeremiahBonds—You know what? TV isn’t as entertaining as reading. Book time!

justauthpastor—Real leadership is not taught, it’s modeled (example is more powerful than explanation)!

How are you leading others?

SPAGrant—”Hey, there’s food on the ground. Let’s go.” “No way, it hasn’t been 5 seconds yet.” -germs

RickWarren—Comparing yourself to others is worthless.God wont grade your life on the curve, but on the

Cross.

WatchMyThoughts—If you truly love someone, you’ll do anything you can to show them Jesus Christ.

JohnBevere—The trials you face today are preparing you for the great feats you’ll accomplish tomorrow!!!

lecrae—Pain and brokenness are symptoms of a deeper disease. Don’t try and treat the symptoms. God

holds the cutre.

teracarissa—The enemy can’t destroy whom God is defending.

kburzy—Tell me not of your justification, unless you have also some marks of sanctification.—J.C. Ryle

HeiressByCross—Beautiful women of God: your face should not wash off in the rain :)

walterdoc—”There are two kinds of failures. Those who thought and never did, and those who did and

never thought.” ~ Laurence Peter

akilthompson—Are you ready to shift from being a fruit inspector to a fruit grower?

sifu04—#putdeliveranceonthemenu

shesWanda—#FamousLies “Even though I sin, I love God.” >tht aint wht the bible says hun. (if you love

me you’ll keep my commandments.) -Jesus

joelurshan—We don’t change God’s message — His message changes us.

Following God’s Plan Sometimes in life we can

get so caught up with “things”

that we lose sight of what God is

doing, or trying to do in and

through us. Actually, at least for

me, it would be more accurate to

say “often” or “usually”. Things

like what we want, who we like,

what our friends think, how we

feel about our parents, where

we are going to go to college, if

we are going to college, what we

are going to study at college,

who am I, who am I going to be,

and on and on. All of this can be

overwhelming and cause us to

lose focus.

I remember as a teenager

being full of ideas and dreams of

who I was and what my life was

going to be like. I remember

days when I knew exactly who I

was going to be and what God

was going to do in my life. Then

something would happen or my

parents would say something,

and I would be plunged back

into the confusion. “Now what? I

thought I had everything figured

out and now it just fell apart.”

Typical teenage emotion, right?

Actually, these types of feelings

will continue throughout life,

though they do seem to be a lit-

tle more prevalent through ado-

lescence. So how do we work

through this? How do we make

sure we follow God’s plan for

us? (And have the right signifi-

cant other, and pick the right col-

lege, and….) Well, there are a

few things that can help us see

life a bit more clearly.

First, seek God—

sincerely. Read your Bible and

pray, yes, but then take the time

to listen to God also. Meditate

on the verses you read, mean-

ing: think about them, both what

they really mean and how they

apply to your life.

Second, listen to your

parents, grandparents, pastor,

student pastor, etc. I know, I

know. You hear it all the time

and it gets frustrating. I mean

sometimes these people just

don’t understand you, and they

want you to be something en-

tirely different from what you

want. But you know, the wisest,

and possibly richest, man that

ever lived (other than Jesus

Christ) gave this advice all the

time. In Proverbs, King Solomon

said over and over again to lis-

ten to your father and mother

and heed their advice. They do

understand more than you think,

and they care about you more

than just about anyone else in

the world.

Third, remember that you

need to look at the big picture.

When things don’t go the way

you planned or things are just

going badly, don’t let yourself

freak out—at least not too much.

God sometimes has bigger

plans than we do. C.S. Lewis

wrote one of the most beautiful

allegories of this that I have ever

heard. In his story “The Horse

and His Boy” from the

“Chronicles of Narnia”, he tells

the story of a young boy who

had a very difficult childhood. As

the story progresses, everything

seems to go wrong for him. In

one of his lowest moments, he is

feeling very sorry for himself and

is recounting to a stranger, who

is really the great King, or repre-

sentation of Jesus, in the story,

all of the unfortunate things that

had happened in his life. The

stranger then proceeds to tell

the boy that he does not call him

unfortunate and explains how he

had actually used many of the

“unfortunate” things that hap-

pened to lead him to his rightful

place as a prince. It is a beauti-

ful story and shows so clearly

how God’s ways are much big-

ger than our own ways and how

He can use anything for our

good.

So hang in there. Seek

God with your whole heart, heed

wise and godly counsel, and

keep your focus on more than

the things that are right in front

of you. God has a purpose for

you, and He is just waiting to do

great things in your life!

-Carissa Schaffer

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April 2011 Calendar