Jason Bedell Online

As a leader, you get it all.
The Good.
The Bad.
The Ugly.

You preach a great message, the people love you.
You talk about their dogs, they accost you.
You make the easy decisions, they applaud your resolve.
You make the tough decisions, some people up and leave.

The fact is that ministry (paid or volunteer) and being a Christ-follower is not for the faint of heart. It's a difficult life following the Master. That's why Jesus warned... wide is the road leading to destruction and narrow is the road leading to heaven. Many will find the wide road (Matthew 7:13). On your journey, you won't please them all.

You will mess up constantly.
You will let people down.
You will make decisions people don't like.
You will hurt people that are close to you.
You will say "I'm sorry" often.
And... you will want to quit frequently.

So, why do people follow the man named Jesus?
Why do I follow the man named Jesus? Well...

He loved me when no one would.
He forgives the things I've found hard to forgive myself of.
He has given me the humble privilege of leading.
He knows my heart- and that it is close to Him.
He lets me see a 50 yr old take another shot at life as they walk through the doors of a place they never thought they would end up. And they say to me, "I feel like I've taken my first breath at 50. Thank you for doing this."
He allows me the honor to baptize people into His name and watch them bring their co-workers to church. Four weeks later they baptize three co-workers.
He opens my eyes to see that my life doesn't consist of laptops, cars, a house, and things. But, instead- community and relationships.
He knows when I walk into work after working with some hurting families all week that this note and a gift for my wife and I will be on my desk thanking us for being here and answering God's call to serve at Forefront.

It's easy to lose focus in the madness people.
Don't let them steal your joy.

Jason *over and out*

T-Pain eat your heart out playa. There's a new Auto-Tune gangsta on the block. In all seriousness (if that can even take place with this post), our full-length album should drop sometime 2025'ish.

We're going to be taking a look at our worship here on the blog for the next two weeks. Worship is more than music, but this week we'll be taking a look at songs we do at Forefront, why we do them, and what spiritual truth is it saying about God and our journey.

Enjoy webisode numero uno and there will be more to come...

• Waking up with the effects of a cold on your throat is a beast.
• Our team of volunteers at Forefront is off the chain amazing!
• The staff continue to do ministry in a way that humbles me to be their leader.
• Are you on Twitter? You should follow @jdtheart4, @allenj, @thepez and of course- @jasoneilbedell (my wife and daughter use it too).
• The opening song rocked my face off today!
• If you missed it, it was this song right here (only better, seriously).
• The rap video played this morning... wascompletelyoutofcontrol.
  
• It's all one word 'cause my head is messed up after that two minutes of craziness.
• The message pointed people to the mission of God's people.
• Had quite a few people ask how they get get involved with serving God for the first time... AWESOME!
  
• Man, I LOVED being back and preaching after a week of vacation.
• NOTE: Vacation is not vacation when you have a one year old. It's just chasing a kid around in another town yelling, "No" and "Please don't put that in your mouth, it isn't food."
• Children's ministry is doing training right now after service and the place looked unreal. Cannot wait to hear what goes down.
• Is it just me, or are there a ton of new people kickin' it in the lobby every week after service?! Loved seeing people talk to them and making people feel welcome.
• Big Brother is on tonight. It's a trainwreck of a show, but my wife and I totally dig it.
  
• What show are you digging right now????
• The next two weeks of the series are going to be intense. You won't want to miss it.

Today.
2pm Central Time.
StoryUnfolding.com.
Check it out.
The set looks hot to 'def.

Jason *over and out*

So, we changed the look and feel of our YouTube page and added a bunch of the videos we've done over the past 6-7 months. Check it out and feel free to pass on the link to friends: http://www.youtube.com/jdelva

Here is a list of the videos just recently uploaded:

• I Love The 80's- Pop Goes My Heart Music Video
• I Love The 80's- Becky Bruner as Tina Turner
• Commercial Genius- Milk Parody
• Commercial Genius- Mac Parody 1
• Commercial Genius- Mac Parody 2
• Commercial Genius- Sonic Parody 1
• Commercial Genius- Sonic Parody 2
• Commercial Genius- Sonic Parody 3
• One Prayer- What Does Jesus Look Like?
• unSTUCK- Cletus Jenkins in "The Elevator"
• unSTUCK- Cletus Jenkins in "The Workout"
• unSTUCK- Cletus Jenkins in "The Make Over"
• unSTUCK- Cletus Jenkins in "Speed Dating"
  

By the look of these quick shots, it feels like creative arts planning time. Man, the ideas that come out of this team continue to amaze me. I wonder what big things are in store as we plan the next three series on the schedule for the Fall?!?

Cannot wait.

Jason *over and out*

Just got news about a project I've been working with on the side that has hit two big road blocks. If you could pray God takes these road blocks out of the way or that if it isn't the right timing that God will show us to walk away for now.

Thanks in advance people.
Jason *over and out*

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Now playing: Jon Foreman - Your Love Is Strong
via FoxyTunes

So I was gone yesterday while on vacation with my family. The team was in the One Prayer series with thousands of other churches. The creative team made this video to go along with the theme "God Is..."

I love the quote, "You just got lazered in the face!" Ha, great stuff. Enjoy.

Jason *over and out*

After a much needed break, I'm back in action. I took almost two weeks off from blogging, spent time with our staff, went on a family vacation, prayed over God's leading and direction in all aspects of my life. It was a good time.

I needed to get down to the heart of why God calls us to do some of these truly insane things. Why He moves us to do things we don't always understand... and I didn't get a real clear answer on that, but He did speak loud and clear about one thing-

Be thankful.

I am privileged to lead one of the most amazing churches I know of, I have a loving Savior who decided the entire world (including me) was worth saving, I have a beautiful wife, a lovely daughter, a solid family, and great friends that I know would do anything for my family.

It's nice to know that sometimes when His leading doesn't always make sense, God points you back to the things that matter... People. Those you love, those you don't know yet, and those who need you to share the love of Jesus with. It's people that matter. So glad God continues to point out the big things so I don't get caught up in the little things. Glad to be back though, I was missing you guys (and gals).

Jason *over and out*

Oh, a freebie! Who doesn't like something free?!? When we got home yesterday, we didn't feel like cooking so my wife humbly accepted my invitation to Long John Silvers (I know, I know, big spender in the house). Well, here are some shots of us actin' a fool while waiting for the food. Enjoy.