Great Day! - Quals, Chapel, & Race!

It was a safe day of qualifying and racing today. Our chapel when very well today and was very well attended. There were many great God moments today.... When asked by one of the drivers of I could pray for him to win, I answered, "Let's pray that you will do the best of your abilities." He responded, " what if that is not enough?". I responded, "the Bible says we can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. How bout if we pray for that." He agreed. We prayed!

Do You Love Me?

Part of the chapel message today.... Jesus asked Peter in John 21:17 a very simple question…. Do you love Me?

Our natural individuality, or our natural self, boldly speaks out and declares its feelings. But the true love within our inner spiritual self can be discovered only by experiencing the hurt of this question of Jesus Christ. Peter loved Jesus in the way any natural man loves a good person. Yet that is nothing but emotional love. It may reach deeply into our natural self, but it never penetrates to the spirit of a person. True love never simply declares itself. Jesus said, “Whoever confesses Me before men [that is, confesses his love by everything he does, not merely by his words], the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God”. – Oswald Chambers

Do you love Jesus? Is He your top priority?

God took care of me....

One of our USF2000 drivers hit the wall today after having a mechanical failure with the car. He had a fractured bone in his foot. We had a neat conversation at the hospital about God's protection. He told me "God took care of me again, didn't He?" I answered, "He sure did". He then responded "We need to keep God first".

Wow... It is refreshing to see drivers professing their faith in Christ, in the midst of a trial. Physically, he is going to be fine. Spiritually, we should follow his lead. We should keep God first.

Thanks for praying.....

Chapel Here!

Thanks to Bart and the people at Business Art & DeSigns of Indy for making this Chapel banner! It is making its debut this weekend at the Road America event at Elkhart Lake, WI! Thanks Bart!

Made it to Elkhart Lake, WI safely! Thanks for your prayers!

Road America - Elkart Lake, WI - this weekend!!!!

The USF2000 series will be in Elkart Lake, WI for two races this weekend. The first of the double header is on Saturday and the second race is Sunday morning. The chapel service this weekend is at 10:30 on Saturday and the message is "No Greater Love".

Pray for a safe weekend and that the hand of God will be seen!!

Intense Weekend.......

It was a great weekend of racing at the Chicago Autobahn in Joliet, Ill . This weekend was very busy from a ministry perspective. One of our drivers “passed out” in the car, hit the wall, and had to be transported to a local hospital. Praise God he is OK, but there were a few tense moments based on the “unknown” at the time. The races were both very competitive. There were some very specific instances that required private and individual prayer this weekend. Please ask God to comfort and guide these individuals.

Thank you all for your continued support!

The Joy of Your Salvation!

Below is a brief summary of today's Chapel message front the Autobahn in Joliet, Ill. We had one on track incident that required one of our driver's to be transported to a local hospital. Through God's providential protection, he is going to be OK... Thanks for your prayers....

Joy, related to happiness - happiness requires the right circumstances where joy does not. Jesus Christ felt joy though He faced heavy trials.

The joy of Jesus was His absolute self-surrender and self-sacrifice to His Father— the joy of doing that which the Father sent Him to do as recorded in Hebrews 12:2, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

The “joy set before him”….

This joy is not dependent on circumstances
This joy is everlasting
This joy is eternal

Do you have this eternal joy?

Look to Christ......

In a conversation today at the track, it was obvious that this person was looking to man, not to Christ for as an example of "what is right". I responded by saying people are just people... We need to look to Christ and his example....... It says in John 2:24-25 that "Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. He did not need man's testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man." Look to Christ. He is the perfect example......

The USF2000 series had two safe practice sessions today. Qualifying at 8:00AM tomorrow with the Chapel service at 10:30 and the first race of the weekend at 1:05.

Harrah's Autobahn Grand Prix - This Weekend!

The USF2000 series will be at the Autobahn in Joliet, Ill. The chapel service this weekend is at 10:30 AM on Saturday at the USF2000 transporter. The message this week is "The Joy of your Salvation". Pray that God would lead and hearts would be receptive!

Below is the weekend schedule and a link to live timing and scoring!
July 30. 9:20-9:50 - Practice #1
July 30. 2:20-2:50 - Practice #2
July 31. 8:00-8:30 - Qualifying
July 31. 1:05-1:35 -Race #1
August 1. 8:00-8:15 - Warm Up
August 1. 1:05-1:35 - Race #2

http://www.imsatiming.com/usf2000livetiming.htm

IRL Ministry - Family Fun Night 7/29/10!!!

Family Grand Prix Track • Malibu Skill Track • Indoor Rookie Indy Track
Indoor Family Slick Track • Action Golf • Blaster Boats • Mini-Bowling
IZOD Indy Car Drivers • Firestone Indy Lights Drivers • Pictures with Drivers!
Great Food • Family Game Room
Ticket Prices*Family $80 (in advance) $95 (at the gate)Individual $30 (in advance) $45 (at the gate)

Children 3 & under free!
*includes (per person) unlimited attractions, 1 game of mini bowling, 4 game tokens
Additional tokens - 25¢ per token -or- 100 tokens for $20
Photos taken with drivers and autographed – Autographed photos $10

For more information call 317-716-8850!

Race went well today! Everyone safe! Give God the glory!

Saturday NJ Update

Had a safe race today at New Jersey Motorsports Park! The second race of the weekend is tomorrow. Chapel service went well! The topic today was trust.... Below is one of the verses mentioned...

Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you - Psalm 9:10

Seek Him! Trust Him! And He, will never forsake you... What a promise!

Friday at NJ

Went well today..... handed out a few resources like Strobel's "The Case for Christ" and McDowell's "More than a Carpenter". Also handed out a neat CD resource called "The Search for Answers". You can find this at www.thesearchforanswers.com.

Pray for the chapel tomorrow at 10:30AM !

NJ Motorsports Park!

Heading to New Jersey Motorsports Park this weekend! The USF2000 chapel service is 10:30AM on Saturday this weekend. The message this week is "Who do you Trust?" We will be talking about where or what or who do you place your trust.... Proverbs 3:5 tells us to Trust in the Lord with all your heart and not lean on your own understanding! Do you trust in the Lord? Really trust?

Thanks for your prayers this weekend!

Iowa Update

It was a full day of qualifications, chapel service, and race today. God provided through it all! The chapel service was a little loud with the Indy Cars practicing in the background. God arranged some great conversations with individuals. Some life applications were discussed and Christ was shared! Give God the glory!

The message today was "The Peace of God" Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. - Colossians 3:15

Thanks for your prayers and support!

Toto, we're not in Iowa any more!

OK, so we had a tornado warning, a thunderstorm warning, and treats of 2in dia hail with 65 mph winds. We got some heavy rain and winds but no tornados or hail. Thank God for His protection.

We had 3 practice sessions today and only had one minor incident. These USF2000 cars were averaging about 131 mph!

Had many great conversations today in the paddock area. Forgiveness, healing, God's providence, and trust were just some of the topics that were discussed with various individuals. God orchestrates these meetings and conversations. We just need to be available.

Pray for our Chapel tomorrow at 10:30 CDT...... Pray the Holy Spirit speaks...

Iowa this weekend - The Peace of God

It is an open wheel weekend in Iowa. The USF2000, Star Mazda, Indy Lights, and Indy Car will all be racing there! The USF2000 chapel is Saturday morning. The subject matter is "The Peace of God". Pray this will be well received!

Jesus died so that we may have peace.... But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5

May the peace of the Lord be with you this day!

Carpenter finishes 17th in 500.

It was an exciting, yet disappointing day at IMS when the #20 machine finished 17th after running as high as 4th. We had some fuel consumption issues that forced us to pit early on a yellow for a "splash & go". This caused us to give up a huge track position advantage.

It was exciting fueling the Vision Racing car. God kept everyone safe on the team as many prayers were answered. It was kinda cool that prior to the race, the team manager, know that I work with IRL Ministry, asked me to pray with team and driver prior to the race! We gathered at the car on the grid and I prayed for all involved. After the prayer was concluded, I overheard someone say, "it's kinda cool to have a Chaplain on the team."

Thanks for all your concern, prayers and support!

Indy 500 Pit Stop Video!