INDYCAR Ministry at Rock-n-Roll Car Show today!

Come join INDYCAR Ministry at the Rock-n-Roll car show today at the Greenwood Airport at County Line Rd. and Emerson Ave. It runs all day today! Stop by and say hello!

2012 INDYCAR Ministry Golf Outing - Friday, September 28th

How would you like to play golf with some of INDYCAR’s Stars?? The 2012 INDYCAR Ministry Golf outing still has player and team openings! It will be held at the Brickyard Crossing on Friday, September 28th! Call 317-716-8850 to reserve your spot! See flyer for more details. Come hang out and play with/against Graham Rahal, Simona de Silvestro, Josef Newgarden, Sebastian Saavedra, Martin Plowman, Larry Foyt, Jay Howard and other drivers of INDYCAR!

USF2000 Champions!

Congrats to Matthew Brabham who won the Champion Class and Henrik Furuseth who won the National Class in the 2012 USF2000 season! God's blessings as they further their careers according to God's will and plan for their life!

God is moving at VIR!

God seems to be at work....  This weekend has been filled with "God related" conversations that have provided many opportunities for me to offer the hope and peace that can only be found through trust and faith in Christ! God's plan, not our plan. God's will, not our will. Hope. Trust. Faith. Know.

Thanks for praying!

House of Hope!

Special thanks to Andersen Promotions in cooperation with INDYCAR Ministry. Together, they donated over 100 pounds of food this weekend to the House of Hope; a homeless shelter near Virginia International Speedway in Danville, VA (www.danvillehoh.com). Also, a big thank you goes out to the hospitality folks at VIR who packaged and staged the food.

Steve Anderson, who runs the shelter, told me that their people were just getting ready to come in for the night and that they would be grateful to have a dinner like this!

Please pray for the people living in the House of Hope that they may find the ultimate hope in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Green Flag is out at VIR for USF2000!

Final two races of the 2012 season are this weekend for the USF2000 series! Chapel service is at 7:15 on Saturday morning! Pray that God would move and protect!

Thanks for your prayers...

This was said to me twice this weekend by one of the drivers in our series. How often do we think we should pray and don't? When prompted to pray, act on it immediately; without hesitation, "present your requests to God" - Philippians 4:6

Congrats!

To Jack Hawksworth and Team Pelfrey for winning the 2012 Star Mazda championship today at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca!

"Hey Chaplain!"

This rang out from a golf cart that carried people back and forth to their parking area high on the hill at Laguna Seca. I stopped, turned around, and and shook his hand and said, "Yes?" The driver reply, "God bless you. I figure you are so busy giving blessings to others, that nobody gives you a blessing."

Wow! That was awesome! God encourages just at the right moments.... He is faithful.. He provides...

Thanks for your support!

Star Mazda at Mazda Raceway

The Star Mazda series is at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend. There will be two races this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Chapel will be Sunday at 11:00 am at the Star Mazda transporter!

Please pray for good and safe racing this weekend and that God moves in a mighty and powerful way!

Standing room only!

Praising God for a great chapel turnout today! All the seats were full and we had people standing around the perimeter! The venue in Baltimore and the location of the chapel service was optimal for drivers, crews and fans!

Giving God the credit, praise and glory!

You saved me...

One of our drivers who doesn't typically pray prior to the race had me pray with his wife next to the car. I prayed with his wife for his protection and her peace. He was involved in a fairly significant accident this weekend and was not hurt. When we talked after the race, he said to me, "You saved me! (with your prayer)". I responded, I did not save you. I simply make the request. God saved you."

No one has ever done that before....

While going down the grid today offering prayer to every driver, I had something happen to me that had never happened before. As I was ending the prayer with one particular driver and said, "and I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.", the driver immediately grabbed me closer and started praying for ME! Ya, he thanked God for me and thanked Him that I was still here on this earth! Wow! I was blown away!

When he finished praying for me, he gave me a great big bear hug and told me he appreciated what I do. I told him thank you and that no one has ever done that for me before....

God shows us confirmation is so many different ways, I believe we miss it sometimes...  I did not miss that today. Thanks God.

Baltimore Grand Prix!

In Baltimore, MD for the Baltimore Grand Prix this weekend! All four of the INDYCAR series will be running (USF2000, Star Mazda, Indy Lights, & INDYCAR). Pray for safety for all involved and that God moves in a mighty and powerful way this weekend!

The USF2000 & Star Mazda chapel is at 8:30 AM on Sunday morning at the USF2000 transporter. Also, special thanks to the people working with the Velocity Channel this weekend as they will be capturing footage of INDYCAR Ministry in action in all four series in preparation for a new INDYCAR Ministry promo video!

Thanks for praying! God is faithful.

To Live is Christ!

My blog entries are usually how I see God working in other people's lives. This entry is how I saw God working in mine...

While at Road America this past weekend with the USF2000 series, I started to experience my heart racing...literally. I thought it was nothing until I couldn't catch my breath and started to feel faint and dizzy. After the symptoms did not go away for an hour, I drove myself to an immediate care center. Upon arrival, my heart rate was 256 and I was immediately put on oxygen and an EKG machine. They then took me by ambulance to a local hospital for further evaluation. The ER doctor saw something strange on my EKG. She faxed it to a heart specialist at a Milwaukee hospital. Upon evaluation, they wanted me at that hospital for an emergency procedure the next day. So they transported me by ambulance again to the Milwaukee hospital.

The cardiologist said not many people survive what I went thru (heart rate at 250+). He said this condition usually results in a severe drop in blood pressure and cardiac arrest ending in death.

The procedure went well Friday. They went up thru a vein into my heart and were able to recreate the problem in the operating room. They ablated 2 electrodes in my heart that were causing the rapid arrhythmia problem. They also sealed an extra pathway in my heart.

The apostle Paul said, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain".... I believe God saved my life and He has more for me to do for Him on this earth! I will live for Christ and for his purpose and kingdom!!!

Do not waste another minute of your life. If you have not surrendered your life to Christ, do it today. If you are already a Christ follower, commit your life to service for Him. Live for Christ!

Trois Rivieres - Faithful to Death!

Today in the chapel at Trois Rivieres, QC, we talked about the night before Jesus was crucified, after praying all night and asking his Father three separate times, is this the only way? He realized that this was going down and in Matthew 26:46, he said to the disciples, "Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

In the midst of danger, when Jesus knew they were coming to take him away, staring in the face of death, Jesus said, “Rise! Let’s go!” Let’s go.. not to run away, but to face the will of God for His life here on earth. To face his betrayers head on. To say I will do the will of God, no matter the rejection, the separation from God, the cost, the pain, or even if I die.

Jesus was faithful – even to the point of death!

Should we do the same? What does that look like for our lives?

We are to - Die to self and surrender to our lives to Christ. Matthew 16:24 - Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

We are to - Endure, fight the good fight of faith. Matthew 10:22b – “He who endures to the end will be saved.”

We are to - Be faithful our entire life on earth. Revelation 2:10b - Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Will you be "faithful to death"?

Give God the Glory!

After praying with Star Mazda driver Sage Karam today before qualifying at Trois Rivieres, he looked at me and said, "Give God the glory!" I asked, "Can I quote you on that?" He responded, "Yup!" He went on to say, "You have told me that enough times that it is beginning to sink in."

It's pretty awesome to see God working in the lives of these young, talented drivers. It's doubly awesome when they think about who has entrusted them with their talents.

Are you giving God the glory?

Life as you overcome.....

Heading to Trois Rivieres today for the Star Mazda and Indy Lights events this weekend. It has been a tough week, but the devotional below by Ozwald Chambers reminds us that God will bring us through all adversaries! Thank you Jesus!

"The typical view of the Christian life is that it means being delivered from all adversity. But it actually means being delivered in adversity, which is something very different. “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling . . .” (Psalm 91:1,10)— the place where you are at one with God. If you are a child of God, you will certainly encounter adversities, but Jesus says you should not be surprised when they come. “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” He is saying, “There is nothing for you to fear.” The same people who refused to talk about their adversities before they were saved often complain and worry after being born again because they have the wrong idea of what it means to live the life of a saint. God does not give us overcoming life— He gives us life as we overcome."

Why Pray?

In chapel today we asked some questions about prayer.....  Do you struggle with prayer? Do you pray at all? Are your prayers typically for God to do something, fix something, or grant a wish or desire? Is your prayer to impose your will on God or to seek God's will for your life? What if in our prayers to God, we ask, as Jesus did, "not as I will, but thy will be done".

Our prayer should not be to move God towards our plan, but to seek God's plan for our life.

Why pray? Not to move God to us, but to move us closer to God.

Momentary Troubles

The Star Mazda race was littered with broken race cars and broken feelings during the dry and wet conditions.The conversations I had today and the way the race ended up reminded me that this life is full of wrecks, bumps, and bruises. Paul reminds us that these difficulties are temporal when he wrote,"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all." - 2 Corinthians 4:17

We are to fix our eyes on Jesus. The seen in this world will pass away while the unseen is eternal.