Jacob Setser

A Letter to the STBC Youth

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:57:12 -0400

Dear Students,

Well I believe the time has come. It is time for a new season. But may I start this by saying this: I am unbelievably stoked to see the things God has prepared for you guys through Andrew and Emilee. I am so excited to witness the coming days as God uses Andrew to encourage, uphold, and love you guys. There is such big things ahead for all of yall. So embrace them. Embrace Andrew and Emilee as you would anyone else and run. Run the race with endurance.

As for me, my days are clearly coming to a close. You will most likely see me around a bit, tying up loose ends and being a helping hand where needed, but I will also be looking for other places for God to use my abilities and service. Where that may be, I’m not even sure yet, but I trust in His unfailing plan. I do know this however, this summer, I have been given the opportunity to be apart of the 2013 DBU Summer Rec Team. We will be going all across the state to summer church camps, just like ours, and leading rec games or whatever else is required of us, for a week at a time for all three months of the summer. It shall be a busy and difficult summer for my team of 7, but I am extremely excited for this opportunity. (Maybe ask Andrew to request DBU’s rec team for yall’s summer camp this summer? Yeah, yeah?)

Students, I can not describe in words how much you mean to me and how much you have changed my life. For the past 11 months, you have encouraged me, blessed me, lifted me up, and strengthened me in my walk with Christ. You have pulled me through my weeks and made them worthwhile. I only hope I was able to do the same with you. We had our struggles, we had our fun, and we had our times of fellowship. I hope I have been able to speak the message of our Messiah to you and my prayer is that it takes hold of your heart and doesn’t let go. I have seen it change you lives and I hope and pray you continue to let it change your life. I am so grateful to Him who gives all things good for this opportunity to serve with you guys.

Through all the Refuges, the games, the lock-ins and camping trips, Ranger games and pool party cookouts, worship and super long rants from Jacob about the same verse over and over again, AC’s and watching parties, I hope you had the time of your lives. Because I know I did! Summer camp was one of the best weeks of my entire life. Despite it also being the most stressful one! Last summer was the greatest yet, and each Wednesday night and Sunday morning were the best days of the week for me. Through all the stress and hard times, God revealed even greater and better blessings through you, students. All in all, every minute was worth it. Because of you. Students, you have truly changed my life.

And to the Youth workers: you all have made my job easy. I want to thank each one of you for your hard work, giving of money, and dedication to the Lord’s work. You are each serving the Lord in what you do for this Student Ministry and I can’t thank you enough for serving me and helping me as much as you have! It has been such a blessing to work with each one of you. All the thanks in the world couldn’t do it! I have had a blast working with this group of adults. I love you all dearly. You guys rule.

I wish I could write a letter to each one of you students. But time won’t allow it so this is what I could gather up! So thank you. Thank you for making my life so grand this past year. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for offering me the kindest words of encouragement I could ask for. Thank you for joining with me in worshiping our Creator. Thank you for listening.

This is not goodbye. As I said, you’ll see me around every now and then. So please, please come say hi. The Lord has big things prepared for each of you and for the STBC youth group. Andrew and Emilee are going to lead you to good things. So don’t miss out. Don’t miss out. Be a part.

And don’t loose heart. Keep the faith. Persevere.

All you have is right now. Not next week, not tomorrow, not even tonight.
Right now. So what will you do with this grace? With all thanks to Him who gives us more than what is needed each day. Happy Easter!

“But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you…’ “

With much love,

Jacob Setser.

Ephesians 2:13

Photo

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:29:38 -0400

Mylo Xloto

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:18:51 -0400

If I were you I would buy Coldplay’s new album Mylo Xloto. It’s superb.

Florence + the Machine - Shake It Out Favorite song of 2011 by...

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:19:04 -0400

Florence + the Machine - Shake It Out

Favorite song of 2011 by far.

The Wedding Banquet

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:15:40 -0400

A few days ago, when I asked God to speak to me, he showed me this:

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

”Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

”But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

”Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

”But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

”Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

”For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

So. At first after reading this, I was appalled that Jesus would turn a guest invited to his party away. Just because he was too poor. I couldn’t fathom it so I turned the page and tried to find something else to read. I soon realized however that I read that for a reason; and I felt a deep conviction to decipher the parable…

I began to think. In the parable, Jesus invited all he guests. And none came. Then He invited those who “served” Him. And none came. So He pleaded with one of His servants to invite everyone in the streets, key words: GOOD and BAD. EVERYONE. Sound familiar? For God so loved THE WORLD (EVERYONE) that He gave His one and only Son…

So, the banquet was a symbol for our invite to eternal life. But why did God turn one away?

Well. Frankly, he didn’t come dressed. He came dressed very very poorly. So the other poor people took the time and effort to change their outfit into what they were invited to be…This man came dressed in his old ways…

So I began to reflect…in my life, am I attending the banquet dressed in my old clothes?

D-Now 2010

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:33:00 -0500

Snow is gone. Well almost. :(

Love is on the Move. D-Now 2010.

It was amazing. it left me speechless. loss for words. when i was asked to paint a word on a canvas describing my Lord, i couldnt find a single word to describe Him so i painted two simple strokes into a cross. That was Saturday night. during worship. which was basically God saying hey im in this place. lets sing. pray. fellowship. lets be a body. a body of Christ. You + me. Thats all you need. And that was our cry saturday night:

All I need is you. All I need is you, Lord, is you Lord.

So love is on the move. Christ told me that i have been doing a terrible job of that. and i need to love everyone. Unconditionally. yes sir. i love that word.

Am I willing to give up everything for Christ?

Am I willing to give up everything for Christ to use me to the fullest?

Am I willing to give up everything to Live Love like Christ did?

Am I willing to give up everything to Trust in God?

Love is on the move.

Photo

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:56:58 -0500

History Day (literally.) (Snow Day)

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:52:39 -0500

Today was wonderful. I woke up to my mother saying look at ALL THAT SNOW! I casually laid there of course but when I finally got out of bed, looked through the cool window, and gazed outside, I was taken aback. The whole earth was blanketed in a white, crystal blanket. It was gorgeous. I then preceded to school where we loaded up for our trip to A&M Commerce for History Day. We got our 5 minute interview for our project over with quickly and then we just hung out on the campus for the remaining hours! It was tons of fun! From pizza to singing to pool to tons of pictures and snowball fights with random college guys, it was a blast. Upon returning, we realized that the snow had accumulated so much more. There were kids playing in it, on it, and under it. School was out and we were eating it up! I went home (the truck was difficult to drive) and played with my sister in the snow. We built snow fortresses and attempted a snowman. Gah, this day was insane. Ive never seen so much snow in Texas. EVER. And it still hasn’t stopped. Gah, I love life. Now I need for the Lord to help me to love mine…

Haiti

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:40:38 -0500

Wow it has been so long since I have blogged. Oh well, here goes:

Tonight at our basketball game, I sat next to girl from Haiti. She’s my age and her parents were missionaries there. As I began to observe her later in the night, when she became a little secluded, she was alone for a minute (she’s already very accepted and loved by our student body) and there I felt a little of what she did I believe. I could see in her eyes the pain. Maybe not pain. But maybe suffering. Or not suffering, but strife if nothing else. A broken country you were forced to evacuate. A new school. New school work. New people. DIFFERENT people. DIFFERENT lifestyles. What do they call it? Culture shock or something? Well I can only imagine what is all going on. I believe that it’s all beginning to rain down on her. But, with a little help from her friends (Beatles allusion) I believe she can make it. I believe that in her eyes was simply sorrow. I can’t dig deeper than that but I know it wasn’t just merely jetlag as she said it was. Please pray for her. And I will join you.

Everythings ridin on hope now…

God bless

jacob

I dont quite understand the screaming, the weird facial...

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:39:05 -0500

I dont quite understand the screaming, the weird facial expressions, or the lyrics that are just mush, but this kid has some serious ukulele skills.

I didn’t post this to make you cry or upset you. I did...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:34:37 -0500

I didn’t post this to make you cry or upset you. I did post this video of John Lennon’s Happy Xmas (War is Over) in order to make you think this Holiday Season.

Merry Christmas

jacob

In view of the past two weeks of my life, this song has been my...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:19:37 -0500

In view of the past two weeks of my life, this song has been my theme. Not in a funny way either.

This is truly a mad world we live in.

jacob

Skunks

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:01:28 -0500

For entire skunk story:

www.thelifeofemilylobnitz.blogspot.com

Marques Colston

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:44:42 -0500

I recently read a story on ESPN about Marques Colston. I didn’t read the whole thing because ESPN stories are way to long but the part I read was enough for me.

I read about how Colston does not like to be in “the limelight”, or in my words he doesn’t flash his smile around in front of the camera, or change his last name to get attention. Colston doesn’t wear the “it’s all about me” jersey. He wears the Saints jersey. He wears his number 12 with pride and is truly a class act. He turned down a spot to give an award out at a gospel music award ceremony and even turned down a spot in a Cambell’s Soup commercial.

I got to thinking. These type of people in the world, they aren’t taught this. It’s manifested within them. They learned themselves. They taught themselves. His dad didn’t sit him down one day and say:

“Son, when you become famous one day, don’t be on TV. Ya here?”

No, people like Colston choose not to be seen, but to be unseen. They taught themselves that it’s not about themselves, it’s about the community. The community of the world. All together. Colston is a perfect example of “it’s not about me” and I most certainly respect that.

jacob

Capturing the Spirit of Christmas After a long talk with my last...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:22:03 -0500

Capturing the Spirit of Christmas

After a long talk with my last year English teacher, I have discovered that Christmas is becoming to materialistic and we as a society are losing the true essence of the season: CHRIST.

Now, this year, instead of being overzealous about Christmas, I am going to contain myself, being peaceful, yet happy. I will still be extremely excited about the holidays, but this year instead of walking around yelling the words to Jingle Bells, I will quietly stride with a grin. This season is for Christ and His wonderful birth into this earth. I will choose to focus on that this season and recognize the very best gift I ever received.

Merry Christmas

jacob

The All-American Rejects

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:08:32 -0500

Question: How can the all-american rejects write songs so lyrcially sound as move along and it ends tonight and then turn around and write i wanna and gives you hell? dont get me wrong, i really like those songs. theyre clever and catchy. but they just seem sooo shallow compared to the first two. i really dont know what happened. popularity? fame? arrogance? idk but its def not cool…

jacob

First Blog!

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:07:10 -0500

So…this is my blog. My first blog. Wow. Im pumped.

I dont know what exactly ill use this for. maybe to post scriptures, lessons, thoughts, advice, quotes, lyrics.

All of that most likely. Wellll i must say i am exited….

Bring on the world.

jacob