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† Rod Pitts †

As a deer thirsts for streams of water, so I thirst for you, God. I thirst for the living God..... ~

About Me


First of all, I am a Christian. I try to live my life the best I can to please God. I feel like I'm the only one trying to give God EVERYTHING sometimes. I see "christians" praise God on Sundays and Wednesdays and then throughout the rest of the week, live just like the world. We cannot truly call ourselves a "Christian" unless we are a follower of Christ. That means, we can't praise Him on Sundays and Wednesdays and then, throughout the week, live like the world. Granted, we ALL make mistakes, but there's a differenece in making a mistake and doing everything we can to change that, and continuing to live in sin when we know it's wrong. So, I ask YOU, are you living for Christ, or are you living for the world?
I have had my struggles and many blessings (and still do), and I've also had my distant times from God, but He has stayed with me through thick and thin. God has allowed many things to happen to me and I thank Him for it, because they have shaped and molded me into who I am today. I have no regrets in my life, because I believe that everything happens for a reason. God brings me to and through those difficult times in my life because He wants me to use those experiences to help others who have or are going through the same things.
Well, it's the end of my journey here at Itawamba Community College. It's been a great two years here. Of course there were good times AND bad times, but through those times I've learned so much stuff about life. I'm a totally changed person than when I began college here. God has blessed me with some of the greatest friends I've ever had [they know who they are]. Without them, I would not be who I am today. I'm going to miss them terribly, but won't be out of touch with them!
God willing, I'm attending Blue Mountain in the fall. If so, I'll be a Church-Related Vocations major with a concentration in Religious Education and Business. I'll also be minoring in Youth Ministry.
It burdens me: to see people in this generation purposely do things that hinder their relationship with Christ; to see people get in to meaningless relationships; to see people purposely giving in to the "ways of the world" and yet call themselves a "Christian"; to see people treat others with anything BUT the love of Christ; to see people listen to music or watch a movie that is anything BUT godly; to see people not even TRYING to honor God in everything they do; to hear people STEADILY complain about every little thing that goes wrong instead of giving those problems to Christ and looking for the positive in them; to see people get into their little cliques and act like they are better than others and only talk to their popular clique friends; to see people write others off for doing something wrong when they do wrong themselves.
I want this generation to seek God and live for Him in every area of their life! I have a passion and a burden for the Youth of this nation to seek Christ and change the way that Christianity is thought of in today's society by living a life pleasing to Christ.
I am NOTHING without God, for He is the Potter and I am the clay! He molds my very being! Without Him, I'd just be a meaningless block of clay. With Him, I am a wonderful masterpiece!

My Interests



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Music:

Alan Jackson, Andy Bryan, Avalon, Barlow Girl, Benjamin Coplin, Big Daddy Weave, Big Dismal, Blaine Larsen, Blake Shelton, Bo Bice, Brad Paisley, Brian Littrell, Brooks & Dunn, Buddy Jewel, By the Tree, Carrie Underwood, Casting Crowns, Chad Brock, Chris Daughtry, Chris Tomlin, Craig Morgan, Crystal Lewis, Daniel Powter, Danielle Young, Darlene Zschech, Darrell Evans, Darryl Worley, David Crowder Band, DC Talk, Delirious?, Diamond Rio, Donnie McClurkin, encomium, Fusebox, Gaithers, Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, Geoff Moore, George Strait, Grits, James Stockman, Jamey Johnson, Jars of Clay, Jeff Carson, Jeremy Camp, Joe Nichols, John Michael Montgomery, Johnny Cash, Jonah33, Jordyn Mallory, Josh Gracin, Keith Anderson, Kellie Pickler, Kenny Chesney, Kirk Franklin, KJ52, Kutless, Lauryn Hill, Lenny LeBlanc, Lifehouse, Little Big Town, Lonestar, Marilyn Gillespie, Mark Schultz, Mark Wills, Martina McBride, Matt Redman, MercyMe, Michael Neale, Michael W. Smith, Michelle Wright, Monday Morning, Monk & Neagle, Montgomery Gentry, Natalie Grant, Nate Sallie, Newsboys, NewSong, Nichole Nordeman, Nickelback, Nicole C. Mullins, Out of Eden, Passion Worship Band, Paul Baloche, Paul Coleman, Phil Vassar, Randy Travis, Rascal Flatts, Ray Boltz, Reba McEntire, Rebecca St. James, Relient K, Russ Taff, Sara Evans, Sawyer Brown, Shane & Shane, Shania Twain, Shaun Groves, Shawn Craig, Shawn McDonald, Sheryl Crow, Shine, Shinedown, Skillet, SonicFlood, Stellar Kart, Steven Scott, Superchic[k], Switchfoot, Third Day, This Beautiful Republic, Tim Hughes, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, TobyMac, Todd Agnew, Tommy Shane Steiner, Trace Adkins, Tracy Lawrence, Travis Martin, Travis Tritt, Tree63, Uncle Kracker, Van Zant, Vince Gill, Warren Barfield, World Wide Message Tribe, Wynonna Judd, Yolanda Adams

Movies:

10.5, Agent Cody Banks 1-2, Batman Begins, Benchwarmers, Cars, Facing the Giants, Final Destination 1-3, Godsend, I Am Sam, Left Behind 1-3, Madea's Family Reunion, Pay It Forward, SpiderMan 1-3, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Day After Tomorrow, The Freedom Writers, The Gospel, The Omega Code, The Passion of the Christ, The Second Chance, When A Stranger Calls, Yours Mine and Ours

Television:

Christian Myspace Layouts - MySpace Editor Christian Myspace Layouts

Books:

The BIBLE, 2 Live 4, 30 Days Under The Overpass, A Young Man After God's Own Heart, Every Young Man God's Man, He Chose You, Just Like Jesus, Left Behind:Kids, Live Like a Jesus Freak, One Thing You Can't Do In Heaven, Power of a Praying Teen, Purpose Driven Life, The Air I Breathe, The Gifted, The Heart Reader, Tribe Series

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† Rod Pitts †'s Favorite Quotes


"If you wanna know what you're gonna be like 5 years from now, just take a look at your friends. As a matter of fact, let me hang out with your friends for a day and I can predict whether your future is one of triumph or tragedy."
— Blake Porter
"People want Jesus to be their Mascot and not their Master. Jesus says 'you don't read me, you don't talk to me, you don't show me through the week.' Jesus doesn't need to be your Mascot on Sunday. Jesus needs to be your Master every day."
— Jentezen Franklin
“Do you wonder about the trials in your life? Well let me just let you know the purpose of them is to cut away everything in your life, so that Jesus does become your life, and its worth it. ”
— Paul Washer
"To every fatherless child - have you ever thought that God trusted him to carry your seed, but not to run your life? If God let him take you under his influence, He knows that he would have demolished the very plan that He has for your life and raise you to be an ungodly person. God has big plans for you! He didn't want that for you."
— Jentezen Franklin
“What does it mean to receive Jesus? Its a scandal thats what it means! It means to eat His flesh and drink His blood. It means to take Him in. You receive Him as the very substance of your life. He is not an accessory. He is not a part of your life. He is not a thing you do. He IS your life. ”
— Paul Washer
"I heard a story about two farmers who desperately needed rain, and both of them prayed for rain - but only one of them went out and prepared his fields to receive it. Which one do you think trusted God to send the rain? (The one who prepared his fields for it.) Which one are you? God will send the rain when He's ready. You need to prepare your field to receive it."
— Mr. Bridges to Coach Taylor (Facing the Giants)
“Let me urge you to come to worship prepared to worship. Pray before you come so you will be ready to pray when you arrive. Sleep before you come so you'll stay alert when you arrive. Read the Word before you come so your heart will be soft when you worship. Come hungry. Come willing. Come expecting God to speak. ”
— Max Lucado
"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."
— Abraham Lincoln


My Blog

Prayer // Just SHUTUP for once!

As I often write, I really struggle to develop a real deep and consistent time of prayer. I often look to pray and through out the day I say short prayer to God. Sometimes I might only say God I pray ...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:17:00 PST

Whos 1? // Im not!

"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners- of whom I am the WORST."- 1 Timothy 1:15 "We’re Number One!" I remember hearing the...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:51:00 PST

Living Free // Encourage one another...

Today's Scripture:"Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do."-{1 Thessalonians 5:11}- [KJV]"Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as y...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:30:00 PST

Our LAST Day on Earth // What will you do?

This is a little something that I wrote a year or two ago. I just updated it a little. Friends, I hope you will take this and do something with it. Don't just read it - apply it!______________________...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:37:00 PST

Worship God? // How often!??

We always come to worship through the doorway of Jesus Christ. But check out what comes next in that Hebrews 13 passage: "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of prais...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:09:00 PST

Intelligent Design // Your opinion please!

INTELLIGENT DESIGN:     Spotlight:National Youth Evangelist - Blake Porterwww.MySpace.com/blakespeaks www.blakespeaks.com Once again, I find myself watching the nightly news and once agai...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:33:00 PST

True Repentance // Paul Washer

There's only one thing that gave me a sleepless night. There's only one thing that troubled me all throughout the morning, and this is this. Within a hundred years, a great majority of people in this...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:44:00 PST

Thinking back... // My childhood days...

Well, this blog is different from the blogs I've been posting - they were wrote in the hope of encouraging and helping others in their Christian walk.  This isn't one of them...Lately I've&n...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:42:00 PST

TRUE Friends // Are YOU One?

God never intended for us to struggle with our problems by ourselves. That is why you need to have some good, SOLID Christian friends. Yes, God wants us to turn to Him first when we have troubles, but...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:04:00 PST

What if...? // God doesn’t give us what we deserve...

What-Ifs.  They are always in our lives.  Most of them are meaningless.  But here are some What-Ifs for you to think about:____________________________________________________Wh at if Go...
Posted by Rod Pitts on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:33:00 PST