a 2012 mix tape

In a world long long ago…there used to be these small plastic rectangular objects that we called cassette tapes. This was pre iTunes, pre mp3 and pre cd’s. When we wanted to add some variety to our musical experience we would make a mix of some of our favorite and or most impactful jams… hence the name mix tape. So here is a 2012 mix tape:

Some tough songs: 

-Our Grandma Rodriguez going home to be with the Lord. Losing an incredible woman that has impacted so many is sometimes overwhelming… and she is greatly missed… but we will see her again.
-Knowing so many friends and family that suffered from great loss, financial crisis and the struggle that comes in navigating through the tough intersections that life sometimes brings us. 
-Watching so many people in the world experience great tragedy via crazy storms, mindless killings and brokenness.

Some encouraging songs: 

-Observing people and the church coming together to reach out to those dealing with some of the loss and tragedies that have gone on this year.
-Seeing supernatural provision for so many… and seeing so many ‘only God could have done that’ things go down. Amazing!
-Being reminded and becoming even more aware of Gods love and faithfulness through time in His presence, the love of others and the fulfillment of so many promises found in His word.

Some incredible songs: 

-Learning to be thankful for every day that we get blessed with no matter the circumstances. This life is short… like a vapor as James put it but we get the privilege… the opportunity to experience it to the fullest with following Jesus, loving Him and others with all we are!
-Walking through life with my incredible bride! This year we celebrated 11 years of dating and an incredible 8 years of marriage! Everyday we grow closer to Jesus and each other! This year we celebrated 7 years in youth ministry! This year we took the biggest step of faith in our life thus far next to following Christ and getting married… moving from Florida back to the Northeast to begin the incredible journey of planting a life-giving church… daybreak church! And Lord willing we will launch September of 2013 in York, PA!
-Being reminded that experiencing true life only comes through a ever growing relationship with Jesus Christ… and that life is best lived when done together with others. Acts 2:42-47 is alive and well and if we embrace it… it could change everything!

As we enter into 2013 I will be starting the year with some much needed time in prayer. If you would like for me to agree with you in prayer please email me at daybreakchurch.info@gmail.com 

If you would like more info on daybreak church or would like to partner with us in prayer, we have a prayer list for the 1^st 12 days of 2013 at www.daybreakchurch.info

So here-here to 2012… I can’t wait to see what the Lord has in store for 2013!

Be encouraged friends!

-p.jimmy akers

steady as we go...

The other night while spending time with my wife the great song 'Steady as we go' by Dave Matthews Band came to mind.

As we listened to the song together I was overwhelmed with gratitude and amazement... I actually get to walk out this journey that we call life with this incredible woman?! Thank You Jesus!

Over 11 years ago we started dating... and as life often does, ups and downs attempt to throw us off course. But I firmly believe... if we will stay focused on Jesus, continue to grow in our faith and love God, each other and others well... we will continue to experience the abundant life that John 10:10 speaks of!

I am so excited to see what this journey holds!

...as we follow Jesus... love each other... love others... plant daybreak church...

I wrote this to tell Jesus thank You... for giving us life and blessing us in so many ways!
I wrote this to tell Amber that I love You so much... steady as we go love!
I wrote this to tell everyone that has prayed and supported us... thank you!

1 Corinthians 13 (MSG)

13 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

² If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.
^3-7 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

^8-10 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

¹¹ When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.
¹² We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!
¹³ But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

 steady as we go...