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Rock The Vote

December 9, 2011 in Life with 1 Comment

Thanks everyone for Rocking The Vote the last few days!  It was fun to see so many people get involved.  Below are just a few peeps who Rocked it.

“VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!! Vote for Matt Cote tonight before 1AM!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH to all of you who have voted…you are AWESOME! IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED YET IT’S REALLY SIMPLE! JUST CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND CLICK THE BUBBLE BESIDE MATT COTE’s NAME!! :)”  Jennifer Britton

“If you haven’t voted for Matt Cote yet to attend the verge conference go help him out, he is one of our former employees and a current camp speaker and he needs everyone to vote so he can win. Just click the box beside his name and that is all you need to do.”  The Masters Inn

“OK people…we are in the final hours of voting. Matt Cote is down by 90 votes. I have over 300 friends and only 27 of you have voted! If you can see this message and haven’t voted yet, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do! For the rest of you that have…THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!”  Meredith Baker

“Come on Brentwood we need to get out the vote for our very own Matt Cote! We have until 1AM to help Matt win a free trip to Verge 2012! If all friends of Brentwood Church voted for Matt he would win easily! So get to work folks and VOTE! Share the link with all your friends and ask them to share with all their friends! LETS DO THIS!! DO IT NOW!! Matt Cote approves this message and thank you for your support!”  Gary Thacker

“Hey everybody! Help send Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary student, Matt Cote, to the Verge Conference. The contest ends today. You don’t have to sign up for anything– just click on his name. Thanks for your help!”  Maria Marsico

“I never, ever do this, but go vote for Matt Cote“  Aaron Marks

“To ALL my facebook friends and family! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for my friend and site pastor Matt Cote! He is currently in 2nd place and voting ends tomorrow!!! it takes LITERALLY 2 SECONDS!!!”  Kyle Crenshaw

“One more shameless ask for help. Please vote for my buddy Matt Cote to attend The Verge 2012 conference for free! He’s in the lead but needs to keep it by the end of the week.”  Kevin Mahan

“Vote for Matt Cote. Even if you dont know him. He is a stallion! He is the man! He does big things for this world. So show him some love people!”  Scott Thacker

“Please vote for my friend, Matt Cote, to get him to the conference of his dreams! He was dreaming of this conference before it even existed! Vote now!”  David Farwell

 

Click here to see The Results.  Congrats to the winner April Salvant who definitely Rocked The Vote!

 

Norah Pushup

November 1, 2010 in Life with 2 Comments

Norah from Matt Cote on Vimeo.

Proved Genuine

October 26, 2010 in Life, The Word with 1 Comment

I started reading through 1 Peter today and 3 verses in God is Doing Work on me.  Check it.

1 Peter 3-7: What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now! God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all—life healed and whole.  I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime. Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. (The Message)

I want my faith to be PROVED GENUINE.  But the only way for that to happen is to have it go through suffering.

The next time you are suffereing remember this:

  • One day you will be with Christ
  • Until that day you WILL experience aggravation, hard times, suffering, etc…..
  • However, it is through suffering that our FAITH is PROVED GENUINE
  • A PROVED GENUINE faith will be displayed for all to see

Do you want your faith to be PROVED GENUINE?  If yes, get ready for the fire/suffering!  Get it!

LU Online Ad

October 24, 2010 in Life, Random with 0 Comments

I know what your thinking…….is that Matt Cote?  Sure is.  Carter Wingfield (above) works for LU and took the shots for the ad.  Carter and his wife Megan are Small Group Leaders in College Life @ Brentwood and are AMAZING Leaders!

Side Note…….I’m about to graduate with my MAR from LU.  I took all my classes online…….so I’m buying what I’m selling.

My blogging Nemesis Nic Carver tweeted this picture with the caption: “Thinking about graduate work because this guy makes it look so gorgeous”.

Meet Greg Wright

October 19, 2010 in Life, Student Focus with 3 Comments

This past Saturday (10/16) after going through SCAREMARE with our COLLIDE students I decided to hit up Mcdonald’s for a late night treat.

I’m sitting at a table enjoying a McFlurry with:  Adam Pavao, Nick Cope, Bethany Hayes, and Mark Bassie.

Then something crazy happens.  Greg Wright sits down at our table.  Let me introduce you to Gary:

  • He smells of alcohol
  • He is missing most of his teeth
  • He is rambling about his girlfriend
  • He hasn’t taken a shower is a LONG time
  • He is homeless
  • He is asking for change

What would you do?  Seriously……….what would you do?

James 2:14-17 says:

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.  NIV

How about now…….what would you do?

We took Greg to Walmart and bought him:

  • sleeping bag
  • propane stove
  • propane bottles
  • lantern
  • batteries
  • coffee
  • water
  • backpack
  • cooking pan
  • and a coffee from Mcdonald’s

Who paid for all that?  Everyone at that table.  We all invested time (2 hours) and money ($100).  We prayed with Greg and invited him to Brentwood.  We told him we would pay for his taxi so he could get to church.  I’m praying he shows up one day!

I’m REALLY proud of everyone who was at that table that night.  I’m proud of their hearts and their willingness to act.  I think our faith was ALIVE, not DEAD.

What would you do?

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