Matthew West in Wichita!

I got the privilege and blessing of attending the Matthew West concert last night at Central Christian Church.
Such an amazing performance with a message of hope for those who are less than perfect, (and aren't we all).  For Jesus came to save us from ourselves, we are all broken and need Him, and a community of believers in order to live in complete freedom from our mistakes and hurts.

Matthew told the stories behind the songs that they inspired, and ended the concert tearing up papers that represented the lists of wrongs we keep in our minds. Time to rip those up and hand it over to God.

Colton Dixon of American Idol fame made an appearance and played about 5 songs and joined Matthew West on a few of his.

Mr Talkbox opened the concert with a high energy performance that had the crowd jumping, dancing and singing! Mr Talkbox was a former member of Toby Mac's group, and has performed with many other famous musicians such as DC Talk, and even back in the day with Back Street Boys and INSync.

Matthew used his platform of music to also speak about his involvement with Compassion International. I have heard many Christian speakers talk about sponsoring a child, and he was by far the most persuasive and convincing on the need and life changing difference that sponsoring a child can make.  Please take a moment to look into Compassion International. This is something that my family is going to begin praying on personally.

Here's a few highlights from the show, and thanks to my friend (E.Hogan) for the photos captured of our fun evening!

If you get a chance to catch Matthew West on this latest "Live Forever" tour it is inspiring.  You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and on his website.