louie giglio has to be one of the greatest speakers of our time...he has a way of expressing God and who jesus is...it's no wonder that half of the great worship songs we have been singing over the past 10 years he had a hand in writing or co writing with some of the greatest worship leaders of our day...

in this clip he talks about a molecular protein that holds our bodies together called laminin. to the left is a picture of a real laminin protein that is in our body right at this moment. it will make since after watching the video. amazing!

great quote i just read today

Christ's strategy is to scatter His people throughout the world between Sundays, penetrating society's structure from within. They are the true ministers of Jesus Christ in the world. Rightly understood, every believer is in full-time service for Jesus Christ. That movement is a lay movement, and the church's impact is the aggregate of all the laity's impact as they carry out their common tasks between Sundays.

been on my heart for a long time

you may have noticed in the last month i put up a picture and information on my side bar under the heading for unreached people groups. there are a number of reasons i decided to add this...not just to make more clutter on the side of the blog (it just looks like clutter and i wanted to show you that i am technologically savvy, i can add code to this blog).

a few months ago i really started refocusing on and began praying for unreached people groups around the world on a personal level, probably more than i ever have...not only just praying but asking God where should i send money and what country should i fly too...where can i get even more involved with unreached people groups?!?! further more i have been asking God who is sitting next to me that needs you, who is ready...so i ask, i prod, i pray with those around me...sitting in the cubicles around me...who is unreached around me that is at my job, could the guy NEXT to me...

i enjoy praying and learning about different cultures, different people groups, and reading the stories and prayer requests of missionaries around the world ministering in to these groups that are unreached. but even more importantly than what i enjoy is God answering there prayers - prayers for missionaries, pastors, christians ministering, struggling, discipling, teaching, and reaching out to the lost around them and abroad...seeing people hearing the gospel and seeing their deaf ears and blind eyes opened because of the love of God...my ultimate heart is to see and send missionaries to regions and people group who have never heard the gospel and do not have a bible in their own language...getting the gospel to everyone from our neighbors next door to our neighbors in indonesia...

there are several great resources to learn from and see prayer requests of missionaries and for people groups and countries that have little or no christian influence.

The Joshua Project: a site highlighting the people groups of the world that have the least christian presence in their midst and to encourage pioneer church-planters among every ethnic people group. this is a great site that give facts but is low on inspiration but very good none the less.

The International Mission Board: the SBC mission board has a page on the website devoted to prayer for people groups, missionaries, urban centers, strategic ministries, unengaged peoples, and countries.

Operation World: is a great resource to learn about countries, but their primary purpose is praying for the countries of the world.

i'm sure there are many other ग्रेट sites, these are just the ones that i happen to be familiar with। i encourage you to add global prayers to your daily prayer time and then after you pray GO...

unreached people stats: muslims...pretty eye opening

i was looking online today and reading about evangelizing unreached nations, found these stats...they are pretty eye opening. man what a great opportunity the church has to reach people...my job is to help people see the need then go and do...i truly believe this is the greatest job of the universal church, reaching every known human with the gospel of jesus christ!!!

• There are more than 1.2 billion Muslims in the world, about 21 percent of the world's population (up from 12 percent in 1900), with the highest annual growth rate of any religious group (2.17 percent).
• There are 42 countries in the world with a Muslim majority, and another 40 countries with a significant Muslim minority.
• Of the 10 most populous countries in the year 2000, four of them are predominantly Muslim (Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria), and two more have significant Muslim populations (India and China).
• Muslims make up 41 percent of the population of Africa, and 25 percent of the population of Asia.
• The Muslim population in Europe has grown to more than 14 million, and in the U.S. to between six and eight million. Both populations are increasing steadily.
• Muslim countries are troubled in many ways:
  • 42 of the 66 nations that place significant restrictions on religious belief are Muslim.
  • 60 percent of the world's poor are Muslim.
  • 80 percent of the world's refugees are Muslim.
  • 15 of the top 20 nations on the Human Rights Watch List (nations who abuse human rights) are Muslim.
• Muslims make up the largest block of unreached peoples on earth:
  • There are 3,700 unreached Muslim people groups.
  • 78 percent of the untargeted peoples in the world are Muslim.
  • 51 of the 100 "gateway cities" of the 10/40 window are predominantly Muslim.
  • Since the inception and spread of Islam, during which the Christian church suffered serious losses by conversion to Islam and was virtually wiped out in many places, the church has never made significant inroads anywhere in the Muslim world.
  • Fewer Christian missionaries work among Muslims than among any other people in the world. Currently the ratio is about 2.7 per million, representing a mere 1 percent of the globe's entire missionary force!

i was thinking today alot about this

man! i have been so lucky to have felt the love of God in my life...i have learned to love myself and be comfortable in my own skin because of knowing and feeling the love of God...God is my LIFE...my natural response of God loving me has been a love for others, easy i guess. it's a love that has caused me to feel love for others who shouldn't be loved or people i don't even know...i find myself drawn towards others needs because of God's love. i have got to see God do some amazing things through me because i let him...and it all stems from knowing him and feeling his love for me...that fact that we have access to him and his love causes my heart to be thankful and excited knowing i have Him as my father...i have access to God because of jesus and access to his forgiveness when i screw up...access to his provision, access to his healing, access to his passion for me...an awesome feeling!!! it got me thinking about the job of the church...

i try to imagine sometimes living without that access or not have access to feeling God's love...even further, never hearing the gospel of peace...about what God did through jesus... the truth is i probably can’t imagine living in this life and never hearing the gospel or ever having access to God's love! knowing what i know about him almost breaks my heart thinking about it...why? because i have always had it, even since i was a little boy. all my life i have had access to churches from multiple denominations that offer services in various styles that are great, uh including my own church E3 (shameless plug). what is awesome about living in the usa is i have access to true and relevant followers of jesus who preach, teach and witness in a language i understand. i have access to the bible in dozens of translations, what it's like 50 translations or something like that. i have access to God as my savior, friend, healer, provider...i have access to HIM, thank GOD!!! i have sat, pondered, talked about, sang about, thought deeply about something for alot years and for many in the world today access is not a right to them. in fact access to God is a gift. if this is true, then what am i doing with it (the gospel)? it is my job as a believer to give those who don't have access to the gospel a chance to hear, get it, or at least have a choice to reject it...that's my job as a christian...and when i love people like God loves me i feel extremely compelled to give, work, live, bleed, and pray for others to get a chance to hear of God's love and what jesus did at the cross...give them a chance to have access like me...

God is stirring my heart even more lately about this truth and what i can do about it...please pray, give, work for, and love those who don't know jesus yet and for nations who have yet to have a chance to hear...everyday i post an unreached people group and i pray for them...i pray that God would stir in the hearts of his people a passion for those who have yet to hear, in the usa and in unreached parts of the world where the biggest needs are...ultimately my heart is to get to, send others to, reach those who have never heard...join me in loving people...getting Gods heartbeat for the lost and the hurting...GET YOUR BEAUTIFUL FEET ON!!! dath's rite!!!

just my thought for the day and i had to write it...peace yall

perspective on unreached people groups

searching online, thought it was a great idea about adopting and unreached people group...it is something that i believe in so very much and pray that the church will catch a glimpse of what it means to reach an unreached nation or people group...jesus did say that the laborers are few and i want to be so committed to seeing this world come to jesus...

here's the link

adopt an unreached people group

peace yall!!!

democrat compassion forum; last night

i tell you i was pretty impressed at alot of the answers from last night. CNN had a "compassion forum" where each democratic candidate were asked direct questions about there faith...in case you missed it here is a video of hillary clinton being asked "why does a loving God allow innocent people to suffer"...i will have to say that i was impressed with her answer...she didn't just quickly answer it and move on rather she answered it with great perspective...whether you are a democrat or republican her answer was all inclusive and the responsibility of helping people is a job for us all!!!

who knows who i will vote for this nov but this was a good insight on what the democrat candidates had to say about there christianity...

corporations taking over church music

this guys videos are really funny...i found him on youtube and found myself laughing at everything he does...check out this video...but watch his other ones too!

in case you missed it

well in case you’ve missed the it this past week...american idol closed out it’s “idol gives back” evening with a performance of one of the top praise and worship songs of all time, “shout to the lord”. this song was made famous years ago when worship leader darlene zschech recorded it on the “shout to the lord” album for integrity music. it’s now one of the most popular worship songs of all time, and tops the most popular worship songs of all time as the #1 praise and worship.

that’s big news. i will say i was sorta bummed because they took out the word “jesus”. the opening line should be “my jesus, my savior”...and instead, they sing “my shepherd, my savior”. wimpy?!!! BUT...

i’m blown away that this song was on american idol. i have no idea what the motives were, what deals were made, but one thing is for sure, even with the lyric change, I praise god that his name was glorified on what appears to be the “biggest tv show on the planet”. and if you watched the results show they then added "my jesus". so that was a pretty amazing moment for that song and for tv. i pray it somehow reached 1 of the 70 million people watching...

if you missed it, here it is...

sorry but i am crying laughing right now; please forgive me

most of you know me and know that i would laugh at this...forgive my 13 year old mentality but seriously i am crying laughing at this video...some of these are ministers i grow up listening too, and by no means am i disregarding who they are or what they have done for God but hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

so i met this lady, it was hard to here

so i am just going on with my day...
all of a sudden...

i was stopped in my tracks by someone i randomly met today...after hearing her story i was completely floored and realized this was no ordinary meeting...

her name is irrelevant but her story went something like this...she's about 60 years old, her husband died in the early 90's, didn't date for many many years, was encouraged to sign up for one of the popular dating sites, met prince charming on there who was a working musician...less than a year later gets married to prince charming. at first life was amazing and all seemed well. prince charming was what she had been looking for.

the story progresses...after a time prince charming started back up his business again, adult photography. for some reason he also felt ok to put the pics of the woman on the walls of there house for show. in less than a year he took all of this ladies money leaving her broke because the business wasn't doing so well and the working musician wasn't making what she thought he was. wait there is more, he slept around on her passing on 2 std's in which one is not curable...ultimately destroying the marriage and pretty much her life. ok take a breath...it was almost surreal this story and at times it was hard to understand her talking because of the tears and emotions she was reliving in front of me...

i sat there hearing her story in complete awe, but the funny thing is i wasn't to surprised. i have heard this story more than once...different names and different people but similar scenarios. i found myself incredibly interested in her story because i wanted to help her...i realized that i do have the answer in jesus. God is there always to guide the words and give someone life through you...i am so glad i met her and that God put her in my path...needless to say by the end of the conversation she was laughing and was ministered too.

it almost seems that God gives us open doors everyday if we are looking for them. we come across the paths of people who need jesus...He lives in us for others. and He can live through us if we will let Him...i am glad God entrusted me with this situation and i am confident that God moved in her life....

ok i'm done
going to bed good night

invisble children; if you've never seen please go and do

if you have never watched this movie please get it. it's amazing to be apart of something bigger than you...

i've got these friends

so this is freakin cool, i never before in my life have i ever witnessed to or had jewish people around me like i do now. just went out to dinner last night with one of my wifes friends who will be visiting the church and i have a team member from work that is jewish coming to service...and these are really great people who are strong in there faith and faithful to there upbringing. i have to appreciate that but its definitely on my heart to see them come to Christ, become a messianic jew (chrisitian) or someone who says yes to jesus. i mean they aren't my project at all, they are my friends which is even more of a reason to see them come to christ! just thought it was weird that out of nowhere God puts these people in our path...i thinks it pretty cool...we are becoming really good friends and i think it's great that they are both open to the gospel...my friend from work is still not sure but is open with me as a friend...and i am proud of him for being bold enough to hang and even come to a service...i am convinced that when we hear the good news about God's love and what jesus did for us in its true form it is difficult to say no...God is that good!

why i live

i have been thinking alot lately...i am always in a constant evaluation of my life and where i've been and where i am going. i can look back at the last 12 years of my life and i am thankful for the experiences i have had, some really really good and some really really bad, but all beneficial...

i want so much, regardless of my good and bad experiences thus far, to help people and make my life count for people. i have recently been thinking of some moments i have had helping people how they have changed me. and to this day they remind me of who i am.

it's been a few years back but i remember coming home from work one day (long story short) and seeing 2 homeless guys coming down the street where i lived...it's as if i couldn't help it, my emotions are filled with compassion and reaction. my first instinct is to one tell them about jesus but two, help them with food or transportation, whatever. one was pushing the other in a wheelchair. the guy in the wheelchair was so drunk he didn't know where he was at. i stood there by my car and in my heart i want them to desperately have a normal life. i know i couldn't give that to them but i still felt that way. they looked really hungry as i assume most homeless people who are bone skinny are. i asked them if i could by them some food. the one that wasn't drunk asked if i was going to get the cops, i reassured him that i wasn't. i told them if they stay there i will go get them some food. i got in my car, drove to the nearest grocery store and bought them some food. when i got back they, thank God, were still there. my heart is overwhelmed at this moment because this really is all i could've done...i prayed with them to receive jesus, gave them there food, and said goodbye. they strolled on down the street to never be seen again...i often wonder what happens when you do something like that...where are they now, i guess i will never know. but one thing i do know is i was born for that moment in time, it was what i am living for!

all i can say is i am not trying to become like jesus to this world. i am not trying to figure out what jesus would do...He, jesus lives in me, therefore making me like him...i don't have to work or pray for it. and if i make myself aware of jesus in me i can't help but give love and compassion to someone. after all the church is the only jesus this world will ever see. i could be the only jesus someone like those homeless guys will ever see. i am getting more stirred than ever before to help people, love people, see people get saved and come to the greatest love of all...see them fed, help etc...

for those who have read this far i am really writing this for me. it reminds me of who i am and why i exist. it reminds of why i live and who i live for...i am constantly looking for open doors to give someone the gospel, to help someone move there house, to be a blessing to whoever needs something...this is why i live and this why i am here! for people...

songs that are inspiring me rignt now

leeland: tears of the saints

jesus culture: oh how he loves us

united live: all i need is you

hillsongs: none but jesus, lead me to the cross

tim hughes: take the world

chris tomlin: take my life

kristian stanfill: jesus paid it all, beautiful jesus