Tag: Holy Spirit

“I just think you’re more scared of being alive” – John Mark McMillan

I was captured by a lyric from “The Medicine” by a young man from North Carolina.  His name is John Mark McMillan.  The Medicine video with lyrics  The line that grabbed me was:“I remember the day you said you weren’t afraid to die.  I don’t think you are brave for it.  I just think you’re more scared of being alive.”  I wondered to myself, “Do I find it easier to give in to ‘dream killing’ hopelessness and apathy than to rise up and be alive”? Am I scared of being alive? Are you?

Jesus put it this way in Luke 9:62, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

Wow, so if we are going to restore God’s creativity in our lives and crack things open in our world for God’s glory, we can’t afford to be scared of being alive. Nothing is worth missing that!

So, I encourage you to go out and buy “The Medicine” and enjoy. By the way I also included this link to a video where John talks about the cd. I loved hearing him talk about the birth of his child being something like a resurrection. Check it out…   John Mark McMillan talks about The Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

Part 2 of the Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers) – The Crazy Story Continues

In 2009, this ordinary young man, Caleb from Nebraska connected with a Maasai brother named Simon to see what God would do if they just walked in simple obedience…

 
In 2009, this ordinary young man, Caleb from Nebraska connected with a Maasai brother named Simon to see what God would do if they just walked in simple obedience…

 
SEE PART 1 of the Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers)
SEE PART 3 of the Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers)

Unusual Soldiers

Has God Lit a Fire in Your Heart for the Youth of Our World?

Has God called you to make a difference in launching His people into lives of meaningful service to Him in the everyday world?

Has God called you to make a difference in launching His people into lives of meaningful service to Him in the everyday world?

With all of my heart I believe that God has rekindled an ancient fire and is fanning the flames of a worldwide kingdom laborer movement. Young and old are waking up to remember that they are God’s “Plan A” for reaching the world with the good news of Jesus Christ and His kingdom amongst us. Every Christian is called to be a laborer!! (Matt. 9:35-38)

With a strong commitment to awaken laborers and launch them into a life of 24/7 service, I have joined the staff of Kingdom Building Ministries as a “Plan A Coach”.

God has called many others to this same mission. Maybe He has called you to give yourself to this movement as well? Your heart longs to see a “rising up” of Christians who see every person they meet and every place they go as an opportunity for God to move “up close” and bring people into His kingdom.

If that is your heart, would you let me know?

In the next few weeks I am going to be gathering a team who will pray and support this “Plan A” initiative as we move together to raise up and launch many young laborers into a life of bringing in His harvest. You can reply in several ways, comment on this post, email me at dan@wastedtreasure.com, call me at 506-639-8961, or connect with me on Facebook.

If you will let me know that this same fire is stirring in your heart, I will reply with some suggestions on how we can work together. Praying for you and can’t wait to hear from you!!

Check out this video featuring Dwight Robertson (founder of Kingdom Building Ministries)

Part 1 of the Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers) – The Crazy Story Begins…

As I watched this video I was shaken and moved deeply over what God can do if we smash the old containers and really jump over the edge to be the light in our world!

 
As I watched this video I was shaken and moved deeply over what God can do if we smash the old containers and really jump over the edge to be the light in our world!

 
SEE PART 2 of the Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers)
SEE PART 3 of the Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers)

Unusual Soldiers

Get Creative! Smash the Little Box Labeled “Ministry”

May the streams of kingdom “laborership” swell to become great rushing rivers that flood their banks and break apart the boundaries we have built to define “ministry”!

 
I love the story of “James the Roofer”! It captures the essence of a movement that is rising up around the world.

May the streams of kingdom “laborership” swell to become great rushing rivers that flood their banks and break apart the boundaries we have built to define “ministry”!

Fan the flame in your own heart!

God “up Close” Today… Help on “How to Make a Difference…”

Most of us really “get” the reality that God sends us every day into our ordinary routine to be the “light of the world”. But how do you “jump over the edge” to become a world-changer by just being yourself in God?

 
Most of us really “get” the reality that God sends us every day into our ordinary routine to be the “light of the world”. But how do you “jump over the edge” to become a world-changer by just being yourself in God?

The following link will take you to an amazing source of help… “Help for passing on what you have…”

Wake up before You Miss the Best Part!!

 
All around us young men and women are waking up to their story in God.  It is unrehearsed… it is unpredictable… it is beautiful in it’s vast range of wild colors and shapes and twisting plot lines.  And it all pretty much comes down to… “God I can’t do this anymore”! Help me, please!!”

It has been said that “All religion is the human pursuit of God.  But, the beauty of the gospel of Jesus is that God has been pursuing us for a relationship from the very beginning.”

God’s relentless pursuit of you will come in ways that are as beautifully unique as you are. 

My son, Jeremy (featured in the video above) and I were talking recently and one of us said, “We talk all the time about how Jesus is the only way to have a deep friendship with the Father. But, maybe we need see the rest of the picture that the only way the Father could truly have a deep friendship with us was through Jesus.” Just look at the price He paid so that we could be united forever in His kingdom!  

Whether you are making a mess of your life through empty wins or devastating losses… whatever you are running so hard to find… why don’t you just slow down and let Him catch you and wake you up to your story in Him?