This past weekend me and mike went to help lead a taught at the Abandon retreat for our church. It was an amazing and eventful weekend; and not to mention tireing. God is great at every moment! Well, we were up in the mountains and as if thats not a place to be awestruck enough by God, he truly showed up. We talked about abandoning thing that hinder us from truly being those sold out christians and the crew that rises up and reps the Lord through all they do. Mike talked about abandoning your past which is a huge issue with todays youth. Some feel that they cant move on because of where they have been or what they have done and that couldnt be farther from the truth that God tells us. The the past is called the past for a reason... IT'S BEHIND US!!! Live in the NOW!! One you repent God takes all the big nasty past you lug around with you all the time and DESTROYS IT!! actually he destroyed that on the cross some thousands of years ago (..go ahead and let that sink in...) He was thinking of you when he was praying so hard not to have to go to the cross he was bleeding... he was thinking about you when he took that beating, one so bad he couldnt even be recognized after... he was thinking of you when he died on that cross (where he took your past and bled for it he was the ultimate sacrifice to destroy all sin!! and all PAST!! so give it us an let it go!! Rise up to be the men and women of God he has called us all to be..
I taught about fear! Fear has a way to grip and cripple us through life, it keeps us from doing the BIG things that we know we could do. YOUNG PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!! ( yell it out) I can CHANGE the WORLD!! yeah i said it the entire WORLD!!! it just takes the rising up of a FEARLESS and POWERFUL generation of JESUS FREAKS!!! tell the devil to BRING IT ON! bc we are well equipped and ready to roll, ready to knock that sucka out. BUT beware you better be prepared know what you believe and believe what you know. Equip your self in a way that you're going to battle. train hard, be strong!! Fear is all in your head, God cast out fear with his perfect love as we live in him.
Picture us the young generation rising to take the world for Jesus!! Powerful.. now take that picture and make it REALITY!! Who is gonna stop you? Devil? no Jesus already conquered him. Fear? That is not of God, his perfect love cast it out. The world and man? Hebrews 13-4. yeah dont think so! Death? Jesus conquered that too!! Whats holding you back? what do you need to abandon???
One Love!
Cam
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?
I went to Charleston, SC, this past week for spring break to visit family there. On the way there i was watching Louie Giglios How Great Is Our God sermon. and i was really sitting there in deep thought about how great God really is.
While i was watching this an SUV up in front of us tire blew out and it began flipping across the interstate at 80mph. The SUV went airborne and as soon as it did my mom screamed out JESUS HOLD THEM. The SUV hit a tree about 12ft in the air and came crashing down below. The SUV looked like a crushed soda can, the front axle of the car came completely off and every single window was shattered. We pulled over and me and my dad ran down to the crash site. i remember thinking as i was running "Lord why did this happen? theres no way anyone could survive this." i was expecting to go down there to see dead bodies, the wreck was that bad.
My dad and I and some other men ran down and saw a man inside with his left arm and leg out of the drivers window, underneath the car which had fallen on its side. He kept saying "my arm, my arm," so we lifted up the SUV and a man dug under his arm and we got it out. His leg was to far and we couldn't flip the SUV without fear of hurting him so we decided to wait for rescue. Just looking at him i knew it was God holding him. I felt Gods presence and so i crawled into the front windsheild and talked with him and prayed with him until rescue came, his name is Jason. The whole time i was praying he was starring at me with tears in his eyes. It was a powerful moment for me and God had proved himself great and how mighty he is.
We had to leave because a helicopter was coming and we had to move the car, so I'm not sure what happened to Jason. But I know God protected him and hes going to be ok.
After that my friend called me and said that last week when we led worship at ONE7, there was a drunk man walking around in the parking lot. He was drawn to the worship music and came over to see what was going on. One of the leaders talked with him for 2 hours and the man hung out with them and talked everyday this past week. He got saved and has been sober for a week! this blessed me to know that God has placed me and the band exactly where he wants us to be used for HIS glory.
As you can tell, GOD IS GREAT.
Keep trusting Him, He WILL use you.
ONE LOVE
Josh Gomez
One Love Productions
While i was watching this an SUV up in front of us tire blew out and it began flipping across the interstate at 80mph. The SUV went airborne and as soon as it did my mom screamed out JESUS HOLD THEM. The SUV hit a tree about 12ft in the air and came crashing down below. The SUV looked like a crushed soda can, the front axle of the car came completely off and every single window was shattered. We pulled over and me and my dad ran down to the crash site. i remember thinking as i was running "Lord why did this happen? theres no way anyone could survive this." i was expecting to go down there to see dead bodies, the wreck was that bad.
My dad and I and some other men ran down and saw a man inside with his left arm and leg out of the drivers window, underneath the car which had fallen on its side. He kept saying "my arm, my arm," so we lifted up the SUV and a man dug under his arm and we got it out. His leg was to far and we couldn't flip the SUV without fear of hurting him so we decided to wait for rescue. Just looking at him i knew it was God holding him. I felt Gods presence and so i crawled into the front windsheild and talked with him and prayed with him until rescue came, his name is Jason. The whole time i was praying he was starring at me with tears in his eyes. It was a powerful moment for me and God had proved himself great and how mighty he is.
We had to leave because a helicopter was coming and we had to move the car, so I'm not sure what happened to Jason. But I know God protected him and hes going to be ok.
After that my friend called me and said that last week when we led worship at ONE7, there was a drunk man walking around in the parking lot. He was drawn to the worship music and came over to see what was going on. One of the leaders talked with him for 2 hours and the man hung out with them and talked everyday this past week. He got saved and has been sober for a week! this blessed me to know that God has placed me and the band exactly where he wants us to be used for HIS glory.
As you can tell, GOD IS GREAT.
Keep trusting Him, He WILL use you.
ONE LOVE
Josh Gomez
One Love Productions
Saturday, April 11, 2009
TRUST
Its amazing how when we trust God and obey him, everything else falls into place. The last two years of my life has been a bumpy road but God always reveals himself as long as I put all my trust in him. This will be a short blog, but I just wanted to post on how faithful our God really is and all we have to do..is TRUST him.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understandings."-Proverbs 3:5
ONE LOVE!
Josh Gomez
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understandings."-Proverbs 3:5
ONE LOVE!
Josh Gomez
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Romans 12:2
(2) Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Stand against all that crap the world is throwing at you. Make the stand for Christ!! Making the stand will make all evil clear and blatant in your eyes! Take the step and stand up for what you believe! KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND BELIEVE WHAT YOU KNOW!! One Love!
We must Prepare the way for the Lord!
Hey One Love Nation! As this blog continues to grow we love just hearing from different people about the many things God is doing in their lives....this blog that you are about to read is from one of our good friends Stephen Kawakami. I hope you enjoy this as much as it has blessed us. He is talking about Lee and Cleveland Tennessee, but I want you to read this because it applies to everyone. The generation of this world it applies to! Lets prepare the way for the Lord! One Love!
I was reading Joshua chapter 1 tonight and God showed me something...
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea [a] on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "
Basically, the Israelites had been in wilderness for 40 years and they seemed to be content with where they were because they didn't want to do what was required to obtain the Promise Land. Moses died and Joshua is now in charge of the Israelites. Naturally, Joshua seems to be a little timid in accepting this role, but the Lord assures Joshua that He will be with him wherever he goes and the He will never leave him or forsake him. So then Joshua tells the people to get ready to cross the Jordan River in 3 days.
I feel like this is where we are now. The seniors are graduating in a month or so and most of our leaders are leaving and it is up to us to step up and take their leadership roles.
I know that God has promised a whole lot of things to Lee and Cleveland that have not happened yet. I think it is partly because we are not prepared and we are not doing the things required to obtain the promises. Just like the Israelites, we are settling and being content with where we are(the wilderness) when we could just put some effort into our relationship with God and obtain the things that God has promised for us.
I believe that God is raising up a Joshua generation that won’t be content with where they are and they won't be content with the unfulfilled promises that God has given them.
No longer will an unfulfilled promise go by this class at Lee. No longer will we be content. No longer will we settle for the ordinary or the good or even the great. It is time to strive for the promises that God has given us. Everything that God had given to Lee will come to fruition by the time that we graduate. Let nothing pass us by because we were not ready for it. It is time to step up and do what is necessary to receive what God has given us.
WE MUST PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD!
I was reading Joshua chapter 1 tonight and God showed me something...
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea [a] on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "
Basically, the Israelites had been in wilderness for 40 years and they seemed to be content with where they were because they didn't want to do what was required to obtain the Promise Land. Moses died and Joshua is now in charge of the Israelites. Naturally, Joshua seems to be a little timid in accepting this role, but the Lord assures Joshua that He will be with him wherever he goes and the He will never leave him or forsake him. So then Joshua tells the people to get ready to cross the Jordan River in 3 days.
I feel like this is where we are now. The seniors are graduating in a month or so and most of our leaders are leaving and it is up to us to step up and take their leadership roles.
I know that God has promised a whole lot of things to Lee and Cleveland that have not happened yet. I think it is partly because we are not prepared and we are not doing the things required to obtain the promises. Just like the Israelites, we are settling and being content with where we are(the wilderness) when we could just put some effort into our relationship with God and obtain the things that God has promised for us.
I believe that God is raising up a Joshua generation that won’t be content with where they are and they won't be content with the unfulfilled promises that God has given them.
No longer will an unfulfilled promise go by this class at Lee. No longer will we be content. No longer will we settle for the ordinary or the good or even the great. It is time to strive for the promises that God has given us. Everything that God had given to Lee will come to fruition by the time that we graduate. Let nothing pass us by because we were not ready for it. It is time to step up and do what is necessary to receive what God has given us.
WE MUST PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD!
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