It Is Time For SOCAL To Burn With PASSION FOR CHRIST: Raised2walk and Regeneration Ministries Partner For The School Of Transformation

Well, I am coming to an end of a season of ministry (7 years exactly November 17).  God is showing us that Raised2walk is to focus more at home these days, while still leading outreaches from Southern California to the nations.  With that, we are transitioning to partner with REgeneration, a powerful ministry under Agape Ministries to form a discipleship school here in Los Angeles called The School of Transformation (www.regenarc.com).

Rebekah and I are so excited and committed to this school that I am canceling most of my speaking engagements so far in 2011 in order to be here in Los Angeles to personally mentor and disciple the students who come to participate in this school.  Rebekah and I want to offer our selective time to this school, and to our dear friend, Steve Chua, who is directing this school, in order to help educate, train, renew, refresh, to love, to nourish, to equip, and to release strong men and women who want all God has for them in exchange for their lives.

In this school, we are gonna be teaching and imparting in the following areas dear to our hearts:

1st Semester

-  Discerning the voice of God
-  Growing In Intimacy
-  Identity Transformation
-  Breaking Free To Your Destiny
-  Fostering the Presence of God
-  Developing A Radical Prayer Life
-  Empowered With Favor and Blessing On Your Life
-  Establishing His Kingdom Within

2nd Semester

-  Kingdom Authority And Kingdom Leadership
-  Transforming The Seven Mountains Of Culture
-  Moving Naturally Supernaturally
-  Releasing Your Prophetic Gift
-  Radical Evangelism
-  Discovering Your Five Fold Destiny
-  Kingdom Invasion In The Market Place
-  The Keys To Total Transformation For The Rest Of Your Life

I don't know, these are the ones we know we are going to be imparting!  There may be many more topics as we go!

We are going to have speakers really anointed speakers and trainers who are gifted from God to speak and train, but better yet, are called to be spiritual fathers and mothers over this generation in Los Angeles.  The difference in this school than any other I personally speak at is one thing.  Fathering/mothering.  It is the key to bring someone into their destiny with confidence in who they are and Who's they are.  It means all the difference to raise up successful men and women in the Kingdom of God.

As far us, I know this fact.  God is looking for the ones who will take His love to the nations, and to their own back yards.  We have been to over 60 nations over the past 20 years, and we are sensing that it is time to do what is so deep in our hearts, and that is to raise up a generation right here in Los Angeles, California.

For more info on this school, please check out the Regeneration School of Transformation, and let us know if you would want to run with us for 6 months, and to grow leaps and bounds in the Word, in the Spirit, and in your life with Jesus Christ.

Here is a promo link to the school as well:

REGENERATION'S SCHOOL OF TRANSFORMATION

I Love Family: It is EVERTHING

My mom and dad got married in 1965.  They are still married.  They never divorced, and never cheated on each other.  My dad never did drugs, and neither did my mom.  They are Christians and have been all of my life.  They are still in love, and although gross at times, I absolutely LOVE the fact that they are.  They raised my two brothers and me.  They raised us to have discipline, self respect, honor, dignity, to serve others, to love others, to love ourselves, to be proud of who we are.  They raised us to bring the best out in others, to give is better than to receive.  My parents modeled these things to us, and this is why we remember them.  My parents were and still are hard workers.  Two of the hardest I have ever seen.  When my dad says yes about something, he means yes.  Otherwise, he would have said something else.  His "No's" also mean "no" every time.  He taught me to say what I mean, and to mean what I say.  He taught me to speak the truth in love, and to love wisdom.  Look for it everywhere.  My parents.  My dad is one of my best friends to this day.

My wife's parents married in 1969.  They are still married.  They have never divorced, and have never cheated on one another.  They did drugs, but soon gave their lives to Jesus early in their marriage.  They have been in love with each other their entire marriage.  They raised three amazing children, who all are now married to wonderful Christian spouses.  They are the tightest family I have ever known.  Their extended family flies in from up state, and out of state just for their birthdays.  That's close.  And expensive.  I love their love for each other.  My parents-in-law are missionaries too.  They love mission trips.  They have been with us one of our trips to Uganda, and have been to India with their oldest daughter and her husband.  They have been to Hong Kong, Honduras, and other international missions trips as well.  They are two models of consistency with love, sacrifice, dedication, support, reliability, hard hard work, humility, and servant hood to their family, and to others.  I am incredibly grateful to have them in my life and to be able to marry into their family as their "son".  I have learned so much from watching this family operate.

I married my wife in 1995, and we are still married.  I have never cheated on my wife and she has never cheated on me.  I have done drugs before I gave my heart to Jesus in 1991, June 29.  Rebekah has never drank, done drugs, and was a virgin we were married.  She has loved Jesus all her life, and taught me what purity was, what it looked like, and how it lived daily in relationships with others.  I have been blessed with a woman only Jesus said I deserved.  By all other rights, she is way out of my league.  She has taught me so much about family, and about what my intentions can and should be for everything I do.  We have 4 beautiful children.  2 boys and 2 girls.

I used to think this life was about me, and me alone.  As we have grown in our marriage, I have learned that as I make life about God, my wife, my children, and our families, I grow more than I ever could if I were thinking and living for... me.  It is because family is the number one priority for Rebekah and me that our family will indeed yield families for life.  It is about resolve in the struggle.  To never quit or give up simply because relationships are difficult.  Rebekah and I said that we were married until the death of one of us, or both of us.  We meant it.  Cheating is not an option.  We forfeited the right.  Giving up on each other is not an option.  We fight sometimes, but it is to be resolved ALWAYS.  God is the head of our family.  He is the Provider, He is the Counselor, He is the Teacher, He is the Corrector, and He is the Protector.  Rebekah knows how to be a wife, because the example she had before her, and because of her obedience to God.  I know how to be a husband because of the two amazing examples before me in my father and father-in-law, and because of my obedience to God.  This recipe is tried and true.  It will produce great children, who will know right from wrong, and who will know how to walk out the right way with resolve, with strength, and with compassion for others.  They will have to make their choices and will make mistakes, but we will be there for them, always.  Because we are FAMILY.

I love my family.  We are a big family now, and getting bigger.  God loves us, and we love God, and we love each other, and we will be there for each other.  With family with me, the world can turn against me, and I will never feel alone.

On My Way To Costa Rica

Well, tonight I am boarding a plane bound for Costa Rica. Not to surf, or mountain hike, but to be a part of the lives of some amazing young people in Youth With A Mission. These are missionaries from all over the world who have come together to learn; about God, about each other, and about themselves. I will be teaching them on the importance of worshiping Jesus in our lives as Christians, as people breathing for that matter. These schools always turn out incredibly amazing because there is such tremendous breakthrough. You can't talk about worshiping Jesus, have a guitar nearby, and not end up on your face crying out in joy and thanksgiving and praise to the One who gave you everything you will ever need to triumph in this life, not to mention the gift of knowing Him throughout the whole process. That's just too cool. My most difficult thing to be able to do is to talk about the Lord and what He has done for me, and not stop to get on my own knees to worship. It is simple. I am just very aware of what He has done for me in my life, and I don't care that someone else may not have a clue of what I mean. I have learned that if I bring my relationship with the Lord with me wherever I go, people bump into Him, and their lives are changed forever.

So, I am confident that when I leave for Costa Rica, someone on the plane will be changed forever. Someone in the city of San Jose will be changed forever. Someone in the classroom at YWAM will be changed forever. This is why I get on that plane tonight and leave my family for a week. If you think about it, throw a prayer or two up for me and my family as this week unfolds. Should be a good one!!