Missions/Next Door

Ok, so for the last few weeks or so I have been having this thought that keeps recurring. Mission trips are awesome and they are something that I have a passion for. I love being able to go half way across the world and share the love of Christ with people who do not normally or have never heard The Gospel! It is something that I look forward to. However, the thought that keeps recurring in my mind is, "Why do we get out of the mindset that we are no longer on a mission trip as soon as our flight touches down on an American runway?". That may not be the mindset of some, but I know for me I have been guilty of that attitude. In between going half way across the world and sharing The Gospel I have somehow missed what was right next door! We get back from a mission trip and talk about how we can't wait to go on another one. Well, if we really can't wait to go on another one then we could all hop in an SUV and take a "mission trip" downtown and serve the homeless, landscape an elderly persons home, help a church in need, love your neighbors as yourselves, or share the love of Christ with someone random that you might encounter throughout your day JUST as you would on a mission trip. If you get a chance to go on a mission trip to another country or anywhere else I strongly encourage you to take part of that, but don't think that you can not do what is done on mission trips in your community or city. God can do the same work through you in your city as he can do through you in a foreign land. But please, go out and and share The Gospel whether it be in Africa, South America, China, Wales, or anywhere just don't overlook your community and city! 

Acts 1:8- But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

jdt.

Food for thought..

be like a child. remember when you were little and someone asked you for something? it was pretty east to give it up right? i mean, if someone were to ask you to feed them when you were little you just would say something along the lines of "you could come to my house and my family and you could eat with us." those were the simple days. well check this out. in the middle of the book of mark Jesus, the Son of God, was preaching throughout the land and healing and telling people what it takes to get to heaven. it means giving it all to follow him. in the middle of the story in mark 10, right in between his teaching of divorce and the rich young ruler, he talks about kids. he said "the kingdom and God belongs to these." this can teach us something about compassion. when we were younger we seemed to have a lot more compassion, at least that is the way it seems. somewhere along the line we lost it, more was given to us and we began to become selfish with what was given to us... i should say me. then Christ moves right into the story of the rich young ruler. his response to Jesus was sad. read about it. maybe there is a reason the two lessons are so close together.
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Thank You

WOW!! Lake Wales is one of the coolest places ever!! Now, it may seem like there is not much there besides orange groves and ALOT of lakes, but that would be a false statement. There is a youth group at First Baptist of Lake Wales that will blow you away!! Us as a band had the wonderful experience of leading worship for "Invasion" or "D-Now".  We would just like to say "thank you" to this church and youth group for giving us the opportunity to come and hang out with all of them. God truly blessed One Revolution! From the moment we arrived we were treated with such hospitality it was unreal. This weekend was such a pleasant and refreshing experience for us as a band. It was a blast to spend time with the youth group and watch our Lord at work. Lake Wales has something that is not always found in every youth group and that would be a genuine love for each other. Also something else that was special about this youth group was their youth pastor, Matt (Sir), and his wife, Jennifer (Mam). They were involved in these kids lives and hung out with them and the youth loved them for that. They were so awesome! This youth group has something special and we were glad to be apart of that this weekend. So, "thank you" to Lake Wales for the hospitality and love that was shown to us. We look forward to coming back again! (Oh, and next time, middle and high school guys, you better watch out because we won't have forgotten about the pranks by then!)

-JDT

Lake Wales

to our friends we get to spend a weekend in worship on April 24-26 in Lake Wales. we honestly cant wait. this is the promo we did for the weekend. Jesus Peace
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La la

this is what our guitar player justin does when he is cleaning his guitar. he is crazyyyyy! silly justin, ha
thanks to our awesome friend from Kenya Mark Kaigwa for the video

relationships

love. love God. love God and love people. love God more. let your love for God overpower your love for people but let that love for God empower you to love people despite what they do. Dont focus on pointless and selfish arguments. let the scripture speak through you and be in you. love is the greatest.
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Hello world

Its our first blog. We have a mission. We love Jesus Christ and we want the world to know him. With our lives and our music we will display the truth of who Jesus is. One revolution. Involve yourself