Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Praising God On The Journey


(Hope Church Worship)

The Psalmist writes...


PSALMS 150
Praise the Lord!

Praise God in his sanctuary;
    Praise him in his mighty heavens!
 
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
    Praise him according to his excellent greatness!


This Psalm says it all.  This is where Layne and I are living at this very moment, PRAISING GOD!!!  We are in all of God right now.  He is worthy to be praised, and high and exalted.  He is so good, and we are so thankful for God in allowing us to be a part of this glorious journey we are on.  Thank you Lord!

Since God has called us to church plant in Hawai'i, He has answered so many of our prayers.  We would like to share with you all that He has answered and revealed to us since He called us on May 1.

  • The Lord connected us with Launch Network (May 1)
  • We needed a sending church:  Hope Church Las Vegas committed to be that to us within 24hrs our Calling. (May 1)
  • We were low on funds to get to a Church Plant Assessment Retreat in June.  God provided those funds immediately after we prayed.  We were also approved at that retreat by LAUNCH in June to plant in Hawaii in 2013. (June 13)
  • Upon Approval to plant, we were also offered a year paid church plant training position through the North American Mission Board with Hope Church in Las Vegas. (June 13)
  • As we got ready to move, we had no money to move across the country from TN to NV.  Our home church in Carthage went over and beyond in giving us a HUGE love offering. (July 15)
  • NAMB also provided us with a 3bed 2bath home in the Silverado Ranch area of Vegas for the next year. (Aug 1)
  • Our house in Carthage sold within 30days for the price we asked for. (Aug 30)
  • We have 10 churches that has committed to partner with us through this Journey (July).
  • God has blessed us with a Prayer Coordinator and a prayer team of over 100 partners (Aug 1).
  • Layne was offered a job as soon as we got to Vegas (Aug 20)
  • Our first individual has committed to being a part of our financial support team.  The cool thing is that she lives on the Big Island, where we are planting. (Aug 28)
PRAISE GOD!

Thank you for your prayers, God is using you greatly in our lives as you cry out to him on our behalf and the needs of Hawai'i, The South Pacific, and The World!


Mahalo Nui Loa,


Pastor Zeke





Monday, September 3, 2012

50-50-30 Journey


Our Church Plant training here in Las Vegas has been so rewarding.  God is at work in our lives and we are excited to be a part of this Journey at Hope Church.  Thank you to all our partners all around the world for your co-labor in the faith.  Christ is being made much of because of your efforts in being intentional about the Gospel.

Yesterday, our church fellowship kicked off an intentional Gospel message called The 50-50-30 Initiative; which means we want to personally reach 50 thousand people, and 50 thousand households within 30 days with the Gospel of Jesus.  We have created strategies on how that would look like from baking desserts for our neighbors, taking them to lunch, being heavily involved in community events, etc.  From there, we will invite them to our 3 week series where our messages will be surrounded by one phrase "GOD, I've got a question..."

Sept 9 | Question 1:  God, can I really trust the bible?

Sept 16 | Question 2:  God, do all religions ultimately lead to Heaven?

Sept 23 | Question 3:  God, why does bad things happen to good people?

We have discovered that 95% of our city is lost, and that the 3 zip codes we are serving in are the most unchurched communities in the city.  Like I said from the beginning, us planting a church in Hawaii is not the main goal, it is all about the Kingdom of God and pointing those who are lost to Christ.  Sharing Christ with others should not stop for us after this initiative, it will continue because God WILLS it too!

Luke 19:10 - For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

- Be intentional about engaging your city with the Gospel
- Be ready to live generously
- Be aware of the lostness that's around you
- Be dependent and desperate for God


Glory to God, FOREVER!


Pastor Zeke