This morning I woke up thinking about the mission of missions and the power of the Holy Spirit…  You can’t have an effective missions movement without the Holy Spirit.

Why?
First, if you did not hear the message last weekend from Pastor Burt, you should go listen to it – it was awesome.  Pastor taught about gifts (more…)

Last weekend Pastor Tim preached a great message for Palm Sunday. I had the opportunity to visit each of our theater campus with my bride, Fawn. Here’s the recap:

What an amazing God we serve!  Lives are being changed and it’s all because of JESUS.  Shout out to all the amazing youth leaders in this city who are UNIFIED in the name of Jesus.

Life is not always easy. And let’s be honest, serving God and living a righteous life is not always easy either. Sometimes it can feel like the daily choice to serve Him is just too difficult for our flesh to push through. And sometimes when we’ve strayed from where we know we should be, or we’ve made some bad decisions, it can seem like a mountain too huge to climb to ever get back in a right place with God. (more…)

There is no question in my mind that this is the best gift that God could have ever given me! This is Fawn and I Skyping. I’m at 38,000′, she is putting the kids to bed… but I can’t stay away!

…If you are married to your best friend you know how incredible it is.
…If you aren’t married, WAIT FOR THE BEST, it’s worth the wait.
…If you’re stuck where you don’t want to be, hold on to hope and remember that NO AMAZING RELATIONSHIP has not been FOUGHT for.

I’m on my way back from seeing my new, and only, nephew; (more…)

Greetings Living Water family. Tonight was an incredible catalyst night as we move into 2011. We began our 2 week time of prayer and fasting to Contend for Breakthrough!

I am so proud of our team who led worship tonight. I never grow tired of being led into worship by people that I know have as much passion for Jesus in private and they do in public. THANK YOU Cheri, Cody and Kenzi along with the rest of the team.

You can find more info about the fast here at the church website.

Below are several “reasons to fast” that came from a book that I highly recommend by Pastor Jack Hayford.

I think any of us could find ourselves in one of these four seasons of life, and could be motivated to seek the Lord through prayer and fasting. Read through the scriptures and be challenged and encouraged.

May the Lord bless you!
Contending with you,

Pastor Jon

Fasting at Transition
2 Samuel 1:12

Fasting for Survival
Esther 4:16

Fasting for the Future
Ezra 8:21-23

Fasting and Spiritual Warfare
Daniel 10:1, 2

*Taken from “Living the Spirit Formed Life” by Dr. Jack Hayford