Worship with the Word-Teaching the Nations with Song For five two-hour sets a week, I sing with my worship team leading worship and prayer. Two of the sets I do are called Worship with the Word. Paul commanded the Colossians, Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing […]
25,000 Encounter Jesus & His Power January 2013 Last month, 25,000 were impacted at our annual Onething Young Adult’s Conference. Extended times of worship put the attendes face to face with Jesus as they experienced His presence. They heard messages about the magnificence of Jesus, the power of intercession to change history, and hunger for […]
Praying In May, we added a justice emphasis to every prayer meetings at the house of prayer. I have been leading prayer for Haiti on Wednesdays and for a culture of LIFE on Fridays briefing our worship teams with the latest news. Since we started, a leader in Uganda’s infamous Lord’s Resistance Army has been […]
Three evenings and an afternoon, after months of rehearsing, we presented our musical “As in the Days of Noah”. I was amazed at the power of the arts to impact people in a way that nothing else can. We presented a difficult message showing the wickedness of Noah’s generation. The attendees left, with clear parallels, […]
About four years ago, I began playing violin. How I got the violin is an amazing story of both God’s provision and His care for me in a difficult season. For a few years, a desire had been growing to learn to play the violin. On a ministry trip, the church prophesied over me that […]
On January 5th-13th, I will go on a mission trip to serve the church of Haiti with a team from our ministry Haitian Pearl. Recently, this already devastated nation weathered Tropical Storm Isaac. Over 29 people lost their lives and many others lost their homes. I am going to serve Pastor Jay in whatever way […]
For the past three months, I have been leading a worship team of kids 8-13 years old. We lead worship once a month for Sunday morning children’s church. It has been really fun! The first time I led worship I was surprised. I didn’t expect the kids to be so talented. The musicians were close […]
In 2008, I had a dream that I traveled with a group of students to Houston. We went inside a towering office building—it was several stories high. Inside, I ran into the door of an operating room. They were performing an abortion. I could hear the sound of the suction machine. I ran away terrified. […]
E. Jay from the Solomon Islands From the Ends of the Earth to Fire in the Night in Kansas City Eleazar Jimmy Riria (E. Jay) grew up in the Solomon Islands (a small group of Islands in the South Pacific). His grandma taught him from the Word of God and how to pray when he […]
This month, we began to focus our prayer meetings on asking God to bring justice to specific worldwide issues. We are crying out to God on a specific topic each day of the week. Poor and Suffering – Sunday We begin Sundays praying for the poor and suffering. One thing we are targeting is the […]