the world in 5 1/2 days

Got to be a part of representing NLC with some of the HPC worship team in Sri Lanka & Bangkok for a few Joyce Meyer  conferences. It was awesome to see people in another country sing to and about the same God that I serve. How selfish of me to be thinking that my God is only for me and my country, when there are so many out there searching for the healer and restorer around the world. Get over your fear and listen to the Holy Spirit when he tells you to preach the good news. Even if it means you have to whisper it to someone in need or shout it from a stage.

welpst…

so it’s been almost a year since i’ve even looked on here. wow. guess i should come around more often. i mean look, your here.

-Abe Smith

Musical Collaboration

So some of us are getting together today to help finish up some original songs at NLC. Thanks to Angie & Luke Brown for letting us use their amazing new house while they are at work! Here’s some pics… the songs should be played in the coming months sets so be on the look out for em!

Passion.

There comes a time when we have so much emotion within us that we can’t help but burst out and do things we wouldn’t normally do in our social settings:  shout at the top of our lungs about love, scream in frustration at a sporting event, cry when heartbroken, laugh continuously at a comedy club. Emotions can drive us. They can overtake us. The Bible says even Jesus wept (John 11:35), to the point of sweating blood. It’s a healthy thing to express emotions. David let it all go when he danced naked in the streets (2 Samuel 6:14-16). He was so overcome by what God was doing in Him he had to let it out. He was driven by passion for God. It’s the same way we should be. Wherever we are—in our work, in our schools, in our homes—we need to be driven by passion from God, or we’ll fizzle out in frustration or boredom. We’ll feel like we shouldn’t be there.  We’ll feel like we’ve missed our calling. But the truth is, we are called to witness to others.  We are called to love others. We are called to live life to the fullest wherever we are.

music to my ears…

Here’s my list of songs I’m listening to now… (in any order I feel like at the time)

Hello Seattle – Owl City

The Outsiders – Needtobreathe

Sideways – Citizen Cope

Autorock – Mogwai

Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Meet With Me – One Sonic Society

All the Right Moves – One Republic

Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked – Cage the Elephant

Somewhere a Clock is Ticking – Snow Patrol

Fame – B.O.B.

Don’t Let Me Fall – B.O.B.

Island in the Sun – Weezer

Some old, some new…. What do you suggest?

Storm.

Got this one shot out of about 50 shots…

Swim in Clouds