+ 4 days
+ the power of Jesus
= over 3 million dollars raised!?!
Why?
Because we believe that:
However, people are sold. 27million people, in fact.
There are more slaves today than in any other time in ALL of human history.
We focused on this at Passion 2012 in Atlanta which leads me to....
The first way that we worship differently:
We discuss tough topics.
We are not in denial that bad things happen. We learned about slavery, sex trafficking, bonded labor, children being raped, people being starved/beaten/devalued, etc.
And then we decided to
Plenty of Christians are criticized for not putting their money where their mouth is. Not us.
The next way we worship differently is...
We do give to the poor and needy.
Between the hours of 7pm on January 2nd and noon on January 5th, we raised $3,066,000.
That means that us - poor college kids - gave almost 50 grand every hour.
Why?
Because we believe that:
And we believe that we should be because we are called to...
"Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows."
- Isaiah 1:17
Oh, and did I mention we were in the Dome???
Yes, third way we worship differently:
We were not in a church. We were in the Georgia Dome!?!
So many, MANY people.
It was amazing.
My boss asked the neatest question: "Just look at all of them. Can you imagine what heaven will be like?"
Psalm 89:5 says
All heaven will praise your great wonders, LORD; myriads of angels will praise you for your faithfulness.And, last but definitely NOT least, the final way we worshiped differently was:
We sang songs like this...
Not quite the typical hymn (although those are also beautiful!).
Not my favorite BUT all rap is not crap and this guy's lyrics are solid:
You can't help but get pumped up listening to LeCrae; watch for the back-flip around minute 2.
And, what was one of the most beautiful moments in the whole conference, we sang "How Great is Our God" in many languages:
And this was the final song of the conference :)
This is the Jesus generation:
Join us to end this:
Worship differently.
Care.
Give.
Do Something Now.
