Jason Laird (in the video) is so right. Amplified 2010 is going to be amazing. Christine Caine, Matthew Barnett, and Press Play – in the same place! If you’re a student in the Baton Rouge area or if you can get to the Baton Rouge area next week, you need to be in on this.

Here’s where to register or get more info:
epic.healingplacechurch.org

WANT SOME? ha ha ha.

“A man wants to be called out.” I remember hearing these words as Coach Bill McCartney said them to me 10 years ago talking about ministering to men. They are are words I will never forget. I truly believe men who are seeking to be authentic, adventurous, aspiring, and accountable do want to be challenged and called out to be what God made them to be! The devil will control a man who hides or cowers himself into isolation when challenged or confronted. So, men, in 2010 decide to hear, accept, and step into being “called out.” Be all God designed you to be and begin to truly make great the “others” in your life. He is calling you out, my fellow man, and so am I.

I want to invite you to meet me Tuesday night at the Highland Campus of Healing Place Church at 7:00 p.m. It’s going to be a night for men only, with (of course) food, a ton of great connections with other called-out men, and I’ll be speaking a challenge as well.

Say “Yes” to the call-out!

Check out this message we just took a second to shoot here in Haiti.

Thanks for being a part of bringing hope to Haiti.

But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

-Psalm 39:7

I’m standing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as I write this – watching people’s faces. It really seems like there is a depletion of hope here. My prayer is for hope to be restored to these people.

And really, no matter what your situation is, that’s my prayer for you. Hold on to hope like crazy. Every day, something or someone is going to try to rip it away from you, and what you’re left with is empty living, hollow, shallow and a very bleak outlook.

I think that’s why the Bible tells us 54 times to put our hope in God, in His Word, in His grace. I want to encourage you today to immerse yourself in hope and stay in that place where everything you see you see through the eyes of hope.

My heart breaks for these precious people in Port-au-Prince; tragedy on top of extreme poverty. And what I’m sensing that could be the greatest devastation of all is the loss of hope. Please continue to pray for Haiti. And make sure you’re soaking yourself in hope in the Lord. Only His hope can carry you through.