Hey guys, it is Logan again. Sorry that I have not been posting stuff the past few days. The last couple of days I have been able to grab a few extra hours at work. This has kept me quite busy. Well now I want to tell you about the day two of the Inspire conference.
After the service on Friday night, I was pumped for day two. Saturday morning (bright and early) we had another service. The worship session was lead by Josh Sinke, a member of YWAM. The sermon was given by Josh Langer, the guy who lead worship the previous night. Josh Langer is from Deutschland(Germany), and English is his second language. He began with a few details about himself, and led into this question- how can I become a part of what you(God) is doing. He spoke about the Trinity and Abraham and how God promised Abraham that he would become a great and mighty nation. In Revelation 15:4 it says "Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations will come and worship You." So how can we be a part of what God has already set into motion? How do we reach the unreached? How do we get the places where God wants us to be? These are some questions you might want to ask yourself. Another big subject he talked about was Encouragement. As brothers and sisters in Christ, we definitely should be lifting each other up instead of tearing each down. We needed a break after this session to really think about what he said. God has a plan. How can I be a part of that plan?
Later in the day, we attended another service. Josh Langer lead worship, and Fred Markert gave yet another great message. This time Fred went into a little more detail of what he talked about last night. He talked about when Martin Luther seperated from the church and formed his own church that he left out one major part. He left out Isaiah 54. Isaiah 53 talks about receiving the blessing from God, and Isaiah 54 talks about sharing that blessing with others around you. We are to receive the blessing, and to bless others. The church transforms the world. He showed us graphs to demonstate the countries that follow God, and those that don't. Notice how the countries who follow the path God wants them to follow thrive and how the countries that do not follow God's path do not thrive. Well, let us look at what God created so that civilization would work. They need family, religion, education, economics, government, celebration, and media communication. If the country does not focus all of these aspects on God, then the country will surely fall. Right now the United States of America is focusing on Economics, government, and media communication. The United States is right now a plutocracy. Another thing he talked about was how there is a cycle the world goes through and how it has happened 26 times. It is about to happen for the 27th time if the United States does not undergo a genuine revival. The stages are as follows: multipolar-the world has many world powers, bipolar-the world has two main world powers, and unipolar-the world has one main world power. To find out more about this you'll have to read the book he is writing.
You will have to tune in later for more about the conference.
Also, if you are able to help me financially with Discipleship Training School, then it is this simple:
Please mail a check to: PO Box 3000 Garden Valley, TX 75771. Also, if you are writing a check, make sure to leave the memo line blank, but include a NOTE that has MY FULL NAME on it and the school that I will be attending(DTS in SEPTEMBER).
For those of you that are praying for me, just keep on praying. I appreciate your support.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Inspire
Hey, it's Logan again. Today I'm gonna tell you all about the Inspire conference I attended this past March. What is Inspire? I'm so glad you asked. Inspire is a worship and missions conference held once a year by YWAM right around spring break. The conference is held at the YWAM facility in Tyler,TX. Now that was a long drive! As soon as we got there, I was welcomed by a friendly face. We had an option to stay in a cabin with others or in our own personal cabin. And for everyone who knows me knows that I am a city boy. Remember the song "Little cabin in the Woods"? Well these were little cabins in the woods. After checking in, it was off to the woods to find our cabin. Did I mention it was down a red dirt road. I dropped my stuff off on my bed, and drove back to the main campus for some chow. Nothing is better than a cheeseburger and fries after a long car ride. After dinner, it was off to the main building to get ready for the service. I got there a little early, so I was able to walk around the room freely and check out the many posters they had hanging up on the walls. They had a section in the back explaining the outreaches that they had scheduled right after the last day of the conference. The outreaches this year went to Downtown Houston, Austin, and Louisiana. And I will tell you more about these later.
Friday night service consisted of worship lead by Josh Langer, and the sermon was given by Fred Markert. To be honest, after the car ride I was tired. Once the conference started, I felt the energy of the room and was energized. The music was great and the sermon was overwhelmingly fantastic. Fred had just come back from a 2 week tour to many different locations and let us know he was experiencing major jetlag. He started off his sermon with pictures of many signs he had found while traveling all over the world. They were all wrongly translated so it was some nice humor right before we got to the seriousness of his message. He really opened a lot of peoples' eyes when he told us how much God was winning in the world. He told us how tv broadcasters like CNN, BCC, and others always show us the bad stuff that is going on in the world. Fred though, has seen the many good things that have happened in the world because of God. He gave us all these numbers of the growth of christianity in the world. Some things he told us I sadly can not tell you. What I can tell you is that he is writing a book about what he has found out, and his many thoughts of what is going to happen really soon. So much of what he said gave me hope and inspired me.
Friday night service consisted of worship lead by Josh Langer, and the sermon was given by Fred Markert. To be honest, after the car ride I was tired. Once the conference started, I felt the energy of the room and was energized. The music was great and the sermon was overwhelmingly fantastic. Fred had just come back from a 2 week tour to many different locations and let us know he was experiencing major jetlag. He started off his sermon with pictures of many signs he had found while traveling all over the world. They were all wrongly translated so it was some nice humor right before we got to the seriousness of his message. He really opened a lot of peoples' eyes when he told us how much God was winning in the world. He told us how tv broadcasters like CNN, BCC, and others always show us the bad stuff that is going on in the world. Fred though, has seen the many good things that have happened in the world because of God. He gave us all these numbers of the growth of christianity in the world. Some things he told us I sadly can not tell you. What I can tell you is that he is writing a book about what he has found out, and his many thoughts of what is going to happen really soon. So much of what he said gave me hope and inspired me.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
God's Calling
Hey it's me Logan again. Yesterday I told you a little about myself, and my history. Today I want to share with you my future. God has called me to become a full-time Missonary. Yes, he has called this city boy to go on mission trips and preach the gospel to those who have not yet heard His Word. How will the world ever know Him if I do not do something. Right now is the time for action. We are God's hands and feet, and I want to be the one who stands up and says, "I'm gonna do something." How do I plan on doing this? Well for starters, I am going to attend a school with the organization Youth With A Mission(YWAM) called Discipleship Training School(DTS). Youth With A Mission is a global outreach group that is located all over the world. They have over 17,000 active missionaries all over the world. Their mission is To Know God and to Make Him Known.
The DTS that I am going to be a part of is from June 29, 2014 to November 16, 2014. It is located in Tyler, Texas at the YWAM base they have there. It is 5 months long and consists of TWO phases. The first 3 months is the Lecture Phase. It will cost $3595 dollars for tuition, food and housing. During the lecture phase, I will be learning the nature and character of God, learning to hear God's voice, worship, prayer and intercession, God's purposes for your life, and about Christian and other world views of Urban and International missions. The final 2 months of DTS consists of the Outreach phase. This will cost anywhere from $2000-3500 dollars. This year the outreach teams will be focusing on the Dalit people of India.
Also, during the whole course of this program I am being fed, and I will have a place to lay my head every night.
Why am I telling you all of this? Well I am going to need YOUR support. I want you to be a part of what God has in store for me, and the unreached people of this world. I won't only need one-time supporters. I will need long lasting support as I continue to go on outreaches and mission trips globally and locally.
The total cost of DTS is around $7000 dollars.
Tuition-$3595 dollars
Outreach-$2000-3500 dollars
For long-term supporters, I will need close to $100 dollars a month to make it by. This includes money for washing and drying my clothes, gas money, and for other odds and ends that I might need.
How can you support me?
First of all I will need Prayer. Pray that God will be glorified in all that I am doing and that lives will be changed.
Secondly I will need Financial support. You may not be there with me on this journey, but with your prayer and financial support, you are there with me.
The DTS that I am going to be a part of is from June 29, 2014 to November 16, 2014. It is located in Tyler, Texas at the YWAM base they have there. It is 5 months long and consists of TWO phases. The first 3 months is the Lecture Phase. It will cost $3595 dollars for tuition, food and housing. During the lecture phase, I will be learning the nature and character of God, learning to hear God's voice, worship, prayer and intercession, God's purposes for your life, and about Christian and other world views of Urban and International missions. The final 2 months of DTS consists of the Outreach phase. This will cost anywhere from $2000-3500 dollars. This year the outreach teams will be focusing on the Dalit people of India.
Also, during the whole course of this program I am being fed, and I will have a place to lay my head every night.
Why am I telling you all of this? Well I am going to need YOUR support. I want you to be a part of what God has in store for me, and the unreached people of this world. I won't only need one-time supporters. I will need long lasting support as I continue to go on outreaches and mission trips globally and locally.
The total cost of DTS is around $7000 dollars.
Tuition-$3595 dollars
Outreach-$2000-3500 dollars
For long-term supporters, I will need close to $100 dollars a month to make it by. This includes money for washing and drying my clothes, gas money, and for other odds and ends that I might need.
How can you support me?
First of all I will need Prayer. Pray that God will be glorified in all that I am doing and that lives will be changed.
Secondly I will need Financial support. You may not be there with me on this journey, but with your prayer and financial support, you are there with me.
For more info on YWAM, check out: http://www.ywam.org/training/dts-lecture-phase/
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
My Story
Hello Everyone, my name is Logan Meyer. This is my very first time to use a blogging site to post anything. Before I start to really get into anything I just want to say that I am sorry to all you grammatically correct and those of you that can spell very well because my grammar and spelling can be quite off from time to time. If it is not, then awesome. If it is, well I am sorry. Anyways, I just want to start off with some basic stuff about myself so that you can get to know who I am.
I am 19 years old.
I have lived in Houston, Texas for most of my life.
I am a faithful believer in Jesus Christ.
I love to play video games.
I love to watch shows and movies on Netflix.
I love kids, and I can not wait to have some of my own.
I am single and really happy with my life.
That is about all I can tell you right now. Hopefully I will be able to share more with you all as time goes on. Also, I just want to say that I will do my best to post as much as possible.
A lot of things have been happening in my life. Especially in the past 7 months. Before 7 months ago, I had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. I was there all the way through phase 1(1 month for all of you who do not know what phase 1 is), and then I left. I was emotionally depressed and did not want to be there anymore. After I got back home I hooked up with some friends of mine and we had started smoking again. I had started to go to a night club/rave(Kryptonite was the name of the place we had gone to). I had many friends there who were all involved with drugs, sex, and alcohol. I did not think I would ever be friends with people like them, but I ended up there and thought that I was doing alright. Little did I realize that God was trying to get me to come back to Him. My parents kept warning me to not hang out with those friends, but I did not listen to them. I did not want to listen to anyone but myself and my friends. Around the month of October a very close friend of mine called me and told me that we needed to talk. She told me a lot of things that I was doing and that the things I was doing were not things the Logan she knew would be doing. Immediately something inside me clicked. It was like a switch was flipped and the lightbulb inside my head came back on. All of a sudden I became aware of my surroundings. Next thing I know I have an accountability partner who is now one of my best friends. I started to grow closer to God and I was reading my bible almost every day. It was a huge turning point in my life. I was no longer involved with those people I used to call my friends. I was no longer smoking, drinking, or having any affiliation with those who were doing drugs.
Well, that is all I have for today. I will post more tomorrow.
Logan Meyer
I am 19 years old.
I have lived in Houston, Texas for most of my life.
I am a faithful believer in Jesus Christ.
I love to play video games.
I love to watch shows and movies on Netflix.
I love kids, and I can not wait to have some of my own.
I am single and really happy with my life.
That is about all I can tell you right now. Hopefully I will be able to share more with you all as time goes on. Also, I just want to say that I will do my best to post as much as possible.
A lot of things have been happening in my life. Especially in the past 7 months. Before 7 months ago, I had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. I was there all the way through phase 1(1 month for all of you who do not know what phase 1 is), and then I left. I was emotionally depressed and did not want to be there anymore. After I got back home I hooked up with some friends of mine and we had started smoking again. I had started to go to a night club/rave(Kryptonite was the name of the place we had gone to). I had many friends there who were all involved with drugs, sex, and alcohol. I did not think I would ever be friends with people like them, but I ended up there and thought that I was doing alright. Little did I realize that God was trying to get me to come back to Him. My parents kept warning me to not hang out with those friends, but I did not listen to them. I did not want to listen to anyone but myself and my friends. Around the month of October a very close friend of mine called me and told me that we needed to talk. She told me a lot of things that I was doing and that the things I was doing were not things the Logan she knew would be doing. Immediately something inside me clicked. It was like a switch was flipped and the lightbulb inside my head came back on. All of a sudden I became aware of my surroundings. Next thing I know I have an accountability partner who is now one of my best friends. I started to grow closer to God and I was reading my bible almost every day. It was a huge turning point in my life. I was no longer involved with those people I used to call my friends. I was no longer smoking, drinking, or having any affiliation with those who were doing drugs.
Well, that is all I have for today. I will post more tomorrow.
Logan Meyer
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