To the Basement Crew....

And in this I give advice: It is to your advantage not only to be doing what you began and were desiring to do a year ago; but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have. For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 8:10-12 (NKJV)


I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it. But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability. For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.

2 Corinthians 8:10-12 (NASB)


I know this verse was written for us! Specifically today for the very purpose to encourage us in our mission! Remember that passionate CONSUMING desire? Have you lost it a little? It's only logical that you have. We gain it back, but some days we're down in the dumps thinking that what we're doing isn't really working. That verse says to finish! Don't stop your gait! We have to finish this with as much zeal and zest as we started out with! All we have to do is be willing! It doesn't matter if we have the ability to do 'this' or 'that' because God can use you whether you actually have the ability for the task He wants you to do! Look at Moses! He couldn't speak well, but God used him anyway! Look at David! A shepherd boy who became the king of Israel! Seeing a pattern? Look at Paul! He was killing Christians! Putting them in jail, but saw the light on the Road to Demascus and was struck blind only to receive his sight back! Not just his physical eyesight, but the doors of his heart were opened as well! You gotta be seeing this pattern now! Look at me! I'm a freaking nobody! I'm not rich. I don't have any money. I'm not worth a hill of beans. (haha, no pun intended there. =) But God is using me and will continue using me until the day I die! And He does the same thing for you! Your tuesday nights are NOT spent in vain. All the hard work you put into those nights. God bless you. jewels in the crown! Oh big ones little ones. green ones. purple ones. =)


We must cross that finish line with all the passion and desire in our hearts as we started out with! 1 Corinthians 9:24 says:

"Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it." (NKJV)

Run! Run! Run! (Forrest Gump comes to mind here... =p)
Run that race! Don't stop for anything or anyone!

I know there are so many people who will tell you and are telling you right now that this ministry is stupid and worldly and demonic and wrong. It brings me to tears. This isn't supposed to build up walls. So don't let them build up those walls. And do not become discouraged when people speak out against you! Jesus said that you are blessed if you are reviled for His sake.

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (NKJV)

I love this verse. It has become my anthem to anyone who speaks against what we do.
Paul became a Jew so that he could relate to the Jews and speak with them about Christ, from their perspective. He became a Gentile to the Gentiles to bring them the gospel from their side of it. All that he did to become as others, he did without sacrificing his morals. He lived in this world, but he was not apart of this world. We live in the world, but we're not of this world. We come to an MTV generation. We get their attention. They come and are radically changed only for the better. Don't let any cause you to believe this is a bad thing that's going on.

I'll finish with this: Only God knows the outcome of this, but we cannot stop what we're doing. We MUST see this thing through! Please be encouraged by this! It's come as a revelation to share with you! 1 o'clock in the morning and I'm tippity tapping away. =) It's not in vain. Nothing ever is.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16

** I DIDN'T WRITE THIS, but I wanted to let some of my blogger friends who wouldn't get to read it on facebook to read it** Thank you Kelly Bean!