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Surviving Sodom #6 .....
- CINNER got Saved !
Yes! We wanted to report to you an awesome testimony we received from "Goth of Faith","thanx to you my friend Cinner got saved "! All of heaven rejoices and has a party when one of Gods precious ones comes home! This is what compels us - what drives us-Christ's love for the lost within us...The joy to see another awakened from the illusions of the darklord and brought into the kingdom of the Immortal Son - FRee from the addictions of the fallen world-Reborn-regenerated- Transformed from the inside out - living a life of destiny- no more limited to the walls of the seen...Now a child of the Spirit a SOn of GOd. Like the prodigal awakened from the pig troughs of hell.. .lured by illusions... promised everything yet left with nothing only emptiness. THen returned to the father who longed His return as He does yours ..desperately Waiting with arms wide open to restore you to who you truly are a child of royalty ..
Revelations 1:5-6 .. And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
If you are reading this and still dwell in the dungeons of the darkone you to can be free...Just call on the name at which all hell trembles..."Jesus save me - set me free - wash me in your blood -fill me with your Holy Spirit". E-mail us and let us know that you've joined us in the revolt...
C-Stone* The Asylum - '03
Yes C-stone was awesome! We got to meet a lot of you... pray with you and talk about Jesus (our favorite subject)! All the prayer for the asylum paid off - the atmosphere was definitely different - a heaviness had lifted and I believe its well on its way to being more Christ centered...and we can't wait to see what Zoe and friends plan for next year. I was very excited about praying for Moses ( a kid from Canada that just got out of jail for gang related stuff - wandered into a teen challenge or something like that and ended up at C-stone praying with me at the Asylum tent!) I said what an awesome name - he said he had been made fun of for it...in the prayer the Holy Spirit had me say something over him that had been recently prayed over me - that he would be free and he would bring freedom to his people and live up to his name. God had me give him our CD "God's Revolutionaries" as I prayed to be led who to give them to since I only brought a limited amount. I wanted them to be effective - he was grinning from ear to ear and if I only came to c-stone for him it was worth it! We were encouraged and got to encourage many others and Zoe told me of others they got to share with and the Spirit moving in the tent as tears filled eyes...Awesome!

Decatur Celebration

God gave Honz (one of our members that just hitch-hiked from Louisville to be a part of what God is doing here) the idea to carry a cross on his back and witness at the celebration - being thrown out before for handing out Jesus fliers , we weren't sure how it would go but we trusted God , made a cross (which was cool He had shown me the perfect board to make it out of in an alley in the garbage about a week earlier. As soon as Honz mentioned doing it God brought it to mind .I checked and it was still there in the garbage -see God can use what some consider trash for something great-there is hope for us- and He will provide our every need if we are living dead ...) God gave me a poem we made into a track (you can see it on the sight and order some) Revolt-Awakening people from the trance inducing lure of the darklord-bringing them to relationship with Christ-

Anyway it was awesome-God continues to blow my mind. He told me over a year ago to gather the outcasts of the world. He wanted to use them as His revolutionaries .He is doing it !He's bringing us together and doing things that are blowing our minds-from the website started w/o any knowledge of computers (now getting hits from literally all over the world) to on the local front -blessing us with a building where soon to move into where will have a coffee shop on the bottom and concerts ,meetings etc. on top...(the present owners are cool harley cats and the son and his girlfriend have started coming to our meetings !)

Back to the Decatur Celebration...As we would pass through the crowd with the cross every one would turn and read it. We got everything from an older woman yelling what is this s#%$ to drunk guys giving us the thumbs up. Oh yea and Christians trying to get us saved. One guy said ,"how can you love Jesus and wear black?" and another Girl proclaimed excitedly "I've never seen Christians like you. I've been looking for people like you!" we started at our friends piercing /tattoo shop where he was having a demonstration ( we figured all the freaks would gather there) and then made our way through we soon had lots of kids following us like a pied piper. We were bold and they loved it - this generation is looking for someone who really believes in something and will be bold about it in this world sinking into the sea of relativism - they are hungry for the truth of Christ's unconditional love - I've been reading Keith Green's life story "No Compromise" and something he said is really sticking with me..."the only good argument against Christianity is Christians"...sadly this is very true. the revolution of Jesus has turned into one more hypocritical religion of man - that's what happens when we have a form of God but no longer have God - we lose our passion and are just going through a ritual with no relationship - that's when we need to shut out everything else get alone with Him and cry out give me you or give me death - until we have Him to give we have nothing worth giving - and until we die to ourselves and let Him live and love through us we are no use to anyone - Leesa said this and she is right..."the only good Christian is a dead one" . (by the way we will have stickers available soon saying that -with the scripture reference Romans 6) the world needs us dead to know Jesus (John 12:24) - we need each other dead to encourage each other (1 John 3:16 and John15:13) and we need ourselves dead (Romans 6) to truly know who we are and walk in the freedom Jesus purchased - no longer slaves to sin but warriors of the Spirit! Live dead and the dead will live!

God is going to use you mightily as well as us! Expect it! Jesus promised it !!!! He entrusted you with His power - His name - His ability - it's your destiny!
....back to the subject of the only good Christian is a dead one... I've been to satan websites including Roger Martinez' (ex-Vengeance lead singer) and amazingly all they can talk about is Jesus.... they all say the same thing. If He is real then how come His followers aren't doing miracles? - the world is waiting to see the real Jesus - in you. A gospel not just in word but with power - and Jesus is waiting for you to die so He can live...Nietzsche-
(the father of relativism) said something similar along these lines " If I'm to believe in a Redeemer I want to see a little more of the Redeemed!" You could change history! It doesn't take an army - just one of us dying to selfishness and living selfless could topple the enemies plans being strategized for millenniums - history might have been different if Nietzsche would have met a true believer - Jesus is weeping for the lost we must take on His burden - forget about ourselves our own needs - grow up - no longer say what can I get from God but what can I give from God- Don't even worry about the sin you struggle with - don't let the devil shift your focus on to you - fight for them ( the lost) and He (Jesus) will fight for you!!!!

Forget Religion and trying to conform to rules.. it doesn't work...Spend time alone with Jesus...Fall in love with Him and you will be transformed from the inside out!
The world has seen worms long enough its time they see the butterflies !

Check out this recent e-mail I wrote answering one of these kids on a satan site.
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this is an email i wrote in response to a satan site i visited- the writer was expressing his anger towards a "Christian" rapper that beat up his gothic friend and how Christians are hypocritical...the name of the site was something derogatory towards Jesus.....my words are in red...

hello....i agree with you....
As I've said and heard many times, "Sticking chicken feathers up your but doesn't make you a chicken." Christians should practice what they preach. They are Christian in the way that if I go into my garage I'm a car.

Christ-ian means little Christ .the early Christians were called that by the unbelievers because they went around doing what Jesus did healing the sick raising the dead casting out devils loving others more than themselves...willing to lay their lives down to the death even to being fed to lions and torches for Nero's parties...sadly i think today Christians would more likely be called what Jesus called the religious leaders of His day ...hypocrites (actors) ...white washed tombs ..look good on the outside but inside full of dead mans bones ! Actually your message sounds a lot like Jesus'. Maybe it is religion you hate and not Jesus ...any How ...check out my site...http://www.thefirstchurchofthelivingdead.com

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Event/Gallery.. we got pictures up from c-stone and the Decatur celebration and will be adding more including a listing for up coming events...Taking the church to the people because the people are the church! Also you can now get our c.d. Gods Revolutionaries. Messages set to music that will inspire you to live Your destiny! do you feel like a nothing ? Well you are Gods something and He wants to use you who the world considers foolish to confound the wise!

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thanx to all of you who have supported us by praying mainly (and we mean that) as well as donating and buying stuff...we want you to know Our heart is to bring souls to Jesus to go after the lost sheep he weeps for and raise an army of bold and compassionate warriors to do the same!

As we mentioned earlier we are getting a building donated to the cause .Many things will be needed to get it up and running including coffee/cappacino/juice machines as well as sinks, appliances ,p.a. ,paint (black) ,etc...if anyone is interested in helping with any of these or related items contact us...