Lanny Richardson
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Oh, The Power of the Tongue



The Fence

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.

Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence...

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.

When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us."

- copied by permission

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Come to Mexico!





Matamoros, Mexico - Edge Short-Term Mission Trips from Adventures In Missions on Vimeo.

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Follow God ... Reach Our World in Matamoros, Mexico



For all those of you who are preparing to go on mission to Matamoros ... watch


Just Got Back From Mexico from Adventures in Missions on Vimeo.

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Introducing Your Students to Jesus and the Kingdom



Watch this podcast recently taped by Youth Specialties featuring Seth and the 5 Secrets of Youth Ministry.  Also, stay tuned for Jeremy's devo on Being the Kingdom to your "12".
 
This is why I am with Adventures In Missions and God has led you to partner with us ...



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God's Chisel



Watch this video and let God have His finished work in you ... YOU ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP ... LISTEN ONLY TO HIS VOICE ...


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"PRESENT REALITY"




Every now and then, you hear something that makes you stop and listen to the truth that is reverberating inside of you.  This morning as I awoke I heard a quote that caused me to stop and listen.  God was calling me to sit down with Him for a while before I began my day.  Has God prepared a table for you to feast at today?
 
It is not enough just to hear something.  You must seek to change your behavior as a result of what you heard.  This is why Jesus' half brother, James, - the pastor of the Jerusalem Church was inspired to write these words of James 1:22 - "...prove yourselves doers of the (rhema) word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves."
 
OK, already ... here is the quote.  Yet, I must warn you.  If you read further, you will be held accountable for what you now hear.
 
"Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift; that is why we call it the present"
 
Be a "living sacrifice."  What will your "gift" look like, today?
 
 
 


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Still Looking to "Follow God ... Reach Our World?"



Mission Trips To Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. Still Available
 
Check out our Mission Trip Update to find dates for your group close to home. We have trips available around Mexico, Central America, and the United States to help your group plan a simple, cost-effective mission trip this summer. For details on trip dates and locations, visit our Mission Trip Update online now.
 
For more information or to find out how to sign up, visit our Mission Trip Update online now.
 
 
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The Future of the Church



In case you haven't heard - there is a REVOLUTION going on in relation to what is happening within the Church across the globe.  Massive changes are taking place.  These changes impact the models and methods of the local church.
 
The Missional Movement is just one of the models that is reshaping how we "do" church.  In short, church is not where you go ... it is who you are.  If you really want to interpret the New Testament correctly in Matthew 28:18, the word "Go" shoudl be interpreted "as you are going".
 
"Making Disciples" is the key verb in the sentence structure of Matthew 28:18-20.  Thereofe, the key to the power & presence Jesus has given us is "make dsiciples" as we go, wherever we go.  Missions is not something we do it is who you are.  We all are "missionaries".  Try this on for size, how we live our daily lives is "worship" unto the Lord.
 
The root word for "worship" is the same word for "work" in the Genesis 2.  Oh, so i God's eyes work and worship are similar.  Well, if this be true, in God's eyes is there such a thing as "secular" and "sacred".
 
The words below are an excert of a blog from the first pastor I serve with over 27 years ago.  Chuck Warnock is still being used mightily by God to challenge the status quo in the church, today.
 
Read these words below and then go to this blog and read the "rest of the story" by Chuck Warnock
 
" ... Rather than trying to figure out how to get people to do what we want them to do - attend, give, care, serve, study, and so on - why don't we talk to people about what they need from God?  What they expect from a community of faith?  What they hope their faith will enable them to be?

Which, of course, brings me to Jesus.   He actually did all of that.  Not that he needed to learn, but he used those conversations to engage the woman at the well, Zacchaeus, blind Bartimaeus, his own disciples, his friends, his family, and his followers.  How did we lose the simple idea of one person talking to another about things that matter?  How can we move the community of faith back into conversations with each other and the world?  That's the challenge we face.  That's the future of church."

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Committed to the "13/30 Window"



"THE 13/30 WINDOW"
Missiologists have coined the term "the 10/40 Window," defining the geographical region 10 degrees to 40 degrees north of the Equator, an area of the globe considered by many to be the most unreached and unevangelized region of the world.
 
I want to challenge you with this thought. It is more crucial for us to consider the "13/30 Window." This window of missional opportunity defines the age group of people between 13 to 30 years old, which is really the greatest harvest field in the world today.

According to the UN Population Division and the Population Reference Bureau (2000):
  • 60 percent of the whole world are aged 24 and under.
  • 30 percent (or 1.7 billion) are aged between 10 to 24 years old.
Surveys say, 90% of all people become Christians before the age of 25. (Barna Research) This age group is the greatest harvest field because they are the most likely to become followers of Christ and leaders of the Church, tomorrow.

Who is going to reach them? This is why I left pulpit ministry 5+ years ago to be apart of the largest awakening in the world.  Will you join me? Please be my prayer partner. Please consider becoming one of my senders who give financially so that I can GO!

"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field." Matthew 9:37-38
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"A Holy Discontent"



WARNING! What you are about to see and read - if you watch the video below - is a true move of God among the college students of America.
 
From Dallas to Vegas, a marvelous student movement called Intentional Gatherings is gathering momentum and showing many of us how God is moving among a new generation of believers. 
 
This blog - http://aholydiscontent.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/student-cpx-baptisms/ captures the Holy Discontent among the college students of UNLV, of all places
 
PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD for what He is doing among this generation and in this hour.  For years, I have been hearing in my spirit that there is a new move of coming emerging among the college campuses.  I have believed it and now I am seeing it! 
 
See if you can identify with these words, below.  These words are shown on the first frame of the video posted on this blog ...
 
"... because the moment the works of the
scripture are taken out of the hands of
common people, and put in the hands of
trained professionals a movement ceases to
move forward...."




Student CPx Vegas Baptisms from Aaron Snow on Vimeo.
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