Today i was watching The Ellen show with my girlfriends mother which i never watch and this man named Douglas Murphy who apparently saved an old woman came on and told his story. Here is the video.

After wathing this video it really made me think of how we are spiritually dead and how Jesus is the God man who saves us from our spiritual deadness and that it is by Grace that we are saved and Grace alone. Just like this man saved this womans life, God comes down from Heaven to Earth to bring fourth regeneration and to cleans our dead hearts.

here is the verse: Ephesians 1:2-10

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins that which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God being rich in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in out trespasses, made us alive together with christ- by grace you have been saved- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ jesus. For b grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are hi workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

So today I was privileged enough by Paiste to go to the NAMM show with my friend Casey Lagos. We got there at 10AM and payed 12 bucks for parking which was a bummer and ended up spending a ton of money on these fat burritos. I met a bunch of sweet people today who I really admire as musicians such as Derek Roddy, JoJo Mayer and a guy who looked EXACTLY like Aaron Spears! here are some sweet shots of today!

Oh and this was the sweet food we got to eat after NAMM at the PAISTE after party WOOT WOOT!

Anyways today was such a blessing and here a link some of the great news to hear about Pastor Matt Chandler from the Villiage Church. I hope everyone has a great weekend. God Bless

heathermichellez:

So the last few days we have been from Memphis, Tennessee to Raceland, Louisiana and to many parts of Texas. It has been such an awesome blessing to go and and reach out to these kids in such a broken scene. We have been truly blessed by the turn outs at all the response we have been gettting. I have run into and met a lot of awesome encouraging people.

I found out that a Pastor whom I greatly admire had fainted on the pulpit and went into surgery recently but by Gods grace is fully recovered and in due time will be ready to go back out do what he’s called and that is to be the Shepherd to The Villiage Church.

Today we are in Lubbock, Texas it is freezing out here, but i kind of like it since we don’t have weather like this in Southern California…..K- Destroy and I are handling merch tonight after a great meal at Olive Garden!

Today we went to the mall and hung out at Barnes and Noble for a little and walked around the stores…..then we reported back to the venue for a sound check to find out that the sound guy wasn’t there at 3 like he was supposed to be. A few hours later he just dosn’t show up at all so it looks like Chris Wiest is handling this one on his own tonight. This Headliner has been a big Blessing to us so far and has been going very smooth. I am stoked on playing Oklahoma tommorow and hanging out with some more sweet people and meeting some more as well. Please continue to pray for us and this tour and please try and come out if you can!

Today is day one of the Hell Must Fear Us winter tour and we are so privelaged to be out with some great bands: Oh Sleeper, A Plea For Purging and The Great Commission. We got a new trailer and it looks pretty nice. I’ve been reading a book by an awesome pastor named R.C. Sproul called What Is Reformed Theology. It’s a great book and I strongly encouraged anyone who wants to learn more on church history to read it as well. The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those thing which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law This verse shows the knowledge of God in his hiddeness and self revelation. I find this verse very encoraging Please pray for us and this tour we are on. God Bless

A few hours later and the loss of our big expensive trailer. This is our new Rig….. I am stoked that we are all safe and got a good laugh out of the situation. When we get home we are going to get a new trailer and this time it’s not going to be unnecessarily big! Please pray for us and our health and safety

Today we were leaving Chipotle and immediatley after this happened. The axel completely busted off and that’s our tire behind the trailer still on the Axel. Good thing this didn’t happen on the fwy!

Last night I was in the heart of New York City. It was the last day of The Constellations Tour and it is unfortunately over. It has definitely been an experience, It was the smoothest tour for me……. Went by very fast and looked forward to every show, and the good hang-outs/ fellowship with our good Christian brothers.

I walked all around the city with Jones for about 4 or 5 hours just exploring beauty of the city and visiting the store and finished off our day with some amazing burrito bowls from Chipotle We have 3 shows home with MyChildren MyBride starting today in Eerie, PA

Please continue to pray for us as we work our way home, that God puts his hand over our vehicle and our actions. God Bless

Today I am in Albany, New York after a well rested night at the La Quinta Inn! We are all still sick so please continue to pray for us. God is healing us all little by little though…… It amazes me how many kids know the lyrics to August Burns Red…. It’s really awesome standing on stage and literally watching every kid sing along word for word……

Dantera (MyChildren MyBride) and I are hanging out in the back room trying to talk to our girlfriends but unfortunately  there is no service at this venue….. I got this sweet new practice pad drum kit by DW today….. it’s actually really cool and is much needed due to the fact that my beautiful drum kit is at Brooks 90% of the time!

I miss Lillian Perez, Pauline Bueno, Ron Bueno, The rest of the PEREZ’s, Brixton, My Bed…..everything else thats at home….. but sadly this tour is almost over and its been such an amazing experience. God has used us and a few of the other bands in such a great way and we are so blessed to be able to receive the gift and share it with others.