Fire of God

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:23:00 +0000

I have made the switch. I am in the middle of trying to get my domain switched over to Wordpress but it's not easy. For now it will be here http://josiahlorentzen.wordpress.com

THE MIX

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:45:00 +0000

GET SIGNED UP NOW!!!!!!

360 Degree Leader Section 3

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:50:00 +0000

"Your underlying strategy should be to support your leader, add value to the organization, and distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack by doing your work with excellence."

The Key to leading yourself well is self-management.

When making personal commitments will you drop out like everyone else or will you push through.

What does the team need, not what will make you feel beter!!

Until you value yourself you wont value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

80% of the time-Work where you are the strongets

20% of the time-work where you are learning

5% of the time- work in other necessary areas

The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.

Success: having those closest to me love and respect me the most

Reshaping My Thinking...

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:09:00 +0000

Since Catalyst I feel like I've had revelation after revelation and they just don't stop, and I love it!! I am reading a book right now called Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness. It is totally changing my life and making me rethink the way we live as christians. You would think by the cover of this book that it's all about Grace but it's so much more then that. This book talks about us as believers going into the world and doing ministry rather than bringing it all to the church professionals. Everyone of us who believe is equipped with the holy spirit and is capable of ministering to people in need, and "the marketplace" is the best place to do it. I believe that doing God's work in the place that he has placed you is better than you bringing them to the church, and that's a big statement considering my paycheck depends on it. haha This is really going to challenge me in the areas that I have an opportunity to minister to people. On thursday nights I go down to a bar and play foosball. There are many people down there hurting and drinking their sorrows away and I'm going to start looking at that as an opportunity. I challenge all of you to do the same. If someone is hurting around you, don't tell them they need to come to church. Meet the need right there by letting the spirit of God work through you. Pray with them, hug them, LOVE THEM!!!

Ride the Wave...

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:13:00 +0000

My dad preached the message of a lifetime on Sunday and I'm stoked. He talked about how we need to ride the wave that God has sent to our church and that's what he intends to do. God is reaching hundreds of young and young at heart people at Rock Church and were busting out our boards. Wednesday night every adult was invited to come to KYC to be apart of what God is doing at Rock Church. I cannot wait to see what happens. We could very easily have over 300 people in our service that night. "A Youth Service"

Chasing Your Dreams

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:29:00 +0000

I read a quote today in the book "Wild Goose Chase" and It totally rocked me. ("rocked me" is the new saying and I like it so get used to it) The quote was "but I've come to realize that getting where God wants me to go isn't nearly as important as becoming who God wants me to be." WOW I don't know about any of you but I seem to constantly think about where I'm going next, what's the next big opportunity or the next titled position. This may or may not be as big of a revelation to you but for me it's huge. We need to let God get us where he wants us and just work on becoming who he has called us to be. He has big plans for all of us but he cant get us there until we are who were supposed to be.

"Do whatever he says"

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:02:00 +0000

Ok so I don't claim to be a biblical scholar by any means but I ran across something to think about this morning. People always say that the first miracle was the water into wine at the wedding, but do you think this was his 1st miracle or just 1st recorded miracle. It's funny to me that Jesus mother came to him during the party and says "they have no wine" Why would she tell him this? Then she tells the disciples "do whatever he tells you" SO the question is, has she seen him do a miracle before, or does she just know that its time for the 1st one? I don't know just something to think about. Let me know you opinion....

Babysitting

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:19:00 +0000

Babysitting from Josiah Lorentzen on Vimeo.

Catalyst Vlog 2

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:48:00 +0000

Catalyst Vlog 2 from Josiah Lorentzen on Vimeo.

Catalyst

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:49:00 +0000

Here is a little look at what we have been looking at for the last 2
days. I don't know if any conference I've ever been to in my life has
influenced me as much as this one. It's as much of the Pastors and
Leaders storys inspiring me as it is the great content their teaching.
Rock Church lookout were coming back pumped!!

Catalyst VLOG

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:13:00 +0000

Catalyst Vlog from Josiah Lorentzen on Vimeo.

Much delayed post..

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:56:00 +0000

Sorry for this delayed post that I was supposed to do like a month ago but I was lazy and so anyway here goes

Section 2 360 Degree Leader

Learn to lead despite the restrictions others have placed on you!!!!!! Big one for me

big question he asks in this section that really made me think was, Can you live without the credit? This is hard for me but is definitely something I need to work on

Your job isn't to fix the leader; it's to add value. If the leader won't change, then change your attitude or your work address

Knowing what hat to put on and then enjoying the challenge

Remember that consistently good leadership does get noticed

Leadership is more disposition than position-influence others from wherever you are

The more you invest in the vision, the more it becomes your own

Think INfluence, not position

My next post will be much better on section 3 I promise. Having read section 2 almost 3 weeks ago made me forget a lot.

Juggling

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:53:00 +0000

I am juggling some things in my mind right now that I really can't figure out. I have 2 really big passions in my life and they have been there since about 10 years old.

1.Jesus Christ
2.Music

I know that God gives us the desires of our heart but I'm juggling with why? What am I supposed to do with either one of these things. I work in the ministry yes, but I know that I obviously haven't ended up where he wants me to end up. I love music and have developed that gift decently well in the last 10 years. How do I do both? THis is the question I am asking God right now and hopefully he answers sooner than later.

Lust List..

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:34:00 +0000

So here is the list that I am lusting over a little but will NOT purchase anytime soon. (due to financial peace)

1. Ibanez BTB fretless

2. Suzuki Dual Sport

3. A new pair of Diesel Jeans

Presidential Election

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:03:00 +0000

I have not read one blog I don't think that says who someone is voting for so I decided to. I have made my decision to vote for McCain. I have read, watched and studied about as much as I'm going to before I made my decision. I'm not real big into politics but I do believe that a person should care enough to research a little and vote. I have just a few deciding factors for me that helped me make my decision.

1. McCain is Pro-Life. This is extremely important to me.

2. After watching the Saddleback interviews I was way more at peace with the way McCain answered then Obama. I felt like Obama was choosing his words a little too carefully and not speaking clearly what he was really going to do or change.

3. I watched the debate and with where the world is at today I believe one of the most important issues a president has to deal with is foreign affairs. John McCain blew this out of the water. He really showed his thorough understanding and wisdom.

4. This was the real deciding factor for me. Check it out yourself. It's one thing to speak something and another to live something.

Team Jeebus Update..

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:53:00 +0000

I am still going strong week to week in my KYC small group and it's finally starting to get easier again. Summer was rough with everything everyone has going on, but now its all slowed down and everyones back on routine. I've got it flowing pretty smooth having a solid sub leader now. We basically rotate week to week leading it so it keeps it fresh. The challenge I'm having now is keeping the numbers up. I understand why Jesus only had 12. When it gets above about 9 it gets hard to manage and the conversation suffers, but I am working on it.

Week Update..

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:24:00 +0000

After my jam session/hangout with my man Brent-Anthony Johnson I got really pumped and practiced about 25 hours last week. Maybe not quite that much, but it was a lot. It is really refreshing to me to hang out with someone new and different in the music world. That is so vital when your an "active" musician. Meeting new people is everything. This guy especially is super cool and is mentoring me and really opening my eyes to a lot.

This week Austin joined me in our hang out and it was awesome. He loves to ask super deep questions and see what we will say. He is really challenging us as musicians and Church staff members. We have some really big plans coming up in the future that I will be blogging about soon but I can't let the cat out of the bag.

Here are some CD's im listening to right now that are really inspiring me.

Post Weekend Thoughts...

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:07:00 +0000

These thoughts will include will be from the following events that took place...
1. Meeting with Tony Johnson
2. Clinton Gig
3. 11th Street Gig
4. Sunday Service

1-My meeting with Tony was at his house and it was unbelievable. I was there for 3.5 hours. We started off just watching a bunch of dvd's of some of his favorite musicians that have influenced him. Then we hit the practice room and took turns soloing over autumn leaves. (an old jazz standard) Then we talked about life in general, what I wanna do, what he want's to do etc. Time absolutely flew and I learned so much from him. I think I'm going back again this friday to hang out. He is definitely what I needed to get me to the next place as a musician. He gave me some good material to work on as well as some awesome music.

2-The Clinton Gig was kinda a success but kinda not. Thanks to my Sister they might of had some misconceptions about us. (Best Cover Band in Quad Cities) ha! We played extremely well I thought and really clicked more than usual. It was probably because of the lack of people watching in the audience. We had about a half hour where there were a decent amount of people on the dance floor.

3-11th Street LOVES us!! Every time we play here it goes better and better. We played a couple new songs and they really got the party bumpin. (All I Wanna Do-Sugarland) The owner told me after the show that he got a F&%% S&%$ load of compliments and he want's to start booking us for next year. My goal is to be the house band there someday, that would be great.

4-Sunday service was a definite success this week; both of them!! My dads sermon was killer again as well as the music. We doubled our attendence from the week before. We are finally getting a pretty smooth running service. Ushers, greeters, transitions,etc are all starting to run more smooth.

By the way click the link above and check out my dads new blog. He's pretty pumped about it!!

A good bass player in the quad???? Really??

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Yes God has finally brought me accross someone who far surpasses my skills on the bass in the Quad Cities. This guy is a bad mamma jamma. I met him on Sunday at church and we jammed a little bit and I'm going over to his house this friday for some more. This is what every growing musician dreams of. Running across people whose brains you can pick. You almost instantly become a better player. I'll keep you updated on my learnings.

Crossfit

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:49:00 +0000

For those of you who have read this for a while know that I trained
and ran the Bix 2008 this year. I ran about 4 times a week about 45
minutes at a time. I now have been doing crossfit for a month or so
and I feel way better now then I have all summer. I just ran 2 miles
in 16 minutes and it felt easy!! For those of you looking for a great
workout you have to check it out!!
http://www.crossfit.com

Fall

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:01:00 +0000

My good friend and family member Amanda Dean inspired me and got me thinking about how much I love this season. Here are a few reasons why.

For 9 years of my life I lived for 1 thing besides God and that was football. When the leaves changed that meant it was time. Every year when the weather changes I immediately get that feeling I used to get that season is here and it almost makes me cry. Seriously!! It immediately reminds me of certain moments in my life. My cousin Jordan hand offs with my in my front yard in Park View Iowa, my dad running routes for my practicing throwing, (he always wanted me to be quarterback) Going to weigh ins in third grade after not eating for a whole day trying to make it under 110 pounds so I could run the ball, ( I know I was huge) The first day coach handed out pads every year, Every friday morning when the paper would be out to see if they said anything about me, running out under the lights with 10000 fans screaming, standing in the backfield with my heart pounding waiting to get that first hand off. I could go on all day, but you all get the picture. This season will always mean a lot to me and someday I can't wait to share it with my son. In the meantime I will just continue to watch the season from the couch but someday I will for sure be a coach. I can't wait!!

How time has flown...

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:42:00 +0000

My daughter is growing faster than I imagined and with my old age I have gotten some hair and big ears.

Rockstar

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Yes my baby is a rockstar.

My boy..

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:15:00 +0000

Here it is the updated picture of the boy me and my wife sponsored. It is so amazing to be able to do this and know that your money is making a direct difference in their lives.

This Guy Intrigues Me

josiahlorentzen@gmail.com (Josiah) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:58:00 +0000

This is Mike. He comes into the coffee shop about every day. He has
built up a respect from the employees that no one else has and the way
he's done it blows my mind. He tells the Batista his drink and if they
question anything about his order he is quick to make them feel
stupid. The thing that blows my mind is that now that they know not to
say anything back they all think he's a nice guy. He's controling
these guys like puppets. Don't get me wrong the guy has played me too
just sitting here watching. People like this captivate me. People
that hold a high level of influence. I hope to be a guy like this
someday except through love not intimidation.