Thought Quotient

“Passion is not what you talk about - its what you do.” — Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz.

What are you passionate about? What are you doing about it?
Are you sitting around waiting on the banks of your Jordan river?
Or praying - anxiously getting ready to act.

We all really want to do something. But few rarely do.
We want to help people. But don’t.
We want to make a difference. But sit at the softball game.
We pass by people in need. Just to go sip some coffee.

Check out the guerilla philanthropists over at Random1.com .
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I read this recently and I thought it was worth sharing:

“God is very present in times of trouble and learning to call on Him instead of falling into the trap of the enemy is what wins spiritual wars!”

We heard about this in a recent letter from the Jesus Film Project:

In the Middle East, a deacon in a large church had a vivid dream. Before him he saw a familiar street of his large city, and a house address (which for this letter I will refer to as “269″). The following night he had the same dream. Again he saw the address— 269. When he awoke this strong believer felt he should investigate, believing his dream could be from the Lord. The deacon went to the street, found the address, and knocked on the door. A man with a white robe, beard and turban answered. He was a religious leader/teacher. The leader invited the deacon in and shut the door. He found himself in a room filled with more white robes and turbans, all sitting in a circle…and women, covered head-to-foot in their burkas. To say the deacon was nervous would be an understatement. For to talk about Christ in their presence (whom they knew as the Prophet Isa) could cost him his life. His only option was to accept the robed man’s offer of tea, sit down and chat. Anxious to leave, he set down his cup, thanked him and walked to the door. On his way out the leader interrupted, “But, why did you come?” Hesitantly, the deacon replied, “I had a dream. I saw your street and your house number. So I came, believing God was sending me here.” The leader replied, “We have been waiting for you! We have all become followers of Isa and have been praying to God that He would send someone to tell us more about Him. He has sent you to us. We gather here secretly because we cannot talk about our faith outside this room. It is too dangerous.” On leaving, the robed leader passed on this urgent request: “Please, you must come again. There are many more groups like us in the neighborhood, meeting secretly in houses. You must also tell them more about Isa.”

It’s “funny” how important God and his Word become when everyone else fails you or cannot help you. He gave me peace like I had never experienced. Looking back, in a way I long for that time when it was literally just God getting me through my day. I had nothing but him to hold on to and he was there every step of the way.

Mickey & Minnie were among the sell-out crowd on hand to welcome REBECCA ST. JAMES to the stage at Walt Disney World’s spectacular “Night Of Joy”—for her 6th return appearance at Christian music’s annual two day extravaganza in Florida’s Magic Kingdom.

Following a whirlwind excursion on the rides, and an afternoon of television tapings, Rebecca rocked the Disney stage on Friday night’s Night Of Joy line-up which also included performances throughout the park by fellow artists BarlowGirl, Todd Agnew, Casting Crowns, Matthew West, MercyMe, Building 429, David Crowder Band, and Vicky Beeching.

Rebecca, whose new single, Take All Of Me will reach radio early next month from EMI/Forefront Records, might have recruited some acting tips from veterans Mickey and Minnie while visiting at Disney World. RSJ is just back from Los Angeles and major meetings on upcoming television and movie opportunities.

Rebecca noted in a recent interview: “I’ve been approached to be a part of several upcoming films and I really desire wisdom on this—and I really want God to confirm if this is a direction He would like me to head in. It’s something I have wanted to do since I was a young girl back in Sydney and dreamed of being in the movie “The Sound of Music.’”

TruEmotion has started working with Radio Disney. Disney has more info on this great new group that you’ll definitely be hearing more of soon.

• Radio Disney incubator - ‘where hits are hatched‘

• Kansas of TruEmotion fills us in on the details. (MP3 audio)

Related Links:

• TruEmotion homepage
• Their MySpace page
• TruEmotion pics from Godstock - 9/9/06