ACTIVATE(D): Megan #1
I have walked in darkness for a long time, even though I was brought up going to church. I accepted Jesus as my Savior when I was about five years old. I sang all those delightful Sunday school songs in church and with my mom at home, like Jesus Loves Me, The B-I-B-L-E, and I’ve Got the Joy-Joy-Joy-Joy Down in My Heart. Then something happened when I was just eight years old…..
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
We hope [this story] will inspire you with how God can use what appear to be obstacles, like cultural differences, and turn them into opportunities! And we hope it will encourage you with how He can bless small steps toward sharing Him with others, including those we least expect to respond well, and how as teams we can support one another to be more effective disciple-makers!
ACTIVATE(D): Terilynn #3 - "From Death to Life"
I answered the phone because I saw that it was Cody*, one of my incredible staff members. He was getting ready for the memorial of his father, which I would be attending in the morning…….
(VIDEO) ACTIVATE(D): Erika #2 - "Some Good News From the Front Lines"
These moments remind me why I leave my family each day. My presence changes people, shifts the atmosphere, spreads the gospel, reflects Christ’s love and calls Heaven down…
ACTIVATE(D): Rose #2 - "So Beyond Me"
Rose was willing to take up her cross and follow where He led. She said to Him, “Lord, here am I. Send me. I have no idea how to make this happen!” And He responded, “Do I not make rivers in the desert?”
ACTIVATE(D): Rose #1 - "In the Midst of Undoing"
Several years ago, Rose walked into an unfamiliar room in an unfamiliar city. In the throes of being “undone” by God, she threw up her hands, left her salon, and moved to a town north of Detroit to begin anew. But when is life ever that simple?
ACTIVATE(D): Wayne #1 - "Jesus' Presence Wherever We Go"
Searching for a corporate strategy to reach the lost, he found a completely reconstructed, personal sense of what is means to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus.
(VIDEO) ACTIVATE(D): Erika #1 - "Mining My Heart"
“I don’t know exactly what I expected, but, man, this experience is mining my heart…”
ACTIVATE(D): Kendra #1 - "I've been Awakened! Now to Activate!"
“My Awaken and Activate story began in 2011, when I went in for my 7-month gestational checkup. My midwife could not find the baby’s heartbeat…”
ACTIVATE(D): Terilynn #2 - "God and I Got One!"
These are the kinds of voicemails you want to get! I had missed the call from Terilynn on Thursday night, but called her right back after listening to her voicemail…
ACTIVATE(D)'s First Cohort Launches!
These ladies are a power-house group of passionate and committed followers of Jesus who are desperate for Christ and committed to sharing him with others. Some call this group “Nick's Sorority”, (oh please laugh!) but I just call it our very first ACTIVATE(D) cohort!
ACTIVATE(D): Terilynn #1 - "Little Old Me"
I laughed at the self-ascribed “little old me” title Terilynn used when sharing with me how grateful she was that God had used her last week. She went on to share about how God had just used her again in an unexpected moment to help another women step into her identity as a child of God.
ACTIVATE(D): Nick #1 - "What's In Comes Out"
One of the places I frequent and am getting to know people is of course my local Starbucks. Cliche or not, Starbucks is a thing…and I hit it up once or twice a week to do some writing mostly because they have a comfy chair I appreciate for my aging back.