​Glory to Jesus! Even as I fly later this evening to South Africa for a week of crusades and then some, I am so struck by the international thing that the Lord is doing with the NewJesusMovie. You will be equally struck to learn that of our nearly 54,000 Facebook followers, most are not from the US/Canada! And the cities/countries that rank at the top would strike you even more - Cairo, Amman, Argentina, India, Brazil...
When I first sat down years ago to jot down what I felt the Lord "showing" me about NJM, making a film with global focus was fundamental. But what I never saw coming was that the Lord not only wanted the film to be made FOR the nations - but BY the nations, too! And another unforeseen surprise - so many of our supporters are young people! Young people hungry for Jesus and hungry to see His Spirit of salvation overtake their friends and communities.
I've already introduced you to Adaeynah and her bake sales from the island of Curacao. A long while back I talked about all the support we were getting from the African country of Chad. Now there is Bob, a Zambian university student studying in Botswana - I mean, of all the well-heeled people who have so much more of everything, this guy rises to the occasion...
And just last week we received $998 donation from a fundamentally Islamic country in which persecution of Christians is a regular affair. It came with a note reporting the latest arrest and torture of several believers in his location, one of which did not survive. His note talked about how important he felt this vision is to touch lives in his country. I tell you, I am so deeply blown away when I see a donation like that, especially with a note like that. And it makes me even more determined to work even harder to bring this film to the screen.
May the Lord raise up thousands of Bobs from Botswana in the name of Jesus! May he raise up thousands of Adaeynahs and thousands of the unnamed donor from that unnamed Islamic country (for his protection)! May he raise them up all over the world! May new hunger for Jesus and passion for souls explode here in the US and in other privileged nations where it becomes so easy to slip into laid-back Christianity!
Glory to the name of Jesus! Glory to the name of Jesus! I'm off to South Africa for a week, then back at my NewJesusMovie desk to keep pushing through! May his name be praised and praised even more! GLORY TO JESUUUUUUS!
