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I am so pumped to let you know that I have started a new blogsite @ wastedtreasure.com

So grateful for those of you who follow my postings and I am looking forward to this move as it is the next step in pursuing God's creativity work and design in my life.

Creating with the Creator is the best life ever.

See you at Wasted Treasure.

Wasted Treasure - respond to all that really counts!

Life is inviting you into motion today! Can you feel it?

Our Creator is all around us with currents and rhythms and feelings and natural laws that challenge us and coax us to respond.

Why? Because it matters that we respond! Don't miss what is really going on in and around you today.

You are a treasure worth more than you could ever imagine to all of us and really to all of creation... because you are God's artwork.

He didn't set you on fire in order to hide you away somewhere! Shine! And show the rest of us the God colors all around us.

And most of all don't waste this day by just going through the motions or worse than that... by just sitting there! We can't wait to see what happens!!

"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." - Gal 5:6

Booking guitar students for Fall 2011

I am creating my guitar training schedule for this Fall. I have half hour lesson times available on Saturday, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm and I have some weekday afternooon times available as well. My fees are as follows: $15 per single lesson; $50 package of 4 lessons; $120 package of 12 lessons. You can email me at danclamos@gmail.com or call me @ 506-639-8961.   

I don't want to grow up!

One of the things I love about the Bible is that the writers use powerful word pictures and images to express ideas and highlight realities God wants us to experience.

Jesus followers throughout history, today and on into the future are pictured as a body. Each of us is a part. 

God is intense in His purpose to activate us into a life of kingdom service in our ordinary lives. We are His plan wherever we go today. 

As we get moving we "grow up" and together we will become the full expression of who Jesus is on a worldwide scale!

Part of growing up is learning to walk the balance beam of carrying each others burdens while we carry our own load. Take a few minutes today to ask the Holy Spirit what that means in your life and courage for all of us to "grow up" in our love for each other. 

Jesus "Brand"

Many of us are becoming aware of something on the wind today.

One of Jesus best friends, John wrote: "Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did." I John 2:6

Living the "brand" of life that Jesus lived is very costly and you pay in deep personal surrender to the greatest force in the universe... LOVE.

Part of what makes it so costly is that every one of us must allow it's intensity to burn away everything that makes us hold back and keep things for ourself. Though we deeply value our churches and the support of friends and family, we can only enter the life Jesus wants us to live through a personal journey with him.

Do you feel the momentum growing in our world? There is a cry stirring in hearts everywhere; "Can anyone show us the way"?

If we are praying people in our times, may we swear allegiance to loving with His love and ask Him to "brand" us to display it in our ordinary everyday lives.

Restlessly longing for faith to grab the swinging trapeze

Am I alone in the nagging tension and restlessness I feel with the instability of our world against the backdrop of the hope we are called to offer to the nations?


The past week I have been really into Matt Redman's new release called "10,000 Reasons". One of the tracks is called "We Could Change The World".   


When Jesus was launched into his three years in the public eye, his message was “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”  

Here are the lyrics for the chorus of "We Could Change The World":

Yes, our God is all He says He is

Jesus in Your name we could change the world

We stand in Your love, in your power

All you say You are

Jesus, in your name we could change the world.

In order to live the change that Jesus announced 2,000 years ago, we need to recapture the vision of a kingdom that has come to invade life as we know it. 

God is looking for people who are ready to embrace a faith that calls us to let go of the security of what has been and to launch out to grab the swinging trapeze coming to us. 

May we soon become an uprising of ordinary people who are just wild enough to believe we can change the world! 

Hey! Wanna see my room?

I remember when I was a kid and making all kinds of new friends. I grew up in a multi-racial urban neighborhood with kids everywhere. I loved to hang out at my friends' houses. One of the first things my friend would always ask me was "Hey,wanna see my room?"
 
Your room in your parents house is a place of wonder, safety, rest and peace. But, best of all it says that you belong... its your "place". In John 14:2 Jesus promised his followers that they would have a room in Dad's house. That promise is for all of us who will receive it. There is a place made just for you in His house.

But, today my heart is catching fire by meditating on Psalm 84. Take a few minutes to read it  from "The Message".  Let your heart dance to the worship rhythm of these phrases from that Psalm " What a beautiful home, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! I've always longed to live in a place like this, Always dreamed of a room in your house, where I could sing for joy to God-alive! Birds find nooks and crannies in your house, sparrows and swallows make nests there. They lay their eggs and raise their young, singing their songs in the place where we worship. God-of-the-Angel-Armies! King! God!How blessed they are to live and sing there!

There is a dream in everyone of our hearts to have a room in God's house!! Can't wait to say to you one day, "Hey, wanna see my room?"

Important update for my financial support team in Canada

This is an important request to residents of Canada who are currently part of my financial support team or interested in joining. Please direct your financial gifts of support to Eastgate House of Prayer. All cheques can be made payable to Eastgate House of Prayer. Please make a note on the bottom corner of the cheque "Dan Lamos support". The mailing address is 403 Hampton Road, Quispamsis, NB, E2E4V5, email: danclamos@gmail.com; phone: 506-639-8961.

An income tax receipt usable for your Revenue Canada Income Tax filing will be issued for any financial gift. Please pray about joining with me as I build a team that believes God is raising up and launching a young generation as worshipping kingdom laborers in our time. I would love for you to hear the Lord's call for you to jump in and run with us!

Take a minute and fan the flame in your heart with this song by Audra Lynn called Abraham's song. Watch this video and listen to the Father's heart for a young generation who are looking for a city whose builder and maker is God!  

What's happening for you this year?

Wow! We are just about to launch into August! What's happening for excitement for your Fall 2011 or 2012? The world is likely not gonna end so... a few reminders...

August is the time to fill out your application for our Plan A NYC Coaching Experience  being hosted from New Brunswick, Canada. It is going to be sweet, so get your app and $75 preregistration sent in soon! Team members must be 15 years of age or older. Can't wait for us to get started!

Also, I am very excited to let you know that KBM's 2011-2012 Ministry Guide  (digital online version) is now available. It is absolutely jammed with stuff for you to plug into in 2012.

Rising to new depths

Me: "Jesus, I believe you have created me with a unique design and to make an impact on my world for your glory. Show me what that is!"  Jesus: "If you want to be blessed, do what I have done."

Your vehicle to rise to your destiny is always the same... do it like Jesus!


How did Jesus do this life?

By "washing feet" Jesus rose to new depths of service.

Maybe you can get what I mean by imagining yourself in the beautifully designed Trump Tower in Manhattan.  You have been sightseeing all morning and you are in desperate need of a rest room. You enter those famous rotating doors and you head for the escalator descending to where you know you will find relief! When you find your destination and find the service you need open and available to you, it strikes you that you are more grateful in that moment for the plumber than the architect who designed this multi-million dollar building.

Maybe the best way to experience the longevity of a meaningful life is to remember that the way to rise to new heights of purpose is to go deeper in service.

Loving John's new chapter with "The Experience"

We are so pumped for our son, John as he has been invited to serve on the leadership and teaching team for the "16 Days" Road trip with KBM  Follow their blog at http://16dayskbm.blogspot.com/  And you can follow them on twitter: john - http://twitter.com/j_lamos and  16 Days -  http://twitter.com/KingdomLaborers 

The richest discovery Linda and I have made is that God's plan A for releasing His kingdom in our world lives right in our house and under our care. How awesome is that?

Maybe someone in your family needs to be launched through our NYC Plan A Experience this Fall!!

Smells like something died in here!

Does it matter how good or bad you smell? It definitely does. The song by old school indie band, Nirvana used smell as a way to subtly describe youth culture in their time.

With the lights out it's less dangerous

Here we are now, entertain us

I feel stupid and contagious

Here we are now, entertain us

If you weren't a middle or high school student in the '90s, your reaction... What?!?.. but youth all over the world said... "Exactly!" as they all shared sweaty body odor and banged into each other in a thousand mosh pits :)

It is basic animal instinct to know others by "smell". Every time I walk in our house my dogs, Maggie and Tenny and my cat, Charlie all greet me at the door... It's hilarious! But they always insist on greeting me with a "sniff".

It's like; "How the heck are ya? Come 'ere let me smell ya"!  Why? Living breathing beings care about smell!

Ok... so when you launch out into your day, God's plan is to use you to spread the scent of "LIFE" everywhere you go.

You can tell by "gut instinct" that people are reacting to your physical smell. How much could you learn if you let God make you just as tuned in to the way others react to your spiritual scent?

A bowl of soup with the worst after taste!

God is hard core when it comes to us making our ordinary moments count. Esau learned that the hard way!
Even though I have heard the story a thousand times, I still wish that it had worked out differently for him. On the day he sold his birthright for a bowl of red soup, God really saw the way it was gonna be with Esau.

And the man never seemed to shift out of "Numb" when it came to going after what really matters. His legacy will forever be etched in our minds; “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." - God (Romans 9:13).  Ouch! That is NOT what any of us are aiming at in life.

His main problem was that he despised his birthright! Wow, how sad is it that thousands of Jesus followers do the same thing every week?  We have an open invitation to be with God any time we choose and to set our hearts on fire with His intense love for us! This is our birthright. It is true that God is searching for those of us who will let Him take possession of our whole heart. He is ready to partner with us to unleash His presence in all of the simple moments of our day.  

Show us something different in the way you live and love your God designed destiny! Let it be said of you, "Esau I hated but fill in your name  I have loved" - God.

The world is waiting for you to live to own your God designed destiny no matter what it costs!

I hope you invest in Yourself this Fall!

Solomon was the son of probably the greatest king of all time, King David. David's heart burned with passion for God and his dream was to build a house for God's presence to be with His people. Because of His Dad's deep friendship with God, Solomon was chosen out of all the men on earth to build God's temple. On the appointed day, David made it very public how this was gonna go down.

It was all on Solomon to get it done. So there in front of the whole nation, David coached his son:

So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a

 Temple as his sanctuary.

 Be strong, and do the work.”
I Chron. 28:10 (NLT)

No mystery, no magic... just:  "Suck it up, Son... Man up! and make it happen... God has chosen you!" 

If you are alive and breathing, you have been chosen by God. We are all gonna be better off once you get in motion! I wonder, "What has God chosen you to do?"  I wish I could tell you.  But, that's between you and God.

I am hoping you will invest in yourself this Fall by applying for our first ever Fall Plan A NYC Ministry Experience For more information, take advantage of the free email subscription above. All current subscribers and anyone who subscribes to my blog newsletter during the month of July 2011 will receive a 10% discount off of the cost of the training! So why not take 30 seconds and subscribe now? 

 "So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to... Be strong, and do the work.”

What has He chosen you to do?"



Looking for a guest speaker or worship leader for your events?

Are you looking for a guest speaker or worship leader as you plan for upcoming events? As the Representative for Kingdom Building Ministries in Canada, I am very interested in helping churches launch believers as passionate lovers of and effective everyday servants of Jesus wherever they go. I would love to encourage you, your leadership team and your group or church as you fan the flames of a movement where Jesus followers are being activated into a life of kingdom service. I am available to speak or serve as a guest worship leader with local churches, youth groups and other venues as well.  I share your heart in believing that God's plan for reaching the world is to mobilize every Christian (as an active laborer) into every place of human need. If you want to get a feel for what the Lord has put on my heart, you can take a look at my blog @ http://www.dan-lamos.blogspot.com/  Love to connect with you! Call me at 506-639-8961 and/or subscribe to my blog newsletter. 

You can never be too careful!

"You can never be too careful"!

Do you think those words would mean anything to the apostle Peter? Think of what he would have missed! If he worried about being careful, he never would have learned most of Jesus' best lessons.

Peter had a lot to learn about following Jesus. And just like you and me, he was destined to make a lot of mistakes. Failing creatively is huge if we want God to write a great story with our lives.

What can we learn from this crazy chapter from Peter's life?

Jesus loves it more when we "dive in" and fail than when

we hold back and "look" successful.

If we ask him, He will take us on the most incredible

adventures imaginable.

He believes in our potential way more than we do.

If we will swallow our pride and cry out to him especially when

people are watching, He will reach out and rescue us.

Jesus is gonna use the beautiful messes we make of our lives

if we will keep our eyes on Him! 

Don't forget the real evidence of being a Christian! We are at our best when we reflect the unrehearsed authority of the creative love of Jesus. 

The world needs you to show us something different! We are all watching to see if you will jump over the edge of the boat and follow Jesus.

It is true, "You can never be too careful... unless you want to walk on water"!  In that case it is deadly to be "too" careful.

This could be you or a young adult you know in 2012!

Maybe this could be you or a young adult you know in 2012!!

God has been rockin' John's world and we can't wait to hear all about it!! "The Experience" team is finishing the Wander Stage of their training. Next week they will be diving in to the Dreaming and Planning stage described below.    

The Wander Stage: July 2 – July 9

This stage is uniquely designed to be a mystery. All we can tell you is that you will be “wandering” on the ultimate amazing race-style, multi-state road trip that will be filled with many ministry opportunities and learning experiences. It is designed to stretch your faith, keep you guessing, and see the world through a different set of eyes.

The Dreaming and Planning Stage: July 10 – July 16

The last seven days of the intensive training portion of the program is all about YOU! Back at KBM’s Headquarters in Aurora, CO, we will look at all the experiences you’ve had, all the lessons you have learned, all of the skills you’ve acquired and begin to dream and plan about how God will use you to reach your world for Christ. You will be inspired and encouraged by what you discover God wants to do through YOU! And at the end of the week, you’ll be holding a ministry and life plan that fits you like a glove.

We will be launching a group of young adults into "The Experience" in 2012.

Maybe you should be part of it!?!

Looking for ways to help churches launch a young generation

As a "Plan A" Coach based in Quispamsis, NB Canada with Kingdom Building Ministries, I am very interested in helping churches launch their students and young adults into being passionate lovers of and effective everyday servants of Jesus wherever they go. I would love to connect with you, your leadership team and your group or church concerning ways that we can help you as you fan the flames of His kingdom service in a young generation. I am available to speak or serve as a guest worship leader with local churches, youth groups and other venues as well.  We share your heart in believing that God's plan for reaching the world is to mobilize every Christian (as an active laborer) into every place of human need. Love to connect with you! Call me at 506-639-8961 and/or subscribe to my blog newsletter.           

A fire in your spirit to see Canadian youth launched into God's purposes!

Is your heart stirred up every time you talk with a high school student or a young adult man or woman concerning their potential for ministry in God's kingdom? Do you want to help your church launch these unique, God designed young Jesus followers into lives of 24/7 service as laborers in God's harvest regardless of their career or place in life?  Do you have a fire in your heart to come along side them and through prayer, encouragement and friendship help to launch them into a life of ministry in Jesus Name? Then my heart burns with yours and I would love to connect with you. 

Thousands of youth in the Maritime Region and across Canada need to enjoy what a local church youth group from New Brunswick experienced

As a "Plan A" Coach in Canada with Kingdom Building Ministries , I am gathering a core team who feel called by God to see this young generation rediscover deep passionate love for Jesus that is reflected in going into all the world to make new Jesus followers wherever they are sent.  

I have created a "Plan A" Coaching Support Team where we can pray, share and work with God in raising up a fresh kingdom laborer movement in Canada for His glory.  Please subscribe to our email newsletter above for daily updates.  If you subscribe during the month of July you or a young adult of your choice will receive a 10 % discount on our Fall Training (includes NYC Mission Weekend) Let me know if you would like to be added to the "support team" facebook group.  I would love to hear from you! - Dan Lamos

Destroying the box from the inside

Jesus often causes radical change by injecting his ways into a situation and then breaking out from the inside.  A good example of that is the account of the paralytic in the book of John.  What a powerful model for transforming our world as Jesus followers! The man was waiting for the water in the pool to be stirred by an angel so that he could be healed... but He could never get in the water first (that was the qualification for healing I guess). Intead, Jesus dove into this man's world and basically said, "If you have courage enough to receive it, I have all of the healing water you will ever need. But, you are gonna have to decide if you really want it!"

I love that Jesus never backs away from any challenge when it comes to injecting His power and His ways into our lives.

We are most like Jesus when we look past all of the distractions and challenges to really "see" the people around us and follow the Holy Spirit's lead injecting the reality of the kingdom in their situations.      

Taking the light of Jesus to "The Strip"...

Don't forget about our "10% discount" on our Fall NYC Mission if you subscribe during the month of July! 

  

I creeped on my son's facebook page... I confess! But, I just couldn't  help myself.  Last night I got a text from him telling me that he and his friends from The Experience (KBM) were spending the night in Vegas.  They were there asking God to open their eyes to what He is doing there in the lives of people on the street and for wisdom about how they as God's "Plan A" could bring Jesus "up close" to those people!

So, this morning at 4:30 AM Mountain Time (it was 7:30 for me out east), John posted a message to a new friend he had met and talked with on the street in the middle of the night:

 "I'm sitting here in the hotel room super stoked dude...i think an epic friendship has been born my friend...I'm going to be praying about coming back! Everything you were sharing was EXACTLY on my heart dude...I have a feeling I'll be back very soon" 

I can't wait to hear what that is all about.  I pray that hundreds and thousands of young kingdom laborers will find themselves in the darkest places on the globe carrying with them "the hope of glory"!

God is fanning the flame in the hearts of young men and women all over the world to answer the call God extended to a young prophet named Jeremiah and then echoed in a letter from Jude.  It is a call to "jump over the edge" and go to the darkest places with the burning torch of the life of Jesus within us and the profound wisdom of the Holy Spirit coaching our every move.  This is the hope of the world!   

 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.  Jeremiah 1:17-19

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. Jude 1:20-23

Free offer if you subscribe during the month of July!!

Special Free Offer for all subscribers during the month of July!

All current subscribers and anyone who subscribes to my blog during the month of July 2011 will receive a 10% discount on our  Fall 2011 "Plan A" NYC Mission Coaching Experience

A team of students from my local church just returned from a week of serving in NYC and can't wait to go back! Some of them hope to join us this Fall.  I hope you will consider applying.  We are gonna have a blast! And I believe God will open our eyes to what He wants to do through us as we "jump over the edge" into His plan for our world!  So enter your email above and click "subscribe me" to get your 10% discount on the fees for the 10 week experience.   

Dance like Nobody is watching!!

As I start into my day, I'm sorting through the demands, the wants, the needs, the deadlines and the desire to be available and helpful to the people I care about.  Then I am thinking that probably most of them are doing the same.  As God's "Plan A", wouldn't it be amazing if today we just "danced" our own dance for what really matters to each of us and watch the movements take shape?  Have fun!!  

Get "Launched"! Join our 2011 "Plan A" NYC Ministry Coaching Experience

Fall 2011 "Plan A" Ministry Coaching Experience, Sept 25-Dec 4, 2011

Get "launched" this Fall into a life of 24/7 ministry

as a God's "Plan A" in changing the world in Jesus Name!

The "Plan A" Ministry Coaching Experience is a ten week discipleship training program based in Quispamsis, NB Canada for young adults age 15 and older sponsored by Kingdom Building Ministries. KBM in Canada is based in Quispamsis, New Brunswick

Who can come?: This experience is designed for individuals 15 years of age and older.  Those who are younger than 17 years old need to be accompanied by an adult.

 

Phase 1: Sept 25 - Nov 6, 2011- The first phase of the experience will be a seven week small group discussion and training based on the book, "You Are God's Plan A" by Dwight Robertson. The training will be facilitated by "Plan A" Coach Dan Lamos with input from KBM Itinerant Speakers  The group will also gain "hands on" ministry experience with local compassion ministries in the Saint John area in preparation for the NYC ministry weekend. 

Phase 2:  Nov 17-21 - The group led by KBM "Plan A" Coach, Dan Lamos will participate in the NYC Operation Drumstick Thanksgiving Outreach weekend hosted by NYSUM (New York School of Urban Ministries) you will be feeding the poor and homeless in NYC and joining with Christians from the USA and Canada on this life launching weekend of bringing God "up close" to people as you serve them in Jesus Name. 

Phase 3: Nov 27-Dec 4 - During this phase you will focus on living a life of ministry as a God's "Plan A" kingdom laborer.  We will wrap up with a party on Dec 4 where you can celebrate and invite your friends and family to hear what about what God has done.  

What does it cost?:  The cost of the ten week experience is $400. This includes a copy of "You Are God's Plan A", all of your fees for the NYC Compassion weekend and all study materials.  It does not include your meal costs travelling to and returning from NYC.  A non-refundable pre-registration fee of $75 is due by Sept. 1, 2011.  The remainder of the fee is due on October 21, 2011.  Make cheques payable to Kingdom Building Ministries. For more information call 506-639-8961.

Application:  To apply, email Dan Lamos at dlamos@kbm.org or call 506-639-8961    

Kingdom Building Ministries in Canada Contact:

Facebook Page:  God's Plan A Kingdom Laborers

Dan's Twitter: dan_planAcoach

Phone: 506-639-8961

Facebook: facebook.com/dlamos

Playing "small" does not serve the world!

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,

gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking

so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give

other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our fear,

our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela

When the prophet, Jeremiah was just a boy, God called him to be a prophet who would be used as God's demolition & renovation team in His generation.  Read about it in Jeremiah chapter 1!  There is a command that God spoke to this child that has always grabbed my focus;   


"Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them." Jer. 1:17

God was looking deep into Jeremiah's heart and calling out courage & greatness.  He knew what He had woven into the fabric of this young man.

What about us?  Could it be that part of our nagging frustration, anger and depression as a generation is because we ignore God's call to "Stand up and be His messengers with courage and a belief that we are His plan to release His kingdom wherever we go, bringing Him up close to every one we meet?"

Watch this challenging video featuring Leslie Nease from "Survivor: China".  She recently spoke to the students at KBM's Deep Camp www.deepcamp.com

 I challenge you to read 2 Peter 3-11.  Focus in on verse 3;"His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness."   Through a relationship with Jesus Christ we are made sons and daughters of God able to take a stand in our generation. 



We are waiting for you to embrace the greatness of who you are as a child of God!

Some pics from "The Experience" in the DR and Haiti

for full album of Haiti & DR pics from "The Experience" team

"The Experience" on to next stage of their Journey today!

The team has completed an amazing two and half weeeks in the DR and Haiti. They are heading back to the USA today.  Check out a great vid here: Haiti Experience Slideshow



Our son, John is having an amazing summer jumping into the first phase of "The Experience"... a year-long  
 (2 phase) discipleship program for young adults offered through Kingdom Building Ministries  The next stage of "The Experience" is The Deep Camp Stage where the team will be investing their lives in high school students and continue to learn from KBM mentors.  Deep Camp 2011

Developing mad skills in "Spiritual Multiplication"

 

 

BATON PASSING

 

More than ever before we need men and women who reach out to younger Jesus followers in order to coach & launch them into a 24/7 life of ministry in Jesus Name.  At KBM we call it, "baton passing".  Check out KBM "baton passing" tips for user friendly help in making that critical connection. 

God's unexpected "Father's Day" gift to me...

I was standing in the doorway of the Kidzworld games room on Father's Day Sunday morning.  I was volunteering in the Children's Ministry that my wife Linda directs.  The kids sometimes call me Mr. Linda (I actually told them to call me that).  I had just finished handing out the "Crazy Cash" for the wild mob to go and spend at the store located at the far end of the games room.  Standing there in my V.I.P. T-Shirt (Very Important Panda)... The theme for our upcoming Kidz Camp is "Pandamania"... not looking very tough... when one of the boys walked up to me and delivered an incredible Father's Day present.  While the other kids were playing he had created the "My Dad" book in the pictures above.     

He is a young boy, 7 or 8 years old.  A wonderful woman from our church adopted him and his sister sometime in the past few years.  He looked straight at me and said, "I don't have a dad, so I wanted to give this to you!"  I was speechless as I received the small handmade book from him.  All I could do was to ask him if I could give him a hug and he accepted.  So, I wrapped my arms around him for a few seconds and then he was off to play. 

You can see that the dad in his picture is frowning.  On the next page which you can't see, it reads "My Dad is" and then there is a blank where the boy had filled in "my friend".  My prayer is that the Lord will use me in his life as a "Jesus following" man who is a true friend to him so that his thoughts of what a father is will change to happy ones and will stir up feelings of gratitude because the Christian men in his life have stepped in to fill the "dad" gap in his life!  

I know that God sent him to me as a wake up call.  In that little exchange was an invitation from The Father asking if I would join Him in being a father to the fatherless. I have tucked his simple little book in my prayer journal to remember to keep him on my heart before God and I don't think I will ever forget this Father's Day gift.  

I should probably post Part 1 of the Maasai Project The Prequel - Haha

 The Epic story begins...

Part 3 of The Maasai Project (Unusual Soldiers) The Crazy Story continues

In 2009, this ordinary young man, Caleb from Nebraska connected with a Maasai brother named Simon to see what God would do if they just walked in simple obedience... check out parts 1 & 2 as well. 

Gathering my "Plan A" Coaching Prayer and Financial Support Team

I am so excited about gathering a support team to work with me in fanning the flames of God's "Plan A" kingdom laborer movement.  Based in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Canada, I am serving as a "Plan A Coach" with Kingdom Building Ministries   My crucial first step is to create a support team of prayer & financial supporters.

God has called me to invest myself over the next several years in helping high school and young adult students launch into a life of 24/7 ministry regardless of where God places them or into whatever occupation He leads them.  My responsibilities will be; creating online resources, writing for the KBM blog and training teams, local churches and individuals to live "Plan A" lives through KBM's training division called The Laborer's Institute

Is God calling you to join with me in this ministry?  Would you consider serving with me as a Prayer and/or Financial Partner? My goal is to gather 100 partners who will give between $10-$100 on a monthly basis or who will give a one time gift as they feel led.  As this is my full time ministry involvement I am responsible to raise my total annual salary.  I am praying that He will stir up the desire in you to serve in whatever you can to support what He is doing to raise up a generation of young "on fire" kingdom laborers. Here are a few steps you can take:

• Contact me to let me know that you want to join the team in prayer and/or financial support: email: dlamos@kbm.org, phone: 1-506-647-1600 or Dan Lamos Facebook Page
• Make a monthly pledge or a one time gift of $10 - $100 or another amount by clicking the "Online Giving Kingdom Building Ministries" link on the right column of this page, visit  Financial Support  or mail a cheque made payable to "Kingdom Building Ministries" to me at 403 Hampton Road, Quispamsis, NB Canada E2E4V5.

 2011-2012 is going to be an exciting launching year for this ministry and I hope you will be a part of it. Our young adult son, John is currently on "The Experience" with KBM.  You can follow their regular updates at Laborers Institute Blog   Subscribe at the top of this page to receive regular blog updates in your inbox.
Let me know how the Lord is leading you and I would be so glad to hear that you want to be part of this team.  May we live to see more of His kingdom and more active kingdom laborers launch into their destiny in Christ. Can't wait to hear from you!

Grace & Peace,
Dan Lamos

Has God lit a fire in your heart for the youth of our world?

Has God called you to make a difference in launching His people into lives of meaningful service to Him in the everyday world? 

With all of my heart I believe that God has rekindled aan ancient fire and is fanning the flames of a worldwide kingdom laborer movement.  Young and old are waking up to remember that they are God's "plan A" for reaching the world with the good news of Jesus Christ and His kingdom amongst us.  Every Christian is called to be a laborer!! (Matt. 9:35-38)

With a strong commitment to awaken laborers and launch them into a life of 24/7 service, I have joined the staff of Kingdom Building Ministries as a "Plan A Coach".  

    
God has called many others to this same mission.  Maybe He has called you to give yourself to this movement as well.  Your heart longs to see a "rising up" of Christians who see every person they meet and every place they go as an opportunity for God to move "up close" and bring people into His kingdom.  

If that is your heart, would you let me know?  In the next few weeks I am going to be gathering a team who will pray and support this "Plan A" initiative as we move together to raise up and launch many young laborers into a life of bringing in His harvest. You can reply in several ways, comment on this post, email me at dlamos@kbm.org, call me at 506-647-1600, or see me on facebook facebook.com/dlamos

If you will let me know that this same fire is stirring in your heart, I will reply with some suggestions on how  we can work together.  Praying for you and can't wait to hear from you!! - Dan  Check out this video featuring Dwight Robertson (founder of KBM)

The Maasai Project - More amazingly crazy video on Caleb and Simon's partnership!

As I watched this video I was shaken and moved deeply over what God can do if we smash the old containers and really jump over the edge to be the light in our world!  Unusual Soldiers

Get creative! Smash the little box labelled "ministry"

I love the story of "James the Roofer"! It captures the essence of a movement that is rising up around the world.  May the streams of kingdom laberership swell to become great rushing rivers that flood their banks and break apart the boundaries we have built to define "ministry"! Fan the flame in your own heart!

God "up close" today... Help on "How to make a difference..."

Most of us really "get" the reality that God sends us every day into our ordinary routine to be the "light of the world".  But how? How do you "jump over the edge" to become a world changer by just being yourself in God. The following link will take you to an amazing source of help...  Help for passing on what you have...

Wake up before you miss the best part!!

All around us young men and women are waking up to their story in God.  It is unrehearsed... it is unpredictable... it is beautiful in it's vast range of wild colors and shapes and twisting plot lines.  And it all pretty much comes down to... "God I can't do this anymore"! Help me, please!!  

It has been said that "All religion is the human pursuit of God.  But, the beauty of the gospel of Jesus is that God has been pursuing us for a relationship from the very beginning." 

God's relentless pursuit of you will come in ways that are as beautifully unique as you are.  My son, Jeremy (featured in the video above) and I were talking recently and one of us said, "We talk all the time about how Jesus is the only way to have a deep friendship with the Father. But, maybe we need see the rest of the picture that the only way the Father couold truly have a deep friendship with us was through Jesus." Just look at the price He paid so that we could be united forever in His kingdom!  Whether you are making a mess of your life through empty wins or devastating losses... whatever you are running so hard to find... why don't you just slow down and let Him catch you and wake you up to your story in Him?       

Just who do you think you are?

Does it surprise you that that Jesus left His mission to save the world in the hands of a small group of people? I believe that He knew what He was doing. The Holy Spirit arrived in power about a month and a half after Jesus left the earth to return to His Father. Trusting that the Holy Spirit would inspire, empower and keep them connected they picked up on Jesus' vision of their culture... that the world around them was full of people who were like "sheep without a shepherd." Somehow they believed Jesus when He told them they were the light of the world. They were designed to lead others to really "get" that Jesus was the Shepherd their culture needed. What about us? You and I were designed by God to lead. I'm not talking about leading churches or businesses or organizations. I'm talking about embracing the fact that you are a God-designed leader in our culture. People all around you need you to lead. The question is where are you leading them? My prayer for us is that we will own our destiny as leaders and show those around us what it is like to know Jesus Christ and live in true freedom. The freedom that religion can't offer. May we have the courage to flesh out a faith journey that trusts Jesus presence and His ways in every unpredictable situation. He is ready to help us and I believe our best days are yet to come.

Awake at four o'clock in the morning!!

It was not a normal night for him. In fact, it was probably the most terrifying, life-altering night of his life!

Here is his story; "...the boat was far out to sea when the wind came up against them and they were battered by the waves. At about four o'clock in the morning, Jesus came toward them walking on the water. They were scared out of their wits. "A ghost!" they said, crying out in terror. But Jesus was quick to comfort them. "Courage, it's me. Don't be afraid." Peter, suddenly bold, said, "Master, if it's really you, call me to come to you on the water." He said, "Come ahead." Jumping out of the boat, Peter walked on the water to Jesus. But when he looked down at the waves churning beneath his feet, he lost his nerve and started to sink. He cried, "Master, save me!" Jesus didn't hesitate. He reached down and grabbed his hand. Then he said, "Faint-heart, what got into you?" The two of them climbed into the boat, and the wind died down. The disciples in the boat, having watched the whole thing, worshiped Jesus, saying, "This is it! You are God's Son for sure!" (Matt 14 TM)



Incredible experience for Peter! "How long did this encounter last, anyway"? We view it now in imaginary slow motion. What an emotional ride it must have been! He went from believing in a ghost hovering over the water to trusting it was really Jesus. Next, for some bizarre reason he yelled out; "If it's really you, call to me to come out on the water." What!? Had he lost his mind? Well... no, he was just being Peter. And there he was... walking on the water while all of his speechless friends in the boat were looking on. Pretty Crazy! Rising to leadership... taking a risk... jumping off the cliff... But, then came failure and he sank.



How could he have fallen so fast? He stopped looking at Jesus. That's the problem. He lost his focus. We know now that he took his focus away from Jesus to the threats of the storm around him. Just like us many times, just when he was feeling awesome about himself, Peter found himself up against an impossible wall where all he could do is cry, "Help God!!"



Jesus shines in this story as a blazing light of hope for us. He knows we are going to fail in many ways, but he still loves it when we jump over the edge risking everything for Him! Don’t get discouraged and give up when you get in over your head in wild abandonment to His worldwide mission. If you will stay humble and let out your desperate cry… "Help!" He won't let you down.



Throw off all of your discouragement and fear. Launch out of the boat and grab your real mission with Jesus. Rip a page from Peter’s story and jump over the edge!

What do you hear the voice of the Lord saying?

Did anyone notice when you crawled out of bed this morning? I have a friend who likes to say, "The kingdom of darkness gets nervous when any Jesus follower wakes up". We are the light of the world according to Jesus. He noticed and he longs to show you his heart in the middle of your "normal" life.

In Matt 9:35-38, we read that Jesus was walking in the middle of the same streets and the same crowds as everyone else. But, he saw things differently. While everyone else just saw the usual things, Jesus saw the crowds in a unique way and felt deeply for them. He saw that they were lost, directionless, wandering around like sheep with no shepherd!

With a heart burning with urgency and deep compassion for the people, He turned and told his followers to open their eyes to what He was seeing. Then He told them to pray for laborers. He is calling us to the same mission.

His first priority for us is to love Him by actually seeing people through His eyes. As we allow Him to get our attention, we will be overwhelmed by what is "really" going on around us. We will begin to sense that He is actually saying something and He wants us to listen. The massive heartbeat of the Father is to be up close with every person we will see today.

It reminds me of the prophet Isaiah and his encounter with God in Isaiah 6. As he was going through his daily routine of serving as a priest in God's temple, the Holy Spirit grabbed his attention and Isaiah had an intense vision of the glory of the Lord. Isaiah desperately cried out for mercy and God sent an angel to purify his lips so that he would be clean. Then something revolutionary happened at the core of Isaiah's being.

In Isaiah 6:8 it says; Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!".
How long had God been saying this? Was Isaiah hearing the passionate heartbeat of God in a way that he had never heard it before?

What about you? As you get up out of bed and live out that same old daily grind, God is trying to get your attention. Whatever you do, don't turn away from Him because you feel unworthy and afraid. Isaiah felt the same way. But he stayed in God's presence. He experienced the Fathers heart for people as he heard what the Spirit was saying.

What do you hear the voice of the Lord saying? When you experience His deep love for people you will be swept up in His mission. He is still asking "Who will go"? Let's rise up and ask the Lord for laborers and with burning hearts cry out, "Here we are, Father! Send us!"

Joining with my young adult son in a life changing experience

The following is a letter from my son John asking for partnership and support as he joins "The Experience" this summer.  He is responding to God's call on his life to see a kingdom laborer movement rise up in Canada.  Hope you are challenged and encouraged as you read...

"Over the last two years of my life, God has been opening my eyes to a calling that I believe He is putting on my heart for this world.  There are hearts, young and old, that are longing for something more, longing for something different.  I want to be a part of building God’s Kingdom to reach and welcome these people into God’s reality for this world.  Our mission as followers of Christ is to build God’s Kingdom with Christ.  We are Kingdom Builders.  That is our call, this is my call.

This coming summer, there is an opportunity for me to start on a one year journey with an ministry organization called “Kingdom Building Ministries”.  I would travel to Denver, Colorado and join in with 15 to 20 young adults across the United States, to take part in an intense discipleship program, called “The Experience”.  I will be working with a trainer, one-on-one, who will be discipling, encouraging, and praying with me.  The next stage involves going to Haiti and the Dominican Republic to take part in multi-cultural ministry and I will be continuing to grow with my discipleship trainer as well as the group of young adults.  After this we join in on a teen camp called “Deep Camp” where we become a councilors and work with teens and start our own discipleship relationships.  After this we enter the stage called the “wandering” stage.  During this time we will be traveling through the states encountering different ministry opportunities that are meant to stretch us and open my our to the world that is in front of us and to see it through God’s eyes.  Next, we head back to Denver where we take time and just reflect on everything we have just experienced and let ourselves dream with God.  What is it that He’s calling us into?  How are we to change this world?  How are we to be Kingdom Builders?  This is a dreaming stage.  Lastly, we prepare to head home.  The discipleship trainer and I set goals and plans for the next year at home.  My trainer will be checking on me weekly and working through everything I experienced during the summer.  We will be regularly praying together and seeing what God is doing through everything that happened during “The Experience.”

I feel, more than I have anything else, that THIS is where God wants me this summer.  I believe that this is the next step in my journey.  God has been opening my eyes and my heart to a new world, but to take this next step into my call, I believe “The Experience” needs to happen.  This is what I am asking you to pray about.

“The Experience” does require a cost.  For me to take part in the entire program it will cost me $5,000.  This total needs to be in by May 21st and I am far from that $5,000 goal.  I will need at least $800 of that my May 6th to book my plane ticket to Haiti and Dominican Republic.  You can also pledge a certain amount of money over a period of four months, May through August, instead of a set amount at one time.  I am asking that you search God’s heart on this and if He’s putting it on your heart to support me on this, please follow that call.  This is going to be a time of discovery and direction that I feel like I have been searching for a long time.

More importantly, I need prayer.  I have been on a journey for the last two years of asking and pleading for God to show me His heart for this world and where He has me in His plan.  I believe I have found where He wants me, but I need to continue seeking His heart and discovering what it means for me to be a Kingdom Builder.

I cannot wait to share with you what God has done in my heart this summer when I return in August.  I believe God can do miracles and I believe God will provide.  Thank you for entering this journey with me and discovering what it means for all of us to be Kingdom Builders and show this world the love and hope God has called us to share. 

            If God is putting it on your heart to give financially or to be praying with me for this you can connect me at john.lamos@hotmail.com as well as call my cell phone at 1-506-608-8927.  As well, a tax deductible receipt will be provided for all financial gifts."





John Lamos

403 Hampton Road

Quispamsis, New Brunswick

E2E 4V5

john.lamos@hotmail.com

1-506-608-8927

What do you hear the voice of the Lord saying?

Every day we mingle with crowds of people. Instinctively we know that every person is dealing with their own set of challenges. And we are painfully aware sometimes that we are in the midst of the fight ourselves. But, how often do we forget that the Spirit of the Lord is right there with us every day?

In Matt 9:35-38, we read that Jesus was walking in the middle of the same streets and the same crowds as everyone else. But, he saw things differently. While everyone else just saw the usual things, Jesus saw the crowds in a unique way and felt deeply for them. He saw that they were lost, directionless, wandering around like sheep with no shepherd!

As his heart quickly filled up with urgency and deep compassion for the people, He turned and called his followers to open their eyes to see things from His perspective. Then He told them to pray for laborers.

He is calling us to the same mission. As we follow the Holy Spirit today our first priority is to love God by actually seeing people through His eyes. He wants to change the way we see them.

As we allow Him to get our attention, we will be overwhelmed by what is "really" going on around us. We will begin to sense that He is actually saying something and He wants us to listen. The massive heartbeat of the Father is to be up close with every person we will see today.

It reminds me of the prophet Isaiah. You can read about his encounter with God in Isaiah 6. As he was going through his daily routine of service as a priest in God's temple, the Holy Spirit grabbed his attention and Isaiah had an intense vision of the glory of the Lord.

Isaiah cried out for mercy and you can read there that God had an angel come and purify his lips so that he would be clean. Then something revolutionary happened at the core of Isaiah's being.

In Isaiah 6:8 it says; Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!". How long had God been saying this? Was Isaiah hearing the passionate heartbeat of God in a way that he has never heard it before?

What about you? As you get up out of bed and live out that same old daily grind, God is trying to get your attention. Whatever you do, don't turn away from
Him because you feel unworthy and afraid. Isaiah felt the same way. But he stayed in God's presence. He experienced the Fathers heart for people as he heard what the Spirit was saying.

What do you hear the voice of the Lord saying? When you experience the His burning heart for all of us your own heart will be swept up in His mission. Will you pray with me as we hear His voice asking "Who will go"? Will you join with Jesus and ask the Father for laborers? Most of all, we pray, "Here we are, Father! Send us!"


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Heart to Heart "stirrings"

Getting ready for the day today I felt this stirring in my heart and felt that I needed to share it but more importantly there needs to be agreement with God on it in my heart... "The Lord is graciously coming to His people allowing us to perceive the rhythm of His heartbeat. It is coming through many avenues. It confirms His word and it is His word. It is revelation and mystery together. He desires to bring our hearts and lives into sync with the cadence of His heart. Doing so is necessary as we enter the near future. So invest yourself in reading His word in the place of intimacy. It is time to bring your heart... your alabaster jar and break it open before Jesus pouring it's contents out on Him as a gift of loving surrender to moving with His heart."


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Here's "what's happening?" with me & my place of ministry - Eastgate House of Prayer

It was a little less than a year ago that I laid down my responsibilities as part of the pastoral team of our local church so that I could make myself more available to help with the development of Eastgate House Of Prayer here in the Saint John region. I am very grateful for the friendship and encouragement of Kings Valley Wesleyan Church in this process. I and my family love being part of this wonderful community of Jesus followers.

God has been so faithful in leading me along in this new chapter of my journey in following Him! Leading worship at EHOP (Eastgate House of Prayer) and working with it's director, Kirk Smith and the rest of the leadership team has been such a huge blessing to me! In the process of serving with EHOP, the Lord has opened a new door of ministry for me.

I am thrilled to say that I am joining the EHOP Mission Base as a worship leader and Intercessory Missionary. This means that I will be serving on a full-time basis as we minister to the Lord in "Day and Night" worship & prayer. Inspired by His word and His passionate heart we will be asking Him for a great harvest of people into His kingdom, for unity in His Church and for the preparing of His Bride for Jesus' return.

We are part of a growing number of Houses of Prayer rising up in many cities around the world. For more details on the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, visit www.ihop.org.

EHOP invites participation by any individual or church that worships Jesus according to the Scripture, regardless of denomination, for the sake of bringing unity to the Body of Christ and for revival in the Saint John region, across Canada and throughout the nations.

I am especially excited about my assignment in leading worship and mentoring other musicians and singers serving with EHOP.

In my assignment as an "Intercessory missionary" I will be committing myself to 30-40 hours per week in helping to lead Intercessory worship meetings, training other intercessors and serving in the administrative infrastructure. I will be continuing in the development of an active and rigorous prayer life including regular times of fasting and prayer as well as ministry through my local church to the local community.

As an "Intercessory Missionary" with EHOP I am responsible to build a team of supporters both in prayer and raising my personal financial support. I am trusting in the Lord that He is leading many to invest in my calling to mentor intercessory musicians and worship leaders who will minister to the Lord night and day for the sake of a great move of God in our time on the earth. An avenue for providing financial support has been created in order for me to pursue this calling. I would love to make myself available on a full time basis as soon as possible. I am asking the Lord to lead individuals and local churches to invest in the kingdom of God through supporting this mission.

I am in need of monthly supporters and/or one time financial gifts in order to be free enough financially to give myself fully to this ongoing ministry to the Lord in worship, prayer and service to the harvest. An income tax receipt will be issued for all financial gifts to EHOP. If you feel prompted to connect with me about this, here is my contact information: email: danclamos@gmail.com; phone: 506-647-1600; address: 403 Hampton Road, Quispamsis, NB, Canada, E2E4V5. Cheques should be made payable to Eastgate House of Prayer.







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Giving it All Away to see His glory

There are a few people that I read about in the Bible that I would love to know. One of them is the woman written about in Mark 4:4-11.

She locked in to the right approach to Jesus. She grabbed what was probably her most valuable possession and journeyed to where Jesus was in order to offer something valuable to Him. Nobody around her thought it was a good gift or that it was even the right thing to do other than Jesus.

He loved her gift and He declared that what she did was beautiful! Wow! This is what God is looking for from this generation. Where are the ones who will take all that they cling to for security including mindsets, theologies, systems of belief, successes, failures... everything and break it open to be poured out on loving Jesus? He is the one we want. His approval is all we need. Everything else is just details. Will you trust Him with it all? Are you willing to give it all away to truly see his glory in all the earth?


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