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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.