ONE RED PILOT

thoughts on God, Family, Worship, and Life

Much Needed…

Got this in the mail today. I can’t tell you how much I needed it…

To the person who followed the prompting of the Holy Spirit to pray for me and even write me a card and snail mail it….I say thank YOU!

Here’s what it said:

“you were prayed for today. The Lord prompted me to intercede for you because He loves you. He sees your hard work even if others don’t. He sees your frustrations but other don’t. He knows you’re tired when others don’t. He hears your wondering heart and says “stop wondering”; I am the way the truth and the light. Psalm 119:147- I rise early before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in Your word. Be encouraged!! Rock it out and keep bringin’ it on Sunday mornings. Your church loves you-good days and bad”

That last line put me in tears. Person, because of your card I worshipped the Lord….thank you thank you thank you!!

-nate

December 8, 2009 Posted by nate d. | Church, Family, Friends, God, Life, Mosaic | | 3 Comments

Why?

I was talking through with my wife the other night about the song “Healer” and all the craziness that now goes along with it. Here is what really bothered me…

Satan has completely succeeded in the battle of pornography. He has everyone who struggles with it fooled to think they can’t tell anyone because of the repercussions. In the case of Mike G., fooled to the point that he would make up a lie like CANCER! to cover up the addiction!!!!! Think about it. If Mike Guglielmucci was interviewed saying, “yeah I really battle with porn and I came home one night, sat down, and wrote this song believing that God could heal me from this nightmare addiction” everyone would have cringed. I know porn is bad, I know it’s shameful, but Jesus is bigger than that crap and if you’ll be brave enough to fess up you’ll defeat the enemy and you’ll feel freedom like you never have!!! We need to start bringing this stuff into the light NOW Church so Satan won’t take down another one of our leaders with it.

join with me in the prayer,
nate

September 3, 2008 Posted by nate d. | Church, God, Life | , , | 7 Comments

Update on Mike Guglielmucci

If you’ve been following the story and haven’t heard here are a few updates:

Statement 1

Statement 2

Church, let’s keep praying for Mike G. and his family. They need it now more than ever…

nate

August 25, 2008 Posted by nate d. | Church, God, Life | , , | No Comments Yet

Keep Praying

Hey Crew,

I blogged about this a while back but I wanted to ask you to keep praying. Wade is the worship pastor at Elevation church here in Charlotte and Ferris is his wife. God is showing himself real but it’s not been easy for them. There are still ups an downs everyday and their faith is staying very strong. You can get more info from their blogs:

Wade
Ferris

If you have a blog platform please link your readers back here or post your own. Either way, let’s continue to stand in the gap for this amazing couple and their beautiful girls.

nate

August 22, 2008 Posted by nate d. | Friends, God | , , | 1 Comment

Boom

I got a text this morning from my friend Lee. He asked if I’d heard the news about the guy who wrote the song that’s been sweeping the world “Healer”. I hadn’t so he directed me Carlos’ Blog…I was speechless…honestly my stomach hurt. The guy that wrote the song had given testimony that he wrote it after being diagnosed with cancer and even went as far as to perform the song with an oxygen tube in his nose. Come to find out…he faked it all.

Here’s the truth…that song is TRUE and we need to pray that the writer Mike will know it more than ever in his life right now.

Pray for Hillsong, pray for the Church, and pray for Mike

nate

August 20, 2008 Posted by nate d. | Church, God, Life | , , | 2 Comments

All You Need is Love

John 13:34-35…
“A new command I give to you:Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

I work in full-time ministry. I would be lying if I said I’ve never been so caught up in what I do and where I’ve done it that I think people should know me because of the positions I’ve held and where I’ve held them. I know…lame, just being honest. For example…

I’ve been in the grocery store and someone will look at me or do a 2nd take. I would immediately think “oh they know me from church”. Seriously? Maybe they thought I had a funny haircut, maybe they thought I was starring at them, or the obvious thought they had “wow, he’s handsome.” :o )

This verse in John is such a great kick in the pants of how we should be known. If someone is going to recognize me in the grocery store I want it to be because I helped them change their tire on the side of the road. I want it to be because they saw me take a homeless guy to Waffle House and buy him lunch. I want to be known by my love so that I can be known as His.

Serious question here…does your life (not your job, house, car, or tatoo) say you are a disciple of Jesus, if not…it should.

favor to you,
nate

August 14, 2008 Posted by nate d. | God, Life | , | 2 Comments

So perfect

I’ve been sitting here going in this crazy circle. I really wanted to write something deep and spiritual but I’d write a paragraph or 2 and hate it, so I’d delete it…I’ve done this about 5 times. I opened up my devotional and BAM!, there it was:

“The bravery in God trusting us! You say–”but He has been unwise to choose me, because there is nothing in me, I am not of any value.” That is why He chose you. As long as you think there is something in you, He cannot choose you because you have ends of your own to serve; but if you have let Him bring you to the end of your self-sufficiency then He can choose you to go with Him to Jerusalem, and that will mean the fulfillment of purposes which He does not discuss with you.”

Thx Oswald,
nate

August 5, 2008 Posted by nate d. | God | | No Comments Yet

Make me ready

I’m sitting at Starbucks in Birkdale Village catching up on blogs, growing my addiction to Viva la Vida, and trying to shake the Church hangover with a Double Shot on Ice. As I sit here it’s hitting me so hard how much these people need a real hardcore Jesus shot. The mom who continues to speak to her son through gritted teeth is showing her disgust with life and needs to know Jesus is her man and her sons daddy. The girl who walked in showing way to much of herself at 9:30 in the morning needs to hear how beautiful Jesus thinks she is and that she doesn’t need to dress like that to gain the attention of guys who will continue to destroy her self-worth. The 25 year old guy who is wearing a suit and tie hoping to land his next sales pitch so he’ll look “successful” to his old man, but inside all he wants to do is rip off that tie, jump back in his 4runner, and disappear into the woods to go hiking needs Jesus to tell him that life is way more important than success in the eyes of man.

So how does Jesus get to these people to tell them? Me and You…

2 Timothy 1:7-8, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord…”

Do I need to jump up on my table and start preaching the Gospel…no, but i would if God wanted me to! I’m Jesus’ hands and feet. It’s my responsibility to be ready at all times to tell people about Him…

Jesus make me as ready as a soldier to war and fight for the expansion of Your Kingdom. If You’re going to work a miracle in the lives of any of these people…work it through me!!

I pray this same prayer for you…

nate

July 7, 2008 Posted by nate d. | God, Life | | No Comments Yet

Moments

In Carrie and I’s 5 years we’ve never owned a house. It’s been a dream of ours to eventually have a house we call “home”. For a while in the past year we wondered if that would ever be a dream that came true…well the dream has begun. Just a few weeks ago we put some money down to start building our first home!! The other night we went over to what we now call our “dirt” and had dinner. As we pulled up this is what we saw:

I can’t tell you how excited the Davis Family is about our “dirt”. I’m so grateful to God for hearing the cries of a wife asking for a “nest” to call her own and for hearing the begging of a husband to be the provider he has always dreamt of being.

Thank you God for being true to the name “Jehovah Jireh”. May we continue to give thanks everyday while this house is built and everyday we spend inside of it!

July 2, 2008 Posted by nate d. | Family, God, Life | | 6 Comments

PLEASE PRAY

Wade joye is the Worship Pastor at Elevation Church here in Charlotte…his twin baby girls were just born 3 months premature and are facing a few complications….read more HERE

If you have a blog platform I ask you to post this prayer request and stand in the gap for Wade and his family.

nate

June 23, 2008 Posted by nate d. | Friends, God, Life | | 1 Comment

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