Thank You For not leading...

Over and over again I have been hearing three things in my heart.

"Andrew thank you so much for not leading worship tonight... thank you for following"
"Andrew obedience unlocks more anointing"
"Andrew righteousness has its rewards"

God has been revealing so much of His power and anointing.
The last while God has been teaching me and showing me what He is able to do
through the people who are open and willing to serve.

I am just so excited to see what happens next.

Andrewm.

My interesting day!

I started off my morning logging onto my twitter account and sharing with the world around me what my mind was thinking during that particular moment:

“top of the morning world… looking forward to see what the day brings…”

As I sit in silence and meditate on my day and all the events that have taken place thus far I am blown away at the evidence of the Lord’s presence. It would be so easy for me to look back at my day and be frustrated at the series of events that took place. That is not the case in my situation. I can clearly see that the Lord is putting me through a new testing season and I am truly excited to learn and grow through it. It all started yesterday morning in church when my pastor was discussing the importance of tithing and giving offerings to the body. Let’s recap:

Sunday morning I was so blessed by the message that my pastor spoke and it really encouraged me to honestly give with a cheerful heart to the body of Christ. I ran to my car while the ushers were getting the offering bags ready. I knew I had a certain amount of American money in my wallet that I left in my car. I thought of giving an amount I decided in my head as I ran to the car but the closer I got to opening my wallet the more I kept feeling I needed to give every penny in there. I knew how much was in there. I also knew I had to give it all. It’s all His anyways right? So I cleaned my wallet out and gave the Lord’s money back to Him. I can honestly say that I did not give an offering just to see crazy financial blessings return to my wallet (although I have heard endless testimonies of that happening to people around me). I did however expect incredible things because it is the Lord’s promise to bless His children when they are obedient and faithful.

Today is Monday. Today is the day where I wished the world a good morning expecting incredible things to happen. It has been such an intense day. Today has been financially the worst day for me. I wonder what God is teaching me through this test? After giving Him all the money I had in my wallet, financially I continued to suffer the next day. I have first hand experienced God blessing me financially within minutes after pouring my money into the church but not this time. I got more broke. I went to Vancouver today with some friends and when I came back to my car it was gone. After a $62.00 towing bill and a $50.00 parking ticket I was puzzled at how things were turning out. As we walked towards the towing place I saw a homeless man and still offered to buy him food without hesitating. The Lord provided sufficient funds on my debit account for that. Praise God. We got my car back and rushed home because I had to say goodbye to one of my close friends before she left back home to Alberta. I was worried I wasn’t going to make it.
As we were driving back home we saw a man on the side of the street trying to chase after the bus when he fell really hard. From a distance I watched his face as he rubbed his shin. We could tell that his injury was serious so we pulled our car to the side of the road (a no parking zone) and ran across the street to help him. Blood was pouring down his leg, through his pants, onto his shoes and was all over his hands. He could barely walk so me and Ryan put his arm around our shoulders and carried him to a near by clinic. It was in that moment when everything made sense.

My car was towed so that I could be delayed from my schedule.
The delay gave me the chance to talk to Martin the homeless man.
The delay gave me the privilege of buying him a meal of his choice.
By having my car towed I was able to love on Martin and show him that he is valued.

My mind started racing with thoughts from the Lord. He began to show me reasons why things were happening; things that seemed to make absolutely no sense to me.

If my car wasn’t towed I wouldn’t have been on that particular street in that moment to help the elderly man who tripped while chasing the bus.


A new reality was revealed to me today. We don’t always have to understand what is happening around us. We just need to be open and ready to be used whenever He wants to use us and however He wants to use us to enhance His Kingdom. We see that in Jesus’ life when He was on earth. He had no agenda. He would walk in the streets with hundreds surrounding Him and if one man shouted over all the noise He would instantly leave the crowd and heal the one man that was calling on His name. We need to live like that. We cannot be too busy for the people around us. We cannot be so set on our own schedules that we miss opportunities to love and serve. We need to be ready in all situations to help people who are in need (no matter how needy we are). We must always be ready to serve. Ready to encourage. Ready to love those around us.

4 days until CD release!

I am soooooooo excited it is beyond words! No blog entry could describe

how flippin stoked I am about the new record! I have been getting so many

emails daily of people I know and people I've never met in my life just getting

excited with me which has been such a blessing! Thank you everyone who has

been a part of this journey from the musical side to the support and encouragement!

It is almost 2:00am I should probably hit the hay but I just wanted to write

a quick update about what's been happening.

I am still sick but recovering which is good because it is going to be a busy week!

Tuesday I get to play at Revolution at Christian Life Assembly which is wonderful.

That is my home church by the way. If you have never been please come! Youth services

are on Tuesday in Langley at 7:00pm.

Wend night I play a concert at the CLA Cafe you should come. That is the 28th! There

might be pre-release CD's for sale for the FIRST TIME in public which is amazing! So

come out for some live music! We will play all the new songs and just get excited together!

Thursday I get to lead worship at Christ for the Nations Bible College in Surrey/Langley area!

I am stoked for that too. I really believe God is going to reveal Himself in a way we have never experienced Him before! It is going to be amazing!

Currently I am watching "Indescribable" on DVD with Pastor Louie. Unreal. It has changed my life many times. I have watched it many times and every time I learn something new about how big our Savior is!

Anyways I am almost done watching it for the second time tonight (in a row).

I am ready for bed.

Goodnight!

Tomorrow's service!

I can say for all of us playing tomorrow that we are all so excited
about tomorrow's service in Chilliwack with Gavin Brisco and his
youth group! God is doing some incredible things in the body of Christ
and it has been such an honor to be a part of it all. Tomorrow is going
to be unreal. I feel the LORD is going to do something huge. Why not?
We don't serve a small God we serve a HUGE God. It only makes sense!

I am anticipating incredible things because the God we serve is incredible!

Back home!

Well I arrived home about an hour ago and it feels good to be back again.
My travel times were not long unlike the last one on our Europe trip.
This weekend was absolutely incredible. I have never experienced anything
like it before... ever.

I was blessed to spend the weekend with an incredible band of musicians and
we played four services at a weekend retreat with a local church. Honestly...
it was the most incredible experience I've had in worship. The Lord's presence
was so tangiable and so thick in the sanctuary it was unreal. I was so overwhelmed
of his overflowing Spirit falling all over us.

I can truly say I left a different person than when I first arrived to the ranch on
Friday afternoon. I pray for those leaders, pastors and young people that we got
to hang out with. Some of the coolest people. Beautiful hearts.

The Lord is on the move. He is looking for people who are ready. Ready to serve.
Ready to be willing and open to do as He wishes. This weekend I experienced that.
And I look forward to continuing to see that across the world as I continue to
travel. As I continue to follow His lead.

Andrewm.

packing again!

Well it is time to pack my bags again. This trip is not going to be far.
In fact it's only an hour away. We are going as a team to lead worship
at a retreat this weekend which I am super stoked about! It's going
to be an incredible time I am sure!

Looking forward to the short travel and good times that are up ahead!
Will keep you updated on what's happening for sure!

andrewm.

back in the studio!

so the new record is finally done and I am super happy about that.
It has been a long few months recording and getting things organized
but it's all done! It feels so good to have everything complete. The
record is set to be released in stores and online on Oct 30. 09

Right now I am in the studio again with some good friends of mine.
We are putting out our first (and hopefully not last) Christmas album
for this wonderful holiday season!

Stay tuned for updates and some fun Christmas shows :)

andrewm.