On Wednesday, Carlos performed “The Passion” for Bethel World Outreach Church in Nashville, TN.  BWO is the home church of our good friends, Verbs and Verna and they are also the Youth Pastors there. 

Everyone in the church had been encouraged to bring someone who they thought might not know about the Lord.  The service was packed!  After the performance Verbs spoke about how after seeing this – experiencing what they had – what were they gonna do with it?  And then the opportunity was given to those who were there to come and give their lives to Jesus.  Wow - we heard so many different testimonies!  A Muslim couple and their son who knew nothing about Jesus came and were impacted, youth came forward and made Jesus Lord, an older gentleman who had suffered a stroke came forward - and there was just this fire that was sparked in everyone’s heart!!  For those of who had already made Him Lord, there was a sense of joy and thankfulness for His great sacrifice and gift.  One young woman came up and shared how it excited her to see how God could use ANYTHING (two turntables and a microphone!) to bring the gospel and glory to God.  She told me that was what she was gonna write her thesis on and I think the Carlos’ performance just confirmed it for her.  Our new friend David watched Carlos mix The Passion and I believe the Lord just re-kindled the flame and desire in his heart to DJ for the Lord.  

I love how The Passion doesn’t just end with His death – you don’t endure the whole experience and all that happened to Him and then leave depressed and sad – I love how its ends with Him coming back – the holes in His hands and just the knowledge that He totally defeated death – it couldn’t hold Him.  He suffered and bled and died for US – so that we could be free – that His Kingdom would come on earth just like it is in Heaven.  I am so thankful for the opportunity to go and be a part – thankful for all that the Lord did Wednesday night – ultimately so thankful for the blood sacrifice – Jesus’ death on the cross and that He didn’t stay dead!!!!  To quote our friend Verbs:  “He has risen indeed!!”

Here are a few videos from the night:



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