Free Show

Hey everyone, just a quick reminder. On September 11th, we're playing at the Springfield Farmer's Market.  Two sets: 10-11am and 12-1pm. Bring friends if you have any. Bring family. Come ready to sing along. And buy some vegetables, if you want to. The Farmer's Market is at the Heritage Center in Center City, next to Un Mundo. It's on Fountain. You can find a detailed map at myspace.com/likeachildband  Besides that,  grace, peace and blessings to all of you.

Anointing

Hey

A quick note about the anointing from the Holy one. 

in 1 John 2:20 and 2:27 it says...

20: But you have been anointed by the Holy one, and you all have knowledge. 

27: . . . the anointing that you received from him abides in you. 

The word anointing there is the word Charisma which is to smear or  to be endowed with power, the Holy Ghost. 

So we have all received a smear. Jesus paid for it. When he sent out His disciples he said "You have received with out paying, give with out pay." It's done. Because it is finished. Jesus paid for the anointing and he paid for the Holy Ghost. It comes down to receiving what he has already done and paid for. We have access by faith into this grace! What qualified the disciples was that they weren't qualified. It was that they were of not, but He was I am. They had lack, he had all things. Jesus fills our nothing with his big EVERYTHING. The religious people of Jesus' day came to him once and said, "Why do you hang out with the tax collectors and sinners?" Jesus said "The well have no need of a physician, but the sick, go and learn what this means." 

Basically go where there is need and He'll show up. He'll walk in the room. He's in us. Stepping out in our weakness and fears... God shows up. 

It's okay to not know what we're doing. That's just fine. Ask him about it. He does want us to have a relationship with him. We don't have to understand what he's asking us to do. Maybe after we do it we'll understand. Just step out in Obedience! 

He gives His Spirit without measure and gives Joy inexpressible and filled with glory. 

Amen 

micah 

Messy People, Messy Songs

A lot of the songs I write are prophetic. By prophetic I don't mean that they predict the future; I mean simply that they express the heart of God. I can say this confidently not because I spend hours basking in the glory, but simply because I am in Christ and Christ is in me. And from this place of right relationship with Jesus, I, as well as all the children of God, have access to the heart of the Father. Plain and simple. And my response to the heart of the Father is often to write a song. "The Bride" for instance, or "That They May Be One," are both expressive of God's heart for His body. A new song called "The Lion Is Moving" is about what the Lord has planned for Springfield, Ohio and what He is doing there now. 

I can say confidently that these songs are the heart of God, but that does not mean that every single line is from the Spirit. Some lines might just be me. But that's okay, because God isn't after perfection. He's not even after right theology. He's after our hearts. And he takes us in all our messiness. He takes my songs in all their messiness. Because Christ Himself is the answer to God's pursuit of perfection. Jesus is perfection for us. As I sing in a new song called "Blood," "There's a father before whom we'll always look pretty because his son went into and his son came out of the ground." That's it. Nothing we do or can do can make us acceptable before God. Jesus is our righteousness, our perfection, our reason for being acceptable to the Father. And so, clothed in Jesus, we can come to the Father in our messiness. I can come to the Father with my messy songs. And that's just beautiful. 

Perfection is boring anyways. How many "perfect" Christian songs do we hear all day long on the radio? Too many for my ears. I wanna hear the messiness. I wanna hear the heart of God expressed through people, through human beings relating to God. That's why I love John Mark McMillan and Kevin Prosch. They're real. They write from their hearts, as well as the heart of the Father. It's a mixture, I guess. When I write a song, a prophetic song, there's a mixture of my heart and His. And I think He's okay with that. 

- Jesse

First Blog

Hey. We decided to start a blog to share thoughts and updates and whatnot.


Last night we had our first show in Springfield, OH at a coffee shop named Un Mundo. Twenty plus people showed up, about half of which were our family. We played eleven songs, including some new ones. We had a lot of fun and really felt the presence of the Lord. Doing this show made us realize how much joy comes with doing what we love doing. We came alive, and we can't wait for the next show. We're already scheduled to play at the Springfield Farmer's Market on September 11th. Also, we're planning on talking to some local bars about doing some shows there. Besides that, we'll see what happens.


One of the new songs we played is called "The Lion Is Moving." It's about Springfield. As we've been settling in here on the Southside, we've been feeling pretty strongly that the Lord is moving in the streets. Harvest is coming in the streets. Revival is coming in the streets. The lion is moving into town, and he's coming for the broken people. So we're excited to see what all of that will look like.


As far as our music goes, our debut album "The Exchange" is up on iTunes and Amazon and is available as a physical copy at CD Baby. If you've listened to it, we would love your feedback. God bless.


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