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weDIGit...4 Years and Counting

10/30/2014

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October 1, 2014, marked the beginning of our 5th year in full-time ministry. The past 4 years have been such an amazing journey of faith for our family. Donna and I were in agreement that God had called us to take this step of faith together in 2010, but we had no idea all that we would learn and experience, and how deeply God would work in our souls and family. God is changing us all from the inside out and challenging us to believe that with faith all things are possible.

When we stepped out in faith there were specific things we sensed God leading us to commit to do. The first was to “Go,” as God led and let Him open the doors. Donna and I believe we have been given a mission to move into the culture to share the Gospel AS a family TO the family. We desire to encourage & empower husbands\fathers and wives\mothers to recognize that “church” begins at home.  Fathers are called to pastor, lead, and shepherd their families, and there is nothing more powerful than and husband and wife working together as a unified team to lead their family. It’s where discipleship should begin, and we have seen many doors open to groups of all sizes to share this message. It’s time to go to a new level.

We also sensed God leading us to not “set fees” or “honorariums.” Many organizations and churches can’t afford to bring people in to partner with them because of a fee being too high. Over the past 4 years we have never set a fee or demanded a certain amount, and that has enabled us to go and serve as God led. This has enabled us to go into organizations of all kinds and serve freely. 

Although we have seen God provide in miraculous ways, and believe we still will, we have come to a place on our journey where stabilizing our organization and family financially month to month must become a priority to fulfill the ultimate vision God has placed within us. As a government approved 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, we can enlist supporters to subsidize weDIGit through donations and gifts. Our Board of Directors, which I will introduce to you in a post very soon, is in the middle of a process to see that our monthly living and organizational expenses are covered, and this letter is a first step in that process.

As a family, we have traveled over 120,000 miles together since weDIGit began. We traveled over 23,000 miles since June of this year as we led worship and\or spoke at 5 camps, 15 different church events, several weddings and community\city\school events here in our home town. We have been blessed to serve & minister to\with some amazing people. To be able to lead worship & speak together as a family, in front of thousands of students, families, and individuals has not only been an honor, but also some of the most joy filled & special moments of our lives. Donna and our children are some of the most talented Spirit led people I know. They lead worship with passion, the highest quality possible, and an authentic desire to respond as the Holy Spirit leads. It’s a huge blessing.   

For weDIGit to be able to continue traveling &fulfill the mission to move into the culture, plan for future conferences & events, and function as an organization, we must be able to have the resources i.e., business cards & printed materials, promotional materials, merchandise, equipment, etc… We are so thankful that the Spirit of God has, on many occasions, led certain individuals and churches along the way to bless us with finances, food, transportation, and many other needs, but we truly believe it is time to make a concentrated effort to gain support and stabilize for the future.

On our end, we are beginning to substitute teach and do whatever we can to help make ends meet, but today we would like to ask if you would consider giving a one-time donation and\or  pray about supporting weDIGit on a monthly basis. You can make donations immediately and\or set up monthly payments by clicking the PayPal link to the right, or you can mail checks made out to weDIGit and mail them to 504 Tumbleweed, Forney, TX. 75126.

Thank you and please continue praying for us as we pursue God’s purpose and will for our family.


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(Faith + Persistence) - (Codependency + Doubt) = FREEDOM! By Steven CarrollĀ 

10/8/2014

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I’ve struggled with approval. It’s true. I mean, don’t you think I do? Seriously, I’d love your input. This probably isn’t the best way to start this blog is it? Should I start over? This just isn’t very good is it?

A counselor told me years ago that I was a “Flaming Codependent.” Apparently that meant I really cared what others thought about what I did and said. I needed you to be OK before I could be OK. It was, and still can be, exhausting.

When we desire to walk by faith, and know God’s will and purpose for our lives, we can’t focus on the approval of others. That is why Paul told the Romans, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (Romans 12:2)

Here’s a fact: We will seek the approval of others when we begin to waver in our faith as we doubt what we once believed the Holy Spirit called us to do. We can believe something all day long, but until we step in faith toward what we believe…It won’t happen.   

Paul had experienced this struggle too, and that’s why he was able to write with confidence that we can KNOW the “good and perfect and pleasing” will of God. He had seen it happen in his own life. As we allow the Holy Spirit to transform our thinking, instead of conforming to the approval and validation from others, He will unveil more and more of God’s will with each step of faith we take.

So what do we do while we are walking by faith and being transformed? Jesus told a great story about that in Luke 18. “One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.  ‘There was a judge in a certain city,’ he said, ‘who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”   Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith.’” (Luke 18:1-8)

Do you see it? We have to keep moving forward in faith, doing what God has called us to do, and cry out to the Lord daily for insight, leadership, assurance, and guidance! If we just won’t quit, He will answer us quickly. In fact, Jesus says He is looking forward to seeing people living and walking out their God-given destiny by faith when He comes back. That should make us want to keep pressing!

Our 18 year old cat, Oliver, is just like that widow woman. That cat has survived almost two decades by being persistent. He looks like he’s going to keel over at any minute, but he keeps on pressing. This truth is most apparent when he’s hungry. He makes the most hideous sound over and over and over and over again until someone finally feeds him. What is his destiny? Simply to live one more day and be the most amazing cat in history. He knows he won’t make it if someone doesn’t give him a can of food, so he continues to persist until His God-given desire becomes sight.  

So should we.   
      

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The Pitiful Pit...By Donna Carroll

10/2/2014

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“Feelings aren’t facts”, “This too shall pass”, “You’re not alone”, “Time heals all wounds”…  These may be true statements, but when you’re in the ‘pit’ (and I’m referring to that place; that deep, dark, ugly, lonely place), none of those pithy clichés hold an ounce of weight.  In fact, words in general don’t really do much for the heart that’s fallen deep into such a place.

Imagine someone standing at the edge of the cistern/pit where the prophet Jeremiah found himself one day (Jer.38) and yelling “Just be patient dude, God’s got this!”  If I’m Jeremiah, I’m thinking “quit wasting time trying to verbally comfort me and go get a rope or something to get me out of here!”  It doesn’t say how long he was in that pit, but can you imagine what went through his mind? “Why me?” seems like a plausible thought.  I mean, this ‘dude’ had sold out to God and had a message to deliver, a task to complete. How and why did he end up in a hole in the ground, sinking into a muddy mess?

Ever been there? Maybe like Jeremiah, you found yourself there by the hands of another.  It could be that the pit has been there all your life and you are in and out of it all the time.  Maybe it’s even become a hideout, a safe place, even though it’s dark and lonely.  Whatever the case, that place…the pit…is not a healthy place for you…or me.

I have a pit.  It’s lonely there.  I find that I end up in my pit frequently.  Sometimes it’s by the hands of others, but mostly I fall in because I’m not paying attention to where I’m going. You know, just walking through life, minding my own business and all of a sudden something triggers an explosion in my brain. I’m serious.  Something goes really bad wrong, and the fallout is treacherous. (If you know me very well, you’re probably not surprised to hear this.)  I immediately start walking in self-pity (pity minus the ‘y’ is pit).  Unhealthy thoughts begin reeling in my head giving my emotions the ‘go ahead’ to wreak havoc.  And…it’s done.  I’m there, deep in the pit. (Just a side note: Feelings are real and they need to be felt. I mean, I don’t know about the issues that cause you pain, but mine have caused me to hurt deeply.  So there’s validity to why I sometimes fall into my pit. And while I’m there, it helps to NOT hear empty words coming from above me. Unless, of course, there’s a rope on its way down:)

We just cannot stay there.  Even when it feels hopeless, we must remember that “feelings aren’t facts”. Jeremiah was a major prophet with an assignment from Almighty God.  He had to believe that the pit wasn’t where he belonged.  It wasn’t the end for him, just a temporary setback. At some point, 30 men or so, showed up with a make-shift rope (old garments from the king’s closet tied together), and Jeremiah got out of that pit!

And so it is for me and you. The ’pit’ is a place we all find ourselves, but it’s not where we belong.  You may be in so deep that no one can see you. It may be that no one comes along with a rope to pull you out, or even say ‘non-comforting’ words.  Just stop.  Take a minute.  Breathe.  Try to recognize what caused that explosion in your brain and got you off track and in a dark, lonely pit. Take it captive in your mind and treat it like the pointless, trash it is. Then do this:

“Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Psalm 55:22 AMP

“Casting the whole of your care [anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.”  I Peter 5:7 AMP


‘Shalak’ is the Hebrew word translated ‘cast’.  It literally means to ‘hurl’ or fling’!  So hurl that mess out of the pit and see what God will do!  He will take the burden and He will get you out! (pithy clichés not included!)    

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