Jesus Freaks

Last Wednesday night I was speaking in Dallas on who Jesus really is, his actual personality, what he's really like. It is by far my favorite thing to do. Afterwards a woman came up to me, big smile, bright eyes, and said, "I'm a Jesus freak too!" It made me laugh; it gave me joy.

It also got me thinking.

Jesus freak. I'm pretty sure that phrase began back in the late 60's early 70's with the "Jesus Movement" that brought so many people to Christ. The hippie culture met Jesus. I was in on the tail end of that. We liked being Jesus freaks, meaning, people who were totally in love with Jesus.

What blows me away is that it would be considered something of a freak to be totally sold out for Jesus. I mean, how does that make someone a freak? Isn't loving God the single most imporatnt thing any human being can do? (Isn't it the first and greatest of all the commandments?!) Love God. With all your heart, soul, mind and strength. It's first, it's basic, it's what it means to be human.

Let's connect the dots. God has a name. It happens to be Jesus. So, loving Jesus is the first and most essential act of any human life. First. Most essential.

I tell you what is freaky - living in a world where loving Jesus sets you so radically apart you stand out like a sore thumb.

Anyhow, here's to the Jesus Freaks. Go ahead and love him gang. With all your heart.

When Jesus is Near

A friend of ours had an encounter with Jesus this weekend in which she received his healing from a very traumatic time in her life. She wondered if she would ever find Jesus in this place, and this weekend, he came. O, to have Jesus. How beautiful. There is nothing like it in the world. As A Kempis said, "When Jesus is near, all is well...when he is absent, all is hard."

I am so very, very excited to tell you that finally, Beautiful Outlaw is here!! Amazon started shipping it last week. This is the book I've been telling you about, on the personality of Jesus. You're just gonna love it. Love it. This is huge, friends. Because this book is going to bring Jesus near.

Our friend Becky is a woman who has walked a lot of years with Jesus; she is one of those real streasures of a soul who love him and know him intimately. The kind of person you just want to be around. I was kind of nervous and anxious to have her read Outlaw. After all she's known, would it make a difference? She sent me this in an email: "I have never laughed and wept so often through a book. I have fallen in love with Jesus again."

So friends, you must grab Outlaw as soon as you can. Devour it. And then, tell the world.

O, and we are offering some beautiful videos that go along with the book free to you (yep, free). You can find those at www.beautifuloutlaw.net.  

Come Jesus. Come.