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• Be Joyful this Christmas?.
  The old Christmas song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” And for the Christian it should ring true. Yet for many, Christmas is a season to survive. Depression, grief and loneliness are often exacerbated by shattered family circumstances and increased debt loads. Christmas calendars are overloaded, causing us to think in terms [...]
  
  
• Be a giver!
  Introduction to generous giving Last week we talked about God’s money. We learned to have the mindset that ALL of our money is “God’s money”. It’s not OUR money. If you have this mindset, your giving will be very easy. If you were to read all the verses in the Bible dealing with money, you [...]
  
  
• It?s God?s money?
  It’s God’s Money The first things people want to talk about with me is Money.  They want me to fix the financial problems they are having. They want to know:   (1) who is to blame and (2) what steps they should take. They often are surprised when I suggest we first look at their [...]
  
  

Christmas in Seattle-December

Hey brothers and Sisters in Christ.

As many of you know this past year God has really been changing me, moving me, molding me, and burning impurities put of my life. The sin is floating to the top and is being scraped off by the Holy Spirit. I have never in my life been so on fire for Jesus.

It’s a massive change that is so beautiful and awe inspiring. I actually have become 100% SOLD OUT for Jesus.  I returned from spending a week at World Revival Church in Kansas City and worshiping for hours and hours gave me a breakthrough that was amazing.  During worship I felt the Holy Spirit on my face like a warm, loving, fog that healed me inside and at the same time gave me instant wisdom from above.

I felt God calling me to evangelize here in Seattle,  and as he allows to other parts of the world as well.  I love to introduce people to Jesus, and most importantly let them know the love that Jesus has for them. I have started a ministry called “Seattle Revival” and you can find it at www.seattlerevival.com.  God gave me $25,000.00 to start his ministry and I am currently looking for space on the East side. Please pray that I find a building I can lease! Please pray that God provides me with a worship leader that is anointed and on fire for revival and the spirit of God.

Thanks to all my fans over the years for support. It looks like sometime in March I may be going to Uganda to do an outreach there and do the lords work. Please pray for me.

I feel that God is pulling me away from music and putting me where he wants me. So many trials have come my way, so many changes I am going through. As many of you know I have been going through a very rough time and now I yearn to be close to God, to trust in him 100%, to be an instrument for him and not me.  I pray that God uses me and changes me to be more like him.

Yours in Christ,

Phil

August 2011

Hey brothers and Sisters in Christ.

As many of you know, I have been combining my music with my outreach ministry in Seattle and it has had some amazing results. I really feel like God is calling me to evangelize here in Seattle,  and as he allows in his will to other parts of the world as well. I love to introduce people to Jesus, and most importantly let them know the love that Jesus has for them.

Thanks to all my fans over the years for support. It looks like sometime in October I may be going to Uganda to do an outreach there and do the lords work. Please pray for me. I started my ministry site at www.seattlerevival.com

I feel that God is pulling me away from music and putting me where he wants me. So many trials have come my way, so many changes I am going through. As many of you know I have been going through a very rough time and now I yearn to be close to God, to trust in him 100%, to be an instrument for him and not me.  I pray that God uses me and changes me to be more like him.

Yours in Christ,

Phil

September Diary

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I hope this month brings forth renewed Joy in the spirit in your hearts and souls and I pray that you keep holding onto the faith that Jesus Christ is the truth and the light. I know that faith is hard sometimes, but it’s the riddle insidethe enigma that allows believers to feel the Holy Spirit and understand God’s word, follow it, and bring forth changes to better the Kingdom of Heaven. Read more

June Diary

Hey brothers and sisters in Christ.

Thank you so much for coming to the site, and I know from your emails and support that some of you are actually benefiting from these blogs I write and to be honest it makes me feel good to know that.  I really appreciate you visiting and saying what is on your mind. Even the personal email’s asking for prayer and or help mean so much to me. Read more

April Diary

Spring is the time of new beginning. Old is gone; new has come. Where dead figs once lay like residue, fresh blossoms begin to appear. How awesome!

I am writing allot of new material now, and trying to rehearse and get ready for when the Lord calls me to perform. I heard today that my CD is being shipped to Lifeway, and now we are trying to break the hold these corporations have on radio. I received an email today telling me its going to be $245,898.00 dollars and if I wire this to an account at Royal Bank in Canada, they will spin my single on all Christian stations nationwide. How sad. So that’s what it takes huh? Good thing it’s spring.

I take spring as a reminder from God that He loves new beginnings. When everything feels dead and dull and barren, God gives life. I love this about my Lord.

Now, as I look out the window and see the grass’s green growing in its vibrancy, the trees budding, and finally, after a long Washington winter, the sun shining on all in sight I’m reminded of God’s faithfulness. Like spring, God never fails to show up. He’ll never forsake us. With this thought, my heart swells. Read more

It’s About Jesus

It would be a severe understatement to say that my entrance into the Christian music industry has been a roller coaster ride. I’ve experienced the heights of success and the lows of failure. I’ve gained new fans and lost old ones. I’ve written hits, busts, and everything in between.

Some crowds give me as warm a reception you could ask for, while others have me reeling in discomfort and outcastedness. Some promises are fulfilled; others are forgotten. Some days are rosy, some are average, and others have me wanting to quit.

At times, the lack of control over all of this is exasperating. “I want to drive the roller coaster!” I scream inside. “I want control!”

Yet, when chaos is the norm–– when criticism, failure, and mundaneness haunt me–– I remember the words of the fellow songwriter, the psalmist, “The Lord is my Shepherd.” Such an understanding keeps me at it. I’m being led by the One who formed me in my mother’s womb. The Lord, He is my shepherd, and I shall not want. He leads me through green pastures and beside still waters. He, the divine roller coaster operator, is in control. And He has my best interest in mind.

Today, let us be reminded of his sovereignty. His leadership is perfect. And, for this, I will worship Him. Whether musical success or failure is around the corner, this is about Jesus for me. Through my music, my life, my success and my failure: “May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering.” (The Moravians)

-Phil

Writing the Hits

Read through the Psalms and you’ll find the real hit songs. Psalm 16, 23, 45, 46, 63, 103, 119, and 145 (to name a few)–– those are the real chart toppers! If God were to have a Billboard Top 100 list, you’d better believe He’d have the beautiful worship songs known as the Psalms occupying quite a bit of space at the top of the chart.

Why have those songs remained atop the list of great worship music through the ages? Is it their catchiness? Their eloquence? Maybe a little. Perhaps the Psalms are so great because of their face-melting guitar licks and brilliant music videos? Not in the least. What makes these particular songs so great in God’s eyes is their ability to capture the essence of Him. Unlike so many of today’s songs, the triumph of the Psalms is found in their authentic praise of God.

As I ponder such beautiful worship music, I can’t help but grow in my desire to write music of similar stature. I want my music synced with the songs of the angels, who forever worship God around His throne (Revelation 4-5), proclaiming “Holy” over and over. This is what I long for and strive for–– to give to God the glory due His name (Psalm 29).

Really, I’ll settle for nothing less with my music. He deserves far better than what he’s getting from most of today’s music. And so, I’m striving to write the hits. Maybe they’ll be catchy and eloquent. Maybe they’ll have face-melting guitar licks and we’ll shoot cool music videos for them. But, above all, they’ll worship God–– giving Him what He’s worthy of.

Amen. Who’s with me?

-Phil

January Diary

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ…

Thank you so much for your support over the years. I really appreciate it very much and with much prayer, disappointment, and hope it now seems that my album will hit Lifeway in February of 2010.

I hope and pray it comes to pass but in this business you cant be sure of anything until you see it!

I visited Thailand this week and visited the churches there and I can tell you that they are on fire for Christ like no other. Talking to someone in the cab, they want to come to church. Talk to someone at lunch, they want to come to church. People there are so hungry for something different and when they feel the Lord it’s no going back. I spent a week there and reached out to people, supported the churches we have planted, and energized them.

Please pray for Thailand that it continues to grow. The enemy has planted there well, and its a war there like no other.

P

NEW ALBUM COMPLETED Christmas OF 2010

Phil’s first Christian album is finally completed, and God spoke to Phil to give his music out to the world for free.  To help celebrate, please enjoy FREE DOWNLOADS “SAVE ME” & “I’M SO THIRSTY” performed live in Calcutta, India. Download both songs now for free and please feel free to hand them over to a non-believer, that is what my music is for, the struggling Christian.