Founding Verse

EZEKIEL 33:1-7

“The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them and make him their Watchman, and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows the trumpet and warns the people, then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself.
But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life. But if the Watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the Watchman's hand.
So you, son of man, I have made a Watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, “O wicked one, you shall surely die,” and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
- EZEKIEL 33:1-7 (ESV)

A Word from our Founder

“I’m a nobody. Why would God use me?”

Like Gideon and like myself, I recently have been asking questions, “maybe no one will be interested in what I have to say,” “maybe this is just a waste of time because nobody seems all that interested in actually taking the coarse but they still say it’s a great idea.” I often feel like Gideon, a nobody, trying to lead people who have fought in wars, have been injured or seen their fallen brothers on the battlefield.

Who am I to tell them what to be doing? But then I’m reminded that if my fear and discouragement weren’t there then the enemy could probably care less whether I do it or not. The fact that the enemy is trying to flood my brain with these thoughts to discourage me is a good sign that what I’m about to do will change lives for God’s Kingdom. When I’m working behind enemy lines, the most important targets are usually the most heavily defended and have the highest propensity for resistance. Satan will always attack us when he has the most to lose.

Satan wants nothing more than to prevent people from drawing closer to God. He knows the power of stories and personal failures being shared leads to greater love and understanding for our Father. Satan will use any tactic he can to prevent us from sharing what's been weighing on our hearts most because the Enemy knows we’ve been commissioned by the Holy Spirit to share this new part of our story.

“Fear and Isolation are common enemy tactics that we have to be aware of.”

About Me

I accepted Jesus into my life when I was five and I thought I was following God in the way I was supposed to although never quite feeling “different.”

My parents divorced when I was seven. I had anxiety, and I was depressed. I used food as a way to make myself feel good, and there was no shortage of terrible food in the house. I was physically and mentally abused at home and was the brunt of bullying at school.

I was wrestling with real issues, and I always felt like I was alone. Everybody else was too busy pretending to be “good, and school and Church seemed tailored for people who were already “good,” so how was I supposed to grow spiritually and relationally if I could barely function being around others?

In High School, I became even more isolated and outcast. The only connections I found revolved around drugs, binge drinking, pornography, and sex. On the outside I kept the persona of a “good” Christian boy so that nobody would see how broken and disconnected from the Holy Spirit I truly was.

The purpose of this training program is to share with you the experiences I had with the Holy Spirit in my late twenties, how the Holy Spirit sought me out, and the hard road of revelation, forgiveness, and healing I trod while seeking the Lord in a completely new way. I hope you will learn a lot from my story, find commonality in shared suffering, and discover how we can actively seek God’s Kingdom in ways not likely found on Sundays.

Please join us in this experience and be awakened in a way you’ll wish you had been years ago. The time is now. The Holy Spirit wants to work in you, but only if you seek after Him. Practice what it means to live like a Watchman for the Kingdom and you’ll have a reward waiting for you beyond your imagination when the King returns.

Sincerely,

Brett Rogers