JOZI Rocks!!
The final session of an amazing all-day Passion JoBurg ended about an hour ago and my ears are still ringing and my heart is really full. What can I say, Passion loves Africa, and the thought that we came here today with a tidal wave of Indonesian love behind us is quite humbling. Jakarta, your thoughts and prayers lifted us to places we could not have gone without you, so from our Passion team and the 6000 people who filled the world’s longest hall at “The Gallagher” today–THANK YOU!
Honestly, I’m not sure I can sum up today in a simple blog post, but let’s just say from 10AM, when “Hello JoBurg” hit the screens, it was on, and things just kept building right through to the end. And all day long the cross was huge, and the belief that this beautiful nation and it’s people are on the brink of something large, holding in their hands the hope of a nation that very well might be the hope of a continent, fueled our worship.
FEE absolutely blew up the place and the Tomlin crew were, as always-amazing! But this day belonged to a much more massive name and was all about and totally for the fame of Jesus in SA and the world. As the pic shows, Do Something Now was happening here, worship and justice joined, as 2300 blankets were provided for those in need in the Johannesburg area. That was a cool thing and an encouragement for you guys coming to SOLD OUT Cape Town next week to bring one from home for the needy of your city as well.
JoBurg, it’s your turn to pray and keep the wave going around the world. I forgot to mention, but on the inside of your wrist band-thing it says Passion Cape Town, and it would be really sweet if you’d turn yours inside out and keep it on until next Wednesday as a reminder to pray for what God has for us that night.
God is alive in SA and raising up a beautiful generation of God-lovers in this nation. It’s real. It’s His grace. It’s what God is doing. And it’s an awesome thing. We have seen their faces, heard their prayers, felt their love and sensed that they are poised to take their place in this unstoppable Church Jesus is building here and around the globe. And we are with them, and all of you who want to live to make Jesus famous in this generation!
“Take my life and let it be all for You and for Your glory, take my life and let it be Yours!”
Louie and the Passion Team
August 9th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Louie, Chris, Fee, and the whole team…
Thank you thank you thank you…
what a night it has been
Thank you for all the words, and music and encouragement.
Hearing, really hearing the words of Mighty to Save again meant alot,
and this will not leave my mind ever…
“…Take my life and let it be, all for You and for Your glory, take my life and let it be Yours…”
thank you
grace and peace
jv
August 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Since i saw the One day live dvd for the first time i have dreamed of a Passion Event here in SA, and man was today a dream come true beyond expectations!!! All I can do is give glory and honor to God for the power of the cross and for His GRACE written over my life!!! Thank you guys for an awesome day of worshiping and reconnecting with the heart of God!!
I have been following and praying for the world tour thus far, and my inside out bracelet will definitely stay on till Wednesday to keep praying for Cape Town’s event. May the Glory of God go before you guys and prepare the way for what He has planned for the rest of the journey!!
August 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
STUFFED UP HECTIC!!!!!!
most radical time ever, every second was radical and life altering.
From Chris to Fee to Louie all of them were tight, powerful, and all round BRILLIANT.
Can’t wait for next time round, Cape Town your in for a MASSIVE WAVE of GOD!!!!!!!!
peace out
August 9th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Great to hear how God moved in JoBurg today…..praying that the city, nation and continent will see the ripples of God’s grace, reaching far and beyond our wildest imagination. Thanks for the update, Louie. Praying for Cape Town next!!
Look forward to reading SA’s comments……
August 9th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
To the Passion Team .. We love you guys !! Thank you for blessing us tonight… it was awesome!!! All for JESUS and all for HIS glory !!!
August 9th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
WOW!
Thanks team for an amazing experience!
It was so stunning to be with a whole group of other young guys and be able to go “crazy” for God and know it was ok, and to also then know its ok to keep it together too!
What hit home for me was about rededicating your life to Christ vs. surrender. Its been a huge weight for me, and tonight just gave it a better perspective.
As I said- WOW! It was a life changing night for a lot of us, which I hope will let us shine into our city and change this land for God.
Thanks again, I hope everyone gets some well deserved sleep over the next days, that our screaming doesnt ring in your ears and that the move to Cape Town is easy!
GB and thanks again
Shan
August 9th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Hey Hey Hey.
Thank you for the amazing out of this world day. loved every moment.
Thank you Sooooooo much for every thing from the smallest to the greatest you were all amazing.
Had to keep reminding myself that this was the real deal.
FIRE FALL ON JOZI
GREATER THINGS FOR THIS CITY
Cape town you are in for one awesome divine God moment of an encounter. Praying that you are blessed out of the ocean, mountain and South Africa…not literally
Love you guys
Travel safely
August 9th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I just arrived home, after 12 hours of worshiping the one and only God! Thanks Louie for reminding us how AWESOME our God is! The light of God is alive in our city and this is the country for change! The only thing that can keep God from saving this country, is our disbelieve! Today I realised, again, that God can bring change that God can heal and that He is the reason for our being! I truly believe that He can work His magic in SA and imagine what could happen if 6000 believers believe in the same thing…! Thank you Lord for Your grace! You give without receiving! I want this world to know that God lives, His fire is unstoppable and its taking over this nation!
May all my prayers be with Cape Town! Go on Mother City of SA, put a smile on Gods face, cause I’m sure he’s smiling as He is looking at His beautiful from out of Heaven! Our Jesus concord the grave!
Thanks again Louie and team
God bless
August 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I Totally Get It!!!!!! GOD Rocks
Louie, Chris, Fee and everyone that made today an awesome blessing. May you be blessed in your coming and going thorugh out the world.
Cape Town this will make the tremble.
BE BLESSED GOD’S People
August 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
fantastic! I was blown away by it all.
God must have a really great plan for sa.
Thanks for the awesome day, and making sure that we all get it…
Ciao ciao.
August 9th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
I smsed everyone that I knew was there and just said HOW AMAZING WAS THAT!?!?!?
Thanks guys, you absolutely ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
To the Photographer: your photos are stunning!!! Just need to ask what lense were you using for close ups of the band & crowed??
August 9th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Today was amazing! im part of a campus ministry but lately i had been forgettin why we do ministry. i lost compassion for the lost. I had forgotten hw it felt n how God changd my lif wen He saved me. But Ashleys story reminded me how amazin n mighty God is. Our God is mighty 2 save. Thank u for all ur prayers!
August 9th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I only recently surrendered my life to Jesus and what I experienced tonight will change my life forever! Thank you Passion! You guys are really doing amazing work.
PRAISE TO GOD!!!! Thank you for showing me how great our country is.
August 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Wat an amazing, mind-blowing, indescribable experience! Truely a passion conference! The rival has begun and I am so inspired and filled after today! I think I’m overflowing with HIS
August 9th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
“The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit and those who worship him, must worship in spirit and in truth” John 4 v 23 - 24
We are the generation that claims RSA for Christ!!
August 9th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
All of Africa praises God that you took up his banner and that he sent you to visit us, to bring his message so far from the comfort of your own beds.
All praise, honour and glory be to God. My prayer is that every single “Ashley” is turned into “Fruitcakes”, and that God will use all of us “nutters” to get it done.
Thank you to all the Passion team for an awesome worship event that put the Glory of God up as high as us mere humans can get it. GLORY TO GOD FOREVER
August 9th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Ek dink die hele 6000 mense vat vanaand da was sal met my saam stem die hele dag was INDESCRIBIBLE!! There is no one like our GOD…
Die worship was iets uit ‘n ander wereld, dit het nog noit so “real” gevoel om die Here se naam so Groot te maak soos wat ons vanaand gedoen het nie. Mag Kaapstad die genade van God woensdag voel nes ons vandag gedoen het. Danki vi almal wat vandag moontlik gemaak het en spesifiek vir ons Almagtige Vader. Amen
August 9th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Wat an amazing, mind-blowing, indescribable experience! Truely a passion conference! The rival has begun and I am so inspired and filled after today! I think I’m overflowing with HIS spirit at the moment! Its all about HIM!!!! Just to see all these young people like me pray, cry and worship…..ohm damn, wow!!! Thank you Louie, Chris, Fee and every one at this event! Amazing! Great how God works! HIS grace is enough!!!!!!!! Praise HIS Holy Name!!!!!!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I cannot thank you guys enough for coming here. Today was an answer to a prayer I wasn’t sure God was going to answer in the near future. We came as a group from Pretoria and it became obvious during the trip to Jozi that the devil wasn’t too keen on us going to Passion (broken car, miraculous escape from accident). I can see now why. God reached me and my friends in new ways and places I didn’t know existed in my spiritual being. Cape Town we Pray for you guys, Louie and the Bands and everyone else involved, we’re praying for you too.
Keep it up and be blessed and a blessing.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
WoW!
Once again!
Looks like Joberg was amazing!!!
God is so Awesome and He sure made this world a place of beauty!
Every city Passion has been to has the most beautiful people in them (that is outward and it sure looks like inward as well!!!) God’s beauty is shining on each and every face!!!
Our Awesome God does do “all” things well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again,
Thanks so much for the update!
With Much Love and Many Prayers!
God Bless
P.S. Can’t wait for the next podcast!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
flippin the most meaning full msgs an awsome well hook up program, u guys totally rocks SA’s spirtual world wit the msg’s u brought an music thankx alot to all the passion guys an girls God Bless
August 9th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Thank you guys for a wonderful time and I will be praying for guys and your second led of the south african tour and may cape town rock you as much as we did he tonite in Joburg
Greater seen are still to be done to this city and we will sing sing sing of his his Glory, for He is mighty to save.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Passion was freakin hot!!!
There is nothing else Worth living for.. but JEsus!!
Yeah!!!
Keep it real!!!!
D-man!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Absolutely Awesome! Thanks and may God bless Passion.
We Pray for Cape Town!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Oh, and I’ve never been so happy to be called a fruitcake
Hooray!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
hey Suid-Afrika…Wat ‘n awesome dag!!!ma kan net vi Jesus dankie se vir so ongelooflike geleentheid!dankie Jesus…! en SA gaan nou uit en gaan vertel die wereld…”that Jesus lives and that he died for them!” “grace is God at work!”
August 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
I just want to say…today i finally GOT IT!!!
(and i’m in ministry training…gosh)
thank you so so so much passion team…
I’m gonna live to make JESUS famous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lavya:-)
Ps…we are sooo gonna rock this blog!!!
Pss…notice how i didn’t use L-O-L anywhere:-)
August 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
God is so HUGE and so amazing and Jesus is the highest name we will ever have the privilege of singing about and we just got to do it for 12 hours! I am so humbled by grace, even though I know about it, sung about and even spoken to others about it before, I was once again brought to my knees at how truly amazing God’s grace and love for us actually is. South Africa and the world is in for a revival with our generation rising up to take its place for Jesus’ fame and God’s glory. How truly incredibly awesome it is that I along with the 6000 people there tonight get to stand in the front lines for God, the hope of Africa rests in us SA, through Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Thank You so so very very much to everyone who contributed to today!! Passion.. wow! Just imagine how many lives will be touched by what went down in JHB today! Thank you
August 9th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Oh, can you hear it?
It’s the song of the redeemed
The pursuit of passion for the One who set us free
Oh can you hear it?
We’re crying out for more
So listen to our song
It’s turning into a holy roar
A holy roar!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
Two words…”Yes Lord!”
Praying for my home town CPT…answer the call guys
August 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Powerful
Greater things are already happening in the City Jozi, God is moving and its amazing.
Praying for His wonders in Cape Town,
Thanking God for you guys saying “YES LORD”
May your flame continue to glorify Him.
Much love
August 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
What an awesome experience to volenteer today. Giving is the best way of receiving. Today lit my fire Jesus again. To all the people behind the scenes… Thank you. How Great is our God
August 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
THIS IS CRAZY! I just posted on the other wall and then it suddenly hit me that Jo-Burg had already wrapped up, so I got back on and here is the post! That’s time differences for you. Anyway, how incredibly awesome to see in rapid fire how God is moving all over this world… MAY HIS KINGDOM COME!
You all in SA are in my heart and prayers!
In Him,
Christis Joy
P.S. Now I can go listen to the Podcast from Asia (I am soo behind ;).
August 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
WOW WOW WOW. wat ‘n belewenis om die dag by passion deur te bring. Thanx 4 everyone who made it possible.
For greater things is stil to come in this city !!!!!!!!
Keep the Faith !!!!
Dewald
August 9th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Hey Louie and the team
We were volunteers today and just want to say thank you for the awesome privilege to be able to share in the good work that you guys are doing amongst the students.
Thank you for your faithfulness and obedience as servants in God’s plan - so that we can all learn, benefit and grow in Christ.
onemillioncan.com … as this million can so the people of SA will continue to be the hope of Africa.
Praise God that He is our God and we are His people!!!!
from the fruitcakes! xxxxx
August 9th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
What a mind blowing event! Seeing over 6000 people praising our Lord in one place is a real sight for sore eyes and hearts!
Thank you to the ENTIRE Passion Team for your obedience to His call!
Louie,
your messages cut straight through all the junk and hit a spot in my heart that make His word come alive and real. I have never had a real rolemodel in my life, but I can safely say that you became one for me today. Not because you speak well, or give awesome sermons, but there is a humility in you that is inspiring beyond measure. You give the glory straight bach to Jesus, which quite frankly no worldly role models do!
Big ups to you all!
Jesus IS alive and yes we belong to HIM!
All God’s wonderful blessings
Nino
August 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Passion was a power packed presentation of God’s grace! Radical, Moving, Spectacular are but some words that can try and explain the grace of our Wonderful God! All Glory and Praise goes to our King! IT’S TIME FOR OUR GENERATION TO MAKE JESUS FAMOUS!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
This was an awesome day!!!!
Enjoyed it so much,
keep it going guys
Jesus Love..
Keepin HIS NAME HIGH!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Louie and the passions team!!
this was the most amazing night ever!! Thank you for helping us remember that God loves us so much and that we should now share this love, and for just giving us an ooprtunity to go craze for Jesus, and showing us to make it last!!!! I will be praying for Cape Town and I will wear my wristband til Wednesdayy!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys are awsome and thank you for everything, it was indescribable!!!!!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Amen!
Every knee will bow and every tongue confess!
All the glory to God!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
The most amazing experience, really, thanks guys!
‘Sing, sing sing!’
Thanks Chris, still no words… indescribeable!!!
That God chose to bless us here in JHB with you all and this awesome experience. We are truly blessed! May it be a catalyst for even greater things! (which is gonna be a huge order after today)
Got no doubts though!
We hope to see you back soon!!!!!!
Love you guys!!!!
God bless!
Safe journey.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Keep it up Passion Team!
God is moving… I can definitely feel/see it back here in my own city & state and then on top of seeing and feeling what is going on in the WORLD is amazing.
This is just a glimpse of what God can do in bringing us all together- for His renown!
Awaiting the next blog, podcast, etc.
-throughHislens
August 9th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Passion… the whole team!!!
First I want to Thank God for sending you guys!!! Ever since i gave my heart to Jesus last year, i have been longing for a whole day of worship and praise where i can just go crazy!! just a day to bring glory to God, to give thanks for all He has done for me!! So thank you for being here!! Hope you’ll come twice next year or stay the whole weekend!!
Your music has been a great instrument which the Lord uses to talk to me!! you won’t believe it!! God is just awesome! Thank you for “serving” in the Kingdom of God!!
Today’s word and music will touch the rest of my life!!
LET’S SHINE FOR JESUS!!
LET’S SHINE FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
wow… These blogposts rock!! I just knew that something awesome was going to happen in JHB today… Praise Jesus Christ for all that He has done!
Cape Town and the Bellville Velodrome is counting the minutes till Wednesday, Aug 13th @ 19:00
August 9th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
“sing, sing, sing”! what a song to be blessed with!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Hi Louie
It was the most amazing day ever! Thank you for the great message!… Now we can only say: “YES LORD”!
Letting our light SHINE for the last 5 seconds of our lives!
Will be praying for you and Cape Town this week!
C Ya
August 9th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Wow!! Wow!! Wow!!
We were really challenged and re-ignited at the same time!!
My voice is gone, but I have my passion back!! Praise God!
PS: Fee, you rocked!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
WOW! AWESOME & INDESCRIBABLE. Thank You Louie, Chris and the team - God bless you.
To our brothers and sisters from Jakarta - thank you for your prayers - Joburg truly rocked today.
GO Passion Cape Town - we’re praying for you.
My prayer is for our beautiful nation and its people to ‘be out of our minds for the sake of Jesus Christ’
Shine your light and let the whole world see we’re singing for the glory of the Risen King
August 9th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I wish i could be at Johannesburg…
I’m glad to hear that a great story has been done at Johannesburg….
and i was very happy that Jo’Burg have enjoyed the Grace of Jesus..
joBurg, greater things are still to be done at Jo’Burg… ^^
until i post this comment i still wear the wristband… (i think i’ am gonna wear this wristband as long as i can… hohoho…. ^^)
Love for Johannesburg South Africa from Indonesia!!!!!
God Bless All nations and passion teams…. ^^
August 9th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Woah tonight was off the chain, it was loud and passionate, i get the name now, the bands were both awesome not to mention the word, it hits you like a brick blown out a cannon man
Our prays are out to CT and the rest of the tour stops as well as those out there the blankets are going towards, God will always provide and he’ll always be there
P.S… Fruitcake for Christ baby, its your move now !!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Wow, today was so amazing!
Thanks you guys for coming to Jozi and sharing this wonderful message with us, it really touched our hearts and especially Ashley’s story… It reminds me of the story of the woman who brought a flask filled with precious perfume and poured it out on Jesus head… Jesus said:”wherever this good news is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will be told also, in memory of her.” Wow girl, your story are bringing glory to our Lord, all over the world everywhere it is told! May all of our lifes be like that, whether in living or dying, that it can be said while we lived we lived such a life that brought glory to God!
Cape Town hold onto your seats cause this wave is going to hit hard, we are praying for you guys!
Blessings.
S
August 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
guys
i just want to thank God for What you guys are doing for the youth of the world God is really using you guys in a “mighty to save way” and all glory to God.
God is really shaking this new generation of south - Africa and we thank you guys for being part of it!
Praise God!!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
“Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.” Psalm 117
We were as one in worship tonight and I am certain that angels rejoiced with us as hearts and minds were reached by Jesus through the Passion event.
Thank you to everyone who made it happen, your faithfulness is sure to be rewarded in heaven.
The words of Chris Tomlin’s song, “God of this City” really struck a chord with me tonight;
“For greater things
Have yet to come
And greater things
Are still to be done in this city”
We were born for such a time and place as this, let us make Jesus famous in our city, in our country and throughout the world, for as we sang tonight, “He is mighty to save.”
I will be praying for everyone at the Cape Town event.
May the spirit of our Lord be with you all.
AD
August 9th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
WOW! Thank you for serving, giving and sharing your passion for God with us in Jo’burg! The time spent together with the Passion team was awesome and blessed. God is huge and yet He cares about the small, sincere parts of our lives that we bring in worship before Him - through the teaching and songs at the Passion tour event there were ‘magnifyer’ moments where I realized how God sees what I do and who I am before Him. All the Glory, all the honour and all the praise to God almighty! For His glory; my life for God’s glory. Where He calls or send I shall go. Thank you for your encouragement and the witness you bear by your lives.
I am praying for you and the rest of the tour. (Cape Town included.)
Blessings in abundance in Jesus.
Amjé.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
From The Mighty Men’s conference, to this passion tour, we can clearly see that God is in Africa.
Joburg: City of Gold, centre of the Rainbow Nation. Heart of Africa. For you I have 2 words: “Yebo Nkosi”
Thanks to the Passion crew for all the hard work that went into delivering the most awesome event that many of us have ever experienced. May your ministry grow deeper and more fruitful with each passing moment.
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Nkosi, sikelel’ iAfrika;
Malupakam’upondo lwayo;
Yiva imitandazo yetu
Usisikelele.
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Lord, bless Africa;
May her horn rise high up;
Hear Thou our prayers And bless us.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Hi to Louie and the whole passion team!!!!
I totally loved the show! The only problem I have now is to figure out how to explain what happened today to my friends…
Anyway, thanks for the most amazing day of my life!!! Our God is Amazing and indescribable!!!!
And a big thanks to Chris Tomlin and FEE for the Awesome Praise and Worship.
I will be praying for your show in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Today I said YES LORD!!! Let’s make Jesus famous!!!
“Take my life and let it be all for You and for Your glory, take my life and let it be Yours!”
I wish you all of God’s LOVE an GRACE!!!
Cheers!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Amen to all the response from above!
Amen to the whole tour so far!
I can’t wait for you to land in Vancouver, CANADA on the World Tour!
We are so excited for you to take over our city for one night!
58 days and counting!
Let’s lift up the name of Jesus in our generation!
Praying for you as you embark to your last stop on leg 2 of the World Tour in Cape Town! Many Blessings!
In His Glorious Name,
Mike
August 9th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Facebook -268 generation south-africa group! lets keep this going!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
“Have you heard of facebook” he asks…pfff Louie you rascal you
August 9th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
WOW!, Breath-taking, ministry in its truest form=lives SOLD FOR JESUS and for His Glory and His fame in this generation. I was remained of a vision I had on the picture of Heaven composed of people from every Nation and Tribe, gathered in one place to give glory and honor to this King over ALL-JESUS. May our generation leave a mark in History as those that were not only Hearers of God’s Word but Doers of It, bringing His Kingdom through the lives we live and making them count for eternity.
With all that said….THANK YOU LOUIE, CHRIS, FEE and the team for pulling this whole event together to re-ignite the passion in us to keep going… holding fast till the end! And to my Brothers and sisters “Big-ups” for coming through- to all my UJ People and Wits Buddies…Yeah, Yeah!
August 9th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
What an amazing day! Our ears are still ringing!! What a priviledge to have been a part of passion Johannesburg 2008! What a priviledge to be proudly South African and to belong to Jesus!
God is so great and as the lyrics go “there is still great things to be done in this city” we cannot wait to be the pioneers of it!
We believe that we have a climate of hope, a currency of faith an we live in peace!
Our lives were greatly impacted by this day and all that happened! Cape Town… Brace yourselves!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
AMAZING GRACE!!!!!Those two words sum up the experience I had tonight at PASSION-JOZI.
Two important verses the first one Africa needs to know and believe as a continent
1) Isaiah 43 v18-21, and for everyone else reading
2) 2Corinth 5 v 21
MAXIMUM love, dina.
August 9th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Shoo! I can’t believe that I’m still up all because I cannot get over the awesome experience I had today at Passion Jo-burg.
I got there just realising a lot of my sin and after a lot of ’should I go or shouldn’t I go… have a test on Monday…’, I’m glad that I made the choice of going and I know that many had that decision to make. Oh yes!
I’m taken by all the experience but my greatest prayer for all is that I hope the event was not just a spiritual high experience. Instead I hope people continue to live for the glory of God in the “jungle” we live in. May we be relevent to the “Ashlys” in our lives, may we not be afraid to be the “Fruit cakes” as we are making a difference even when it does not show immediately or the way we expect it to. The grace of God is sufficient for all.
Oh my goodness! I just want to go on and on but I would not finish. May all be compelled by Christ’s love because you were convinced by the promises, reminders or realisations.
Cape Town get ready!!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
woooooooooooooow
OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!!
INCREDIBLE!!
PRAISE THE LORD!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I often say silly things without focussing on the real big issues (even to they are there in my mind, just not in the fore) and come across as ignorant… but I’m not, I think, so forgive me.
anyway… I didn’t know nothing about nothing. It just so happened that sometime very early on This year Carol showed us the Dvd of Louie (Love that guys energy on stage… he’s not trying at all. like he was meant to be there telling us so passionately about the one thing that matters the most… JESUS… CHRIST). Right, so I was saying about the Dvd I saw of Louie early in the year was in Church (Courtesy to Pastor Carol, of His People Wits universty) and you were talking about astronomy and related it to God and his wonderful his creation is… Iwas truely touched like you can’t belive! And tonight when you came through and was there I cried at the end when “Indecribable - Amazing God” was played. you opend up my through out, and answered alot of my questions. I’m one of those people, who commited, recommitted and recommitted after that… and after that, and I was nearing a stage where I was losing hope in myself. Now Iknow to have faith in Jesus, not me… only he can fix me (YHO, YHO, YHO!… AM i MESSED UP, or rather messing up!) but yeah, it’s a process, I’ll get there!
anyway thank you, sorry for writing such a long letter/ comment!
laterz!
Thank you so much ya’ll!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
AMEN….
KINDA FORGOT THAT!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Dear passion,
We love Jesus in you, Chris-u r hidden in Christ and the love of Jesus pours out of yr heart in a way I’ve never seen in worshipper before. Louie & Chris yr humility is “indescribable” -was blown way. Thank u for making His renown the beat of yr hearts.
Keep a blaze in His passion!!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Yo!!!!!!!!!!!
It!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rocked!!!!!!
Awesome day! Will never forget it.
See you again in SOUTH AFRICA.
Thanks again,
The Botswana Gang!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
This was Totally awesome!
The praise and worship, excellent!
The bands WOOOOOW! That was fun!
Will miss you guys!
Have a wonderful Passion World Tour further!
God bless you richly for what you have brought us.
All the way from Hartbeespoort Dam!
Die Bossies
August 9th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
congrats to Jozi passion…i had kept u guys in my prayer and im glad n amazed how God work in the tour and let’s pray together for the next stop,Cape town….
Jesus rocks….
=)
cactus,
malaysia….
August 9th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
‘take my life and let it be, all for you and for your glory, take my like and let it be yours’.
Being a christian doesn’t make me a better person than any other. I was dead but God brought me to life and the life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ who loved me to help me as a dead person.
I dont want to live a 5 second life but one of eternity… Reminder to all.
Its amazing how God brings nations together all for HIS glory.
August 9th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanx for an AMAZING day!!!
I believe that it was a wonderful message that got thru to a lot of people.
Blessings with the rest of the tour.
ALL the PRAISE to our KING!!!!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
So good to hear the wonderful praises of this event….Nehemiah 41: “When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, 2 and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria , he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble-burned as they are?” 4 Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. . . . 6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.TODAY is about our calling when we are half way there — when the wall of our ministry and life is half built. Almost every song speaks in some way to this crossroads, the place where we could turn back from exhaustion or discouragement from the taunts of our enemies, or continue in the grace and strength of God. It’s at this junction that God calls us to be worshipping warriors, not fighting battles as the world does, but in purity as sons and daughters of the Most High. Our Faithful Father is inviting us to dream again, even though some of our dreams have died. In light of that, we make the Joshua choice today and say “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!” We don’t make this choice just for our lives, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE GENERATIONS TO COME, AND TO LINK UP WITH THE GENERATIONS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US!”(Brian Doerksen, Worship Leader)~~marye, atlanta, ga
August 9th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Wow! absolutely mind blowing hey, a completely different, insightful and creative approach to amazing worship through awesome bands and an un-believable crowd.. passion rocks!
to Louie, Chris, Fee and all the organisers - you are the driving force behind the inspiration of a previously hopeless generation, thank-you doesn’t effectively put my gratitude into words
August 9th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Praise God for what is happening!! I am behind in taking all of the new things that are transpiring. But It brings great joy to my spirit to be a part and to be able to be connected in prayer!!
August 9th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
looks like God’s grace has overflowing JoBurg!!!!
AMazing =)
Julie,
Jakarta
August 9th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
AMAZING!!!
we’ve sang, we’ve listened, we’ve cried, we’ve prayed! we’ve laughed, we’ve danced… we’ve praised..we’ve been - touched!
ohhhh how it is that God does what He does..
thank you passion for visiting joburg..
thanks to God we could be there!
CAPE TOWN get ready!!!! really!
we praying that God continues to do His thing among your midst.
August 9th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
may God bless J’burg. Let His presence flows through ur city
August 9th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
it’s great to know joburg got the golry.
keep thiss going guys.
believe somtihng big will happen.
God is great, He is the one.
INDONESIA
August 10th, 2008 at 12:08 am
wow…
JoBurg 6000 ??
that’s our pray from jakarta - indonesia..
we’ll pray for Cape Town !
SA rocks !
August 10th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Whoo HOO!!!
What an AWESOME DAY!!! Thanx to Louie, Chris, Fee, and the whole team!!!! May God BLESS you guys, all the best for the rest of the tour!!
GOD IS AWESOME!!! He is MIGTHY to save!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Passion THAT was not just for students.. So glad we volenteerd and had the most emotional day ever, if only we could experience yesterday in our churches every Sunday this country would be a better place.
The power of music and prayer is amazing… the words:
“take my life and let it be, all for you and your glory, take my life and let it be yours” will dwell in our hearts forever.
Thanx Passion, Chris Tomlin & Fee and we pray for Cape Town (may they feel the presence of God as strongly as we did) and where ever you guys go.. God Rocks
God Bless
VS
August 10th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Woke up this morning after 12hours solidly with Jesus, and in His presence, an dI’m so excited to go to church today and carry that passion over to my community!!
Isn’t this all that South Africa needs? I love my coutry and pray that God will turn SA around to one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Thank you, passion, for including us, South Africans, into your world tour! My “match” was lit up yesterday at Gallagher Estate… never to be forgotten or blown out!!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Yes Lord!!
I only heard about Passion from a couple of friends about a week before, ond WOW I’m glad I put previous plans aside and spent the day with GOD! The whole day was absolutely amazing with the presence of God moving in the hearts of everyone there.
The message was so simple yet so compelling, I praise God for the way that He speaks though His servants.
One of my prayers is that as we all start this brand new day we will remember God’s Glory and shine for Him, now and for the rest of our lives. Lives that would not have a purpose were it not for GOD!!
You are amazing Lord and I love you and want to live my life for you!
God bless JOZI!
CAPE TOWN, prepare for God to move in your city!!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:25 am
WOW!!!!! i dont know if i have ever had such an amazing doy!!! from when it started God started changing my heart, and bing glorified in my life!! Passion…that was A-MAZING!!!!! it was so awesome to be joined in one heart as we worshiped the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!!!!!
you guys have big God backing you up as you go, he is all-powerful!!!! he is going to change the world!!!!
‘Fee-you were amazing! i’m going out to get your CD< and Chris, you were better then ever! far outweighed all my expectations, and they were high! and Louie…WOW!!! you are an anointed man, and it is amazing to see someone walking completely in Gods will!!! keep his light shining!!! im going to let mine shine all the more brighter for him now!!!
Cape Town! be ready!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanx for coming to our beautiful country! and come back!!
Greater things are yet to come, and greater things are still to be done In this city’-starting with me!
God bless
August 10th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Woke up this morning with last night still in my mind…! It was a priviledge and honour to volunteer - Daniella(spelling)from media team was great to meet you. Louis your team from passion are great and truly dedicated to serving the Lord in this massive movement - true passion for Christ.
We claim South Africa for You God and place it at Your feet,may these students stand on the rock to proclaim Your name and love all the ‘Ashleys’ out there - we need more fruitcakes for God!!!
Chris & your band what can I say but you are soooo blessed in song and humility.
Enjoy your outing today all of you
God bless and see you soooonnnn pleez..(how about starting a Passion church here for us..????)
Cape Town - be expectant and more to receive the touch of Jesus - He loves you all :))
August 10th, 2008 at 1:36 am
WOW!
What an awesome God we serve!
I am forever changed!
All for him and for His glory!
Love u Passion!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:44 am
WOW- what can i say?
We really cannot fathom how great our God is now can we? this passion tour reminds me of what i felt when i watched the opening of the Olympic games 2008- when you watch all the nations march into the stadium, you cant help but think “How great is our God”- He loves everyone, all the nations of the world, and holds it all togehter!!!
much love from JOZI!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:45 am
To the Passion Team
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a TRULY AWESOME GOD WE HAVE!!!!!!!!!!
I pray your message will sweep through all the nations of the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are praying for Cape Town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:46 am
How awesome? How unbelievable? How utterly MINDBLOWING!? The Spirit of God was so alive and *is* so alive in every person that was there yesterday!
Thank You Father for letting me be a part of it!
Praying for Capetown!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:46 am
All I can say is Wow! What a jol,
Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was amazing, I’ve never had so much fun!!!!!!!
Thank You Passions Team!!
Come Back VERY SOON!
Glory TO GOD!
FOREVER!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:47 am
wowwowwow!
love
what an amazing day!!
thanks for the experience, it made everything so clear - it’s not about us!
come back to SA, you’re amazing, and what you are doing for Africa in your campaigns is an inspiration that we can help make a change in a broken country…
TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE ALL FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR GLORY, TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE YOURS!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Glad to hear that JoBurg rocked last night!
I still got JoBurg on my wrist anyway!
Thanks to HIM, our mighty SAVIOUR, the amazing GOD!
JESUS CHRIST, yes He is!
Lots of love from Jakarta, Indonesia!
August 10th, 2008 at 1:59 am
Passion was absolutely FANTASTIC! The worship was literally indescribable and the messages re-affirmed so many things and opened my eyes to so many others. God is moving in South Africa.
Thanks to everyone that was involved in bringing it to Johannesburg. It was awesome!
“YES LORD…”
August 10th, 2008 at 2:01 am
OH WOW!
Thanks Passion, Louie, Fee, Chris Tomlin and all the rest!!!!
It was absolutely amazing!!!
WE will keep on praying for the rest of the tour!
Let Jesus work miracles so that this generation will make a huge impact!!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:11 am
My dearest brothers and sisters of Passion,
Can one be speechless with awe and yet at the same time feel ready to explode with words telling of and praising our God for His greatness, glory and love? I am!
I do and will always count Passion Jo’burg as one of the greatest days of my life. Paul may have been taken up into heaven during his life where he saw indescribable things, but I got to go to Passion and I’m not complaining! God blazed His glory into my heart yesterday and gave me an experience of His awesomeness that set me on fire for Him and for the fame of Jesus like I have never been.
I had joined the 268 Generation a few years ago, but then was rocked my a series of life changing storms. Although my love for God remained, I never felt the sold-out fire blaze in my heart as strong as it had before the storms. Yesterday at Passion God revived the passion for Him that I had those years ago and gave me an even greater passion, one that will blaze on through both joy and pain!
To Louie and everyone of the team, I love you and my heart is knitted together with yours. I will carry you in my heart and prayers always. Thank you with all I am! I pray that God will allow our paths to cross again many more times in this life.
Louie, if you read this, please get my email off the blog register and send me an email. God has placed an idea in my heart that I hope will see Passion grow in its international influence for the fame of Jesus. It may be a lone shot to get you to contact me this way, but if God’s great enough to handle that!
Mike, even though I’ve never met you, because of the story of your daughter and what Jesus has done in my life, I can truly say that I love you and will be praying for you.
The words “Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to God forever…” echo through my soul.
Glory to God! Praise His name! May the fame of Jesus spread like a wild-fire from our lives!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Sorry for the type-os!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Life changing!!!!! WOW! Amazing!!
“And my God will meet all your needs according to his riches in Christ Jesus”
Phil. 4:19
Thank You Passion for coming to our city Jo’burg!!
Thank You Jesus for loving me JUST THE WAY I AM!!!!!!
Glory to God!!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:20 am
PASSION PASSION PASSION GOD AWESOME PASSION OH SO WOW PASSION YES JESUS!!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:26 am
Woaoh, the conference was off the hook, when i first heard that David Crowdre ain’t comin, i was very dissapointed but FEE was awesome they really impressed me and louie DUDE you were awesome
August 10th, 2008 at 2:28 am
What a great day! One we will remember forever!
Thank You God our Father!
Thank You Jesus our Saviour!
Thank You Holy Spirit of our God!
Thank You!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:45 am
hi JoBurg..
have u seen the “INDONESIA…(clap..clap..)” short video??is that cool??hahahaha..
I was so happy to know that there are so many people in JOBurg was blessed.. I keep praying for JoBurg..and God answered it!! so dont forget to pray for the next Country..Let us be a HAPPY BIG FAMILY in JESUS..
GOD BLESS JOBURG!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Lord, I just want to thank you for all the change that you have brought to people’s lives and the change that is still to come. You are the driver to all of this. I am so encouraged by all the blogs that I have been reading this morning. I’m thankful for all the prayers from Indonesia and I pray for Cape Town too. They dont know what is coming for them… How great is OUR God indeed - every nation… I trully am dying to share about Jesus at the same time being relevent. Its all about You Lord and Your glory.
I pray for the team and bands too in all the preparations and the rest of the tour… Lives are changing even today.
Amen
August 10th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I get it.
Thanks Louis,Fee and Chris and all of the Passion Team. To hear that I can surrender it all instead of just rededicating is well beyond awsome. Last night ROCKED beyond my wildest dreams and I will be praying for you guys, Cape Town and the rest of the world. Thanks again guys.
GOD’S Grace to you all
August 10th, 2008 at 2:49 am
I got it and it got me!!!
And I cant wait to get more!!!!!!!
Thanks guys…May God bless your journey for His glory.
A bit of love from UJ-kampus
August 10th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Hey Passion team..
All i can say is WOW..thats the only thing that comes to mind!..what an awesome life changing experience it was!!..GLORY TO GOD! GLORY TO GOD! GLORY TO GOD! FOREVER!!…
Oi to our brothers in Cape town..this is gonna knock your socks off!..:)
God is good! enjoi!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:52 am
This event really rocked and rocked my spirit! Thanks to God for ur grace and for using the Passion team and all ur people around the world for showing me urself again in a new and amazing way. This concert did not disappoint! I prayed that i wouldnt just praise and walk away the untouched and God was faithful to answer my prayer! GLORY TO GOD>FOREVER!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:54 am
thank you very much for coming to SA…i had the best time of my life..just dedicating my whole day to Jesus..was actually the most benefiting choice ever..i would NEVER trade for anything for yesterday….Ashley story was amaizing….and hey who said CHRISTIANS arent so COOOOOL???
Thank u father 4 making yesterday possible,i wish all those who do know Jesus were there….glory to god
August 10th, 2008 at 2:55 am
“Then i will give them a heart to know Me, that i am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and i will be their God for they shall return to me with their whole heart.” Jeremiah 24:7
6000 people yesterday declared the Glorious Jesus as our God with all our hearts.
Thanks to the entire Passion team on tour and back in Atlanta not to forget the many SA volunteers and the local team for an amazing day. We praise God for the blessing that he has poured out on us through you.
Jakarta, thanks for your prayers, Cape Town get ready for something BIG.
August 10th, 2008 at 2:57 am
WOW WOW WOW!!! my heart still feels like burstin from yesterday’s experience!!! GOD IS SO AMAZING!!!! this was definatelly the most i’ve ever sung in a day and my voice is almost gone today!
i wont forget this day….going crazy 4 God 2getha with 6000 ppl!! there’s nothing like it
turned around my wrist band and will be praying for u CT! be EXPECTANT of what God is going to do on wednesday!
Glory to God…forever!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:58 am
GLORY to GOD
GLORY to GOD
GLORY to GOD
FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks guys (Passion) , for touching thousands of people’s lives and may we all be dissiples for Jesus and spread the name!!!!!!
AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cape Town: “It’s coming, and it is BIG!!!!!”
August 10th, 2008 at 3:03 am
WOW WOW WOW
It’s not about Louis, it’s about GOD! It’s not about the band, it’s about Jesus! For about 6000 people to get that at once is absolutely amazing.
Thank you so much Passion team for all your work and love and passion. AND thank you DAD, for being so amazing, amazing, amazing and making all this happen…it’s for YOU!
I really learnt a lot about myself and about how it’s important to be “in my right mind” for the sake of others even when I’m bursting with the amzing realization of grace. It’s not that easy to be a “normal fruitcake”!
We are truely living in exciting times in SA right now. Christians are surrendering fully to Christ and claiming this nation for Him. “Loftus for Jesus” is also still fresh in my mind…may these meetings together be the fuel for building the “greater things that are yet to come”!
Cape Town…many of us here in Gauteng know some of you that will be there on Wednesday. We pray that the Lord will really meet you where you’re at and that you can be set on fire for him and his word and burst to share it with the student around you who “have no clue”!
OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:05 am
WOW!!!!! I was in such awe of God last night Thank you!!!
God has been taking me on a journey over the last month or so and yesturday was really a HUGE turning point in my life.
All I can say is “Glory to God
Glory to God
Glory to God, Forever”
Not sure if I’ve got my bow just yet God still has alot of work to do but I am definately willing A my knot is made =o)
Thank you Passion for allowing God to shine His light through you!
Get ready CT God is going to deliver in a big way
God bless =o)
August 10th, 2008 at 3:06 am
WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW !!!
All we can say still tired after yesterday’s session !
Welcome to Africa and we will be on our kness for Capetown …
August 10th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Wow.
Passion Jozi sounds amazing!!
God bless South Africa..
In Christ,
lois
[jakarta]
p.s. You guys are so lucky to have FEE over there!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:07 am
AMAZING!!! WOW!!! AWESOME!!
Glory to God for He is… Dont have words to express my excitement and joy that i feel at the moment.
Just like fruit cake, I believe my heart has been opened at this passion tour and for the first time I truely believe I worshiped with all my heart.
Praise be to God, and bless the passion guys for the rest of the tour and bless CT for the turn to experience the awesomeness of God and the Power of Jesus… WHAT A NAME!!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Ah my Jesus!
I am sure that everyone has said what I am about t say, but I was REALLY blessed yesterday!!!!!!!!!!
I have been in Joburg for a month now; I come from Cape Town and the company I work for has sent me here on training. This place has been a MASSIVE place of groth for me, and although I was really sceptical about coming here God has changed my mindset unbelievably.
I was driven into the city from Potchefstroom on Friday afternoon and as I saw the city appear in the horizon, I just BURST into tears and atrated speaking in a tongue I have never heard or spoken before. I was driving and crying my eyes out! I could not understand what was going on and asked ABBA, and he said he is giving me a love for Joburg; The same love I have fr my Cape Town; and that it is spreading to a deep love for Africa.
Loiue, I was honoured to hear the messages you brought yessterday. The Holy Sprirt was convicting me of my light, my lack of shining in the dark .To take his light, the ministry of reconciliation, to the los and dead world! God spoke to me about in January before I started working for the company who prodcues SA’s electricity… (You all know who that is…)
Thank you, and again thank you, for living for Him. ALL for him.
I read your blog on Thursday, the one you ended, All for Jesus.
That hit me squarely in the chest.
i have my ticket… I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN MY HOME TOWN ON WEDNESDAY… passion cape town here we come. Joburg is praying Cape Town!!!!!
God bless! For his fame. Shining for his glory!
Rob
August 10th, 2008 at 3:20 am
wow!!! what a wonderful day of spending quality cracy chilling time with God.
a day filled with worship and the CROSS, laughter and the CROSS, fellowship and the CROSS, word and the CROSS. a day filled with JESUS and the CROSS. THANX JESUS!!!!!
To Louie, Chris and his crew, Fee, and all the beautifull pasion people thanx for your obedience and availibility. Keep on shining!!!!!!!
your brother in CHRIST!!!
johan
August 10th, 2008 at 3:25 am
thank you passion for coming to our city and shining your light on us, and in doing so inspiring me to shine my light in my campus. i can’t tell you what in means to hear some of the words to songs i love so much and new songs just saying what is on my heart. Fee i didn’t know you until last night but your words were so powerful that i’m rushing out to go buy yuor CD. Chris you were amazing i can’t even tell you how much your songs moved me - especially indescribale. Louie thank you so much for your words what an encouragement and conviction all in one.
cape town be ready couse something awesome is coming!!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:25 am
guys!
so cool.
and how encouraging!
yay!
lets be the answer to our prayers.
lets shine together… in the city
August 10th, 2008 at 3:25 am
What an AWESOME day! I am so awed by the work God is doing in this country and in the hearts of those who love him. Jesus is going to turn this country around!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Hi Louie & the Passion Team
PRAISE GOD! WOW! What an awesome experience. This was by far the most extraordinary youth event we have ever attended. Besides all the lights and cool music it was deffinately life changing!
We know and sense that God has a major plan in this timefor this generation of young people to be saved, filled with the fire of God and to proclaim the Gospel of Love of Jesus Christ!
Thank you so much for being obedient to God’s call for your life and thank you for coming to SA! We will deffinately be praying for Cape Town.
God bless you and the Passion Team.
August 10th, 2008 at 3:28 am
AMAZING GRACE!!!
How GREAT it was!
Praying for you guys in Cape Town, may GRACE abound even more!
Blessings
August 10th, 2008 at 3:28 am
The entire team at Passion Johannesburg I want to thank you for the AMAZING night you really changed my life!!!!
I will keep you guys in my prayers!!! Ma JESUS bless you in the wonderfull work you do Glorifying the name of JESUS CHRIST!!!
GLORY TO GOD
GLORY TO GOD
GLORY TO GOD
FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!!!!!!
God bless!!!
Michael
August 10th, 2008 at 3:31 am
Yesterday was a great privalige to praise an AWESOME God with so many other brothers and sisters.
Thanks for listening Louis.
-EnJoY-
August 10th, 2008 at 3:33 am
I’m sitting here, not knowing at all how to word yesterday’s life-changing experience…it feels as though my brain is fried with the knowledge of the glory of God! WOW! Yes, Lord You truly are AMAZING and I will sing, sing, sing:-) Thank you, Passion for your dedication and obedience. May God bless you all abundantly!
Cheerio
August 10th, 2008 at 3:33 am
How can words describe what this experience is like…?
The best way I can think of is that for the first time in my life…I GOT IT!!
I got what its ALL about and its as if I can feel my heart beating for the first time!!!
Get ready for something big Cape Town…it’s gonna change your life!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Had really an awesome day yesterday!
Just want to say thanks to the 268 Team, you guy`s are a blessing.
I trust the Lord for revival in our city and nation, knowing that His love will spread like a wild fire amongst the people.
Rise up, rise up for now is the time!
JESUS You are the love of my life!!!
-CAPETOWN- Praying for you
Psa 40:1 For the choir director: A psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the LORD to help me,
and he turned to me and heard my cry.
Psa 40:2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
Psa 40:3 He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what he has done and be astounded.
They will put their trust in the LORD.
So may your lights shine bright in your CITY
Be Blessed.
August 10th, 2008 at 3:42 am
All I can Say Is WOW!!!!!!!!
6000 singing Praise to our Lord and Saviour WOW!!!
I Know there is more in store for this city, country and world, I now know that i have a mission in life to do the Lords will In my life no matter where i am!!
Thank you Lord Jesus for the dedication of the Passion Team and I Pray that you guide them all on their journey in life.
We will all be praying for you Cape Town.
August 10th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Passion is huge, really obeying what God commanded of us! To go out into all the world and make an impact for Christ!
A concept I’ve been struggling hit home after this conferrence!
I can do NOTHING on my own, I can only be like Christ if I have Christ’s fire burning inside of me! It is an awesome thing to realise that I am not living for myself but that my small 5 second flame is a part of a much greater fire!
Praying for Cape town, if one person gets the message there, it was worth it!
August 10th, 2008 at 3:48 am
Wow Totally Awesome Event!
We Pray that Cape Town will experience God in the same way we did!
We’ll hold on to Col 3:17 : “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
August 10th, 2008 at 3:50 am
WOW WOW WOW!
I really am just encouraged by your ministry!! I have been using ur DVD’s - indescibable, How great… Alive ect. like a religious fruitcake for the past year at my res and what an impact the Lord has had through me.
Thank you for obeying the great commission and for being an encouragement to me to continue in evangelising and reaching the lost.
Passion was awesome and I was so excited when I heard you were coming, you have been such a huge part of my ministry over the past year.
Love in Christ
August 10th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Thank you guys for obeying the Lord and bringing us the Passion Tour. It was an absolutely unbelievable experience. I am sooo inspired to make Jesus Famous in my life, in this City and all over the world!!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:02 am
All i can say is thank you, thank you and thank you. I was the kinda guy that once was totally in love with Jesus and then, as Louie said, my promise failed, and i was the one that drifted away. I then got addicted to pornography and i saw no way back. I tried to worship the way i did before, i tried to get back that feeling that i once felt, but i could not. Thanks to louie and the bands i got that feeling back. I now feel as though i have a family and even though the road ahead is full of temptations, i now feel as though i have a family of young people from all around the world that believe in me and are there for me. All i can say is what is sang:
I coming back to the heart of worship, and its all about YOU, its all about you JESUS!
Thanks again for helping me find myself and for making me understand that i can come as i am, no matter my past, no matter my problems, but come as i am to the Cross where my deby has been paid and my Savior waits for me with his arms open wide.
And i shall try as hard as i can to make others understand that they as well can come to the King as they are, just like i did:)
Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to God FOREVER AND ALWAYS!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:02 am
OH…MY…WORD!!!
What a day!!! I still hear the songs, and the crowds!!! And every now an then, I have this goofy smile that comes over me, just thinking back on how amazing yesterday was, and how amazing today and the rest of our lives in joburg are going to be.
I was more proud then ever to be a south african when as one voice we stood and praised the only name worth praising - and HE brought us together to show us just how powerful we can be, when we have HIM.
Thank you passion for comming to our beautiful country and leading us through an awesome day.
May your trip be as explosive as your love for GOD.
Bless you and may GOD keep you.
AMEN!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:04 am
We are so humbled but all that has happened in one day!!!
First of all we want to thank Jesus for showing up and working in our hearts. Passion we love you so much, we love your ministry and your obiedience.
Thank you to Jakarta for praying for our day…seeing all those beautiful faces and knowing that in the spirit we are connected, your prayers were not in vain and you will be in our prayers as well.
It was a busy day but the messages were so inspiring and our hearts were touched. To Chris and FEE…your music is awesome, but we knowh its te fruits of your labour, you guys are seriously the coolest.
Thank you for touching the hearts of people our age. We really are at cross roads in our lives and knowing someone cares enough about our generation makes a big difference.
We love you passion and Cape town you are going to love Passion. We are praying for you and we know that Jesus is coming to the mother city. Blessings in everything.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:04 am
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!
We were so privilegded to have passion in our city!
Thanks to the whole passion team and all the awesome people in Indonesia who were praying for us!
I’m so excited to see how God uses this generation! This generation is going to make a serious mark in the history books!!!
“Take my life and let it be all for you and for your glory” is the trademark of this generation! “Glory to God, Glory to God, Glory to God FOREVER!!!!”
August 10th, 2008 at 4:05 am
I’m so grateful that Passion came to S.A. And I mean - 2 stops in our country, what an honour!!! I absolutely loved the day in Jhb, even though I couldn’t be there for the entire event. It is just the most amazing thing when 6000 young ppl come together to praise 1 name: JESUS. How can we not make a difference in our country? Thanx to the entire Passion crew..and God bless!
PS: I absolutely luuurve Chris Tomlin’s music!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Man what a day, it was soo great to be surrounded by so many similarly minded people. This country needs people to step up and be heard and let their lives be seen to be different because of what compels them deep down inside- the Love of Christ, the treasure we have inside, the overflow of getting what the cross is all about. Cape town have a brilliant life changing wednesday, you guys will be in our prayers, and thanks to everyone who made this whole event possible, i hope the passion in all of us keeps on burning brighter and bigger everyday!
peace like a river
August 10th, 2008 at 4:08 am
What awesome worship!!! What an awesome experience to hear the voices of 6000 thousand people worshipping God and hands raised as far as the eyes can see….
August 10th, 2008 at 4:09 am
It is wonderful God touched Jozi. He is awesome, really amazing! We’ll all be praying for Cape Town.
Alec
Manila, Philippines
August 10th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Woke up this morning with the songs we sung on my heart. Had an absolute blast yesterday - got drunk in the presence of God and His glory!! 2 Cor 4 sums it all up so beautifully. Thank you for your wonderful work, Passion team - I pray that God would continue to pour out His blessing on you and through you.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:19 am
WOW WOW WOW!!!!
Finally you guys made it to South Africa (again) but this time for a full scale Passion event!
Like so many who posted comments so far, I can realy say: “I get it!”
It’s all about the cross, that’s it! Grace is for everyone! And if you ask God to make Him famous through your life, He’ll do it! No matter what!
I also have new hope that God can save my unsaved friends who has a hardened heart against God and accepting His grace. Keep praying and be real will get them there in the end, by the grace of God.
The words from “Mighty to save” really shook my world once again and made me realize how Big this God is that we serve and that our lives and songs, transcend time and generations.
God is really doing something in our country and we believe that greater things are yet to come for Jo’burg, Pretoria and the graeter Gauteng area.
Cape Town, get ready!!!! Stellenbosch, GAAN GROOT!!!!
Thank you Louie and the team for making God famous in our generation and making much of the cross of Jesus Christ
Praying for you, Cape Town and all the rest of the world tour.
To Christ be the glory!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Hey everyone.
I firstly just want to thank God for making the whole event possible and allowing us to be a part of it. IT was AWESOME. I realised through the fruitcake story that we can make a big difference in other peoples lives just by living like Jesus said we must. We can make a huge change in somebody’s life just by expressing our faith everyday, you don’t have to do something big, small things can also imact a person. Thanks to the whole passion team and to Louie Giglio. We are praying for Cape Town.And Chris Tomlin, you have the most beautiful and purest voice I have ever heard.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Passion JoBurg was one of the most amazing Jesus praising, glory giving and honour giving celebration events I’ve been to in my entire life!
The next one you must be sure to get a bigger hall, ‘coz if there are some people like me, that’s taking everyone they know to the next one, that place is gonna be much to small!
Will keep praying for CT to be lifted up in even a greater way than Joburg!
Blessings to All!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:22 am
It’s a new day, with new chalenges, but after yesterday I’m ready for any obstackle that comes my wat. Tank you Father for showing me just once again hou HUGE your are. I love you with all my heart thanks FEE, Louie, Chris, and everyone who was part of the conference that changed the hearts of SA.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Hi Guys.
Yesterday totally ROCKED!!!
It was the most awesome experience ever!!!
It is still awesome to know that God loves us, and wants to be such a big part of our lives, even if we think we are not worthy!
GOD IS AWESOME!!!
My prayers are with you and the team for Cape town, I hope you will have as big an impact, if not greater, than that of last nght.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:26 am
it was totally amazing….This king that we serve and worship is truely the true and only God.the amazing thing about passionf ro me was that in our meeting on wednesday with the ministry in involved with on campus(campus outreach)we were talking about the totally the same thing…we were praying for our campus and the city of Johannesburg,seeking God to use us as He would in bring this City to Himself and His glory….thus i totally love the song,God of this city…….i went totaly crazy when on the screen popped up a pic of joburg and there,right there infront of my eyes was a pic of the Unversity of Johannesburg…..oh my i was moved.God is amazing!!and His truth breaks all boundaries.thanx louie for sharing ashely’s story…funny thing happened on of the girlsim sharing my life with from my campus….sent me a message as you finished sharing the story and said”thank you for being a fruitcake in my life” and you know what my heart welled up with the love of Christ……i was called a fruitcake for the Glory of God thats pretty cool!!!!!!
my prayer is that this would be the beginning of a revolution as a generation fixed on glorifying God moves across this country for CHRIST!!!!
thanx guys……..continue running after Him with all you have..
Waiting and praying
Thami
August 10th, 2008 at 4:26 am
CapeTown go CapeTown,
let the grace waves..
from the JoBurg wave to the CapeTown..
our praying for you, CapeTown..
David - Banten, Indonesia
August 10th, 2008 at 4:26 am
What else can I say but WOW. The passion event was amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it. Chris and FEE was awesome on stage. Louie Giglio, you were great as always and the message you brought really touched me and got me thinking again. THANKS a million Passion.
I want to wish you the best of luck with the next leg of your tour.
Cape town get ready for an event that will blow you away!!
It is all for one name, Jesus.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:28 am
No words can describe the experience I had with Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour at PASSION yesterday!!! THANK U THANK U LOUI and TEAM for coming to SA Johannesburg and blowing us away with a God-filled day!
There is no way anyone can walk away from the Passion Experience the same. I am a changed person and all I desire is to Reflect Jesus Christ in my life, on my campus and in my nation.
Chris Tomlin, you are such an amazing worship leader and Jesus Christ is definately the Lord of our city!!!
Fee, GLORY TO GOD FOREVER!!! Thank you for being so open to God and His words…
Thank u Louie for making such an effect on my life and sacrificing your time to Be part of the Passion Tour. Will continue praying for you and the team, that God blesses you abundantly!
THANK YOU PASSION TEAM AND THANK YOU JESUS CHRIST, LORD AND SAVIOUR.
August 10th, 2008 at 4:28 am
A BIG thank you to Passion for the most AWESOME day ever! Fee and Chris, you ROCKED! We just went crazy for Jesus. Louie, you and the whole team are an inspiration to this nation - thanks for blessing us sooooo much. ‘O happy day, happy day, we’ll never be the same!’
Cape Town, we are praying that you will ‘get it’. We get it!
All glory and fame to JESUS!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:31 am
WOW!!! INSANE!! Thanx alot for coming to joburg. Blessings for the rest of the trip and we hope to see you here again on the next passion tour!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Totally unbelievable! Came conservative, worshiped with hands in pockets, at least until sometime after lunch and then I went wild, at least by my standards! Blessed be the name of the Lord! Hallelujah! What a God we serve!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:34 am
WOW! That is all I can say… The whole day was absolutely amazing!!!
God was there among 6000 people and the worship was out of this world.
The story about Ashley touched and inspired me to live each day with significance. Thank you to Louie, Chris, Fee and the rest of the team for such a radical day!
Cape Town, Joburg is praying for you that you will experience God in a HUGE way and that you will find significance and live from now on with the miracle of grace that Christ died for us to have on the Cross.
God bless!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:40 am
what a amazing day, Jesus’ name lifted high, hearts touched and lifes sure set on fire for His “Jesus’ fame”
we had a priviledge to volunteer, thank you passion for this oppertunity.
bumped shoulders with louie and did not realise, who it was at the time, have to shake his hand in heaven.
I asked God to glorify His name through my life, that my life will be all about Him.
His purpose, the greater purpose.
thank you passion
ps, ears still ringing
August 10th, 2008 at 4:41 am
Dear God and Passion team.
I was part of the volunteer team and would like to start by thanking God that He gave the Passion team the willingingness to come to South Africa. To the Passion team…. Awesome stuff guys. So nice to see some e-mail friends face to face.
All I can say about Passion Jhb… It was breathtaking! South Africa is SOOOOO ready for a massive revival.
Hey Fee Band…. I was looking forward to seeing David but you guys Rocked the house man! I am in a way glad David and band could not make it because now SA found another awesome band to worship in the car, on our iPods with.
I have four words…… GLORY TO GOD FOREVER!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Oh oh wow wow wow!!!!!!!:-) what an amazing night!!Gods almighty presence was so powerful last night and the worshiping with 6000 of Gods children and all his angles was heart moving and overwhelming!!!Thank you passion for bringing us together in the name of Jesus my preys are with you!!
i dont think I’ve eva cried and laughed and cried and laughed so much in my life!!!Just knowing Jesus has forgiven me and broken the chains of my old life his grace and beauty is so WOW my goal is to do his work and make his name renown!! i want the whole world to see the truth and power in his grace and have what we have now WE WERE DEAD BUT NOW ARE ALIVE!!
My parents and brother aren’t saved and i just prey daily for them as the only thing you can take to heaven is PEOPLE, prey for them to please if you read this their names are Louise, Philip and jonathon!!
God bless you all and cape town im preying for u you guys are gonna be so moved i wish i could quickly fly there and do it again!!
LOVE YOU JESUS so much thanks for saving me!!
Rock on SOUTH AFRICA
August 10th, 2008 at 4:44 am
the other breath taking thing was seeing so many different races in one place praising God together……it made the verse for me so real, Colossians 3:11…there is no balck,white,asian,coloured,indian etc…we are God’s chosen people holy and dearly loved…..by the creator of the universe…..WOW
August 10th, 2008 at 4:46 am
“Take my life and let it be all for You and for Your glory!!” Those words answer just about every life question ever asked. “Take my life and let it be all for You and for Your glory” There is the challenge, and THE answer!!
How GREAT is our God!!!!
6000+ people meant it yesterday - guys, lets mean it tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after…for the rest of our days! ALL GLORY TO OUR GOD!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Amazing Amazing Amazing Amazing!
I can not describe in words what an amazing feeling it was being there! God is definitely working in Sout Africa.
We must remember that being together with Christians it’s easy to praise and worship Jesus. In the real world where you are alone it is not so easy, it is then that you have to shine your light so bright that the people around you will see something different in you. May God be with every student and may the Holy Spirit lead you to where he wants to use you!
YES LORD!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 4:57 am
I just want to thank you and God, so much for bringing the Passion Tour to South Africa. What an awesome opportunity! It has been my life’s dream and prayer to bring Christ focused, world class events like this to the youth and young adults of South Africa and God just makes it happen. How awesome He is!!! How awesome is the grace, love and mercy of Jesus or saviour!
August 10th, 2008 at 5:00 am
GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD, GLORY TO GOD FOREVER!!!
August 10th, 2008 at 5:00 am
last nite was amazing !!! it canged my life complerly i can not wait to go into my school and make a difrince ps giglio thanke u for canging my ,ife foever !!!
August 10th, 2008 at 5:04 am
WOW! WOW! WOW! Passion JHB was absolutely amazing. It was an experience i would never forget. Seeing so many people praising God for his greatness and praising Jesus for becoming our sin and forgiving us of our sins, setting us free to live a life for Him, was awesome.
Just wanted to say thank you to all that helped in making this experience such a memorable one. I enjoyed every moment of it and really felt more connected with God.
I also Pray that Cape Town will have an awesome time and that God will work wonders in their lives. God Bless all of Capetown.
AND GOD BLESS THE WHOLE OF AFRICA AND THE WORLD!
August 10th, 2008 at 5:06 am
WOW!
Thanks for an amazing experience!!!
It was so stunning to see so many young students be able to go “crazy” for God and know it was ok, and to also then know its ok to keep it together too! When i was sitting there I saw an Army for God standing up, to make God famous in this world were living in!!
As I said- WOW! It was a life changing night for a lot of us, which I hope will let us shine into our city and change this land for God.
NOW GUYS!! we only have only until Wednesday to push this blog over a thousand!!
Love all you guys!! God bless!!
Eloise
xxx
August 10th, 2008 at 5:06 am
This is the morning after…Passion Johannesburg 2008.
I got up a while ago and as I am sitting here I am still in “the zone”- The worship and songs kept playing through my head the whole night while I was sleeping and they still are-Evidence of being and dancing in the River of God…
Louie,I am one of the crowd that bugged you about not being a student anymore but loving what passion stands for and plugging into it! Although I am not on campus anymore I live , work and play on the campus of life and there is a lot of Fruitcake work to be done.Ashley and Fruitcake’s life story encouraged me again: To keep up with my journal:-), not so it could be used in the same way as Ashley’s but simply to keep record of God’s awesome ways in my life and to build altars of His glory that shines out of my screwd-upness and brokeness.Secondly, although hard I must admit that there were many times in my life where I so badly wanted to bring accross the beauty and freedom of God’s truth that I sometimes treated people harshly with my words.I realised sometime ago and yesterday evening acutely again that I must have come across as really spiritually proud, uncaring and judgmental.I know that many have misunderstood my heart and I am so sad about the wasted opportunities to love. I am convinced again that I don’t want to look like a super fruitcake from outside by saying the right things the wrong way , but to rather saying less and be just a real fruitcake by showing a caring attitude.Thank you Louie for just being you and being real-that is what we need to combat pride and religious attitudes.
The cross of Jesus Christ-All that I want to say is:”Will I ever really know how much it cost to see my sin upon the cross”.The journey continues!
Thank you Passion team for loving God, being yourselves and showing both to the world.Thank you for having faith in Jesus and helping to awaken it in others all over the world.I share your passion and your dream to see this generation make God famous.
Cape Town-town of my heart,(Louie will remember us cheering wildly for you in the Jo;burg event)-I pray that you will open yourselves