Thirty Two Days…..
Amazing days since Tower Bridge. Thanks to all who shared them.
Tower Bridge meeting = Passion London is on!
Great meal with friends.
Love their vision for reaching the 2.5 milion UK uni students.
Now is the time.
Early train to Oxford.
Worship /Leadership Conference.
Wycliffe Hall.
I really like Martyn Layzell.
Majesty. Mercy.
Just passed pub where C. S. Lewis hung out.
And J. R. R. Tolkien.
Dinner in view of castle where Churchill was born.
What a country.
London train.
Atlanta flight.
Home.
Briefly.
Driving to Gatlinburg, TN with SG.
Student camp ahead.
Mmmm. Gatlinburg, not so much.
Camp starts with a shot.
God is here.
FEE leads with such passion.
Glory To God Forever.
Flip. Life.
Eiffel = life backwards.
Had to be there.
DC*B shows up.
Very loud and full-on.
4000+ students going for Jesus.
Over 400 Compassion kids find a home.
Now we are worshiping.
Flip death.
Ashley still making Jesus famous.
Camp great.
Wow.
Headed home.
PCC core gathering.
A few days in Passion House.
Taking Crowder to doc in ATL.
Big needle!
He plays that night.
Next night, Friday night Forward.
9000 students pack Gwinnett Arena.
This is one serious event.
Like last year.
Crazy.
Delivering a massive message on Glory and the Face of God.
God not sitting on lawn chair!!!!
Unfathomable throne!
Worship = change.
Move that bus!
What’s on our faces?
Tomlin leads so well.
And that following minor surgery.
Yes, insane few days.
Good week not to be on sixsteps.
Saturday honor Youth Minister to Andy Stanley, me and others.
She is 84 and still a step ahead of us.
Thank you, Mary G.
Passion House.
PCC.
Birthday celebration in the pool with the fam.
Five one!
R&R in one of our favorite places for 2 days.
Delta now flies LA to Sydney.
Plane so new ground crew in LA had never seen one except in training video.
Really didn’t need to announce that.
Landing in Sydney always makes me happy.
Australians are some of the most fortunate on the planet.
Checking in to our stunning view of Circular Quay and Sydney Harbor.
The Opera House never disappoints.
Nor the Harbor Bridge.
This place is unreal.
Beauty was born here.
Gorgeous winter… 55 and sunny.
Rough place to live!
Hillsong.
22,000 fill the Acer at Olympic Park.
Cranking up to very top row.
This gathering rocks.
Huge heart for Jesus.
The Church.
The world.
Much output.
Much intake.
Hillsong + United.
Potent stuff.
Friends. Smiles. Blur.
Leave Sydney Saturday, 9:30 AM.
Arrive Atlanta Saturday, 3:30 PM.
Weird.
One day in ATL.
One.
From one beautiful beach to another?
Arrive Daytona Beach, FL.
Hmmm.
London. Gatlinburg. Sydney. Daytona.
Poetic justice.
People drive on beach here.
Not cool.
Sleep all messed up.
Camp starts.
7000 faces.
First night blows up.
Tomlin on fire.
Incredible.
Feels like a “last” night.
Section 208!
God’s presence.
Not the stage.
The presence.
Students are praying for deliverance and freedom for their parents.
That’s cool.
Powerful prayers.
Kingdom shaking.
Flip.
Space Shuttle launch.
Mercy.
DC*B shows up again!
Blows up again.
Thursday.
Last day.
Mercy moving me.
750 Compassion kids embraced.
What worship!!
“Real” last night.
“I Will Rise” is very special moment in time.
Heal the brokenhearted with hope.
Glory. Glory. Glory.
Change. Change. Change.
Holy Spirit.
Flip!
Week over.
Have so much more to share.
Camp 2 complete.
Or starting?
Student Life Gatlinburg/Daytona.
So good.
Will be back next year.
Lord willing.
I love teenagers.
Delta returns to Atlanta.
Home.
Speaking done.
Made it.
Humbled.
Very tired.
Three continents.
20+ talks
Tens of thousands of miles.
Feeling them all.
Happy to say…
Church alive everywhere.
Kingdom advancing.
Playing tiny, tiny role.
Really, really happy.
LG
July 18th, 2009 at 6:47 AM
lg, i was at sl daytona with students and my 3 daughters were able to travel with me. i am so grateful that they were able to stand under your teaching and worship with ct leading. my 7 yr old got a glimpse of the veil being torn wide open and the glory of god revealed. it will be a permanent memory etched in my soul. unbelievable. god is amazing!
know that you and your team at the passion house are being prayed for and i look forward to bringing college students to atl in 2010. i do have a prayer request. we made some connections with some students in santo domingo, dominican republic this summer. they will be joining us in atl if they can receive their visas.
his glory
matt
July 18th, 2009 at 6:52 AM
Louie,
Great to see what God is doing through you guys. I just returned from Sydney yesterday from beinging there on business. My sleep is messed up too, been up since 3:30 am this morning. I was fortuinate to fly in on the same plane as Chris and the band as well as the Lakewood Church people. After landing in Sydney I wanted to tell Chris how much my wife and I appreciate what you all are doing at PCC, but I messed up and did not take the God given opportunity to do so. I have been beating myself up ever since as I really wanted to let Chris know. My wife and I have attended all four PCC services so far and really have grown to apperciate you and your team. Our kids are grown now, but have been involved in Passion throughout the years. We have searched Atlanta for two years looking for a church home and look forward to PCC as it comes together. We are really looking forward in serving our Lord and getting involved as God allows.
Keep up the good work. I know God must indeed be pleased and most important, Glorified!
In His wonderful name,
Kent
July 18th, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Louie. I love what God is doing through you and the crew you are surrounded by. I got a little nervous at the part where you said Chris was on fire! Rest well.
July 18th, 2009 at 9:23 AM
This is almost like a big string of twitter updates ;) When are we going to see @louiegiglio? haha
Great to see all that God is doing at Passion!
July 18th, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Tweets coming soon!?!?!?
July 18th, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Hey Louie,
LUV the way you sum up in your blog -truly talented to say a lot about 32 days in a few words!!
Glory to God -Psalm 29 and Psalm 42 read last night – Good stuff, last but not least, Compassion=TRUE WORSHIP!
God Bless,
P.S. less than 6 months away from Passion 2010!
July 18th, 2009 at 10:40 AM
wow…that was some 32 days! Go Jesus for your energy and dedication in all this! We are blessed that our streams intersected with THE Stream, God’s presence @ the beach.
i was wrecked in 208. wrecked. I’ve been in His Presence before, many times. And I’ve been satisfied without it, too… I’m never going back to OK.
I’ll keep pressing in, Fixing my eyes on the Unseen, The Eternal!
Go Jesus! paul
p.s. I was already ultra-excited/committed about bringing college students to 2010…and, somehow, that has been so amplified! Maybe I could bring all of McNeese State to Atlanta!!!
July 18th, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Nice
July 18th, 2009 at 4:18 PM
I got tired reading that Loue
July 18th, 2009 at 7:02 PM
woah. get some sleep! :)
July 18th, 2009 at 8:07 PM
hey louie, sl daytona was amazing. i keep telling everyone about 208 and spaceshuttle and “build your own sunday” moments and they look at me like im crazy. well hey man get some sleep i know i did. i slept till 1:00pm and i was only a part of the last 5 days. cant wait till next year. love much shelb ps pray for zakia kiangwe
July 18th, 2009 at 9:37 PM
“Australians are some of the most fortunate on the planet.
Checking in to our stunning view of Circular Quay and Sydney Harbor.
The Opera House never disappoints.
Nor the Harbor Bridge.
This place is unreal.
Beauty was born here.
Gorgeous winter… 55 and sunny.
Rough place to live! ”
“Rough place to live “…. but someone has to do it !!!!
Great to hear what God and you all are doing and make sure you all rest up well when you can.
Hope we see you all again in the land Down Under.
July 19th, 2009 at 2:27 AM
Hey Louie, my name is Jake Kotter and I live in southwest, ga in a small town just outside of albany. I have attended the SL Daytona Con. for the last two yrs. But Louie this yr I got it. I have become so close to God. I mean Louie I feel like I can see the unseen now “the veil has been removed” and it feels great!!!! (: This last yr has been a horrible yr i have done so much stupid stuff that i will always regret….): I started drinkin, smoking, and smoking pot and this is how it all started. last yr a mj came to our school that did not do anything that u should do. he partied alot and got in a lot of trouble a lot. Well towards the end of the yr i started hangin out with him and at first i did not do anthing but then i started thinking well he drinks and most of my other friends drink y dont i….. so i started drinkin. I kept drinkin more and more and more until i was even drinking on school nights. Then i was like i wonder y ppl like smoking cigs an so i tried them and liked them. and so i kept smoking. then things started getting bad with my grandpa and so i started drinkin and smoking more just to take my mind off my grandpa. but soon the alchol and cigs did not feel the hole anymore. So this is when it started to go down hill even faster so prom night came around and at our school 10th graders had to clean up after prom. so until prom was over me and jp went to mj house to hang out. so we all decided to go riding and we stopped by a gas station and bout some alchol which was the first mistake then we drove back and i was drinkin the whole time. so when we got back to his place i was already pretty much drunk…. so i was not in control anymore. so my friends started smokin pot and i was like you know what i will. So i smoked and smoked and smoked until i had no idea where i was and then i kept drinkin and drinkin til i could barley walk. so about 2 hrs went by and then we went to the school to clean up. and yes i was still very much so under the influence. so we get to the school and i start cleaning up and none of the parents or teachers know that i am. so after we finnished cleaning i had to ride with my mom and girlfriend to the beach for springbreak. and i could tell my girlfriend knew something was up. So i told her and her eyes watered up and she got real dissapointed in me….. i felt so ashamed. ): So a month past and i was still doin the same stupid stuff…. then when another one of my friend jv came to me and said he was wanting to quit and i was all up for it so we went and talked to my youth minister and he was dissapointed at first but was also happy that we wanted to quit. so i quit for a while but then my grandpa got in bad shape again and i started back drinkin and smoking cigs in stead of going to God!!! but i didnt smoke pot for a while. so one night i had some friends come over to my farm and we had a small party and i drunk the most i have ever drank. and so around 6 in the mornin a girl came over and hung out with us. So me and her were talking and one thing led to another and then we made out but that was all we did. But i still felt like crap bc the girl i kissed was not my girlfriend. and Man Louie i hit a new low and i didnt think i could get any lower. so the next day i called my girlfriend and i told her everything and i was crying the whole time. So we talked for a week about it. and she cried alot too. Man louie i couldnt even look at myself in the mirrow bc everytime i did i just saw this pieace of trash. but she stayed with me. so then things started getting worse between us and so i started drinking more and more….. so the week bfor the sl con i smoked weed and i felt so bad and horrible for doing it. So while at the sl con i decided to quit doing that junk for good!! And also at the con me and my gf went back to how we were befor i cheated!(: I also have built a great new and glorious relationship with God. Louie my veil was removed on the last night of the conf. i feel like a new person and IT FEELS GREAT!!!! HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD… HOW GREAT…..!!!!!! Louie i came home friday night and woke up and went to lunch with my mom and confessed everything to her about what I have done in the past yr and MAN LOUIE IT FELT GREAT!!! Louie I am a new person now Christ has lifted my sins and is bearing them for me so that i may come and live for eternity with Him in Heaven!!!! My Chains Are Gone… My Chains Are Gone!!!!!! Thank You Lord!!!!!! P.S. Louie I hope you can resond to this bc i would really like to hear what you think about my story. My Email is baseball0500@aol.com.
Love,
Jake Kotter
July 19th, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Hi Pastor Louie!
This is Sarah, the pastor’s wife of Calvary Baptist Church, and I’m not going to keep you but I just wanted to say thank-you for not just reading my letter (which would have been enough) but for using it to help our church in a way that only God could have done. That was so encouraging to my husband Josh and I and to our youth, more then you know. They are never going to forget meeting you and Chris and not just that but how you lead 7,000 people to pray for us and our church. I promise to keep you updated on what God is doing at “ground zero” in Daytona… and there is so much more to tell you already, but Sundays are so busy it must wait ;) Thank-you for everything you did for us! Praise God for the body of Christ!
Your fellow servant in Christ,
Sarah
P.S. the Krispy Kream was a great addition to our family group time! The kids couldn’t believe it when Graham walked in with them. That was so sweet of you! Thanks!! :)
July 19th, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Louie,
I brought a group of 9 students to daytona this week to meet with God and He answered my prayers that we might be wrecked for His glory…most of our 9 were unchurched kids who had never heard of you, tomlin or crowder…most were possessed by the spirit of coolness and not all-in worshipers…we did a webcast each night and on the last night, they sang “sing, sing, sing” a capella for their parents…wouldn’t stop singing tomlin/crowder all week…couldn’t stop talking about how impactful your messages were. thanks for being obedient. God is using you to form a passion for His Word in my 12 year old son…my flesh and blood…and I praise Him for calling men like you into service. looking forward to being crushed under the weight of His glory next year in Daytona.
July 20th, 2009 at 12:00 AM
God’s used you to enrich my life with genuine love for Jesus. Please stay busy with what keeps you busy.
July 20th, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Okay so what happened in Section 208?? Seems pretty significant can you break it down for those not in attendance?
July 20th, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Loved the blog, but I had a quick thought while reading it… Every one of those individual thoughts could have been separately posted on Twitter and you would have had some very happy followers. Just sayin’… Come on Louie, you can do it!!!
July 20th, 2009 at 10:03 AM
dude…i’m exhausted after reading this!
July 20th, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Whoa.
I’m tired just reading that! BUT encouraged about students on all 3 continents!
We’ll be praying for you, Shelley and the entire Passion/sixsteps team!
See you soon in ATL for 2010! :)
July 20th, 2009 at 1:36 PM
LouieGiglio on Twitter coming soon??
July 20th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Whoa!
That made my head spin!!! :-)
I think that was one of the coolest blogs ever!
God is Good! :-)
Glad ya’ll are all home safe and sound!
July 20th, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Wow! What an unbelievable week at camp! God worked through Louie like craaaaazy! Thanks for your ministry!
July 21st, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Heey There,
Listening to the new podcast now, Amazing men!:D
I was @ daytona beach.. and i am from The Netherlands.
Dont tell me how i did it but i dit it haha, Amazing!
Byebye..
July 21st, 2009 at 9:42 AM
oh so cool. God is on the move
July 21st, 2009 at 5:56 PM
That’s beautiful.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Listened to the beautiful beaches podcast..loved it!!!..especially the part when Louie was sharing about sponsoring the chidren through compassion..amazed at how much a person can actually do though it may look like nothing much..Tx 4 being faithful in the calling that God has 4 all of you..may not have been there in Daytona,but thank u for bringing a little of it through your podcast so that ppl like me from Malaysia can be encouraged when we hear of how God moves..take care & God bless all of you.
Much love & prayers
Melissa francis ( Malaysia )
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Louie,
this is a sign to start using twitter! You’ve caught the symptoms already hahaha!
Been following your adventures on the podcast – I wish I was there! Amazing!
Praise the Lord!
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:20 PM
loved reading these snapshots and love you guys!!
July 24th, 2009 at 1:46 AM
tweet!
July 28th, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Woooo…that was awesome sharing!! thank you for sharing so much about what has happened! I’m just as excited and happy for you Louie! God is good…all the time!!
Love,
celine – kl – Malaysia
July 30th, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Noteworthy plans for the UK, though committing today would take too much for granted. I could be in several places (i.e. Paris or Jerusalem), recently my boss suggested Ephesus. Ephesians is key for a book report I have to do in the coming months and the new theater of operation (although the American front still needs Colossians).
The bridge fixation is curious, even spooky… Et tu, Louié? Last summer in London Westminster turned out to be the bridge I wanted to see most walking toward Big Ben, to match the Picture I had been given a couple of years prior. Unfortunately, the bridge was quite literally under construction with big ole signs. Overall, it was disappointing but not decisive. At that time, it was noisy and cluttered (more like a circus than a bridge) but it was narrowly passable.
I’m planing to get to Atlanta again, even though I found a grey hair yesterday. I am waiting for some jots and tittles to line up first. I imagine they will within the next few months. Even after all that or maybe because of all that, it seems in many ways I am still a fool. For now, I am down with it. Corny is OK, almost anything is OK as long as it is sincere.
Keep it real & thank you for the good work,
Stephen aka Love’s Fool
Zech. 8: 18-19
July 30th, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Talk about one crazy month! The crazy thing is that I probably live like 20 minutes from your house in Duluth, GA and almost got to see you at the Hillsong Conference in Sydney, Australia almost 3 weeks ago. I was backpacking the country for a month and went to Hillsong church the Sunday before the Conference started, not realizing that you were coming to speak there. How I wish I changed my flight to stay in Sydney another week and get to experience that conference live! Oh well, I at least got to see it online. Then I was back home in Georgia for a little bit and was hoping to stop by the Passion House and say “hi”, but then heard that you went down on to Daytona Beach, FL to do another conference. At least I’ll get to see you and the rest of the passion gang at Passion 2010. Could January come any faster?
Now I am at IHOP-KC doing a 6 month internship and am falling in love with my Beloved, Jesus, more and more, and He is finding His delight in me. I can’t think of anything better! Well, I am telling all my fellow interns about the conference, so I might bring a group from all around the country with me. So get ready! We are going to bring a little 24/7 prayer and worship into the prayer, worship, and justice that you guys are wedding together!
Keep hastening the day of Jesus’ return, advancing His Kingdom, and bringing Him glory in everything you do!
August 10th, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Louie,
I wanted to say that I was in attendance at Fl!p 09 in Gatlinburg. I took so much away with me during that conference. I can literally say that God was working within me, that week. A lot of what you were saying really touched me. Each time we attended the conference I couldn’t wait to dive into God’s word. The way you opened up on the first night, when you and Steve stepped off the stage, was completely amazing. A change was made in the atmosphere of that building; God’s presence was made known that night and throughout the rest of the week. I have never seen anyone open like that before; I think it really set the way the rest of the week went. It was all about God and his glory, and the way that he was living through each person that stepped up on that stage. Your message of how God, was in us instead of with us, was a total FLIP on the way I used to look at life. After the conference when we got back to our church, our youth leader showed the Fruit Cake and Ice Cream DVD, it really touched a lot of people in our church. After that on Wednesday night we began watching the Prayer Remix DVD, God began working with me again. When you were talking about how we miss the majority of God’s blessings because we are ’stuck’ on the smaller one. That really hit home, once I started looking at the blessings that I already have, things began changing in my life. Things are still changing every day, I recently after not receiving any scholarships to attend college in the beginning; I found out that my tuition this semester is completely covered, with a scholarship. The first message that I heard of yours was the Laminin Video, the first time I seen it I was literally amazed. I now look at the cross with a different light. I know that in my weakest moment that God is in me holding me up, and giving me the strength to keep going on. I am sharing the message with as many people that I can get in contact with, I think that it is an amazing video and everyone needs to see it. Do you have any suggestions on, how to introduce the video and how to close after the video? Any answers would be greatly appreciated. This month I am showing at a friend’s Ladies meeting, and I have recently shown it at our Ladies Circle meeting as the devotion. From what I could tell each lady was amazed, and now has a different perspective. I guess I said all of that to say this, Thank you for being a soldier for Christ and thank you for sharing your messages. God is really at work. All I can say is FLIP! ~ Charlene (TN)
My two favorite verses.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT)
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT) (This verse has really hit home in my life lately.)
August 27th, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Louie-
I appreciate your ministry so much. I am worship leader at FBC Cullman Alabama…shared your Video on choir tour with my 62 students…The Holy Spirit…thru your talks totally shaped our tour, over 75 decisions for Christ…Glory to God. Thanks for your wonderful example…and using your gifts for Him!…Elizabeth Stewart says “Hello to Butch!”