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God is Here

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Do you want a rich prayer life?

Hello,

How is your Lent going so far? One of the most important disciplines we can do during Lent (and anytime for that matter) is prayer. Prayer is where we encounter a living and loving God, who is waiting for us. A lot of times though, prayer can be difficult.

IMG_2343If you are anything like me, it can just be finding the time to pray that’s tough. When you’ve got little children, your time and your day just never seem to go as you plan. Perhaps the things that distract you from prayer aren’t kids. Distractions come in all shapes and sizes; they come before prayer calling us away from the time we desire to set aside. They also come during prayer, taking away our attention and focus.

The Lord is patient. He is waiting for you today. He doesn’t just want to give you stuff. He wants to share his heart with you.

In today’s #ShareJesus, Michael Gormley shares about prayer and gives you 3 tangible ways you can grow in prayer this Lent. Don’t just listen to today’s message. Take it to heart  and spend some time in prayer. Then share it on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or email it to a friend who needs to hear it.

How do you pray? How will you encounter the Lord today?

Sharing Online

Are you following us on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Pinterest?

 #ShareJesus daily goal: two posts: one with the video and one without.  Don’t forget to use the #ShareJesus with each post.  

Remember

  1. The easiest way to start evangelizing and sharing your faith is to take the jump. Share from your heart and don’t be ashamed of the good news in your life.
  2. People are hurting. They need Jesus. Will you share with those you love today?

On Social Media today consider these questions:

  • What is prayer to you?
  • What’s your biggest challenge in prayer?
  • How do you overcome distractions in prayer?
  • Share some of your prayer requests today.

Don’t forget on Facebook, please share the video from our Facebook page. This way you’ll get a lot more views than if you share a Youtube link on Facebook.

From Twitter please use the Youtube link http://youtu.be/baQTRG231W0​ with your posts and don’t forget to RT our tweets.

Taking it Offline

  • Share a prayer request with 3 people today.
  • Take some extra prayer time today.
  • Teach someone how to pray.
  • Spend some time listening in prayer today.
  • If you are married, make it a point to give your spouse a few extra minutes to pray today by watching the kids or taking a chore off your spouses plate.
  • Continue to pray for those who you want to share the Lord with over Lent.

“Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord.” Saint John Paul II. Let your life be changed today. #ShareJesus!

God bless you,

Andy Lesnefsky

Jesus the Transformer

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+ He is transfigured. We are transformed.

I can’t imagine what it would have been like to be there to witness the transfiguration of Jesus. Not only do Peter, James, and John see Elijah and Moses, they see Jesus transformed. It was a moment where there was no turning back. They had seen Jesus for who He was.

leah darrow #ShareJesus We have a God that’s not distant, but a God who wants us to know Him and makes Himself present and available to us. Jesus is transfigured, but the disciples are transformed. This Lent God wants to reveal who He is. We are also reminded by St. John Paul II that “Christ fully reveals man to himself.” 

In today’s #ShareJesus video, Leah Darrow talks about her personal story of transformation and the Sacrament of Confession. She challenges us that transformation calls us to action. It’s reflected in our lives.

How has your life been transformed?

Sharing Online (you can use the share buttons below or above this article)

Are you following us on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Pinterest? A simple #ShareJesus daily goal: two posts: one with the video and one without.  
 Don’t forget to use the #ShareJesus with each post.  Remember

  1. Share from your heart and personal experience.
  2. Pray before posting.
  3. Step back and ask yourself how you would respond to your posts.

On Social Media today consider these questions:

  • When was a specific moment in time that your view of Jesus was transformed?
  • How has your life been transformed?
  • How have you encountered God in the Sacraments?

On Facebook, please share the video from our Facebook page. This way you’ll get a lot more views than if you share a Youtube link on Facebook.  From Twitter please use the Youtube link http://youtu.be/FIuqniXEtB0 with your posts and don’t forget to RT our tweets.

What has the Lord been saying to you this Lent through the first 7 #ShareJesus videos? We would love to hear your feedback on Twitter and on Facebook.

Taking it Offline

  • Pray that you would see the areas of your life that still need transformation.
  • Pray with someone (not just for them) who is struggling, that God’s love will continue to encourage and transform them.
  • Get to church one extra time this week if possible, even if just to pray for a couple of minutes.
  • Call a friend that you haven’t talked to in a while and tell them about your Lent so far.
  • Continue to pray for those who you want to share the Lord with over Lent.

You’ve got the opportunity every day to encounter the love of God in prayer. Don’t miss that opportunity for transformation today!

God bless you,

Andy Lesnefsky

We would love to hear your feedback below!

What was Jesus Thinking?

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Today I want to ask you to join everyone who is a part of #ShareJesus this Lent in prayer. Prayer that Lent would be a time for each of us to encounter the Lord in a new way, but also a time where we go out and share the good news of who Jesus is with other people. Let’s pray for our friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors who don’t yet know the joy of knowing Jesus. You can share your prayer requests with us on our Facebook timeline or @redeemedonline on twitter.

He chooses youThis week’s #ShareJesus videos all look forward to this Sunday’s Gospel Reading of the Transfiguration. It’s my honor to share in today’s video about why Jesus chooses the people he did to be his disciples. The reality is that Jesus chooses a bunch of nobodies. God sees in the disciples something. He knows they have what it takes. In the same way, Jesus looks at you and sees your value. He sees your worth. He chooses you.

What does it mean to be chosen?

Sharing Online

Are you following us on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Pinterest?

If you are active on social media, we want to encourage you to do at least two #ShareJesus posts per day. One sharing with the video and one post just about your relationship with Jesus using one of the prompts below. Also, don’t forget to use #ShareJesus whenever you post!

Here’s a great example of a FB post I saw yesterday that accompanied the video share:

Why (or who) are you giving up (or adding) things this Lent? I’ve got a growing list in my prayer journal (and I think of them every time I can’t eat chocolate…message me if you could use some extra prayers! ‪#‎ShareJesus‬ 

On Social Media today consider these questions:

  • When was the first time you heard Jesus call you to follow him?
  • Why does Jesus chose you?
  • What does it mean to be a disciple?

On Facebook, please share the video from our Facebook page. This way you’ll get a lot more views than if you share a Youtube link on Facebook.  From Twitter please use the Youtube link http://youtu.be/N9EtzQTgoAI with your posts and don’t forget to RT our tweets.

Taking it offline

  • Pray that you would respond with an open heart to the Lord’s invitation to follow.
  • Share with a loved one some way you have felt the Lord call you to follow him in a new way this year.
  • Ask someone you don’t normally talk to about your faith if you could pray for them for anything this Lent.
  • Continue to pray for those who you want to share the Lord with over Lent.

Even when we struggle to believe, the Lord believes in us enough to call us to follow him. What an awesome blessing.  Please continue to pray for me and everyone involved in #ShareJesus. I personally treasure your prayers!   

– Andy Lesnefsky

 Invite someone new to join us for #ShareJesus today.

The Why of Lent

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What’s your why this Lent?

its dead easyLiving in Pittsburgh, PA it seems like everyone is Catholic around Lent. I sometime see and hear people who don’t go to church or make any claim to be into faith at all do things like give up something for Lent or not eat meat on Fridays. While these things can be good in and of themselves, we need to ask ourselves what’s the point? I believe more than anything Jesus wants to grow in relationship with Him.

In today’s #ShareJesus video, Fr. Mike Schmitz examines the why of Lent. Take sometime to understand what was Jesus’s why and to ask yourself what is my why? I believe when we do this, it makes the things we do have much greater meaning and purpose.

 Knowing the why will help make your Lent awesome.

Don’t forget to use #ShareJesus whenever you post!

Sharing online

On Facebook

Today here’s a couple of posting ideas to accompany a share of the video (we highly recommend sharing the video from our page on Facebook instead of a youtube link because Facebook gives more play and attention to videos hosted on their networks):

  • What does it mean that for Jesus his why is you?
  • Share your why behind the things you are doing this Lent.
  • Share a time when your faith has been difficult and what kept you going.

On Twitter

  • RT our tweets
  • Today share the youtube link http://youtu.be/X4Lms10ytQk along with the why behind your Lent, share what keeps you going when your faith is hard, and/or something that spoke to you from Brian’s video.

Taking it offline

  • Pray about what it means that Jesus’s why is you.
  • Invite someone to church with you today.
  • Talk to someone at church about where you are in your faith journey this Lent and what your goals are. Ask them to do the same.
  • Continue to pray for those who you want to share the Lord with over Lent.

Today is Sunday! It’s the Lord’s day. Today and every Sunday we celebrate that our God is alive. May the joy of the resurrection touch your life in a new way today.

God bless you,

Andy Lesnefsky

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3 Tips for Dealing with Temptation

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We have a God who is close to us

know who

God is close us to. As we journey through Lent, this Sunday we hear in the Gospel reading that Jesus goes into the desert and is tempted by Satan. We have a God that understands our struggles. Jesus wants to enter into our darkest places, our pain, and our loneliness.

Today Brian Kissinger shares about Jesus and his temptation and 3 quick lessons we can learn from how Jesus overcomes temptation.

God wants to do BIG things in your life and through you. Continue to make yourself available to him to, hear his voice, and continue to be his instrument in sharing Jesus with a world that desperately needs him.

Sharing online

Are you following us on Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? Pinterest?

Don’t forget to use #ShareJesus whenever you post!

On Facebook today

here’s a couple of posting ideas to accompany a share of the video (we highly recommend sharing the video from our page on Facebook instead of a youtube link because Facebook gives more play and attention to videos hosted on their networks):

  • Jesus knew who he was. What does it mean to be a child of God?
  • Jesus knew who God was. How have you come to know who God is?
  • Jesus waited and trusted in God. How have you waited upon the Lord?

On Twitter

  • RT our tweets
  • Today share the youtube link http://youtu.be/JhV83op2Qys along with one way you’ve come to know Jesus, something your relationship with God has taught you about yourself, and/or something that spoke to you from Brian’s video.

Taking it offline

  • Take some time today to reflect on who God is and what it means to be his child.
  • Encourage someone you know who is struggling in life or in their relationship with God. Write them an encouraging note.
  • Ask someone today if you can pray with them and do it.
  • Continue to pray for those who you want to share the Lord with over Lent.

Whatever struggles you face, God is here. God will be your strength in the face of temptation, whatever it may be. Know who you are. Know who God is. Wait upon the Lord. He never disappoints.

God bless you,

Andy Lesnefsky

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