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Partner with me

February 15, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 7 Comments

Let’s connect 

The internet is quite a fantastic thing. Together over the past few years, you have helped us reach millions of people with the good news through redeemedonline.com. 

Today I have one last video for you in this Goodbye and Hello series and an invitation to partner with me in ministry going forward, including an opportunity to set up a one on one Zoom. 

If you’d like to set up a monthly donation today go to http://vagabondmissions.com (Select my name in the dropdown and make the donation recurring)

If you’d like to schedule a 20-30 min Zoom with me just click this link t0 schedule some time on my calendar  https://calendly.com/vagabond/30min

Know of my prayers for you!

Andy

 

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Why I needed a hard pause

February 15, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 2 Comments

 

“Slow down. Focus on what matters.”

This has been a consistent stirring in my heart for quite some time, but I have felt Jesus speak it even more loudly over the pandemic. 

A lot has changed over the years since I started redeemedonline.com both globally and in my personal life.

My family has grown, my full-time job changed, and God has done so many exciting things.

God has taught me two clear things this year:

  • We have accomplished more than I have ever dreamed possible with redeemedonline.com, #ShareJesus, AdventMadeSimple, and LentMadeSimple. 
  • I can’t keep running at a speed where I try to maintain redeemedonline.com and all its projects while giving my family and my full-time ministry with Vagabond Missions my heart and my attention. 

So I decided it’s time to fully focus on what God’s called me to in this season of my life: My family and Vagabond Missions. 

There’s so much at Vagabond Missions that God is doing right now. We have just about quadrupled in size the past few years and are preparing to go from 4 cities to 8 cities. 

Still, I feel that maybe perhaps I haven’t given you a full introduction to Vagabond Missions and why I love the teens we serve.  Today I want to invite you to learn about Vagabond Missions and how this mission is changing the lives of inner-city teenagers every day. 

Andy

Tomorrow I have a special invitation/opportunity for you. Thanks again for your kind words and prayers. Anything I can pray for you for today? Either comment on the video or blog or send me an email. I’d love to pray for your specific intention 

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Is the Church Perishing?

February 11, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 6 Comments

Goodbye and Hello Part 2

It’s been such a blessing to hear from you via email and comments on the blog at redeemedonline.com about what’s touched you from our past videos and series. 

From encouragements to stories of encountering Jesus to even a saved marriage. 

Your testimonies and kind words are so encouraging. God is good. 

Today, I have a second video for this “Hello and Goodbye” series and it’s titled “Is the Church Perishing?”

It’s a video about vision and what is worth giving up everything for in our lives. Watch it now.

I love hearing from you. I hope this little series piques your interest in what’s coming next.  Today’s video asks you to share what is the vision you are working towards in your life. I’d love to hear from you. Comment on the website or shoot me an email. 

Tomorrow I’ll share more of what the Lord has been doing in my heart and what the “Hello” is 😀. 

Andy 

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What I’ve learned from 632 Videos

February 9, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 65 Comments

Since the inception of redeemedonline.com, we’ve made 632 videos. We’ve also learned a lot of lessons over the these last seven years.

This series serves as both a goodbye and a new hello.

I’m not going to give any spoilers so for now I want to:

1. Say thank you. Your participation and partnership means so much to me.

2. Invite you to check out this new video

3. Ask you to comment on the video or shoot me an email to let me know if there was any video that we’ve done that particularly spoke to you. 

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3 Important Life Lessons from St. Thérèse

September 30, 2020 by Andy Lesnefsky 12 Comments

By worldly measures, Thérèse didn’t accomplish much before she died at the age of 24. However, her love, her wisdom, and her passion for life have much to teach us, especially in these tumultuous times.

There is only one thing to do here below: to love Jesus, to win souls for Him so that He may be loved. Let us seize with jealous care every least opportunity of self-sacrifice. Let us refuse Him nothing — He does so want our love.”

Today I wanted to share three profound life lessons I have learned from her that I think are great reminders for us!

1. You can impact more people than you imagine. It starts with the small things.

Two saints are known as the patron of missions. Saint Francis Xavier traveled extensively including to Africa and Asia. He was one of the first missionaries to India and Japan. He helped convert thousands and thousands of people through his preaching of the Gospel.

Saint Thérèse, on the other hand, spent her whole life in an obscure corner of France. She didn’t travel. In fact, another nun was reported to have said of her after her death, “I cannot understand why people speak of Sister Thérèse as if she were a saint. She never does anything notable.”

Thérèse is recognized as the Patroness of Missions because of her fervent love of Jesus, her intercession for missionaries both while on earth and now in heaven, and her missionary heart for those who don’t know the love of Jesus.

“I have the vocation of the Apostles. I would like to travel over the whole earth to preach your Name and to plant your glorious cross on infidel soil. But…one mission alone would not be sufficient for me, I would want to preach the Gospel on all the five continents simultaneously and even to the most remote isles. I would be a missionary, not for a few years only, but from the beginning of creation until the consummation of the ages.” – St. Thérèse

In my years in ministry, I have had the pleasure of working with people both young and old, rich and poor. One thing that I have found across the variety of ages and socio-economic backgrounds is that people underestimate the impact they can have on the world and the people around them.

Don’t underestimate how valued and loved you are. You can change the world. Like St. Thérèse, love God and others through the little things.

2. We are never satisfied because God created us that way. He created us with a longing for him.

O my God, you have surpassed all my expectations.”- St. Thérèse

Often times in life we can feel like we need more. “It” is not enough.

It can be:
• Money
• Friendships
• Social Media
• Or just about anything.

“It” is not always a sinful thing. It can even be something good like friendship or being with others. We want more. We feel empty when others aren’t around.

Sometimes the hunger for something leads us down a dark path. We get addicted to chasing “it.”

No “it” will ever satisfy us. I used to think this was primarily due to my selfish nature, but I’ve come to understand from St. Thérèse it’s more because Jesus is the only thing that truly satisfies.

Things and people can point us towards him, but the minute we try to replace the creator with a created thing or someone else we are sure to be left feeling empty.

Taste and see how good God is, and you find like St. Thérèse, he will surpass all your expectations.

3. God is calling you, today, to be a great saint.

“You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.”

and

“Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.”  – St. Thérèse

Holiness seems like a distant, impossible task, but if that were the reality, God would be cruel. If he is loving, he would not tell us to be something we could not attain.

You need to believe that God is calling you to be a saint. Not a saint tomorrow or when death is imminently knocking on your door. He is calling you to be a saint today.

Look around at our church. The world doesn’t need a bunch of saints in 50 years from now. It requires the witness of holy men and women today. We need to recommit ourselves to prayer, to the Holy Spirit, and the spreading of the Gospel.

St. Thérèse wasn’t content with being half a saint and I pray that you won’t be either.

Any of these life lessons encourage or challenge you? Have another favorite quote of St. Thérèse? Share in the comments below!

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Partner with me

Partner with me

February 15, 2021 By Andy Lesnefsky 7 Comments

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Why I needed a hard pause

Why I needed a hard pause

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