Hope everyone has a great Easter! If you don't know Jesus as of yet! This weekend would be an awesome time to find out who he is and what he's already done for you!
Blessings!
Leah

Shut Up And Pray Number 13

Thanks IggyRock!
If you all get a chance stop by and take a listen to what IggyROCKS is playing.
There's something for everyone!

Saturday, April 01, 2006
Monthly TOP 20 on iggyROCKS! March

1. The Huntingtons - I Wanna Be a Ramone - Plastic Surgery
2. Sweet Comfort Band - Isabel - cutting edge
3. Shorthanded - Agony Ecstasy - Forever Yours
4. Red Tree - Follow Me - Last Day for the Blind
5. Liptocoal - Fly - Liptocoal
6. Hammertown - Reaching - Hammertown
7. Lifehouse - breathing - No Name Face
8. Kennebec - Live For You - Hidden Element
9. Efata - Fly - I Am Me I Em Ma I
10.Big Dismal - Remember (I.O.U.) - Believe
11.12 Stones - The Way I Feel - 12 Stones
12.The Huntingtons - No Pool Party Tonight - Plastic Surgery
13.Leah Martensen - Shut Up And Pray - What I'm Not
14.Kennebec - And You - Hidden Element
15.James Korzelius - Open Mic Night At The Gypsy - Free
16.Glen Lystne - You Move Me - Glen Lystne
17.G2C - Wailin' Wall - G2C
18.Sanctus Real - Everything About You - Fight the Tide
19.Salvador - Breathing Life - Into Motion
20.R.I.T.L. - Everyday - fragile ep

HE TAKES CARE OF US!

I can see God doing a work in our lives. There are things falling into place without us touching a thing. I love those moments because I can't question where the help is coming from. It's pure God! No if's and's or but's about it. The doors become wide open and things just come together. I have to stop for a moment and breath!

I thank you God for working in our lives and letting us know that you truly care about us. I'll never understand why because we let you down way to often. I'm humbled to see the work you are doing and it keeps teaching me about your unconditional love. Thank you for giving us your son! We are just not worthy of anything you do for us!

Do We Really Pay Attention? Another reminder!

Christian D.I.V.A.s

Here are some of the faces that are a part of Christian D.I.V.As. This is a AWESOME group for God!

CHRISTIAN D.I.V.A.S

Devoted, Inspired, Victorious Artists! That's what Christian D.I.V.As is all about! My friend Jilleen and I started talking about doing something to help Christian female artists. Little did we know that just in a few months this thing would grow so quickly. There is a lot of STUFF out there today in Christian music and it's getting hard to know who to trust, who to get involved with and who's really behind what you do. Ok...I'm being honest here! I question peoples relationship with Christ! I have seen so much junk and weird behavior that I thought it was time to do something about it. Christian D.I.V.As has the best Christian artists around in the Indie world. Their hearts and music stands high above the rest. I'm really proud of everyone that is a part of this group. I'm grateful that I met my friend Jilleen at a World Vision retreat a year ago. I believe God has great plans for both of us as we work through the path of Christian D.I.V.As. It's so Cool! I'm excited! Check out the web site if you get a chance! Let us know what you think! Blessings! Leah www.christiandivas.net

Amazing!

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MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION @ CROSSROADS

Last night (Friday) at 10;35 pm I told my wife Nancy that I felt strongly led to go over to our new church and pray. I specifically used the words "strongly led" because that was how I felt and I wanted her to understand why I was going so late on a Friday night - something I never do.

When I got to the church and let myself in (It had been locked up at about 9:30 PM) I noticed something shiny looking on the concrete floor at the far end of the lobby. As I got closer I could see it was water which was running out from the Early Childhood/Nursery wing of the building.

As I opened the double doors to the 50 foot hallway I found the brand new carpet was covered with 2 inches of water rushing toward me from the far end. I ran through the water and found the source in the last classroom on the left where the pressure tanks for our well system were standing. One of the PVC feeder pipes had burst and an open four inch pipe was gushing water against the tank and spraying up in the air.

With a quick prayer I bent over the gushing pipes and groped around for a shut off valve. Thankfully I found it and shut the water off. I ran back to the main lobby and called my buddy Jess who lives near the church and he came right over. We found two wet/dray vacs and started trying to rescue the classrooms from all the standing water

Then we realized that water had gotten across the lobby and under the sanctuary doors. Thankfully only a small area of carpet was wet and the water had not crested the sloped floor down to the stage area. We dove in with the wet vacs and kept any further damage to a minimum.

Jess called his wife Beth who called AAA Disaster Clean Up and they arrived about 1 AM as we were finishing up our vacuum brigade. By then our wives Nancy and Beth had come over to survey the damage and help clean up.

Looking back it is clear that the timing and leading of the entire event was an absolute miracle. I had no other reason to go to the church than that I felt led to go pray. As best we can estimate the water was running for a half hour to 45 minutes. If it had run all night our brand new -- never-been-used sanctuary would have sustained massive damage. Several rows of seats would have been ruined -- the sound system under the stage would have been destroyed and likely the walls would have needed to be torn out. The result would have been a 4-6 month delay with no place to meet since this was to be our first weekend in our new building.

God's timing is perfect. His leadings are exactly right. I know!

Thank you God for saving our church building from ruin as a sign to us of your amazing power, love and grace. And help us -- help me -- never to forget the power of this lesson!

I HAVE A CONFESSION!

For the few of you who actually come here I'm falling behind! I must confess that my life is so busy and it's just getting harder to keep up with this blog. I'm feeling guilty! I'm putting so much pressure on myself and I have no idea why! I find it funny that I do that to myself. I've had a couple of projects I needed to get done which you'll hear about at a later date. I'm hoping I get familiar with my blog again and visit those who come here. From now to May I have several concerts on the books so...I'll be lap topping it on weekends. Blessings to you all!

JUST PRETTY!

ARE YOU WATCHING FOR IT?

Does it have to be this obvious?

Performance at EVELYN BAY

Last night was kind of history! It was so much fun! Heather,Ryan,Brooke joined me at "Evelyn Bay's" coffeehouse. I was so excited for them as kids who are learning their craft and mastering it. I have known all of them since birth and there is joy in watching them learn the arts and applying their gifts. Heather played keys and a percussion drum while Ryan played guitar and violin. Then there's Brooke who just turned 9. She's a showboat! She sang and danced throughout the night. My hubby Jan even joined them on guitar which was also his very first performance! He started taking guitar lessons I believe about a year ago. God must have been proud of all of them! Oh..yes I did perform too...but I gave most of the night to my great friends. The coffeehouse was packed out and it was just a nice setting and night. Check out the pictures of the place.

THERE'S NO LOVE GREATER THAN HIS!

HAPPY V DAY!