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Livin the life (john 10:10)

Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal,kill, and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full"(john 10:10 NIV)

Back in the day we use to have this term called "livin the life".  As a tattoo artist we made our own hours, cash money, partied like Rock stars, anwered to no one, and truly thought we were livin the life. In fact we would often turned to one another to say, "man, were livin the life".  Ironically, this is the very life style that wound me up in prison (livin death).

As you know from a couple weeks ago, I had been searching for a 777 slogan. We'll I began thinking about this term for some reason and John 10:10 popped into my mind.  Jesus is making a point here  that their is no other way of life.  He is the only way to heaven.  He's the one that's going fulfill every part of your life.  Anything outside of him is considered death and will one day fade away and this is exactly what 777 is about. 
We've experienced the old way of life (the theif... steal, kill, destroy) our life has literally been destroyed, stolen, and killed by the enemy, but now we've been given a new life  in Christ.  He's pulled us out of the fire to give us an eternal place in His kingdom.
Notice the phrase.... to the full.  Not only have we been given a new life, but we've been given an extreame life.  A life of abundance.  Therefore, we live our lives here on earth to the extreame. Sold out, hardcore zealots for Jesus.   All that to say..... We have a new slogan!!!!!

777 "LIVIN THE LIFE"                     

There's only one life; it's a Christ Life. (john 10:10)

Ricky Bobby and 777 "what a combo"

Any movie that has will farrell opening A prayer with "Dear Lord Baby Jesus", Has got to be some funny stuff.  what may be even funnier, is listening to 20 777 members laughing there @#!$#'s off in the movie theater.
Yes it's true, the fella's are  rushing out to opening night so we can see Ricky bobby make a fool of himself on the big screen.  Man you don't want to miss this one.  I think I'll definatley need to stretch my cheek, stomach, and face muscles before I see this.  "Help me Tom Cruise I'm on fire".  funny stuff.  See you at the movies.......

watch it grow

Through months of hard times, many criticisms, and lots of faith, the 777 Has come back together for our monthly meeting.  1 month and 1/2 ago God inspired me to break up our weekly meetings into chapters.  We had reached a consistent 30 guys each week and weren't growing beyond that.  Also, many guys weren't being connected  because there were so many in the group and not enough time for everyone.  We now have six chapters in various places around the Inland Empire. 
Every week these chapters of about 10 to 15 guys come together for worship, prayer,  Bible interaction, and time to be real with each 0ther. On the last Wednesday of the month all chapters meet in one spot.  This first big group meeting had over 50 guys.  We also have about 70 guys on our roster.  With the 777 women, that puts us over 100 consistent members each week.  The really cool thing is that probably 75 percent of our members have either never been to church or have never been committed to a church before.
Our vision is to "use the model of a gang to reach the extreme, broken, and rebellious".  The vision is coming to pass.  We have everyone from, ex strippers, to ex strip club d.j.'s, ex biker gang members, drug addicts, dealers,  and a huge crowd of partyers, all giving there lives over to Jesus Christ.  This is what it really means to live a dream.  I have always said, "I don't want to be part of some  candy coated  glee club,  but part of  a movement  similar to the book of acts",  well here we are, I'm just waiting for someone to get raised from the dead....  that would be hardcore.

777 women on fire

I can't even express how amazed I am to be part of such a powerful movement of God.  Tonight I saw 25 women come together  to worship, read the word, be real with each other and discuss  real life struggles.  I was blown away. 

I sat ease dropping in the other room listening to Leanna and Angie bridges tell their life stories. Both stories, though completely different, Had such an impact that there were times when my cheeks were literally drenched with tears because of the amazing work that God is doing in there lives.

it would seem that only after 4 meetings these women would still be some what reserved with one another. I was blown away to hear them sing and clap together.  They shared things that most people would only share with there closest friends.  I truly believe that this is what God intended for  the church. 

The highlight of the night came close to the end when someone I care for very much, finally showed up.  She has battled through cancer, drug abuse, dancing, and a crazy life.  It just so happens that she is really struggling right now and when she showed up all the women gathered together on the living room floor laying hands on her in prayer. 

I believe God is going to do so many great things through these women and I am so proud to be married to their leader.  My wife Kim and her best friend Erin K are doing such a great job leading these women.  I have truly longed to see this day.  Keep up the good work ladies, I Love you all so very much.  Keep pressing on.  Pastor T

my partners in crime

me and dave

Me and Tim

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about my 2 best friends.  In the old life these two guys were my partners in crime.  The cool thing is that now as a Jesus Freak I have found 2 new partners in crime,  Tim and Dave .These guys are just my kind of people,  Cool, loyal, hardcore, fun, Down to earth and especially passionate. 

Dave is one of the those  ultra cool human beings.  He has kind of a james dean vibe about him.  If there were such a thing as a christian rock star, its Dave.  Wherever we are, Dave is always noticed.  6 foot 3, 230 pounds, full tattoo sleeves make him real hard to miss. 

Tim is just one those kind of men that you want to follow. He's A natural born leader. I would consider him to be one of the classiest guys I know.  Everything he does and has is top of the line excellent.

All that to say, these guys make two great soldiers for Christ.  I am fully confident that God Saved them and  brought them right to me for the sake of the gospel.  We look forward to leading the x generation to Jesus.

party time 777 style

alright everybody here it is.  Be there or be square.  the address is on the flyer.  mapquest it.... tommorow sat 1 pm to 11pm...777 for life

A message from the 777women co leader

This is a message that erin K posted on myspace.  She is the co leader to my wife at 777 women.  listen to whats going on there.


777 Women? Right now you may be asking what is 777 women. Well we are a group of women that get together and build relationship with others and God. We have a desire to win the world over for christ. 777 Women has not gotten much blog time. We have only actually met four times. We were meeting once a month for the last four months. In those four months we have been able to see God work in the life a heroin addict, a broken marriage, a grandma scared to die, women dealing with and opening up about things they don't feel comfortable opening up about anywhere else. We have a rollerblading disciple going to skatepark talking to kids and parents about who Christ is and how he changed her life and they can have that change as well if they ask. In this time we have seen 777 women grow and God work miracles. Really. The 777 Granny as we call her a month ago had fluid on her lungs and swollen lymphnodes. Went to emergeny a week later and the doctors said the fluid was gone and the lymphnode was not swollen enough to do anything Conclusion: no cancer and only and infection to speak of. She at the age of 70 opened up to my fellow sisters half her age. I thank God for all of you women because that 777 Granny is my grandma and I am not ready to lose her yet. Thank You. Even more than that though I want to say thank you to everyone in 777 women I am so proud of all of you for showing up for God and doing more work in four months for God than I have seen in a long time. You women truly love the Lord you are serving. True Servants. God is doing amazing work and I am truly blessed to be a part of this family we call 777 women. See you girls tommorow night. For anyone reading who wants to come and was not invited consider this your invitation. You can call me for directions anytime. We are meeting every Thursday at 6:30p.m. My number is 951-303-5644. See you there.

Thank you erin and Kim. Your both doing a tremendous work for the Lord.  Keep up the good work.

The newest 777 chapter (menifee

The 777 has expanded even as far as menifee.  we started this chapter 2 weeks ago and already led 2 guys to Christ and grew from 7 to 10. I see alot of great things happening here at Tim's crib.   By the way on July 8 .  We will be having our monthly triple 7 party at Tim's house in menifee.  I will post the info next week.  We will be watching tito and shamrock,  silvia and arlovski duke it out along with great food, live music, swimming, hot tub, energy drinks, triple 7 inductions (recognizing new members) and the funnest gang of men and women to hang out with anywere.......  all knucklehead non believers welcome.  Dont get all weird and scared if they have a few beers either. 

This party is for all triple 7 men and women.  bring a dish. and be ready to pitch into the hat as well.  I cant wait!!!!!!   menifee is on the rise.   

777 step of faith

Since it's conception, Triple 7 soles has always had a vision to start new chapters.  We know that with out stepping out in faith and trusting God,  we can hinder God's work by staying to comfortable in our own holy huddle.  Well this week we finally did it.  we actually started 4 new chapters.  La Sierra had 11 guys,  woodcrest had 5 guys, Riverside had 10 guys, and menifee had 7.   A total of 32 guys came together in different locations to begin a model that God has laid out.  amazing!!!!!!

The cool thing is that there are another 20 guys who were not available tonight.  We also have a prospect of a good 20 new guys coming next week.  The highlight of the night comes from menifee.  we had 3 non believers show up and on the first night, 2 of them got saved.  "if you are faithful in the little things, God will bless you with bigger things".  I cant wait to see what God has planned next.  All I know is that I want to be in on it.  It all started with 4 men praying in willy's living room and now this.  prayer is a powerful tool.  And who ever said God isn't real?

777 sushi

whoever said men of God don't know how to party  might want to talk to the manager at Joe's sushi. (the man seen in the blue shirt)  All night the sushi cooks tried to get us to drink and we kept telling them... You don't want this group of guys on alcohol.  we  may end up on the other side of the bar serving them sushi....ha.  Anyways we haven't laughed so hard in our lives.  Talk about old knuckle heads having a good time.  we had the whole place rockin.  Everyone was wondering....  who are these guys?   if you ever want to have the time of your life,  hang out with the 777 at a sushi bar.  You'll never regret it.