At first, this seemed surreal, life flies by. My last year of my 20′s. Wow.

But then I found out that millions of people don’t live to see their fifth birthdays. And why? Because they don’t have access to clean, safe water.

I’m going to celebrate my birthday like never before.

I’m asking for $29 from everyone I know — and every penny of the money raised will go directly to fund clean water projects in developing nations. Even better, charity: water will show us exactly which projects we funded once they’ve been fully completed (which takes about 18 months). That means we’ll be able to see the communities we’ve helped!

My goal is to raise $5,000. This will help give water to 1 community, 250 people.

Please join me to make this birthday count. Donations can be made starting now. (Yes, it’s tax deductible.)

If you are unable to donate, I completely understand. Would you partner with me in at least sharing this post via facebook or twitter?

Here is the link to the donation page: http://mycharitywater.org/zacks29thbirthday

Below is a short video about charity: water. Please take 3 minutes and watch it. Thanks for taking your time to read this post.

That is the number of people that are affected by human trafficking right now. It’s real and its here. This isn’t a movie, it’s real life. Just thinking about that number completely breaks my heart. That in a world where everything is at our fingertips there are 27 Million people getting sold and living lives that we couldn’t even imagine. There is a way you can help.

Matt Redman has recorded a song called 27 Million, its sole purpose is to bring awareness to this horrific number. The song hits iTunes in the US tonight – buy it. All of the proceeds go to support the A21 Campaign. You could also give to the A21 Campaign directly and learn more about them here.

Below is the promo for the song and the official music video.

My church (NewSpring) is releasing a new worship album.

No Other Name.

A group of songs all birthed out of the heart of our church.

It’s been amazing to sing some of these songs for years now, and finally see the rest of the word get to experience them.

The album will be available on iTunes.

A free concert is going to be held at the Anderson campus on Saturday night at 7.

Below is a promo for it …

Get all the details online at www.newspring.cc/noothername/

I’m talking about a bill on the fast track in the House right now, that could change the way we use the internet forever.

The bill is called PIPA (Protect IP Act).

Its cousin bill called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) got pulled from the house floor.

Just how bad is PIPA? ..

Let’s just say that sites like Facebook and Twitter could potentially be shut down because of user posted content.

To show support for the bill, Wikipedia is shutting down the English version of their site for 24 hours.

Below is a video explaining exactly how the bill works.

I will put a link to a few resources with more details after the video.

Links:

Mashable – SOPA Dangerous Opinion.

Here is the posting that Wikipedia has on their site.

SOPA Blackout set for January 18th.

That song for me right now is, One Thing Remains.

It’s easy for us to look at stupid mistakes we’ve made and let that                                                   allow us to feel separated from God.

I always hear people say, and they act like it’s a joke, but I know they feel it to be true is ..

“If I ever set foot in a church it would burn down.”

Guess what .. it won’t.

The chorus of this song says -

Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me.

Think about that for a second.

Your love never fails, never gives up. Never runs out on me.

Never means never. No matter what you’ve done or what your doing.

Jesus still loves you.

Think about the person that you know that loves you the most.

They don’t even come close to loving you as much as Jesus does.

It’s an amazing thought that is so hard to wrap our minds and hearts around.

Listen to the song, it’ll completely blow your mind.

I love supporting cause related non-profits.

If you feel the same way, then you need to checkout Sevenly.org.

I might be late to the game but I just found the site a few weeks ago and it’s incredible.

I got my first shirt in the mail last week.

Below is a video that tell’s how it works, and shows what they are all about.

Follow them on twitter: @sevenly