Temporary Residents

2004-08-06T12:05:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to thank everyone for your phone calls and to those who were able to make the funeral- it was a great tribute to my brother Danny. The Wells Fargo account is still set up for donations.

As the funeral and things wind down, people stop coming by, things start getting a little harder because it seems life is moving on in the midst of it seeming like it has stopped.

My mom, dad, sister, and my life has been dramatically changed forever and as we just lean on God and ride this healing process, your prayers are needed and heeded. So thank you.

I did get part of the story wrong, because I had not seen the news or read the paper.

My brother was the passenger, and Brandon was the driver, they were killed instantly, and the backseat passenger, Trevor is at Scottsdale Memorial in an induced coma. He really needs our prayers. Never before have I understood like I do now how much we need to prayer for a miracle in Trevor's life- that there wouldn't be brain damage, he would be completly restored. He and his family are Christians so that's awesome.

You can also go on to www.azcentral.com and search in the obituaries under Danny Reynolds and it brings Dan's ob up and there is a guestbook if anyone wants to sign it- that would be great.
Thanks again!

Jacque

2004-07-27T09:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday morning, my brother Danny was killed in a car accident. He was only 25 and right now my family is having a hard time. I don't know if I will even make it though this post.

There is an account set up at wells fargo for donations in Daniel Reynolds' name and the account # is 1506502572. Any help is appreciated, he didn't have life insurance and so things are going to be tight.

My brother and two other guys were driving extremely fast, my brother was not driving, but all of them had been drinking. They went to make a turn and missed it, hitting an embankment and flipping the car, ejecting all three boys. My brother and one guy, Trevor were instantly killed. Brandon, the driver was in critical condition until last night when he died. Most of all, my fmaily needs your prayers. WE are holding onto Jesus and the hope He gives us. My brother a couple years ago had confessed JEsus as His savior but was not living the lifestlye. But ya knwo what, only God knows the heart and the name Daniel means God is my Judge- and abraham believed and it was acounted to him as rightousness. That is all I can hold onto. PLease copy and paste this in your blog to spread the word! Please

Thank you for all your prayers and support.

2004-07-15T09:24:00.000-07:00

There has been a change in our songwriting contest. we leave next wednesday and Actually one of my best friend's Missy is going and we are going to do our song, "Break Our Hearts" and just whatever happens happens. There is also a $50 fee to enter the contest so I just pray God will bless it and at the very least may it minister to someone listening to it. Here are the words:

V. 1
Inside our hearts there's a longing
That beats for you
There's a craving for your presence Lord
We want more of You

Chorus
Break our hearts to what breaks you
Make us Lord to be like you
Stir our hearts ignite the flame
Bring us Back to the reason that You came

V.2
In you there's a way to the Father
In you there's a life that's worth living
You came so I could be free
I'll go where you send me

Bridge
You set the captives free
There's healing in your wings
You've invited us to see
What you want this world to be

2004-07-06T08:41:00.000-07:00

In two weeks, about 15 people from our worship team are going to the Clint Brown worship conference in Orlando Florida. It is one of the biggest and well known conferences in the state, so we are all excited to learn heaps and gain so much from it. There is also a songwriting competition and if you win, Clint Brown records it on his next CD. So Dawn and I are entering one of our songs, "You Are Here". Whatever happens, happens. I just hope to learn and receive so much from the conference. It is from July 21-24.

2004-06-16T10:17:00.002-07:00

With everything God is taking me through this song has been on my heart the whole time. it is one Dawn and I wrote, but especially the verse, it grips my heart and becomes my prayer.

Cause my heart to know You more
I give up all my plans to do Your will
May all my ways be pleasing to You
A living sacrifice

You have brought me so far
I lift my hands and thank You for the second chance

2004-06-16T10:17:00.001-07:00

2004-06-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

2004-06-12T10:45:00.000-07:00

Wow! God is amazing! The worship was incredible, and it flowed in and out of intercessory prayer as 1500 people were gathered in this sanctuary on our knees praying for our nation, our churches, and our world. It was such an amazing corporate meeting. I've been to so many but this one was so life changing for me. I know it sounds cliched to say God is doing somethign among his poeple and in this nation, but it is so true.

Look at the funeral of ex-president Ronald Reagan- his son got up and did a eulogy, which was profoundly moving, and he said the greates thing his dad left him was letting him know where they would be going and that to have a relationship with Jesus Christ! On national news! And God made the way for him to say that, as who is going to stop him? God is provoking and charign up his people to step it up! Not only in our daily lives, but in our prayer lives. We NEED to pray more! We NEED to be walking in God's presence more.

as I was praying corporately, I became more aware of my own sins and how much I needed forgiveness because I don't want anything that will hinder the moving of the kingdom of God. Everything I do individually will affect us corporately! We need to be mroe righteous, and we need not compromise any more! Jesus NEVER EVER compromised. He was there with drunks and the prostitutes, but he never partook of their sin or any sin. He didn't have to. He was secure in himself to be real and not need to succumb to anything of the world but to be a light, showing he didn't anything to fill the emptyness or void in his life, except God the Father.

God, make that our hearts! That we would cry out for more of you! More of your righteousness and more open to correcting the things in us which are preventing the Kingdom to come!

Break our hearts to what breaks YOU
Make us Lord to be like you
Stir our hearts ignite the flame
Bring us back to the reason that you came!

2004-06-11T10:04:00.000-07:00

We're having prayer quake here in Arizona and man has it been amazing and awesome! tonight, I'm going to this all night prayer and worship, kind of like a harp and bowl type thing from 10pm to 2am at Word of Grace. It is going to be so awesome! God is going to move mightily, he already has been and I can't wait to report back on what he did tonight!

2004-06-03T15:57:00.000-07:00

Despite me, God always communicates to His children how much He loves them!

The worship pastor was out of town last night so I taught the worship class, which is worship for life.

I taught on opening heaven, walking into the complete full access of God that we already have. We must harbor repentent hearts and a passion for God, wanting more of Him and not settling for complacency.

Repentence is a lifestyle. it is not just something you DO, but is something you are. It is not always feeling guilty or shameful, but walking in the freedom that we are made clean and pure as we allow Christ to blot our transgressions and forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrightouesness. There is a big difference between repentence and remorse. We can be sorry but we have to turn around and just go after God!

God thank you for being faithful and I know with assurance that it was not anything I said or did, but you communicated what you wanted and everyone left with receiving exactly what you wanted them to leave with. Thank you Lord!

2004-06-01T16:14:00.000-07:00

Well, today has not been a very good day. Sometimes, my flesh over rides me and the day is too much for me, life is too overwhelming. The phones don't stop ringing and people don't stop complaining, and I feel more and more inexperieced to do my job at the retirement center. These are the times where I feel like the worlds biggest jerk. and then I think of people in worse situaitons and do not feel I should even have the right to feel overwhelemd. People less fortunate than I am work more hours than I do, make less money and are not blessed to know the God I know. HE is my provider, and when I am weary, in Him can I rest. I don't have to deal with all this stress and I was never meant to worry. It is at that level of trust I want to be at with God. To not worry and stress, but simply have a wonderful attitude and be Christ's example. I want to be different than the people in the world. they have to see true joy in my life, if it is going to be different than theirs. God you are my strength and my refuge. May your peace and rest wash over me as I prepare to leave today from one job to my second tonight. I love you so much God!

2004-05-27T15:57:00.000-07:00

Well guys, we have been a little slow lately in any new devlopments.

It's hard cause Luke is in Kansas, but doing so many incredible and aweosme things for God and having memorable experiences.

At the moment, it is finding time to go into the studio to finalize things. I am working two jobs at the moment, and three in the summer, and also trying to get my bachelor's through correspondence, so eventually we will get it done!

If there is anything solid I have learned this year it is that everything, absolutly everything is in God's timing and we have to trust Him with everything we have, all that we are, because if we don't, we're only slowing ourselves down. And while God waits patiently for us to surrender completely to Him, He will wait for the perfect time. Luke said something very profound on his blog and it was that ultimately what will matter in the end, is if you lived your life seeking God and His will.

There's a movie titled "Moulin Rouge" and although it may not be a G rated movie, there is a quote in there that is so true: The greatest thing you'll ever know is just to love and be loved in return.

God longs so much just to know us and love us and wants to give us the greatest joy by showing us how to love him! The two greatest commandments are based on love. Just something to think about.

2004-04-24T10:39:00.000-07:00

If you want to know what's been going with the Kansas man, Luke, you can also check out his blog. God is being so faithful and not wasting his time with Luke but using him every which way.

http://LKinsidemymind.blospot.com

2004-04-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

Psalm 37:4 "Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."

Wow. There it is. I often wonder how many times people quote this verse or read this verse and then pray it without looking at the first part. Delight in the Lord. What does that mean? To delight in the Lord? It means a lot of different things and I think it can even mean something different for everyone.
'Delight' means to take pleasure or joy in. That means ENJOY God!

We all know how we love to hang out with our friends because we enjoy their company, we love having a good time and laughing and just being with each other, cause it's fun! well that'show God wants to be with us. He wants us to enjoy Him. And that delight only comes from spending time with Him. You can't have fun with your friends if you don't talk or hang out with them. There has been a pre-conceived idea about what it means to spend time with God. I think it is in people's heads that it must mean that we are quiet, somber, meditative, silent, and serious. There is no doubt in my mind that spending time with God is that way sometimes, as everything needs to be in a balance and I have times with God where I am silent and just listen to him, and meditate, and all those things. The key I am just illuminating is that spending time with God can be an absolute blast! We experience this enjoyment in worship and in our case, in Temporary Residents.

When we're jamming out and singing and God is in the midst of our music, there is no better place to be. We're enjoying and delighting in God, in his awesomeness, in everything that He is.

God You know the desires of this band. You know my desires, Luke's desires, & Dawn's desires for this band. So God we enjoy You, the life You've given us, the abilities and talents You are so graciously letting us use for You.

Draw near to us as we draw near to You and purify our hearts, motives, and anything that is not of You!

2004-03-30T18:28:00.001-08:00

While Luke was in town, we were able to re-do some parts that needed fine tuning so that was very successful and we are getting closer to completion.

Our cover pictures were developed so we then decided which photos we are going to use. Again, once I figure out how to put those pics on the website, they will defintely be on there. Keep telling others about this site, as once our CD comes out, we will need all the support we can get!

2004-03-30T18:28:00.000-08:00

2004-03-18T12:12:00.000-08:00

we are still deciding that when the Cd is accomplished whether or not we will sell them for $5 to help cover the costs of producing the CD and the picture covers and all that techy stuff or we may just decide to receive donations

2004-03-18T12:05:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! We're so excited about all your guy's comments! Thanks for all your encouagement and prayers, it is awesome to hear!

Well, good news is that Luke is coming back into town next weekend! So that will be great as we can do some more re-recording to fine tune our CD.

Our cover & jacket pictures are being developed this week so once I get those, i will be posting them on the site and also putting some mp3 samples of some of our songs.

It is such a project and there are so many things to keep in mind during the recording process- and some of those things that we have learned can also be used in our everyday lives:

*staying relaxed, but focused
*being patient that the first time may not be *perfect but you just keep going.
*HAVE FUN!!!!! Remember why you do what you do- we love God so much and just want this to rock for Him and want to give Him the very best !

2004-03-13T09:53:00.000-08:00

2004-03-12T22:11:00.000-08:00

We have a very rough draft of our first official CD for TR, undecided on the title of the CD.

Right now, we are figuring what we want for mixing and all that technical stuff, very exciting, but so much work! I am still trying to figure how to use everything on this website, so if anyone knows anything about putting together websites please help me or give me some tips!

2004-03-12T21:52:00.000-08:00

Well, we've just received our first rough rough draft of our CD, so we can practice for the drums and the rest of the instruments. This rough draft will also help in deciding how we want the Cd mixed, as far as which instruments are the driving forces in each song and balancing out each voice.

Once I figure out how to post samples of songs, I will gladly do that!

We are so very new that it seems like these posts are simply for myself. but please leave comments, as we would LOVE to hear from you with any questions, or suggestions about whatever! Thanks for taking an interest in Temporary Residents!

2004-03-07T14:19:00.000-08:00

2004-03-06T14:31:00.000-08:00

More info coming later- this is a very new site but will be updated frequently!

2004-03-06T14:22:00.000-08:00

Temporary Residents- Band members include:

Luke Killough- lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Jacque Reynolds- lead vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, bass
Dawn Jameson- vocals, keys