December 2010
1 post
November 2010
4 posts
The Divine Early-Bird Christmas SALE!
If you’ve wanted to get The Divine Matchmaker book for yourself or someone else, this is the perfect time! The first 100 purchases (there’s no limit on quantity) will SAVE 33% on all books ($15-$5= now only $10). AND SAVE 50% on T-shirts (Our “Mantastic” & “Modest is Hottest” designs) ($20-$10= now only $10).
We hope this is a blessing to all you...
October 2010
2 posts
Amazing Story from NM!
I just wanted to thank you and Casey! I just moved to college a few months ago to Albuquerque and I was so lost as to where i needed to be and who i should surround myself with. I stumbled upon a church about a month ago that really reminded me of the church i went to back home and one day as i was waiting for the the kids to show up for YG to start ministering to them; i was reading your book and...
Testimony
Hey Joel and Casey, I just finished reading your book yesterday (I read it in a day!). I wanted to share my thoughts on the book to encourage you guys! First of all, I may be only 20 but I have over a year of experience working at a Christian bookstore and have had the chance to browse through many, many books :) I have to say that of all the ones I’ve seen or read about what a Godly...
September 2010
1 post
Thankful
Today, I am so thankful for my family. God can take people who grow up in the worst situations, put them together and make something truly beautiful.
August 2010
1 post
Thoughts on The Divine Matchmaker
Steve from PA
Hey man, it’s Steve (JD’s brother) I just wanted to thank you and Casey for letting God use you and writing the Divine Matchmaker! I just finished it and I feel really refreshed by the hope it gave me. It touched on so many things I had questions about reguarding my relationship with God, ladies, and even myself!
I appreciate you and all you’re doing. My...
June 2010
4 posts
God's a Matchmaker!
John 10:10b “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.”
God’s a Matchmaker!
Listening for God’s voice requires you to go beyond embracing just His principles and all the way into embracing God as a Person. Hearing God’s voice necessitates that you seek out a personal relationship with Him. God has given you His wise...
Ahhh, Romance...
Romance is about sharing a lifetime with someone you can entrust you whole heart to—someone who loves you for just being you. It takes time to discover if someone really loves you that authentically and vice versa.
Our word of advice is to take your time in every season, from single hood throughout friendship, courtship or dating, engagement, and God willing, to marriage. After all,...
Friending: Friendship is the Foundation
Friendship is the foundation of marriage. It’s impossible to have a thriving marriage without it. Building your life-long romance on anything but friendship is like building your house on the sand. When the storms come (and, as every married person knows, they will come), your relationship will fall. Start with friendship. If you can first be best friends, then you might be able to be...
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Alexa Anderson Hearing how you proposed to casey reminds me of a bachelor “the final rose” ceremony episode :) lol. May God continue to bless the both of you and your adorable son! Thank you so much for speaking at Refuge and Ignite! I love your book.
Breanna Maria Love this book! Reading it made me realize how much more God really has in stoer for me!
May 2010
4 posts
A word from Andrew...
Hi Joel, Just wanted to say hello and that I finally got done with your book, “The Divine Matchmaker”. I can see I have a lot of things to do for myself and correct in my life. It was very inspiring, eye-opening, encouraging, and I clearly see what steps I need to take. I really felt like God was putting this in my life for a reason when you gave it to me and now that I’ve read...
The DIVINE MATCHMAKER DVD.
Tyla Francis Aaaaahhhhhh-just watched the video with one of my youth girls and all I can say - is THANK yOU for sharing your story anf touching these young women’s lives! Its truely amazing to see that it is POSSIBLE to show Gods glory during the hard “dating” years of life! So thank you God glory shines through your story!!
THE DIVINE MATCHMAKER CONFERENCE!
It’s official!!!!! THE DIVINE MATCHMAKER CONFERENCE is on the calendar!!!! For more info or to purchase tickets go to http://divinematchmaker.eventbrite.com/
A word form Anna...
Joel and Casey, I just wanted to thank you very much for being who you are! You do an amazing job at Acquire the Fire events! You both make it very easy to listen to you. Joel, you are very funny and Casey, you are so bubbly and excited all the time! (: I am reading The Divine Matchmaker right now! What a great book!! Thank you so much for writing it! It helped me fix parts in my life that I...
April 2010
12 posts
Thank you Joel!
Pastor Clay Richardson If you haven’t heard Joel speak yet, you are in for a treat. The new and fresh ways that he connects with teens is awesome. One of our youth compared him to a Christian Jim Carrey. He kept our youth on the edge of their seats. My youth group liked him better than Thousand Foot Krutch! P.S. Read the book- The Divine Matchmaker.
Brandi Funk Joel you were totally...
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Pastor Trevor Smith Joel, you and Casey did an incredible job on the Divine Matchmaker. It has me in tears one minute and smiling ear to ear in the next. Your real life applications to the biblical references you guys use are wonderful. I’m halfway through it right now, but I just had to let you know how much I’m enjoying it. Proud of you, bro. You and Casey are a true powerhouse....
The Divine Matchmaker & the Oregon Acquire the...
Michelle Zagert I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! Its literally changing my life and how I see things! I had never seen a relationship in the way you guys had yours and it obviously was something totally worth it and successful! I want something like that! So im promising to myself that i will wait through this season of singleness and when the time is right i’m going to have a relationship the...
Sacramento & TDM...
Michelle Zagert I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK! Its literally changing my life and how I see things!
Bethany Joy Knottingham I bought The Divine Matchmaker book at AFTin Sacramento, its awesome….Im really enjoying it =D
Joe Enzenberger April 21 at 10:13pm Dear Joel, I sent you and Casey a message through thedevinematchmaker.com, but I wasn’t sure if that would even get through to...
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Jamie Morris Lyons Just wanted ya’ll to know that I got the book in the mail last week and started reading it after work. Couldn’t put it down, I read the whole book that night!! I laughed and cried all through it! Thank you so much!! I wish that I would of had this book a long time ago, it would of saved me so much heartache. I have a whole new way of thinking now and will not settle...
The Seattle Event!
“My husband and I lead the youth group at our church and brought our students to our first ever Acquire the Fire in Seattle, WA this weekend. The kids (okay, us too) had a blast at the event but I have to tell you that the thing they talked about most, the entire ride home as well as all morning at church, was the messages. In order for you to understand the magnitude of this you must...
New Promo Videos on YouTube!!!!!!
Joel’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Ey5PjhZNU
Casey’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqhT6zjhGJA
Would love to hear your feedback on our facebook page!
Makenzie Gillespie can i get a wow?!?! ur book is amazing even though im not finished with it yet lol i fell in love with it on like the second page!!! its so encouraging and eye opening :)
“So, I really...
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Sydney Lorenzana i just wanted to tell you how much u & ur wife casey’s story has inspired me soooo much.. i literally flew through your book in about a week after i got it.. just wanna say that just by seeing what God has done & IS doing through the both of u has hugely blessed me, & makes me wanna keep pressing on..(: tha there ARE others out there that do wanna wait for the...
A young man's take on TDM (The Divine Matchmaker)
Well, I started reading it yesterday and I just got done with the chapter of your testimony. And the thing that hit me the most was your testimony. Me, as a man trying to pursue God, the one thing I strugle with the most is being courageous and bold in my pursuit. I’ve heard your testimony a couple of times before but idk, this time was very different cause I felt God say “Thats what I...
Mantastic!!!
Thank you for all the orders of the new Mantastic T-shirt!
This T-shirt is a celebration of masculinity! Something much needed today. If you look closely you’ll see the scripture Genesis 2:7 referenced, under the “I’m Mantastic” declaration. This scripture reminds men where they came from.
“God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the...
Operation: Kindle Easter Romance
Check out the video on Joel’s facebook if you have time today! Happy Easter!!!
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Thank you!
Thank you for all the amazing comments, feedback and testimonies everyone has sent in!!!
We’d really like to thank Stephen Gervasi for purchasing 30 BOOKS yesterday! We pray that your small group study has an amazing time going through it!!!! We pray that God would bless it big time!!!
Selena Howland: “I wanted to let you know I just finished reading the divine matchmaker. I have to...
March 2010
6 posts
Amazing!
Hey! I just wanted to say how inspired I am by your story. My close friend, Morgan and I have committed together (as well as to our amazing families) to staying pure for God, our families, ourselves and especially for our future husband since we were really young & today we are 15 & 17. We have purity rings - awesome!:) And what is so neat - especially after reading the first part in your...
Mysterious...
Alex Brigham:
I recently heard you speak in Nashville at Aquire the Fire. I was so touched by your dedication to have a pure and beautiful relationship in the eyes of God. Although I am a senior in high school, I have never had a real relationship. This bothered me at first, but now that I am well into your book, The Divine Matchamaker, I am so thankful! My best friend and I are doing a...
Amazing!
Taylor Bailey I attended Acquire the Fire, Nashville just a few days ago and bought your book. I am almost finished with it and you and Casey are an absolute inspiration! I thank you so much for putting your story out there, it not only encourages me with my already “season of singleness” but most importantly it shows me what ive been missing from my time of singleness, and...
Powerful...
Read this powerful comment from A.J. Jenness:
Taking my time letting God help me work through what I have read so far. (about half way thru) Even though I found the Woman God had set forth for me, (happily married almost 16 years) the words of each of your personal stories resonate thru me deeply, unlocking emotions and issues that I have not dealt with in a long time in regards to my...
The DIVINE Matchmaker
Sarah O’Rourke I’m loving the book so far! I’m on the “Bacholerette” chapter. Your speaking at ATF and your book make me realize just how much God loves me, I will surely let you know when I finish. :D
Dear Mr. Johnson,
My girlfriend and I got back from Acquire the Fire in Nashville, TN earlier tonight. It was an amazing experience for us both. I can’t speak...
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Taylor Graham March 7 at 1:32pm
Oh my Buddah! I love your book{The Divine Matchmaker}!!Lol I just got it 2 days ago and I have yet to find something in it that hasn’t helped me. I cannot get over how good it is! You and Casey did a “Fantabulous” job writing it. I have found myself growing accustomed to this “season of singleness” and I’m enjoying it lol....
February 2010
6 posts
KC ATF! Wow!!! What a weekend!
Nick Dugger wow. really, wow. I’m not really sure how I could describe chapter two, of the devine matchmaker, unless the word “wow” was involved. That in itself could have been a book. It broke my heart, gave encouragement, broke my heart again, then flooded me with an amazing sense of safety in the Lord. Times are tough, but God can be our super hero. Chapter Three coming...
The DVD!
Keturah Faith Marxhausen ت I was at ATF in Minneapolis, and I just wanted you to know that you were a great speaker and you really moved me. That was my second year and this year was my favorite mainly because of you and your teachings. This year at ATF, God majorly changed my life and gave me physical proof that “I am worth it” (those are words he gave me while I was praying). I was...
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I was just at ATF in Minneapolis and didn’t really feel God until the second night. I felt that I was really in need of some healing from God that weekend. The Tuesday before ATF weekend, my grandma passed away. I was, and still am, pretty torn about it. It does make me feel better, however, that she is with my grandpa and the Lord. The funeral home decided to plan her funeral the weekend of...
What people are saying about the The Divine...
Tori Jennifer Hey Joel, I just wanted to let you know that the book that you and Casey wrote, The Divine Matchmaker, is amazing. It had inspired me in so many ways and I’m only on the second chapter! God bless you two :)
Sierra Sutton
what is the new HOT book to read at concordia academy ?!?
“the divine matchmaker”
congratulations casey and joel.
p.s. i LLOOOVVE it...
The books come Tuesday...
Thank you so much for all who have e-ordered or pre-ordered the book! Your books will be mailed the week after Valentine’s Day! A great gift for this holiday!
Blessings,
Joel & Casey
The Divine Matchmaker is Here!!!
The books have been printed and are being shipped out! If you’ve pre-ordered a book, it will be mailed out in a few weeks. We look forward to hearing your feedback!
Joel & Casey