The new SO BEAUTIFUL Album by Joseph James has been released on Amazon for digital downloads and CD’s as well as on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, iHeart and others. The songs are also on Youtube in the So Beautiful Playlist on Joseph’s channel. Be sure to subscribe to it to get the latest uploads.
Sometimes a praise report can change everything, especially for us today. When we left Atlanta on the 1st, we knew we needed to head west, possibly California to get medical testing for Janiece. When we entered Texas, we got a call to pray for a friend in a coma in San Antonio. Most of you have read that post and prayed with us. This morning we got a call saying our friend is out of ICU, is responsive, has taken the “do not resuscitate” status off, and is saying she knows the Lord still has work for her to do. We are beyond thankful and so honored the Lord would send us to help. We know we weren’t the only ones praying, but I know the words He had me declare over her in that state made a huge difference and you are part of that. Suicide avoided and another dream of His has a chance to be fulfilled along with the rest of us in His Kingdom. This is why we go, even for one. I just wanted to share this to encourage those of you who are praying with us and you who are helping to support us financially. You are so appreciated.
So it seems that Easter is on April 1 this coming year. Going to be interesting, just saying.
I was looking at the Calendar to set up some bookings around the country this year. Looking at Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, and possibly surrounding states (Colorado & Arkansas, etc?) for later in April and early May. Florida and area in February or March or possibly Arizona & New Mexico and area in January & February. Just throwing some things out there in case some of you live in those areas. We have some connections in these areas, but would love to have more to help us get the word out there. Read more
Hey, if anyone wants to listen to some gentle, anointed piano instrumentals for prayer background or background music in general, I have 3(6) songs on my Youtube channel which total over an hour with just the keys or the keys and water sounds in the background. There are 3 versions of each, general and spa. Here is the link to the playlists. I hope you enjoy and please pass it on. I recorded these in Colorado Springs as well as the water sounds there from the creeks and waterfalls. They are also available for purchase and download on Bandcamp.
We recorded the Follow Your Dreams Tour concert at the Sozo Coffeehouse in Omaha, Nebraska on October 12, 2017 and created a Video Highlights film on YouTube. This is to show a small portion of what we do in the concerts and outreaches as we encourage folks to dream and to not give up. Depending on venues, we can do speaking and/or music and add dance, comedy and acting in as well.Read more
The following is the Foreword from Dennis Goldsworthy-Davis, minister of Open Wells Ministries, for Janiece Turner-Hartmann’s story, Sentenced To Death, Destined For Life, written by Joseph James. Please help us get this story to go viral as it will help many folks who are dealing with many of the issues Janiece lived through. Suicide is such a huge problem in our society, and we want to share the gift of life and encouragement so that folks will choose to go for their dreams no matter how hard it seems. We can all make it if we just don’t give up.
FOREWORD
There is a saying in Yorkshire England, ‘It is better felt than telt,’ which means if you can experience something, it has a greater value than talking about it. This book is such an experience! The Janiece Turner–Hartmann story is about a true God given miracle! Written by her husband, Joseph, after years of walking with the miracle and living with the miracle, he decided to document it for all; so that others could believe that God is a miracle worker in the every day people, as He always has been and always will be.Read more
Help us get this true story to go viral and to help save some folks going through depression and possibly considering suicide. Janiece’s story has helped many over the years, those who watched her personally, those who saw all of the miracles, and those who are hearing her share her story or reading her biography.
It is the story of a young person walking through overwhelming odds.
It is the story of when all around her gave up, miracles still happened!
What was viewed as a tragic ending to a life, began a journey for new dreams to be fulfilled!
Dream! Dare To Live! Life is an Adventure!Read more
I am MORE DETERMINED than ever after hearing yet another heart breaking story today and I felt totally helpless. I went to an appointment here in Houston. The last time I was there was in February. Since then, the nephew of the lady at the front desk committed suicide four months ago. I didn’t have the website ready back then, but could it have helped? She and her sister are broken and asking why! I told her about what we are doing with the tour and the IMO – In Memory Of… pages and she’s going to pass it on to her sister in case it might help someone else. “He was a bright 21 year old from Corpus Christi with a promising future and now he’s gone. All we have left is memories and a empty hole in our hearts where he was,” she said. It breaks my heart!
We have set up an IMO – In Memory Of page on my tour site and are going to put it on another as well, Janiece’s Bio site, Sentenced To Death, Destined For Life, when I have the time. This page is dedicated to those who have lost loved ones by suicide, drug overdose, or taken too soon by various things. By helping to support the tour on our Patreon Project for $10 per month or more, you can share a LIFE SUPPORT Message about someone you lost. I’d like to see a minimum goal of 1000 Life Support Messages on these pages. This will help us lower the costs of the outreach shows.
Can you imagine someone, who is contemplating suicide and just trying to find a reason to live, visiting this page in a Google search? Or because someone shared it on their Social Media Page? Can you imagine them reading through hundreds of messages how their loved one didn’t know about the special love they had for them? They left behind broken hearts, broken dreams and sometimes broken lives. Do you think it might just make a difference? Even if only one!
We are posting two Life Support Messages as soon as we get the text from the sponsors. Right now there are 4 samples on the page. Will you help us? It costs so much money and time to do this outreach tour and eventually the live production and we’ve been able to cover all of the costs until now. We need your help. The person reading the messages will know that it’s more than just a message, but there was also financial support and prayer backing it to get the word out there. That says a lot. We have a minimum of $1 per month in the Patreon Project so anyone who wants to help, can. If you can’t afford the $10 per month but still want to place a Life Support Message on the page, please message me. We’ll help and perhaps we can get some sponsors who don’t have a Life Support Message to cover it.
We have faced much financial opposition since our trip to Alaska and Omaha, but we are determined to continue on. Numerous folks have thanked us for doing what we do. I talked to two pastors in Conroe yesterday who want to support the outreach when we are able to do one in their community. There is so much work to be done and I feel so inadequate. Please pass this on to others. The life you help save might be someone you know. The constant response is, “if only I had known.” Look at your friends and family to see if there are any signs. Tell them how you feel, even if they get tired of hearing it. Thank you for your prayers and support. It means more than you know.
Many of you have wanted to know how you can help us with the FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS tour to bring encouragement to those who desperately need it. Many others, performers have wanted to be a part of it when we’re in your community, specifically AMTC Grads as well as other performers. We have made it really easy to participate, get the latest scoop and sneak previews, and get some rewards along the way. As always, we welcome your prayers. We need helpers, promoters, and mentors in every community as well. Up until now my business has provided for us to do this for the last 4.5 years, but things have changed. I don’t ever want to hear of another life being lost to suicide! Broken dreams! Hurting people left behind! It’s time for healing.
I am working with the hotels in many cities where we’ve stayed over the last four years, 80+, to get better rates and even free nights through advertising their hotels. We need to be able to keep the costs down. We still need advertisers on our tour trailer. It’s a great place to get your name out there as we travel the highways from coast to coast.
HERE IT IS: Our very own PATREON PAGE. Please check it out. Give us your thoughts and ideas on how to make it better. We’ll be adding more rewards as we can. The bottom line is that we want everyone to win and we want to help everyone we can fulfill their God-given dreams and destiny. We are changing our generation and our world. Starting level is only $1 per month… If you can’t afford this, no worries, let me know and we’ll find a way for you to be a part. No one gets left out. This is Kingdom.
Check it out! Please pass this on to everyone you know. New updates coming soon!
Just finished adding the new book to the Merchandise Sign for the Concerts.
Next two concerts in Omaha, NE. October 12, 2017 at the Sozo Coffeehouse, 7-9pm. More info here: https://www.joseph-james.net/JJ10/index.php/2017/10/03/fyd-concert-omaha-ne-october-12-2017/
Great Christmas book sets available at the concert and on our Online Store – Beneficial Zone. Great reading for teens and adults of any age. Check them out and pass on the links to others.
We will be at the Sozo Coffeehouse in Omaha, Nebraska for a concert | outreach with our Follow Your Dreams Tour. Please join us from 7-9pm. I’ll be sharing my songs and Dee Zee will do a freestyle dance or two. Let’s encourage each other to go for our dreams! SAVE A LIFE! See you there! Sozo Coffeehouse, 1314 Jones St, Omaha, Nebraska 68102
A Message Of Hope Along A Lonely Road! | In Memory Of… Web Page
After discussing this with some friends and ministers about this and getting very positive feedback, I decided to go with it. I didn’t want people to think we’re trying to make money off of someone else’s grief. This is a delicate subject and I want to treat it with respect.
Many folks want to help in preventing suicide but don’t know how. So many have lost loved ones to suicide, drug overdose, or simply lost someone too soon, and want to reach out to others to make a difference, but don’t have a way. Just one simple voice with a loving message might just make a difference in a life or death decision as someone skims through cyberspace looking for a reason to live!
We have provided a way to do both on Joseph James’ website and soon, Sentenced To Death, Destined for Life website as well. For a minimum $10 monthly or $120 yearly donation, we will place the name of the loved one you lost, your name, and a short message you want to add on the websites. It can be a famous person as well. This will serve a three-fold purpose.
#1. It will help us to reach out with our concerts|productions|outreaches to those who need encouragement and help keep our costs down. Traveling and paying for venues is very expensive. We are joining with other organizations in each community to make sure that those who need help, get it.
#2. You will be able to tell someone else a short story about how much your loved one meant to you. Perhaps this will make a difference to someone who reads your memory. Perhaps it will convince them that their loved ones care for them as well. Sometimes it doesn’t take much to change one’s mind.
#3. Your memory is an ongoing testimony to everyone who reads it, of a life that was taken too soon, no matter the reason. Everyone matters and has a destiny to fulfill!
We thank you for your support and help. We’ve been traveling for four years, paying our own way but together we can do even more. Eventually, we’ll be traveling with a production and cast.
Book 4 is written and is now in the Proofreading Stage. ISLANDS IN THE SEA: A City On A Hill! – More information at the link below on the SAGA
On The Back Cover:
Dan, Susan, John, and Nikki answered the call in Islands In The Sea: The King Walks In! Book 1, in the The Lion Roars! Book 2, and then again in Illegitimate? Book 3, but now that one-third of the city is destroyed and under water, can they save the rest of the city. The cult is seeking revenge and the dark sentinels have moved to another vantage point, but something big and sinister is approaching quickly in the distance. Can they figure out the coded cave system before it’s too late and the rest of the city falls?
Now, that we have a place to camp for the next six to eight weeks, I can sit down and write a new book, book 4 of my series, Islands In The Sea. I am working on a new song as well, and hopefully, I can write one or two more. These are going to be more generic/double meaning songs than what I’ve been writing. Occasionally, I need these types of songs in order to get into venues that might not like my other genre.
(This image was taken as we traveled I-90 through South Dakota)Read more
Today, we start filming the first segment for my new music video, A TABLE FOR TWO. We are filming in Homer, Alaska at the Land’s End Resort, The Chart Room Restaurant. Filming a night scene in the afternoon is tricky for sure, going to use the green screen. We could do it later in the evening, but in summer here, it doesn’t get dark.
Waking up on this Memorial Day 2017, these are my thoughts. I remember a time when America dreamed and it caused the whole world to want to come here and begin a new life, a better life for their family. It was about freedom. It was about the chance to live the dream placed in their heart by the Lord. This year, in so many years, is the first time that I see people beginning to dream again. I see hope arising, but is it enough? AMERICA, DREAM AGAIN!Read more
I really felt like I needed to record my new song yesterday and get it out so it could be heard. I really feel like someone’s life might depend on it. I recorded it live here in Oklahoma. It will become the theme song for the tour after I record it at a later date and add full backup instruments and drums.
I don’t care what you’re going through and how hard things seem. There is never an excuse to end your life, in my opinion. There is always hope. I know, I’ve been there too. It was a really bad situation. All seems hopeless in the moment, but trust me, the Lord will eventually help you through, just wait for Him and reach out to those around you if you can. Message me. This is the whole basis for the tour, to Save A Life! We need you. You have a purpose and a great destiny in His Kingdom or the devil wouldn’t be trying so hard to take you out. No race worth running is ever easy, but when you cross that finish line… Blessings… Be encouraged.
Just finished editing and adding the last two songs I recorded live at the Homewood Suites, Katy | Houston, Texas in February. All 17 are in a playlist at the link below. I have another list of 10 I recorded in our portable studio when we were in Atlanta, GA, and a list of 6 instrumental songs as well that I put together in Colorado Springs, CO.
Angels are all around us as well as demons. They interact with our prayers and sometimes we get to see them. The power of prayer and the angels can change destinies helping us get through things miraculously. Never give up hope! Destiny!
As I was writing this song, I was thinking about The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. There are many roads we can walk, but some seem especially lonely, until we discover something incredible along the way. There is a twist at the end of this song. I hope it blesses you in your journey. Destiny!
A romantic and joyful song with a little bit of adventure and love in the air. I wanted to write a lively and energetic love song and I hope you like it. Who is that someone special in your life?
I wrote LOVE SONG when I was going through a very difficult season in my life. It was one of my first on the piano as I was learning how to play it. I desperately needed the Lord’s manifest presence and love and He came through. No matter what, He is always near.
Who is the stranger? You might meet him where you least expect. At the end of the road, there is always a way through. At the end of love, there is a new love. Never, ever give up. Someone is watching and waiting.
Have you ever met someone who you thought could see right through you to your core, to your soul. That is what this song is about. The old man, well, he’s a mystery. He’s gender-less on this planet as it could be anyone at anytime, but eternally, well, I’ve met Him. He can see right through whatever defenses we have. Let go! Be free!
Forgiveness in the First Degree | Do we know what we’ve really been forgiven of? It is that first-time revelation, when standing face to face with reality, that we begin to understand what Jesus did on the cross for us. It is that revelation that changes our lives forever. True freedom! Destiny!
Romance is in the air. Remembering the wedding day, that sparkle in your eyes. Sharing my heart with you for the rest of our lives. Love grows and the journey makes it stronger, day by day.
Janiece and Joseph wrote this song together one month after their wedding. GOTTA BE REAL – Having experienced the Lord, they couldn’t play the games of religion. This song is about their life and about reality. Be Real!
Joseph wrote this song while he was going through a lot of struggles. He just wanted to be free. Sometimes we find that we are the one who is holding us back. How can we get free? How can we ever get to the place where we can be ourselves and be okay with it? Free!
Do you know of someone who is deep in depression and suicidal? Joseph and his wife minister to those going through dark times, because they’ve both been there and made it through. If you read Janiece’s bio, http://sentencedtodeathdestinedforlife.com, you will see that she’s gone through multiple attempts in her past.
Joseph James wrote this song with a dual meaning. See if you can guess the two stories woven into one. At some point he’ll reveal both on this channel, Google+, and on his facebook fan page. Love is a funny thing sometimes. If we only look on the surface, we might just miss the whole thing. We can gain a complete perspective from a very old text. If you’re really determined and adventurous, you can find the an reference point and see if you’re right.
Love is a delicate and precious thing to find. Everyone searches for it, but few are they who find true love. Broken relationships and families can hold us back from experiencing all we can. So what are we to do? Where is this so-called thing called love? Everyone Wants To Be Loved!
This is one of Joseph James’ earliest songs when he received a prophetic word from the Lord as he wrote this song. Parts of the song are taken from Ezekiel 34 and Isaiah 26. It is a clear warning from the Lord to those who are mistreating His people and building their own kingdoms with their own traditions and rules. He always provides a time for repentance and restoration before judgment comes. The Lord is setting His people free.
Love Calls to us from afar. Can we hear its voice in the midst of all the other voices, confusion, lies, pain and strife? Can we hear the truth? There is a love that is true and yes, it is there for us to find.
I hope you enjoy the songs and that they bless and encourage you to follow your dreams. We are currently booking for the FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS Tour. If you’d like us to come to your community, please use the form on our contact page.
Advertise your service/business and help us fund the FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS! Tour to help save a life. Suicide ends more than just a dream!
We are selling advertising space on our trailer to advertise your business or service. We will also have a section for listing website links as well for a lower price. Over the last three years, we’ve stayed exclusively at Hilton brand properties like the Hilton Tucson East here in Tucson, Arizona where we stopped to be on set with the filming of Chuck William’s upcoming movie, The Faith Club. We travel from coast to coast in the USA.
Get your brand in front of prominent clientele for a very reasonable cost, and help to encourage those who need help at the same time. It’s a win | win situation. Please use our contact page to contact us for more info.
GOTTA BE REAL – Joseph and his wife, Janiece wrote this song together a month after they were married, 22 years ago. They’ve been walking the journey since. Religion kills the freedom found in the Lord. It’s not about the rules, but about the true freedom found in Him.
So be free in your walk with Him. Walk with the One who wrote the scriptures. There is nothing like knowing Him. True Freedom! Be Real! Love deeply!
