Encouragement, Faith, Vison, Joy:): March 24, 2014

Beloved Brothers & Sisters In Christ,

Power of Christ in you! Power of Christ in us! Through the power of our God, the Holy Spirit indwells in each of us reminding us:

WE are the family of God:).
WE are His promise divine,
WE are God’s chosen desire,
We are the glorious new wine.

Following Friday Morning Prayer, I kept humming, “Bind us together, Lord, Bind us together… With cords that cannot be broken…Bind us together with love.” After Friday night, “Jesus paid it all…all to Him I owe, sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow…”

I pray you too are overflowing this week and humming a song as you commune with our gracious, intimate, and compassionate God through the power of the Holy Spirit indwelling:). Moreover, fellowship with brothers and sisters causes this supernatural overflowing: you know the experience; joy! Whether it be at Friday Morning Prayer, Sunday teaching, preaching and worship, or just hanging out with brothers over breakfast:).

This past Friday, Joseph, Bernard, Gerard and I went to breakfast: we talked about Jesus and the Power of our God! Yes! Boldness manifest: asking the waitress if we could pray for her and any circumstances in her life; we found ourselves singing a chorus as the Spirit led… hoping someone would want to know more about why we were so joyful:). Bernard and I have engaged in this process many times…our brother will be missed, but never forgotten!

Furthermore, Friday night at the Youth Center was a blessing from our gracious God! Many brothers and their wives, from different churches here in Alpine, came for fellowship as we celebrated Jesus together! And, we expressed our love for our brothers Bernard and Gerard. Moreover, the atmosphere was full of joyful noise from a bunch of Alpine kids having fun:).

The food was great! The worship was excellent! Thank you Jonathan for using your gift to lead us in praise and worship. We prayed over Bernard and Gerard, it was a Spirit filled time of prayer and worship…and, please continue to pray without ceasing, especially for our brothers as they prepare to leave to Holland, March 30, 2014.

Bernard spoke briefly at Joseph’s prompt: speech! speech! speech! :). Following our singing Happy Birtday, Bernard highlighted “vision” and encouraged Joseph to continue pursing the vision God has empowered all of us to pursue!

Bear with me, one example, a young boy, our youth, Chase. Heidi, my wife noticed there was a boy in the prayer and worship time Friday night, he was taking it all in:). Joseph told me just today that Chase has had no exposure to church. He didn’t know what it meant to worship…oh gracious God!

The vision: To reach many many people for the gospel, especially youth through the Youth Center. To pray: ask, seek, knock, a continuous prayer for salvation for many families in Alpine and the surrounding communities. Through the Youth Center, refer people to local churches where they can become part of a supernatural family, be discipled, and mature in their understanding of our shared faith.

Finally, we see this happening! We have referred at least 50 kids to different churches. Moroever, Joseph and the board of Directors agree wholeheartedly, “the Youth Center is for the body of Christ, respresented through the local churches.” If you need clarity as to how this fits into the “vision” and how we desire this to practically manifest, we want to talk to you! :).

Brothers and Sisters, sincerely thank you for this outlet, and allowing us to share our hearts with you! You are a valued participant in the body of Christ, especially as you pray, pray, pray for all that God has in store for us together, In Christ:).

Bind us together Lord,

Everything in love,
1 Cor. 16:13

Praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead…oh praise the one who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead… come on! sing it! All day long! :).

Randall:).