Dear Christian Believers,
Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.

  Welcome to 2004, another year to Live, to Grow, to Be Led, and to Minister With God's Power. It's going be an exciting year of opportunity for all of us to manifest God's deliverance and to help other's do the same. In 2003 "Growing in God's Power," and the "Book of Ruth," teaching series were translated into Spanish along with the booklet, "Compassion." Also "Living In God's Power" was translated into French and is now available in French. "Led By God's Power," the newest of the Power of God series was completed in August and it, too will be translated into Spanish and French in the future This year we will teach and tape the final of the four "Power of God" series, "Ministering With God's Power." Today Wayne and I selected the theme verses for "Ministering With God's Power."

I Peter 4:10-11
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
¹¹ If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles [utterances] of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  We've ALL received God's gift of holy spirit, with ALL of it's abilities. Now God says minister to one another with the ability we have been given. Why? That God in ALL things may be glorified in Jesus Christ. Wow! What powerful verses of truth and exhortation. What good is a gift if you never use it? Where is the thankfulness to the giver if you never use t? God knew we needed HIS gift. HE knew that we would need to MINISTER one to another, and HE desired to GLORY through HIS Son the Lord Jesus Christ. God has given us the power and the ability to minister one to another. To do this we need to have knowledge of how to practically apply what God has given us and then be willing to use what we've been given.

  In this new series we are going to teach the doctrinal scriptures concerning this topic and how to practically apply the knowledge we have. We are also going to share with the students, victories and testimonies of what happens when men and women minister, "as of the ability which God giveth," and we believe that this will encourage others to minister as of the ability given them. One thing I really learned bigger than ever last year was the importance of "free will." It doesn't matter how much ability God has given us, nor how much knowledge of the scriptures we have concerning those abilities, unless we, by our free will, choose to believe and act ... NOTHING is going to happen. WHY? Because God NEVER oversteps our freedom of will, WE must make our choice either to believe and act on what God says OR we can believe nothing and do nothing, with the result of receiving nothing. For example I was involved in two different ministering sessions, each one within 13 hours of the another. In the first one the person involved came to me and asked for help. This person came ready to receive, and in one ministering session she did. The second person was reluctant and came because someone else desired their deliverance. During a 3 hour ministering session he never arrived at choosing to receive God's deliverance in his life, and he left the same as when he came. Thirteen hours before there was great joy because the person received their deliverance. Thirteen hours later there was sadness, because the second person literally chose to hold on to their misery and pain and did not want to be healed. I know that sounds crazy but it was their free will choice, they were convinced in their mind that they did not deserve to be healed until some one else dear to them was healed first.

  God's Word is powerful, HIS gift that is within us is powerful, there is power in the name of Jesus Christ, and when we choose to believe and act to receive deliverance, that power is manifested, healing takes place. When this happens something else happens; the Word of God becomes living and real for those people and also for the one ministering. The great truth is that GOD has already delivered us from ALL THINGS through our Lord Jesus Christ, WE HAVE DELIVERANCE. It is ours, but we must live and walk in our deliverance, and we do this by choosing to BELIEVE GOD and to ACT on HIS Word, whether it be the revelation of HIS written Word, whether it be HIS spoken Word, or whether it be by revelation given you directly by way of the spirit.

As I stated at the beginning of this letter, "Welcome to 2004," it's going to be a GREAT year.