1 Year Anniversary!!
September 29, 2006 To The Ends of The Earth…
One Year Anniversary
Wow!! Hard to believe it's been one year since the first To The Ends of The Earth was sent out on September 30, 2005. As I looked back through some of my records, I feel so humbled and thankful (PRAISE JESUS!) for what God has done through each of you. A few highlights:
* Growing from 21 people on the initial list to over 225 people on the list, with more than 150 others being forwarded the emails. The Church is hungary to pray for missions! Thank you!
* Praying around the clock (with different people taking different slots) on the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
* Praying for missionaries who have needed extra prayer the very week they were the week's prayer focus. What a "coincidence"!!
* Praying specifically for the opportunity in 2006 to speak about the 10/40 Window with the Missions Committee and having them call and graciously invite a few of us to share! Thank you Missions Committee! Thank you pray-ers! Thank you Jesus!
* Praying specifically for missions to be highly esteemed and publically spoken of at the 2006 General Conference (specifically by the Missions Committee brothers). Bro. Jon Schmidgall was certainly an answer to that prayer (along with others)!! If you haven't Bro. Jon's presentation, I would encourage you to listen to it.
These highlights are great...but BY FAR the greatest highlight has been prayer itself! God has called many on this list (myself foremost!) into prayer that is filled with greater FAITH and greater zeal. God is SO good! He has answered the prayers of his pray-ers!
Over the next year, I am praying that God will continue to use this list in new and exciting ways - for His glory! I may be calling on some of you to help with various projects...so be warned! Please join with me in praying for the effectiveness of this list over the course of the next year.
Finally, I want to encourage you that 3 elders and more than half a dozen ministers receive this email. I'm believing, along with you, that God has a very missional plan for the Apostolic Christian part of the Body - let's patiently pray in FAITH and expectation, waiting for what God has in store for the next year! May God richly bless each of you!! I truly, truly, truly appreciate each of you!
"Pray without ceasing" (1Thessalonians 5:17) - it's a simple way to change the world.
Your Prayer Partner,
Joe G.
"The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray." - Samuel Chadwick
