February 2010

Blessings to you all!

By the time you receive this, you will be well into the New Year and I trust that 2010 will prove to be a remarkable year for us all. One of the ‘Words’ that God gave us for 2010 was “a fresh start”! Isaiah 1:18 says, “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” Imagine! When the snow falls, you have a fresh, clean and beautiful covering over the ground. You can’t tell what yesterday looked like because it covers all the tracks, the footsteps - even a bloody battlefield would look new and clean. What a blessing that only Heaven can bestow: a New Start!!

Well, as for our church in Ireland, we are taking that literally!! We’re starting the New Year off in a brand new place. Due to circumstances out of our control we’ve had to leave our facility (one of the finest in the country) and move to a hotel for our services. We were believing to find a new location and were so concerned about the effect of the transition on the church. WOW! The whole church became so excited about the change and simply rose to the challenge. Last Sunday was one of the largest services we’ve ever had… and with no advertisement. Everyone was just happy to ‘move’ out and trust the Lord to be with us, guide us and provide for us. We’ve found the new start already working for us in a beautiful way. God has said that even despite our own failures and sins, He would wipe them away and help us start again with a clean slate. What a great God! I’m truly excited to see what 2010 brings. We have solidly placed ourselves into the mighty Hand of God. We have found Him to be carrying us forward! Praise the Lord, for He is good. He is faithful! He alone is God, our God! Amen!