July 2024 Newsletter

We’re praying blessings from Texas in the name of Jesus to you, our dear friends and family in Christ!  May He be glorified as He takes you from glory to glory.  It’s been wonderful of the Lord to open doors to minister and see salvations, healings, and prophetic words!  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!  Seeing family and friends in Lebanon (MO), Amarillo, Midland, and San Angelo has been refreshing!  Hallelujah!

Our children have drawn and given out prophetic art each week.  At VBS at Harvest Time, Steve joyfully taught the prophetic to over 50 children! It touched His heart to see children testify of what Jesus had put in their hearts after removing fear, anger, worry, sadness, and pain. Jesus loves us all! Let the children come to Him!

The last 4 weeks, we’ve seen the Holy Spirit move! In Morehead at Judah Christian Fellowship, a missionary grandmother to Mexico with cataracts in both eyes said her right eye was totally clear after prayer, and her left eye was only slightly cloudy!  Her daughter was healed of back pain!  At Eldon AG, Jesus healed Shonda of knee pain that kept her from the altar; she fell and prayed at the altar!  Carol had sciatic nerve issues sending pain in both legs; Jesus healed!  At the Cutberth’s house service, Kim was healed 50% from knee pain.  She was pain free a week later!  At Harvest Time Church, what a thrill that the Holy Spirit healed and gave us powerful prophetic words that day!  So many tears of joy!  At VBS, fifteen children prayed to get born again! In San Angelo, Emma was healed of four years of pain in her bones!  Her granddaughter said all her pain in her body left, and the Lord brought healing to her heart from unforgiveness!  At JAG VBS, ten children asked Jesus into their hearts as their Lord!  Glory to Jesus for all we’ve listed and more!  It doesn’t get old!  Amen!

The Lord has equipped us, as His children, with what is needed to live victoriously.  We have His Spirit, we have His faith, we have His fruit of the Spirit and gifts of the Spirit, and we have His Word.  “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” (2 Peter 1:3).  The Lord saved us to live for Him and in His authority.  We do not carry His authority because of what we have done, but because of what Jesus did: He gave His life on the Cross as a ransom for many, shedding His blood as the sacrifice for the sin of mankind.  That precious offering is what we stand on as believers, walking in His power over all the principalities of this world, seen and unseen.  What an amazing life the Lord Jesus purchased for us!

Daniel is an example of a surrendered life who walked in humble authority.  When Daniel was taken captive by the Babylonian king, he chose to live for the Lord his God, rather than embrace the way of that culture.  “But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way” (‭‭Daniel‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬).  He was given favor with the officials of the land and he was found to be ten times wiser than his contemporaries.  God used Daniel to influence four Babylonian kings during his lifetime, and he brought righteous counsel as God used him with his gifts.  Daniel’s life is an inspiration. However, in Christ, we have been given even more than Daniel was given!  We have new birth and have entered the NEW covenant, which make us new creatures in Christ!  We carry His Presence as a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19), and we have been commissioned to heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, and cleanse the lepers (Matthew 10:8).  Let’s not underestimate what God can wants to do through us!  What are we doing with this great message of salvation and the gifts He has given to each of us?  We were saved to advance His kingdom, and every act we do in His love does just that.  As we humbly serve others, share His truth, and shine our light for Christ, darkness is pushed back and we are multiplying the “talents” He has entrusted to us.  You can do even “greater works” than Jesus did (John 14:12).  He wants us to believe Him for greater miracles, showing our culture what only God can do!  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). We carry the Answer for the world: it’s JESUS!  

As His Spirit leads us, let us be faithful to share that Answer, for everyone is looking for it.  Even other Christians need encouragement in the Word of God and in His plan for their lives.  Hebrews 3:13:  “But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.”  The enemy of our souls is always trying to steal what the Lord is doing, and as we proclaim the Lord’s truth and walk in God's love, the enemy’s plan is thwarted!  We walk by faith and not by what we see in the natural realm.  As we declare God’s promises in the face of what looks the opposite, we are moving mountains by that faith!  Circumstances must change when the Word of God is first in our lives.  “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33).  God has abundance, healing, joy, restoration, miracles, and peace for His children!  We must believe and then we will receive all that He has for us!  Jesus said in Matthew 21:22:  “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”  Let’s dare to believe Him!

Love in Christ, Steve, Jill, Judah, Yisaac, Jonah, Yissachar, Jakin, Yezekiel, Jerusalem, and Justice