May 2025 Newsletter

Blessings to you, friends/family in Christ! “...Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever…”(Revelation 1:4-6).  We pray you’re well and that you’re enjoying Jesus and His presence!     

We finished off school with a busy few weeks, and we’re thanking the Lord for a new summer season! It was wonderful to get family together Memorial Day weekend; what a blessing!  It keeps amazing us how children grow!  Judah has attended several military trainings; he’s gone again for a few weeks. 

Glory to Jesus for the open door to minister at Augusta Trinity Church, and we also thank Pastors Johnny and Angie Sebastian for the wonderful time there!  A minister from Richmond visited, and after prayer, David’s back pain was 75% better!  Gary and Moriah each saw the Lord’s healing begin; we believe for 100%!  What a thrill for the Lord to use us prophetically in a powerful way!  All glory to Jesus!  We flowed with a focus on Jesus, and “...the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”  We pray His best to their church family!

We’re excited to be scheduled in Texas in July! On the 13th, we’ll be at a Spanish AG church, the 20th at Harvest Time Church in Midland with VBS the 20th-23rd, and Jerusalem AG in San Angelo the 27th with VBS the 27th-29th, Lord willing!  We sure appreciate your prayers, love, and support!  We hope to see you soon!

Sin causes separation from God, but Jesus came to heal that broken relationship.  He came to reconcile (bring back and restore) us to our Heavenly Father! Colossians 1:20-21 says, “And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.”  Thank You for so great a sacrifice, Lord! Christ’s salvation brings eternal life, but that doesn’t start when we die.  Eternal life begins when we get born again! Jesus said in John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”  Knowing the Lord is eternal life, and that relationship begins when born again! The adventurous journey involves taking us from glory to glory!  This involves removing veils that cloud our understanding.  We might experience or have veils of confusion, unbelief, lies from the enemy, sin, despair, or hopelessness, “Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away”(2 Corinthians 3:16). 

We can know Almighty God!  This isn’t just knowing about Him, it is encountering the Lord and His love! Ephesians 3:17-19a prays, “That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge.”  Are we experiencing such love that passes just knowledge?  Do we perceive it?  “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are”(1 John 3:1)! Yes, let’s turn to the Lord, as in Acts 3:19-20a , “Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord…” Born again, we can turn to Him wherever we are and encounter His presence!

One way to turn our hearts/minds to Him is to take communion.  From 1 Corinthians 11:23-24, “... the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”  We remember and thank the Lord that we can now, even at this very moment, go into the Holy of Holies, for the veil was torn when He was crucified!  Jesus is the way!  Hebrews 10;19,20 says, “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh.”  He tore His flesh; He tore the veil!  This explains why the Apostle wrote in 1 Corinthians 2:2, “For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.”  Let us know He tore the veil, let us know Christ!  Let us receive encounters and revelations that help us know Him more.  The two who traveled on the road to Emmaus with Jesus experienced this in Luke 24:30-31, “Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.” Let’s turn to Jesus and know Him!

Leviticus 17:11 says, “For the life of the flesh is in the blood…”  Jesus then said in John 6:54, “Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”  Many were offended to hear that and deserted Him, but he explained in verse 63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”  He didn’t mean physical flesh and blood; He meant the Spirit.  When we take communion, it’s a picture of spiritually submitting and receiving Him!  Back to 1 Corinthians 11: 25, “ In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”  Glory to Jesus for the New Covenant that He came to give!  Now, we are new creations that can be in communion with our Heavenly Father and the Lover of our souls as temples of the Holy Spirit!  He has done all things well!  Let us continually live in anticipation and expectation of the Lord revealing Himself to us in a new way at any moment! 

Even now!

We pray the Lord’s best to you!  May the Lord reveal Himself to each and every single one of us more and more; we know it’s His heart to do so…

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