Its a new day!

A new day dawning,
Hope is rising,
Faith restoring.......

What I believing the Lord is saying at the moment is that we are stepping into new things, that things once promised that have died, the Lord is resurrecting, but we have to let go of the past and move from the place we have been in to allow those promises and dreams to come into being. God has so much for us in the future "There is too much victory ahead of me, I am overwhelmed with His love for me"
The season we have been in is good, and has been great, a great place of intimacy with the beloved, a great place of learning, like the first house Jim and I were in after we were married, but it is time to move on, time to grow into maturity and walk in the promises the Lord has given each one of us from that place of intimacy and the knowing of who we are in Christ, alongside Christ, together in partnership with him and him alone. We are no longer dependant on man as our husband is our maker, he is our provider, that is Jesus Christ, and we step out by faith into all that he has spoken to us in the secret places of intimacy.

So I encourage you today to step out with your beloved by faith into those things he has put on your heart, knowing that he is more than able to do all that we think, ask or imagine.

For Glory Release Ministries, we are stepping out by faith in a few weeks into a new facility called THE LINK, it is a community and business centre on the corner of River Road and Te Aroha Street and we will begin our Wednesday nights gatherings held there from the 12th of July at 7:30. We will continue to hold Tuesday morning prayer meetings also held at The Link. We hope in the future to start a school of the spirit and believe the Lord is also preparing the way for a church to be planted as he brings the people with a heart to administer this. The Lord is opening the way for outreaches out and about and teams to go out into these and we would appreciate your prayer at the moment as the Lord is speaking currently about Waharoa, so please stand with us in prayer on all these things that the Lord has placed on our heart that he would provide the people to help build the house of the Lord and feed His sheep wherever he may lead us. It is a time of great harvest, ask the Lord therefore to send the labourers into the field. If there is something that the Lord may be speaking about that we can help each other see come about then we would love to hear from you. There are many opportunities to sow into the Kingdom, whether it be prayer, whether it be time, whether it be finances, whether it be a word of encouragement, every part is needed! Thank you for standing with us.

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Obedience and Commitment are big things in Gods Kingdom

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I was asked by someone the other day what Kingdom finances looked like and I realised that this is an area that needs some discussion. This is my opinion of what Kingdom finances look like according to what the Lord has taught me over the years and to scriptures I have been shown, but I am not the be all and end all to thinking, so it is something you might want to check out for yourselves. The way of the world is to store up riches, to save for a rainy day, to have enough to protect themselves should something happen, that I have earned this and it is mine and therefore I can do what I want with it. The way of the Kingdom is a way of giving to the poor, giving to God's people in need and practicing hospitality, of not worrying about tomorrow, of trusting God for the future and His provision in that time of need when it arises, of everything is His (God's). I believe that if you see a need in front of you and you have something in which can help with that need, whatever it is,...

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