2018 in Reflection and where to in 2019?

Firstly a huge thank you to all who have journeyed with us this past year. It has been a great year of growth and expansion in many stepping up and stepping into new things that the Lord has encouraged each to step up into. You all have been amazing!

Some of the growth this year has been:

A year of two services on a Sunday
Shifting into two different buildings
New groups formed - Wednesday Womens, Thursday Evenings and Mens Ministry
Interns
Guest Speakers
School of the Spirit
Labour Weekend of Worship
Financial Increase
Invitations within New Zealand and Overseas for teaching and training.

None of this would have been possible without your support and encouragement practically, spiritually, financially and emotionally.

Some of the words of the Lord in brief over the past year.

"Restructuring of the Body of Christ"
"Change is coming and it will happen quickly."
"How long will you wait before you enter the promised land?"
"Deut 8:2-10 He humbled you in order to know what was in your heart... to teach us that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. ... For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land."
"Burn the ships - no turning back"
"Purity of the gospel - Daniel 2: 31-45 We are not to be 'partly strong and partly brittle, a divided kingdom is unable to stand. We cannot be partly of the Kingdom of God and partly of the World."

In looking forward to 2019....

The Lord is making it clear that things are going to change from where things were in the past to where they are going in the future. I believe he has and is positioning us for more teaching/training/equipping with the new building, but other things he is talking about are;

Mentoring
Outreach - Weekends of Worship in different places - tent meetings
Invitations - both overseas and here in NZ
Church Gathering
Internet
Workshop training days

So how these all come together and work out in the practical, we wait upon the Lord.

If any of these things listed above is of interest to you and you want to know more, please contact us.

If you would like to sew financially into all that God has done and is doing in seeing lives changed, impacted, and in love with Jesus, then please see the donations page on how you can do this.

If you would like us to bring a team and hold a 'worship weekend' in your town, then also please contact us.

We would love to serve you in whatever way we can.

We thank you again as it is not just one individual but a body of people working together in unity that commands a blessing.

We pray for you this Christmas Season that the Lord will refresh and refire you in His Love. That He will keep you safe and that he will guide you and lead you in the new things he has for you in 2019.

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