The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anoint-
ed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the
opening of the prison to them that are bound; Isa. 61:1
New Vision!
When we began CrossPower Ministries 24 years ago, we had no idea what God was doing and how He
would lead us. We just knew we were obeying God. We honestly did not know what the ministry was going to
look like and where God would lead us. Since that time, God’s leading has been very clear. We’ve spoken in
hundreds of churches and travelled thousands and thousands of miles. Each step of the way, we have simply
trusted God’s leading and direction.
For quite some time now, we have sensed that God was doing something new and possibly sending us in
an additional direction. We have been looking into podcasts, more Social Media presence etc. – not changing
the message, but trying to be relevant in our current times. But, there seemed to be something else.. We just
didn’t know what it was. That was until just last week, and we believe God is giving us a new vision for a new
area of ministry for CrossPower As you know, our son is in prison where he will spend most of the rest of his
life. This has been the most difficult thing we have ever faced. God has given us incredible peace and victory
but that has not changed the hurt and heartache of the situation. It is still hard. Really hard and it is something
we face every day. Yes, we have peace and yes God has given us His strength – but we still hurt deeply. We try to visit our son twice a month and we have had wonderful visits. God is at work in his life and God contin-
ues to teach us and draw us close. His grace truly is amazing. Last week it really hit us hard. There are so many other families going through the same experience WITHOUT the spiritual resources God has given us and
this truth overwhelmed us. II Cor. 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
God has given us such wonderful comfort and we must use that comfort to comfort others. As someone has
wisely said, “never let suffering go to waste”. And with that, God has given us a fresh vision for CrossPower
Ministries and we want to share it with you, our CrossPower family.
Liberty 61
We love Isaiah 61:1 which is quoted above. We believe that God is moving us to begin a new ministry to families with a loved one in prison and we are basing that ministry on Isa. 61:1. It will be a ministry of encouragement and Liberty so, we are calling it LIBERTY 61. Now, here is where we have to be completely honest. We honestly don’t know yet all that this is going to involve. We are sincerely seeking God’s direction. Just like 24 years ago, all we know is that we are going follow God’s direction. We know that we want to send
“Hope boxes” to families and individuals with an incarcerated loved one. We know that we want to use this as
an evangelistic tool as well. We know that God has ministered to us during this extremely difficult time and we
want to share God’s hope with others.
Would you please pray for God’s clear direction in this new vision. We have no intention of stopping
weekend CrossPower meetings and God is slowly filling our calendar for this year. PTL! We know that this is
going to require a considerable amount of additional funding as well. If you feel led to help, that would be wonderful. Finally, if you know of someone with a loved one in prison, would you please provide us with con-
tact information. We would love to reach out to them ASAP. We love you all!