Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold,
all things are become new. II Cor. 5:17
New Life!!
Honest confession – we love Spring! We love the warmer weather, we love the end of Winter, we love the green grass, we love the trees coming back to life, we love later sunsets. In fact, we love just about everything about Spring. The greatest, however, is the reminder of NEW LIFE. We all face our fair share of winter-time experiences in our life. Life sometimes grows terribly cold and dreary. Sometimes life seems to come to a standstill and we are gripped with the cold reality of life’s trials. We know that most of you have been through
those times and will again in the future. We certainly have, especially the last 3-4 years. BUT, then God brings
Springtime experiences in our lives. He pours out blessing and provision in unexpected and unusual ways.
God breaths life into our discouraged seasons and reminds us that He truly in in control. We have had so many of those “fresh breaths” from God since our last newsletter. We had some very deep needs spiritually, emotion-
ally and financially – and just when we need a breath of Spring – God surprised us with encouragement, provision and blessing. We have been refreshed by God’s warm embrace and yours and we rejoice and thank God for all of you who were used of God to bring some warmth and life into our lives. Yes, Spring ALWAYS follows Winter and Life follows Death. As we continually die to self, God brings life. That’s His plan, that’s His promise.
Updates and Prayer Requests
We asked you in our last newsletter to pray that God would fill our calendar for the rest of 2025. It’s not
full yet, but it is certainly filling. Since we last wrote God has opened the door for several meetings all over Ohio. We still have several open dates, but we are rejoicing in the new opportunities just in the last few weeks. A pastor contacted us just last week with the possibility of doing a full CrossPower weekend at a brand new event center. It would be an incredible opportunity! God opened the door for a four day revival in Logan this Fall and several other dates have been added to our calendar. PTL!! Outside The Walls is moving forward, but not as quickly as we would like. Due to circumstances outside our control, our ability to pass out gift cards at the prison has been greatly reduced. Please pray that we can get back on schedule and that God will lead us to those families that need encouragement. We have recorded new podcasts for our website and we are excited to upload them, but once again, we’ve encountered difficulties with he technical aspects. We hope to have them up on the website very soon. We’ll keep you posted. Once we get the technicalities handled we will post new podcasts on a regular basis.
Just a quick blessing. This morning, we had the privilege of speaking at a small country church in Haydenville, Ohio. Just one year ago, this church was ready to close their doors. The church was part of a liberal denomination and had dwindled to a handful of people. Long story..they decided to obey God and leave the de-
nomination and partner with another Bible believing church. Today was “Homecoming” and the church was packed. A literal Resurrection – and we got to be a part! God is good…