Dear Southcity and friends
What an incredible privilege it was for me to be able to be
sent by you to go and encourage and support Clif and Sarah (and little Chelsey)
and to see the work going on there in Doha, Qatar. I can truly say that God has
gone before them and has opened a door for effective ministry. Clif, Sarah and
Chelsey are flourishing and we have new partners in the gospel in Doha
Fellowship. What a great joy!
While in Doha, I reflected on and prayed for much all of us
as Southcity, and in a very sweet moment with God, he took me to see something
for us. In Revelation 4:1, a voice from heaven says, "Come up here and I
will show you must take place after this." And as I was with God he took
me to Exodus 20:24 which says "wherever I cause my name to be remembered,
I will come to you and bless you." In this moment I was reminded of our
responsibility to disciple all people's everywhere and to call out of them the
Imago Dei, the image of God, by helping them to remember the goodness of God in
their lives in order that as they remember, they may dwell with him, know him
as Father, and know his blessing.
Friends, we have an incredible responsibility to bring
glory to our Father through being obedient to his desire for us to disciple all
peoples. My encouragement to you today is to put aside your favorite preacher,
author, evangelist etc and to heed the words of God, "come up here and I
will show you what must take place." Let us increasingly be a people who
respond to the Spirit of God and his promptings as we remain faithful in
obedience to the will of our Father who is in heaven.
And as we do this church, I ask you to pray for Jacs and me
in the coming weeks, as firstly I have the privilege to encourage and minister
into the broader leadership team of Immanuel Church in Umhlanga on Thursday
evening, followed by a trip to Los Angeles where I will be supporting and
ministering with a team of men into that city. And next Friday, the 28th, Jacs
will be ministering to the parents of the Olive Tree church in Durban, where
she has the opportunity to unfold Gods purpose into the lives of many. Please
pray that, with the power and work of the Spirit, there will be fruitfulness
from our labour.
Thank you for your faithfulness in your giving which allows
Jacs and I to minister in this way so that all of us together can impact all of
creation for the Kingdom of God as partners in the gospel.
Much love to you all and I look forward upon my return to
hearing many testimonies of God's goodness and power as you trust in him to
lead your way.
Richard
