Pastor's Blog - June 2012

Dear Family of God,       

Greetings in the Name of Jesus, our great Savior!

I pray you all are growing in the grace of the Lord Jesus and daily seeking His presence.

What a tremendous season of goodness we are experiencing. Our evangelism efforts have been launched through KAM and we are seeing the Lord move and honor our efforts. People are getting saved and ministered to, and Bible Studies are taking place in homes, just like the Book of Acts.

I encourage you, if you are not yet involved, to really seek the Lord about the next semester of KAM. Your life will be changed and you will become a life-changer.

God is so good to us here at The Gathering. We continue to hear about His works:

New jobs

Raises in pay
Unexpected blessing
Miraculous healing
Family restoration

We are just really beginning to enter into the fullness. Get ready for an explosion.

Some direction for us all:

1. Be sure to involve yourself in every opportunity for corporate prayer.
2. Don’t miss our corporate worship times; the miraculous is occurring now, so don’t miss it.
3. Don’t let any bitterness or unforgiveness creep into your heart.

Finally, stay faithful financially to God’s work; you have broken the dam and the flood is about to reach you.

We love you and thank God for the opportunity to lead you into all His purposes.

Enjoy your summer, stay connected, and be blessed.

Pastors Ken  & Tonja

Pastor's Blog - May 2012

Dear Family of God,

This month I would like to share with you about purpose.

How wonderful and encouraging it is to know that our Heavenly Father has made it crystal clear in His Word exactly what His purpose is for each one of us.

Now is the time, right in these next few moments, to make sure, on the authority of His eternal Word, as to His purpose for your personal life.

When we were “born again,” through repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ, (Acts 20:11) we were born into Him - He became our life.

Colossians 3:3-4: “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”

Our Heavenly Father is still carrying out His purposes of making man in His image.

Although His original purpose is the same, He is not using the original man to bring it about. All is now centered on the last Adam, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Being born into Him through faith, we became “partakers of the divine nature.”

If we are to be like Him, then God in His grace must do it, and the sooner we can recognize it, the sooner we will be delivered from every form of bondage.

Throw down every self effort and say, “I cannot do it. The more I try, the further I get from His likeness.”

Remember… For it is God that works in you, both to desire and to do His good pleasure.

For to me, to live is Christ! So that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in my mortal flesh.

Bless you all,

Pastors Ken  & Tonja

Pastor's Blog - April 2012

Greetings Dear Family of God,

What an amazing God we serve, who loves us with an incomparable passion!

Recently, we had visiting with us two young men whose lives were radically changed by a bona fide visitation from God. If you were not here to hear their testimony, I encourage you to purchase the CD recording. It will greatly impact your life. Several people were physically healed and the touch of God’s presence truly was in operation.

What exciting times are upon us!

Please mark your calendar for Saturday, April 21st, for our believers’ KAM training. I promise you will not be disappointed by attending. The training is so refreshing, and afterwards you will feel truly equipped to reach the lost. By the way, our teams have been going out ministering and God is touching lives. People are responding to the good news that Jesus saves!

Family, stay connected; don’t get weary while doing well. Your due season is upon you!

 We are entering into the most productive time as believers in Christ our Savior. His glory will be poured out on all the earth and amazingly we will be His vessels to carry a release of that awesome glory!

Let’s continue to do good, knowing that from the Lord we will receive our reward!

Bless each of you as you celebrate His glorious triumph over death. Be sure to walk in His resurrection power!

Happy Easter!

Pastors Ken  & Tonja

Pastor's Blog - March 2012

Dear Family of God,

Greetings in the love of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

What exciting times we are living in, cooperating with the Holy Spirit and His work to fulfill all that the Father has planned and purposed for His people.

Recently we have experienced an increase of the anointing of God through the presence of the Holy Spirit. Tonja and I want to encourage each of you to really take advantage of His great  presence. He wants us healed, whole and refreshed.

Look with me at Acts 3:19. These are times of refreshing. Times to be renewed in our spirits and to be encouraged in our souls.

God is not only our strong tower, but He also is the glory and the lifter of our heads.

As David said, “Why are you downcast, oh my soul?”

Put your trust in God and He will sustain you.

Cast your burden on the Lord and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

Sustain here means to maintain; to be able to lift up and to provide all that is needed.

The Lord will not permit you, His righteous ones, to be moved!

So in other words, in Him and through Him we can stand firm and secure through all!

Again, Saints, glory in the Lord’s presence. Bask in His beauty and splendor; leave your seat and enter into His loving presence with full assurance of His sustaining you and renewing you by His glory.

We love you all and look forward to our great transformation into His likeness.

Blessings upon you,

Pastors Ken  & Tonja

Pastor's Blog - February 2012

Dear Family of God,

Greetings in Jesus and may the joy of the Lord be your strength.

Most of January we taught on the subject of spiritual warfare and our weapons and armor.

Brothers and Sisters, it is crucial in this hour that we stay alert and knowledgeable of the

enemy’s schemes. The devil does go about seeking those who he may devour. It is his plan first to lie with deceptive words, words that go into our flesh nature and stir a response in us. The adversary never stops challenging the truth of God’s Word; he maligns the Word, twists the Word, erodes the Word, until it has no effect in our lives.

We must stand for truth, becoming lovers of the truth because in our times, the last times, men will no longer love the truth or sound doctrine but will follow after their own lust and pleasure.

This is one of the major signs of our times:

Making people feel good through political correctness.

OR...shall we make people free through the truth?

Jesus said to us, “You shall know the truth! And the knowledge of the truth shall make you free!” Freedom and truth cannot be separated. Freedom cannot be obtained outside of truth.

God’s Word is absolute truth!

Rely on it, stand on it, recite it, live it.

The only way for us not to be deceived by the deceiver is to know, stand, and live in truth.

Blessings,

Pastors Ken  & Tonja

Pastor's Blog - January 2012

Dear Family of God,

Happy New Year!

Have you even considered why we really share that phrase? Let me give you a few reasons why I think so.

First, we all realize that another year is facing us; a year of challenges, trials, opportunities and, of course, blessings.

Happy means to be favored in circumstances. So even though circumstances may arise, we arise to walk them out happily because we have God’s favor!

New Year: fresh start, something not yet experienced.

God has for us much that we have not yet experienced.

Family, we will experience in 2012:

God’s favor for our families

God’s favor for our welfare

God’s favor through His peace upon our lives!

Remember, favor is approval and preferential treatment. God wants to prefer you!

Let’s use this great favor to accomplish great things this year.

2012 will be a year of reclamation, restoration, and activation.

All that has been stolen is to be returned and greater so than what was stolen!

All that is broken will be restored better than new.

All that has been dormant will be active and powerful.

Let’s make a mark for God in 2012!

Pastors Ken  & Tonja

Pastor's Blog - December 2011

Greetings Family of God,

I pray your Thanksgiving holiday was blessed with God’s presence and the joy of sharing time with those most near your hearts.

Can you believe we are nearly finished with 2011? What a year of transition and completion. The old order has been put away and God’s new and present purposes are arising with great influence upon our lives.

Family, 2012 will be the Year of Harvest for the church of Jesus Christ; The Holy Spirit has begun gathering in the final harvest of souls for the glory of God, and we will be a great part

of this in gathering as we evangelize Corona in 2012.

As we get ready to celebrate Christmas, let us not forget the words of the song, “Peace on earth and good will to all men...”

Christ came for all men; Christmas is the very reminder of salvation available to all men through faith in Jesus. Let us reveal this joyous truth to all we come in contact with!

Let’s be bold and share Jesus this Christmas season. So many are facing an eternity of

darkness and suffering without Jesus; let’s give Him as a gift to those in need this Christmas!

Just think with me for a moment...where would we be if the baby in the manger had not been revealed to us as the King of all Kings?

Like the wise men, let’s keep seeking Him!

Like the shepherds, let’s keep praising Him!

Joy to the world, the Lord has come; let earth receive her King! Amen!

God bless you, Family, and let’s keep Christ in Christmas!

Pastors Ken  & Tonja