ACTS 1:11
"THIS SAME JESUS,
WHO WAS TAKEN UP
FROM YOU INTO HEAVEN,
WILL SO COME IN LIKE MANNER
AS YOU SAW HIM GO INTO HEAVEN.”
General Overseer's May Encouragement
May 11, 2023
Greetings in the name of Him who sits upon the circle of the earth,
As I begin this letter, I do so with great excitement. As you may or may not know, the Executive Board just came away from our first whiteboard / vision casting meeting of the year. Well, it’s in light of this meeting that I’m happy to report that the winds of change are beginning to blow. In other words, the season of maintaining is giving way to a season of growth and revitalization.
Now although I am currently unable to give you all the details to which I refer, one thing I can assure you of is that the Executive Board is in total agreement with the heavenly vision. God’s desire for our fellowship, churches, and ministers is to move forward and possess the land. We have not been called to maintain, we have been called to go into all the world and make disciples. Furthermore, we’ve got to go beyond Jerusalem or the current geographical location which we abide. But in order for this to happen, we must replace the vision of this world, with the true vision of God. In other words, we’ve got get beyond the mere appearances of this world to see and believe the things which God declares.
Will there be obstacles? Of course. Will there be difficulties? Not a doubt in my mind. We will even have to face some giants (i.e., paradigm shifts in our thinking). But if we will do this, if we will grab hold of the vision and lock arms in singleness of purpose; I believe we’ll hear the same thing that God said in Genesis 11:6, “And now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do.”
As always, may God bless each of you richly!
In His Service,
Bro. Rick George
IFCA General Overseer