News and Updates
December 1, 2013
David Copeland · December 1, 2013
Newsletter · Volume: 13 Issue: 12
It’s hard to believe we are at the end of 2013. I’m just now getting used writing that number, now we have to change again!
Once again this year has been the greatest year in the history of Revival Now Ministries. We have seen more people confess Jesus as Lord, more sick people touched with the healing power of God, and we continue to have more opportunities to minister in the nations than at any other time in our history.
In 2013 RNM was able to:
-Lead four different trips to Kenya conducting three Pastors Trainings, one church conference and a crusade in Kilgoris town;
-Lead three different trips to Nicaragua taking part in nightly revival campaigns, a Youth Conference with the Nicaragua Church of God and various food distributions around the area;
-Signed on our Internet TV outreach Revival Now TV streaming live from our website http://revivalnow.org/live;
-Traveled extensively across the US conducting Sunday services, revivals, and special meetings in which we have seen an increased hunger in God’s people for a Fresh Awakening from God.
2014 is already shaping up to see an increase in every area of ministry opportunity. We currently have invitations from Myanmar and Indonesia as well as a continued cry from Central America and several countries in East Africa that are asking for our ministry.
While 2013 has been our greatest year it has also been our most challenging year. Pam and I had planned on expanding our Kenya outreach into some different locations this year, but the continuing unstable economy made that impossible. We are believing again that 2014 will be the year that we can expand our Pastors Training into Lodwar and conduct conferences and outreaches in Isolo and Malava in the Kakamega area just north of Lake Victoria.
Pam and I are deeply indebted to all our partners and to the pastors who have opened their pulpits for us to preach this year. We are also thankful for those churches that have added us to their missions team in the last few years. I was recently reading in Rick Renner’s Sparkling Gems Daily Devotional and he was expressing how grateful he and his wife were to their ministry partners for their continuing support and prayers.
I wish I could copy word for word what he said, but that would be illegal as well as unethical. But I will say this: Pam and I could not do what we do without the sacrificial giving of our partners and the open doors of ministry pastors all across the United States give us. When God passes out rewards, you will receive the same portion for sending us as we receive for going.
Because of the interdenominational focus of our ministry, there is not one major church or fellowship that funds our work. Everything we do is absolutely by faith! We never know from week to week or from month to month what will come in the mail. We never demand a set offering to be given to us when we travel somewhere to speak. We pay our own expenses to travel, both here at home and abroad.
God has never failed us. I realize I’m not doing everything 100% right. But I want to. I don’t have all the answers; but I want to. There are a few things striving to do differently and we are working in those areas to make those needed adjustments.
One thing is certain: I only have a limited number of years left on earth to accomplish my assignment. I will not stop…I cannot rest until everyone knows Jesus is Lord, every church is encouraged and empowered with a fresh wind of the Holy Spirit; we must not stop until every pastor is lifted up to a new level of ministry and churches are touched with revival fire.
Pam and I sincerely thank you for including us in your special missions giving in 2013 and hope you will continue to partner with us in the coming year. We are now in the season in which many look to give a special end of the year offering to different ministries. If you would like to sow a special end of the year gift to Revival Now, please make sure it is postmarked by December 31 for tax credit in 2013. It will be greatly appreciated.
As we all celebrate the Christmas Holiday season, I pray we all remember it’s not the number of gifts receive or the amount spent on the gifts that makes this season unique…
Jesus IS the reason for this season!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
David & Pam