TRANSFORMING YOUR WORLD

PEACE & GRACE TO ALL
The first service of Transformation Ministries International of Atlanta was such a wonderful blessing. The small room rented at the Wyndum by Wingate Hotel was full. Some we knew would be there and some we could not have known. One thing for sure, we all were blessed by the fellowship of the Holy Spirit and the fellowship of one another. It was also good that in this first service we shared communion together. The table of our Lord has a way of bonding His people in such a powerful way. It was great to see faces familiar and some for the first time. God showed Himself and confirmed His word that this ministry is His doing. All necessary operational and administrative responsibilities are being fulfilled and should find completion for this phase of the start-up soon. A number of persons are working diligently, sacrificially and with excellence, to fulfill all that needs to be completed. Of course, as the major items are completed they will be given to the Board of Directors for ratification.
As God spoke through a message at TMFBC - Charlottesville, Virginia at the beginning of this year, He declared that this would be a year of shifting, shaking, transitioning and transforming. It indeed has proven to be just that for so many. But God is so faithful and so good that, if we refuse to give in to fear and uncertainty and remain as the Apostle Paul declared in First Corinthians 15, "...be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord...," then we will see in the shift such wonders of God that from the very core of our being will well up stronghold-destroying praise. Saints, you are blessed, held by our King's mighty right hand. No matter how things appear, remember we walk by faith, not by sight. I remember when I was in management at a large soft drink company before going away to seminary and into full-time ministry. We had a company Christmas party for upper management. There was a magician there who walked through the crowd performing very close in the midst of everyone. He was so close you could easily touch him. Even that close, our eyes deceived us because his illusions were so good that we had to rely on common sense to remind us that it was not possible for him to do what it clearly appeared to our eyes he was doing. It looked real to the eye. Things in life appear one way but is often another. So we walk by faith. Circumstances may appear devastating and insurmountable, but in reality God has already prepared the answer. In fact, what appears scary or feels hurtful may be a testing of your faith and a set-up for a great blessing on the way. Our God is too good and too faithful to let you go! Feel the excitement of what God is doing in your life. Don't wait to see it, now is a good time to praise Him.
I want to say a special thank you to Pastors Wayne and Wendi Frye of Faith Christian Center International in Charlottesville for their generous donation of an over-head projector and large screen to TMI-ATL. We're praying that God will bless them and FCCI immeasurably for their kindness. God loves the cheerful giver. As you can imagine, the expenses of starting a new ministry are great. No one, including Co-Pastor Gardenia or me, receives any income for the ministry at this time. Everyone is making sacrifices to fulfill God's calling, which we know God will honor. If you feel so led as to send a sacrificial donation, you can make checks payable to TMI-ATL, P. O. Box 38, Tyrone Georgia, 30290. Until next time, may our Lord mightily bless each of you.