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Dear Partner,

As we completed our annual leadership meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, last October, the Lord emphasized to me, the significance of the new season we as a nation, even as a church, were approaching.

 Now that we’re in it (He wasn’t kidding).  Change has come quickly, daily!

 I’m not going to spend a lot of time talking about the “fear factor” that comes with change.  Even though it’s a very real force that we must all deal with individually, but through corporate faith and agreement—we will overcome.

 When there is potential for change, I often think of Moses, who during his first presidential term, led God’s people to the brink of change, only to be vetoed by the very powerful popularity poles of his day.

 I’ve often sat down, like Moses, to contemplate and deal with the emotions and real feelings, knowing God said; “Go over!” but people said; “Not yet!”  Like God’s people then, the benefits of the change ahead far out weigh the momentary pain of present change.

 Today, our nation’s economy has contracted quickly, but the Church’s culture has been hemorrhaging & contracting slowly for years.  The statistics are staggering…

 Missy and I recently sat with a young woman who told us how her church in another city was dying and how painful it was for her and her husband to see it happen—and know that there was nothing they could do.

 Like Moses, God has led the Church to the brink of change, but they turned back for 40 years, and now those years in the desert have caught up with them.

 In the months ahead, what will emerge nationally is a new era, equivalent to the early Industrial Age of our great nation, but will in fact be driven by a revolution in technologies, communications, and even new energies.  This is the beginning of new possibilities.

 At our annual leadership meeting, the Lord told me to look up the word “phoenix”.  It’s defined as “rising from the ashes with renewed strength”.  (This was months before the current crises.)

 I received this word for my own life and ministry.  I also receive it for our nation, and now the Church globally.  This nation will rise with greater influence than ever before, with renewed strength and global stature.  This will be the result of the changes that will take place.  “…The old will pass away and things will become new….”1 So do not fear, move boldly into change and you’ll discover the new!

 Yes, we’re in twilight (something Missy and I have been discussing on believersway.tv), but what emerges out of transition, will distinguish between the old and new, and the difference will be obvious to everyone, except those who are stuck in the old.

 The old is what doesn’t work anymore—it’s the new that works, that’s productive, that’s fruitful, and that brings increase.

 A common phrase I’ve heard during this time is: “our old business models don’t work anymore…what worked then, doesn’t work now.”  So we must change, and be forward thinkers as a nation and as a Church.

 At BelieversWay, we must continue going forward. We are at the dawn of a new day.  This is a defining moment, with new possibilities.

 In January 2009, at our “Three Thursdays” in Midland, the Lord spoke through me and said: “For it will no longer be said, God is over here at (Brownsville, Pensacola, etc.) or God is over there (Toronto, etc.), but God is everywhere!  It will never be said again: ‘God is only over here, God is only over there, but God is everywhere!’”

 This tells me something about God’s plan—it’s multifaceted certainly—but this also speaks to me of a technological move of God.  God is here (Amarillo), God is there (Midland, Vail), and God is everywhere!

 Partners, great days are ahead…

 We are moving quickly now into the bull’s eye of God’s call for BelieversWay.  And we’re excited for you, because of the magnitude of His goodness that will be required in each of us to fulfill it—like Moses with God’s people, we stand at the dawn of a new day, where all things are possible!

 God is accelerating time…and with this new, comes new thinking, new ideas, new power, new anointings, and new wine.  So don’t be paralyzed by fear. Be released into the new—be released into the power of possibility!                  

¹ 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV