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Thursday 29 June 2023

Hope looms larger than the crisis - Andy Byrd

 A letter from Andy Byrd

To the young, the wild, and the free! To the Jesus-following, Bible-loving Holy Spirit-empowered! To the compassionate, the zealous, and the servant-hearted! To the teary-eyed, the joy-filled and gritty! Now is your time! Your hour is upon you to rise up, to lead, to serve, and to lift your voices.

Some would say the crisis is insurmountable. Some would say the decline of morals has gone too far to ever recover. Many would say that secularization has virtually removed Christ from society. But those voices don't know our God. And those voices have not met you...yet.  

In the crisis hope is rising to a tipping point where the hope looms larger than the crisis. At that point volunteerism arises. A generation says, "Pick me! I will take responsibility for a mess I didn't cause. I will go. I will love. Why? Because our hope is bigger than their crisis. Our stone bigger than the giant. The trumpet blast more powerful than the fortified walls. A faithful remnant larger than a massive army." 

Hope can't be underestimated. You, surrendered to Christ, can't be underestimated.

The nations burn in our hearts! To the ends of the earth for love written on our very souls! No place too far, no journey too difficult, and no heart too hard! All are worth it! He is worth it! We are unashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power to save! And we live for a dream on His heart! That every tribe, tongue, and nation would worship before His throne. 

His dream is our dream, and our lives are His! 

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