Dear Friend and Colaborer,

We are nearing the end of another year.  It’s hard to believe how fast the time goes by. I just want to thank all the friends and partners who have been a part of Reach the Nations by praying, sowing, and just by your friendship.

In 2 Pet. 1:12-15 it says, “So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.”

Let me just remind you that we have been given His divine power that provides us everything we need, every great promise. Verses 3-10 talk about what His divine power has made available to us so that we will be fruiful in our Christian walk and grounded so that we never slip or fall.  We have God qualities by His nature living on the inside of us!  The key factor is remembering that we have been cleansed from our past sins!  Free from sin in order that we walk boldly as His sons and daughters, all because of what Christ did for us.

One of the key factors I believe in being an effective witness is being excited about being saved. We need to remember that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, but that all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ! (Rom 3:23-24) Salvation is not based on our works or good deeds, but the work of the cross.

2 Cor. 5:18-20 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.”

In Psalms 51:12, “Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation…”  I encourage you to ponder all that Christ has done for you. It will change you, your outlook and it will cause His qualities to emerge bigger in you so that others can see Him. You are His representative, the salt of the earth. The harvest is ripe, and the world needs Jesus.

This is just a reminder of who you are as a born again believer!   You are valuable to God and He loves you.

For the Sake of the Gospel!

Kim