Your faithfulness endures always

Where mountains fall and reason fails

And You calm the raging seas

And you calm the storms in me, again

All I know is I find rest in You

My heart will praise throughout the night

Where singing seems a sacrifice

Your grace is all I need

Your grace is all I need

© 2004 Mia Fieldes / Hillsong Publishing

Greetings, after a long silence! We apologise that you haven’t received one of these updates for quite a while. At the same time we are excited about writing this now!

We could write with an update on our recent ministry, including for example the ‘Surf the Wave’ weekend at Dalesdown and our trip to Rome last month to work for the ‘Footsteps’ church there. Indeed we will do that very soon. But today we have another priority!

Whisper it softly but the season we have been going through seems to be changing at long last. After over four years for Jon and nearly as long for Beccy, struggling with low energy and other health issues, it feels like we are coming out of a long tunnel! This is not only in terms of feeling better and having energy but also that, in various ways, the Lord is revealing more of His purpose in it.

Recently we have joined a small group locally who are working out together their dreams and visions for the city of Brighton and Hove. This has prompted us to consider our own dreams and visions and as we have done this we have seen the hand of God more and more, as well as the way our individual dreams overlap so beautifully.

Beccy’s dream is to see thousands of children together, lost in worship; Jon’s is for a whole new prayer movement to rise up from amongst the youth. In both cases we see not just the Christian youth but many others, coming to a wonderful, new, radical, life-changing, and nation-changing faith in our Lord Jesus.

As we have thought and prayed about these things together, we have seen how these things will lead to the revival we have prayed for, and lived for, for so long. Friends, we can see the hand of God upon our nation and beyond!

He has led us to this point. More and more our ministry to young people is focussed on enabling them to connect with God themselves, whether it be through worship, through prayer or simply by listening for His voice.

We continue to listen to Him as well and one key area that He seems to be speaking into at the moment is THE ROAR, the brand-new prayer movement we have been involved in establishing here in the UK. He has been talking to us about how this should develop and also to the whole team about how we can come together in it.

As we close by sharing our prayer needs below, please would you first give God thanks, praise and worship for all He is doing today – thank you.

Specific Prayer Points

†         For the long-awaited REVIVAL in our land!

†         For God to continue speaking, bringing revelation and strategy to His people;

†         For the two of us as we walk with Him, work out His purposes day by day and seek to follow His leading, especially amongst the youth;

†         For God’s anointing on our diaries and all our decision-making over commitments;

†         For the group here locally, pursuing God together for their dreams and visions;

†         For the small team (Chrissie, Maria, John, Beccy and Jon) seeking God over THE ROAR, that we would corporately know His leading, guiding AND BLESSING! as He reveals more of His plans for our youth and our nation;

†         For our God’s presence to be evident, especially in our home and family;

†         For Chris and Jess, away at University.

Resources

We close with a couple of ‘YouTube’ links for those who have access to the internet:

The first is the song we quoted at the beginning of this:

Rest in you – Hillsong – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr4_anyLMnY

And this is another, very different song that has been inspiring us lately:

Wake up – Leeland – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecA4D8e8ek

Thank you so much for your support and especially for your prayers. We hope that, as you’ve read the above, you’ve sensed the excitement we have felt as He has continued to place His vision, for us and others, in our hearts.

We love and appreciate all of you and we continue to pray for you. We love to hear from you; please do keep us in touch with how you are.

Thank you for partnering with us in the Gospel; may you encounter and enjoy God’s richest blessings!

Jon and Beccy xx