Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
                                                       I have some good news that I want to share with all of you. Sonday International has agreed to put our audio sermons on their website and soon you will also be able to download them into your MP3 player as well. We will be sending them the messages of our Founder Pastor John Hogan so you will be able to hear him also. I know that those of you who know John would love to be able to hear him again. When someone dies you want to know what they would say in this situation or that one. I am so happy that we will be able to share Pastor John with you again. We will be posting the link for Sonday International on our website so that you can go to hear these messages over the net. Some of you that have moved away and would love to be able to come and participate in a service, will now be able to hear our teaching to uplift you. Some of you have never heard us speak and now you will be able to do so.  Here is the link so that you can listen to our sermons- www.sonintl.org/newest.htm
   I also want to point out the influence that we have in the world. IF you include the amount of people that have heard about us via  the Church site and the personal web sites the Lord led me to start ( which point them to the church site)  then we have reached the following:
 
 Total from each country
Africa- Kenya 11 Nigeria 9 Uganda 6 Sierre Leone 3 Ghana 2 Rwandi 1 Burundi 1 Faso 1
Togo 1 Liberia 1 Matawi 1 South Africa 1 Congo 1 13 countries 39 total people and ministries
Asia Philippines 24 Malaysia 6 Mynamar 1 Indonesia 4 India 14 Pakistan 2
New Zealand 2 Thailand 2 Tonga 1 Brunei 1 Japan 1 11 countries 58 persons
Europe Germany 2 Sicily 1 Romania 2 Netherlands 10 Hungary 8 UK 1 Italy 1 Portugal 1 Poland 1 Switzerland 1 -10 countries and 28 people
North America United States 65 Canada 3 Mexico 2 Guam 1 4 countries 71 persons
 South America Venezuela 1 Brazil 12 2 countries 13 people
Middle East Israel 6 Bahrain 1 West Bank 1 Jordan 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Iran 1 Iraq 1
7 countries 12 people
Australia 1 (1 country/continent - 1 person)
Grand Totals  6 Continents 48 Countries 222 people
As of 1/23/08
 
* This list does not include the mega ministries I have contacted which is 18 in the USA
These totals mean that this little church is reaching nations in 6 inhabitable continents ( Antartica or the North Pole no one lives there,) We have so far reached 47 countries with the gospel of Grace( ministry of Pastor + church). The outreach that we have, has been since we have been on the web with the new web site which was started in December 2006, and the Pastor's new site which was started in May 2007. God has brought us to all these people and nations so that they might hear of the Gospel of Grace, so to Him we Give all the Glory. When we reach out to these nations not only are they hearing these messages from Natalie and I but they are also now hearing the Gospel of Grace which Pastor John instilled in us as well. ( now they will be able to hear his messages too) His ministry is being fulifilled in this website and in this opportunity that we have been given with Sonday International. Sonday International is a ministry that contacted us through our website. This number of countries and people is only going to multiply. The Lord opened up another door so that others can find out about us. He is doing things His way and He will continue to bless us.
     I ask you to go to our donation page and help us by sending us your best gift to help us reach the world with the gospel of Grace.  Please support us for God is sending us to many countries with this Gospel that will free them from the bondage of sin. There are very few ministries that teach the uncompromising gospel of grace to people. You give to other ministries because they are going to the nations with the gospel and want to help them reach the world. I ask you to help us reach the world with the true gospel which Jesus and the early church taught for it frees people from the bondage that comes from  the law, so they might learn how to walk in the grace of God without a consciousness of  sin. Share this page with others - www.wordofgracefellowship.com so that by doing so you might share with them the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ that is going into all the world.  Share wth us your finances so that God might instill Grace in their hearts, Amen!
 
 


Pastor Don Carson
Word of Grace Fellowship

Dear Friends and Members,
                                         I am with you and I will never ever leave you. I will not forsake you for I love you and care about you. I loved you so much that I gave up my Son so that you can be free. I am pleased with you so walk in me says the Lord. Tell me do you believe that God speaks through people. Do you really believe that God is in your life and that God is not mad at you, or do you think that you have to earn God's favor by your performance? That is not a simple question for it means that you have to say do you believe that it is not based on you, and if so then you have to be willing to give up control of your life! Will you do that? Will you be willing to say God you are in control and I will trust you no matter what! I will trust you when the bills look bigger then the income, and I feel like I am going under? Will you trust God when it looks like you have no hope and you are losing the battle? Will you accept that God knows what HE is doing even when it looks like HE is not listening or aware of your problem? Will you accept that your failure and shortcomings and mistakes have nothing to do with your inability to get out of your situation and that because God is for you it is never as bad as it appears?
  I ask these questions because grace is easy to say but hard to practice! IT is hard to practice what you preach because when you get up in front of others to preach, invariably the message you are preaching to them is the lesson that God is trying to teach you that week. He is busy teaching you the same things that you are trying to teach others and you are expected to have the answers for questions that are asked of you, when you are going through the same things they are. We are all people who have the same problems and we all need grace. There is not a person who does not need God's grace. There is not one that can go to God and feel like they deserve it for if we did then we would not need Jesus. We all need grace in our daily lives and not just for salvation. God's grace is not just to get us to Heaven but it is to hold us up in these lives of flesh that we have while we live in these bodies here. Grace is for the here and now as well as the sweet by and by.
    Admit your need of grace and realize that you are not alone and there are others worse off then you. Admit that God is your supply whether you have a job or not, God will provide all that you need. Your job is not your supply, God is! We have to get away from thinking that the money and things we possess belong to us, for they do not they belong to God! God is the one who owns it all, so we must be willing to accept that God will ask of us what HE gave of us and it is His right to do with it as HE wishes. God loves you and keeps you so trust Him.
  These are the last of the last days and in this time things will change. God may require more of us then HE did in the past. God wants us to walk in love and to consider others before ourselves. Give freely but also love freely. Give not out obligation but let your giving come from your heart, and from the direction of the Holy Spirit which is in you. We are in this together so let us know of the needs you have so that we may either stand or rejoice with you. Bless you and thank you! I thank you for God brought you here and that means that God desires that we might have a chance to bless each other, so I bless you in Jesus name! I rejoice with you in your victories and I ask that you will let me pray with you for your needs. Bless us and in doing so may God return it to you with more then you can ask or think. If you feel led to bless us financially then you can use paypal, send it to our PO Box or send it via western union( if you choose this option then contact me first).
Bless you

Dear Friends,
                      Happy New Year and welcome to 2008! This is a new year so we have a new beginning but we also have the same vision for what God has given to us does not change from year to year. God gives us His Word and He never changes. His Word does not change. God is eternal. The things of God are eternal but the things of our flesh change sometime minute to minute. So many things in our lives are changing. God will keep us! I know that for me that is so true. We preach but sometimes for us we need to hear it more then we need to tell it. God does not change. God said I will provide for you. I will keep you! I will love you! I will be all that you need me to be! I AM!
  The name I AM is a name that GOD chose for Himself and it means I am that I am. He is self existent. He is what you need. I AM your ________________. You can fill in the blank. He is the lover of your soul. He is the husband to the widow. He is the provider to those that have nothing. He is all that you need.
   God's love is greater then your ability to mess it up. You cannot screw up the provision. Your mistakes do not overcome God's grace. God's grace is greater then all your failures. You cannot fail so bad that God's grace cannot overcome it. You are His child so when you walk, walk in freedom and love and let His power lead you, for His power will keep you! Let the love of God manifest in your life.
  You have a chance this year to do something great for God! God will open some doors that were not there before. God will do something special to you if you will let Him. God is the one who does the miraculous as part of His daily routine. God loves to do miracles and God wants to do one for you! God thinks your special because He made you- so you do not need to impress God with your works because He is already impressed with you simply because you are His child. The more you focus in on the love of God this year, the more you will see grace work in your life. See God not as a far distant being who I am unsure about( sadly many Christians think this occasionally) but think about His goodness and worship Him not for what you want from Him but because of who He is!
  Each day that goes by is 1) another day to show forth His glory 2) another day closer to the return of Jesus 3) another day to be blessed by Him. You have a chance today to bless others and be blessed by Him, so see today as an opportunity for blessing!
  This year you will continue to hear of His grace and I will be focusing in my Sermons on your Inheritance in Christ. I pray that you will be blessed by these teachings and that you will be able to grow in His grace. Visit this site often and share the blessings that you receive from us to others. Share the blessing that God gives to you with us. Share it for when you do then it creates a circle of blessing that affects not only those in your life but also people that you know not.
  Go to our donation page and give a special gift to praise God for what you have received from us. Become a partner. Read about our founder. Read the sermons and devotionals from our Asst Pastor. Read what God is doing through us and help us meet others needs. God has blessed some of your financially so we ask you to bless us in Jesus name with your gifts of love!
Blessings!
Happy New Year 2008!
 


Pastor Don Carson
Word of Grace Fellowship