DECEMBER 2018

I pray that this letter finds you with a joyful heart living with hopeful expectation of your future in God. This past year as a ministry we have once again witnessed firsthand God's goodness and favor as we have endeavored to follow the voice of the Holy Spirit. It is through your partnership that we have ministered in 22 states and eight nations and hosted six events. Each week hundreds of people have been transformed through hearing the word of the Lord, received healing in their bodies, and experienced life-changing encounters.
I am so very thankful for all that God has given to us, but I am also mindful that God continues to expand the vision of this ministry. I am prayerfully considering how to advance our God-given vision in media, curriculum (encounter school), and how to sustain the message God has given us around the world. I believe that 2019 is a year of rapid expansion for this ministry. I ask that you join your faith with ours that God will continue to grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation as we endeavor to trust and follow the Holy Spirit's guidance.
This month around the world believers celebrate the birth of our wonderful Savior Jesus Christ! Over the last number of years as I have read the account of the birth of Jesus, I have gained increasing admiration for both Mary and Joseph who were given the monumental assignment of being parents to the Son of God. This month as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, I want to look at characteristics displayed in the life of Mary and Joseph that we would do well to apply to our lives as believers today.

• Age did not determine Mary's obedience (she was only a teenager, but a worshiper).
  
• Mary followed God's word for her life (Luke 1:39).
  
• Mary and Joseph were people of encounter (Luke 1:26-33, Matthew
  1:19-21).
  
• Mary and Joseph allowed their encounters to transform their thinking.
  

• Mary and Joseph were willing to face a stigma for receiving God's purpose (John 8:41).
  
• Mary and Joseph are forever remembered in scripture because of their obedience.
  In this season of reformation in the earth, may God grant you and I continued grace to live the reformer we see displayed in the life of Mary and Joseph. As we enter into 2019, may we lean into the grace of God to start this next season of acceleration properly. May 2019 be a year of encounter, acceleration, and blessing for you and your family.
  Thank you once again for your continued support of this ministry! As I close this letter, I want to extend an invitation to our worship/prayer/impartation service that will take place Friday January 4, 2019, from 7 p.m. to 12 p.m. at Gospel Tabernacle in Dunn, North Carolina. Our service will conclude with a time of impartation for each person (Pastor Randy Hill will be joining me). I encourage you to make plans to attend and begin 2019 by gathering with the Body of Christ from around the region.
  Pursuing him with all my heart,
  
  Abner Suarez