 | Topic:
A Decade of Ministry |
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Andrew Shreeve Ministries
Partner Letter – January 2010
‘Bringing good tidings, publishing peace and salvation’
(Isaiah 52:7, Romans 10:15)
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| Contents
- A Decade of Ministry
- Itinerary
| A Decade of Ministry
| Dear partners and friends,
Welcome to a new decade of the 21st century, and also a milestone of 10 years of Andrew Shreeve Ministries! I remember in 1999 when the Holy Spirit came unexpectedly upon me in my home, at that time, in Mermaid Beach, Australia, and instructed me to go to Thailand. I questioned the Lord about the timing as I didn’t feel ready, however the power and authority of the Holy Spirit was so strong I was compelled to obey. I departed for that first mission to Myanmar and Thailand in January 2000. Now, one decade later, I have successfully completed 78 international mission trips into 18 different countries across four continents.
International Mission Trips - face to face preaching and teaching to the church:
| Country/ Region | Mission Trips | | Pacific | | | Australia | 8 | | Papua New Guinea | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | Asia | | | Indonesia | 8 | | Malaysia | | | | 5 | | | 2 | | Myanmar | 4 | | Singapore | 7 | | Thailand | 13 | | Vietnam | 2 | | Undisclosed country A | 1 | Undisclosed country B
| 1 | | | | | Africa | | | Malawi | 1 | | Nigeria | 1 | | South Africa | 5 | | Uganda | 2 | | Zambia | 4 | | Zimbabwe | 1 | | | | | Europe | | | England | 6 | | Spain | 2 | | | | | Total | 78 |
It was been an amazing journey of faith! The Lord called me to go to the nations without the formal backing of any missionary society or denominational church. I subsequently financed the ministry using my life savings. After some time in the ministry my finances depleted, in that I flew to Africa for a mission with only $100 remaining to my name. I subsequently saw the Lord’s faithful hand of financial provision. Trusting solely in the bible’s financial promises, and faith in the leading of His Holy Spirit, the Lord has faithfully and consistently supplied my every need - without ever experiencing financial embarrassment. The supply has most often come from unexpected sources.
As well as God’s financial faithfulness, I have experienced His supernatural power in the areas of health and strength. In the early days particularly, I sometimes ministered with symptoms of fever, weakness, and painfully sore throat; getting up to preach sometimes wondering if I would be able to complete the message and minister to the people. Through trusting in the bible’s promises of health and strength; I have experienced time and time again the Lord strengthen my body. Once I experienced an instant supernatural healing of my body whilst I was preaching! My personal health and strength have improved, and on many occasions I have witnessed the Lord heal the people I minister to, through prayer and faith in the name of Jesus – Acts 3:16.
Another significant miracle has been the provision of invitations to preach and teach the gospel. Without having to solicit for engagements, the Lord has moved upon His people to provide many more invitations to minister than I now have time to accept.
I have often asked the Lord for a five or ten year plan, but He has rather led me a few weeks or months in advance. It has taken more strength and patience to wait for the leading of His Spirit, rather than succumbing to the temptation of planning my itinerary without the evidence of His spiritual leading and witness (Romans 8:16). I have seen, however, that waiting on the Lord for His direction is a better method for success, as He leadership avoids the pitfalls of the devil, the evil plots of men, and brings us into His wealthy place (Psalm 66:12).
It is a great honour and privilege to be called to minister to the Lord’s church internationally. His people are His most prized possession. Over this past decade of ministry I have seen: many people give their hearts to Jesus for the first time, many receive the mighty baptism with the Holy Spirit and subsequently speak in unknown tongues, and many receive the healing touch of Jesus upon their bodies freeing them from sickness, disease, and pain. At times the Lord has also spoken prophetically through me to individuals, churches, and nations. The Lord has led me to minister in churches, bible schools, hospitals, and to conduct leadership training for pastors, and church and organisational leaders.
In addition to face to face teaching and preaching, the ministry has expanded to embrace hard copy book publishing, and use of internet media for email and website communication is the areas of written, audio and video teaching:
The Lord has led us to publish thousands of copies of my meditation books, now with four titles:
- The Sword of the Spirit (English, Spanish, Indonesian, Thai, and Karen languages)
- Strength and Power
- In Christ Meditations
- God’s Covenant of Healing
Every month I teach via direct email.
We have 32 ten minute teaching videos on YouTube channel – AndrewJShreeve - with over 4,000 upload views.
The website andrewshreeve.org has:
- Audio-messages in the English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tamil, Urdu, Mandarin, and Burmese languages.
- 100 short written teachings in the Teaching and Partner Letter sections.
Many people only see the preacher and are unaware of the literally thousands of people over the years who have helped the preacher in multitudes of ways to be in a position to be able to deliver the message. I would like to give special thanks: to the various people who have hosted, helped create and maintain andrewshreeve.org; to those who have opened their homes, welcomed and shown love and hospitality to a sometimes wearied traveller; to those who have given financially of the money they have earned through their diligent effort; to those who have fervently and faithfully prayed, travailing in secret; to those who have edited my writings and helped to make the message clearer and; to those who have loved and believed in my call and mission. Your faith has strengthened and lifted my heart to press on in the battle. The Lord has seen your heart and selfless giving, and an eternal share in the fruit of the ministry is definitely yours!
The bottom line for Andrew Shreeve Ministries is to be faithful to the call of God. The call is to operate in the teaching gift to strengthen Jesus’ church, to adorn His people with the ‘correct knowledge’ of His loving, gracious, powerful and blessed kingdom. The teaching gift is to equip His people with the knowledge and skills to be victorious in life on this earth, and thereby effective in their ministry of reconciliation to save those who are lost, who are without a personal knowledge of God, and facing the eternal flames of hell (2 Corinthians 5:18). The motive for the ministry is love for God’s creation. The method is to walk with and follow the directions and plans of the Holy Spirit. The discipline of the ministry is to keep our heart full of faith, through daily meditation of His promises.
I anticipate the next ten years will be far more powerful and influential than this past decade. We have built a solid foundation on the Word of God - the promises of His covenant. We have been building His kingdom with gold, silver, and precious stones (1 Corinthians 3:12), with the exceeding great and precious promises of the covenant of Jesus Christ (2 Peter 1:4), we have been adorning His bride with pleasant and precious stones (Isaiah 54:11-12). We have sown much seed, so we should expect to reap a great harvest! Stay with us for the next ten years. Seek the Lord as to how you may be involved. There will be good eternal fruit on offer for the partners of this ministry. We are going forth to conquer and force back the power of the devil, and to establish the kingdom of God among the nations. Thank you for being courageous and ‘stepping up’ to seize this moment of opportunity with us; and I pray that Lord Jesus Christ will receive all the glory!
In His grace,
Andrew | | |
Itinerary
This itinerary is subject to change without notice
| | Date | Location | | 24th January 2010 | Grace Christian Church, West Pennant Hills, Sydney, NSW, Australia
| | | | | 21 February | RHEMA Family Church, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 25-27 February 28 February | National Pastors and Believers Conference, RHEMA Family Churches PNG, Port Moresby RHEMA Pastors ordination service, Port Moresby | | 1-12 March | Ministry among the churches, Trobriand Islands, PNG |
| | | | | | ANDREW SHREEVE MINISTRIES
‘Bringing good tidings, publishing peace and salvation’ (Isaiah 52:7, Romans 10:15) | |
