Greetings once again from El Paso, TX!It’s hard to believe that it is March already; so much has been happening in the first three months of this year. The pastor of the ministry had some life-threatening health problems around the first part of January. I have had the awesome privilege of watching him recover miraculously through the power of prayer—God definitely heals! As a ministry team we prayed for him at all hours of the day and night, literally. During this time the Lord also called us to extended times of prayer against the horrific violence that has been going on across the border in Mexico. Not having a television, I’m not sure how much attention this issue is getting in the national news media. Locally there is hardly a day that goes by without murders being reported in the newspaper, and it has been this way for more than a year. But with all this going on, we have continued to go out on the streets when we can to share the Gospel. We did an outreach in our neighborhood for Valentine’s Day, and we were able to hand out Bibles and talk to several of our neighbors. We have also started ministering at a flea market that is closer to our ministry center. I am grateful that the Lord continues to help me to learn Spanish and to communicate with the Spanish-speakers we encounter.
I feel blessed to be where I’m at and doing what I’m doing, and I am grateful to be able to share how the Lord is working out the vision that He has given to this ministry. That is something that He spoke to us as a team back in the middle of January: Share the vision! So in order to give a little clearer picture of what the vision is, I have included an outline at the end of this newsletter. It is a progressive vision, meaning that we work toward each goal as the Lord provides the people and resources. We are only four people at the moment—Pastors Don and Alana Randall, my mother Linda, and myself. We are an interdenominational work, and we don’t get any salary or wages from a larger organization. We do everything that we can by faith with the resources that we are given. It is amazing, humbling, and challenging to see how God keeps expanding the ministry even with the limitations that this brings. I would ask as you look at the vision to consider partnering with me in this work both in prayer and financially. If you would like to know more about any area of the ministry, please feel free to contact me at KidderMail@yahoo.com. I would love to hear from you! God bless you!
--Lisa
Vision of Breakthrough 4 Life Ministries
Our progressing vision in the church:
Media Ministries (2 Tim. 4:5; Ps. 68:11; 1 Cor. 9:22)
- Radio
To broadcast the Good News in both English and Spanish 24 hours a day, seven days a week through our Internet radio station www.bbn4jesus.org. - Video
To record teachings, messages, and services to broadcast over the Internet through our website www.breakthrough4life.org.
Ministry of Prayer
- Worship (Jn. 4:23)
To have regular times of worship as a ministry and to facilitate personal worship time. - Praise (Ps. 50:23; Ps. 22:3)
To have regular times of praising God as a ministry and to encourage personal times of praising God. - Warfare (Eph. 6:11-18; 1 Tim. 2:3-6)
To engage the spiritual forces of darkness as the Spirit of God leads. - Intercession (Ro. 8:26, 27)
To pray and intercede for lost, dying, and broken souls as the Spirit of God leads.
Ministry of Evangelism (2 Tim. 4:5; Isa. 58; 1 Cor. 9:22)
- Jesus Bread Company
Jesus Bread Company is the name of our street outreach. The vision includes acquiring a large vehicle (bus/van) to equip for some of the following activities: - Streets Ministry
Share the Gospel, conduct street meetings, hand out tracts, and pray for people out on the streets. - Feeding the Poor
A mobile kitchen to serve simple meals to the poor and hungry out on the streets. - Puppets
Equipment and a mobile stage for presenting skits that share the Gospel with children. - Music
A mobile stage and equipment to share the Gospel through music and concerts.
Ministry of Healings (Isa. 58)
- Praying and Ministering to Brokenness of Spirit, Soul, and Body
To minister to those who call our prayer line as well as those who come to the ministry center seeking healing.
Ministry of the Word
- Discipleship (Eph. 4:11-16)
The vision includes the facilities and staff to offer discipleship through the following: - Word (2 Tim. 2:15)
Daily study and teaching of the Word of God - Worship (Jn. 4:23)
Regular times of worship both personally and together as a ministry. - Work (Titus 2:7)
Sharing the burden of ministry tasks and upkeep of ministry property and facilities. - Publishing (Mk. 13:10; Ps. 68:11; Ac. 13:49; 1 Cor. 9:22)
To publish tracts, testimonies, and teachings to use in our ministry and to share with the Body of Christ. - Ranch (Isa. 58)
To acquire property and facilities to offer a place of refuge, rest, and refreshing to other ministries as well as to expand the capacity for discipleship.
Statement of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, authoritative Word of God. God is eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His personal return in power and glory. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.