Go For It ICCJ!!!

This is my first blog posting here, not as the Pastor of ICCJ. Therefore, I will be setting up a new site in the near future and this post will end this era but I will leave the blog up for those who want to reminisce with me :-)

The services this past Sunday in which Joy and I resigned were marked with hugs and tears. I told someone that I think my shoulders were still wet hours after we left the sanctuary. Because of the amazing growth in the Church over the past couple of years, it has become impossible to know everyone by name, and so some of the good-byes were with people we only know by face. Joy had one person come up and exclaim that she has only been with us a few months and had never talked to us, but she will miss us, the Worship and the Word. It's amazing how connected we get in the House of God in a supernatural way!

I looked around the facility, which is not the Church because the people are the Church, but I took a mental picture of all the places where so very many memories were made as we sought the Lord together. Joy and I will never forget the mighty things that the Lord has done among us and our supernatural bonds.

We are grateful to all of you, past and present who have had a part in our lives. You are in our hearts and we love you very very much!!!

I want to now address just those who are presently a part of ICCJ. Obviously, things are going to change quite a bit. The Pastor who mainly preaches and the Pastor who mainly leads worship are leaving. This is big and we admit that. But I want you to know that there is a new preaching Pastor and new people who will lead in worship who have also been appointed by God to lead this congregation. I'm encouraging you to expect great things from Pastor Gordon Myers and his team. Do not allow your emotions to bring you down, but immediately believe God for more of His presence and explosive growth in the Church. Here is some advice. Go to the Church that God tells you to, and never ever leave a Church unless God tells you to. Stick together, pray, and watch what God will do in amazement!

Some are asking about the prophetic word that I received that Pastor Joy and I will be coming back to Indonesia at a later date. Because of the wonderful time we have had, many are asking that it would be soon. Though that is very flattering and touches our hearts, we want you to know that we will only return in God's timing and we do not know how long that is. I further want to say that when that day arrives, only the Lord knows if that will be back to ICCJ or to another Church or even another city. We belong to God, the Church belongs to God and we are simply given assignments by Him for the good of the Church of Jesus Christ. If one day we come back specifically to Jakarta and Pastor a different Church, the same advice applies as I have already stated. Never go to or leave a Church unless God tells you to. Be loyal and stand together in unity.

Pastor Joy and I are praying for a smooth transition and that ICCJ will reach levels never achieved yet in our ministry or any other previous Pastors ministry. Go for it ICCJ! Make us proud and do even greater things through the strength that Jesus Christ gives us!!!

A Resignation to Begin a New Season

It is with gratitude to the Lord for the great things that He has done, but also with sadness as we close a chapter as I write this entry for the ICCJ Pastors Journal and prepare to leave many close friends behind.

This coming Sunday, March 8, both Pastor Joy and I will resign from ICCJ as Pastors. The Lord has made it clear to us that it is time to make a shift. Pastor Gordon Myers one of the previous Pastors of ICCJ and one of my Spiritual Fathers has come and he will be an interim Pastor until a time that God provides another great Pastor for this wonderful congregation.

I want to thank the leadership of ICCJ for your love and support during these last three plus years. You guys are awesome! Keep up the good work!

We love you ICCJ'ers! I am confident of much fruit that will remain and am looking forward to hearing the wonderful progressive mutual testimonies from here onward. May God bless us all as we continue to walk step by step in unity with Him!

Pastors Power Up... Wow!

Pst Joy and I have been needing a breakthrough in many areas but especially in our own personal relationship together for some time. This last week was spent at a ministry called Pastors Power Up (pastorspowerup.com). It was amazing and God performed the very miracle that we were needing and much much more. I cannot even believe the amazing difference that Joy and I are experiencing in our lives together. For those of you who have been praying with us, thank you so much for your love and support! We are looking forward to our return to Jakarta this week and the powerful ministry that this fresh start will allow! God is faithful!!!