"Reaching The World"

Reaching the world starts with right where you live. I can remember thinking and believing that God was taking me to achieve some great thing. I was living to reach a particular destination. God has now shown me that the greatness is now in getting caught up in Christ. It's through my relationship with Him that our lives begin to touch those around us. The children, the homeboys, the work place begin to see the light of Jesus that lives inside of you. The journey is not a destination, but a journey of a life time. Along the way we face some storms that can be life changing. The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him, not the storm without. This quotation that I came across this week from Ralph Waldo Emerson has helped me realize that this is not a journey about me. This is a journey about God. My story ends up displaying His glory, which brings others into the kingdom.

God Bless,
Pastor Ken

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"The Baffling Call Of God"

I am finding out many awesome discoveries following Christ Jesus. At the very onset of coming into ministry I was very doubtful that God could use someone like me with my horrendous background. So I thought. I thought God was taking or leading me to something great or monumental. Like the disciples I am finding out that the greatness resides in knowing Jesus Christ and not in a particular destination. The valley experiences has caused me to seek Him with desperation, and continues to redefine my character. I can't reach others for Christ - it's God using my life as I seek Him to touch the lives of others. My responsibility is to attach myself to Him, and He will do the manifestation of His glory. The more I learn, study, and teach I am finding out that I really do not know much at all. It is the Christ that lives within me that enables me to be who I am today, and share the love of Christ. The disciples followed Christ to the cross, and saw their King crucified and die. They couldn't understand why would God take them down this road that seem to end in utter humiliation. I see how God has used this same technique in my own life. His plan is much larger than me, and it is perfected when I get out of the way, and let Him have His way. It He finished yet - no - He is just beginning. God has now taken me into the heart of Miami, Florida - What's next? Only God knows...

"Joy Comes In The Morning"

Dear Partners & Friends,

One of the most important things that I am learning these days is enjoying the journey in the Lord, and removing my eyes from circumstances. If we base our joys on life circumstances we will be like a boat at sea. Over the last several months the ministry has taken on some changes that has taken me for a turbulent ride. My faith has been tested, and it has given me an opportunity to view my maturity in Christ. I must say that I asked God many questions. I begin to ask myself why am I questioning, and not trusting. I believe I was asking all the wrong questions when God was clearly using my circumstances to take me, and the ministry in a new direction. We at times if not careful get so caught up in our circumstances, and miss that God is doing a work within us to prepare us for something He has in store for our future. I thought of the children of Israel. He took them the long way to develop their trust, and dependence on them. As the morning of the circumstance is arriving I have learned some valuable lessons. It's one thing to be able to look back and see where God has brought you from, but its another thing to see where God is taking you to. Connecting to God changes our view and perspective of life. He is in control at every moment. Count it all joy is what is said in the book of James. I count it all joy today because God has used the challenges of life to equip, shape, and mold for into the man He wants me to be. And most of all prepare me for the battles, and assignment in the future. God has a plan and I must move myself out of the way, and allow His plan to take it course through every circumstance, and trial.

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Behing every seemingly sudden victory, breakthrough, great opportunity, achievement, or blessing lies a degree of faithful perseverance and determiniation known only to those who have done the pressing.

God Bless,
Pastor Ken W.

"Losing Sight Of The Shore"

It's easy to call yourself a person who is willing to take risk, but until you are willing to step out into the deep and lose sight of the shore I wouldn't say that you have taken any risk. Over the last several years of my life as God continues to shape and mold my life at times He must rock the boat until I fall out. It's usually in those times that God pushes my life in a new direction, and allow me to get into a situation that I must take a risk that I though I never had in me. I find myself desperately depending on God. Usually we don't realize God is all we need until some barriers, and people begin to disappear out of our lives. As I move forward in 2010 my goal is to lose sight of the shore. As I venture out I am amazed of the great wonders that I am beginning to see. All of what I am doing is personally, and in ministry is completely new, and it giving me a new perspective of the power and wonder of God. I have taken some bumps and bruises along the way, but it has been all worth the journey. Someone once told me - Kenneth don't worry about the journey enjoy it as God orchestrates a beauty of wonder.

God Bless,
Finally Free Ministry
Pastor Ken Wilkins

"The Power Of Love"

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Love is a powerful force that I believe that I have disregarded for years. I think about what was the deciding factor in me changing my life. People loving me unconditionally. People demonstrating the same love that they experienced through knowing Jesus Christ. At one point in my life I was angry, resentful, and put myself above all else. I was miserable, but you would of never knew this because I masked it with work, exercise, women, and social events. Deep within I was longing for love. Not a love that the world offers, but a compassionate, and unconditional love that can only be found in Christ Jesus. I tried everything to find this love, but everything fell short. I met a group of men who began to demonstrate love to me inspite of my failures, and shortcomings. They encouraged me to study the bible with them, and something began to happen to me on the inside. I began to experience a love that was unexplainable. My life on the outside began to change because inwardly I began to let go of the anger, resentments, and bitterness. The love of Christ was like a consuming fire, and began a purification process within that continues. Love never fails we fail to love. The love of God can reach the deepest and darkest places of life and pull that individual out, and bring about a change. The power of love changes lives, restores marriages, and individuals, and gives hope to the hopeless. "THE POWER OF LOVE"

"It's Your Time"

Zechariah 9:12
Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope: even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

How easy is it to at times to get stuck in the past, circumstances, of the "what if's". I have come to realize that if God has placed a dream within my heart and I do not move forward to strive in the direction of my prayers or dreams than they will just remain a dream. My dream is larger than I am, therefore I can't accomplish my dream in my own strength and ability, but I still do have a responsibility. That responsibility is to seek God with all my heart, and all the other elements of life - my dreams, marriage, resources, finances, and relationships with others will fall into place. Fear comes in when I take my focus off of the source (God). I become side tracked with the things of the world which has a tendency to tell me that I can't. Life takes on a new perspective once I place my eyes on the heavens. I am ignited with a fire and passion that enables me to live above the circumstances of life, and the things around me. Going into 2010 the theme for the ministry and myself will be "It's Your Time". It's my time to excel, achieve, and to be all that I can be in Christ Jesus. I have accomplished much, but I will not settle for just that. I want to leave behind a legacy that impact people for decades to come, and I can only do that through Jesus Christ. I truly believe that if I take care of God's business He will take care of mine. "It's Your Time" to take your focus off the stuff, the worldliness, or anything that is hindering you from becoming all that you can be and place then on the living God, and He will take you to a place beyond your dreams. "It's Your Time"

Failure

When I look back on my life I can say that I have failed more times than I have succeeded, but it's one thing that I hold onto today with my heart. I never give up. In my past I would allow my mistakes and/or failures to dominate me in a way that I would be unable to move forward because of fear, worry, or what someone would think or say. God uses our circumstances around us to make us better people. I no looker stand on the outside of anyones life and throw rocks when I should be using it as a opportunity to be a doorway to heaven, encouragement, and love. I do not know if God will have a record of my failures in heaven, but how many times I used them as learning expereinces, how many times I was willing to get up, and get back in the thick of things. Will we fail or make mistakes of course, but we must remember that failure is not the end, but the opportunity to begin again.

God Bless,
Pastor Ken W.