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Friday, April 8, 2011

Faith & Family Night at Albuquerque

Hello Family~

Remember when Jesus taught us to pray? He first of all gave us permission to speak to God as Father, then He taught us to pray His Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. I'm sure I don't understand the fullness of what all that means and I'm sure we won't see the fulfillment of it 'til the return of Christ. But, until that occurs, His sons and daughters should live out His will and do it in His Kingdom order while we are here. We as a ministry believe that this is not just a prayer but a mandate on the lives of His people. As I have just returned from Albuquerque, I have it on my heart to share what has happened in that context.

We've been taught by the world system how to measure results and evaluate how we are doing. In many ways those evaluations may not line up at all with what our Father values. This last week, Albuquerque provided us a great opportunity to be about the Father's Kingdom and in many ways we were able to see the results of our efforts. But I think about the standard of Jesus. remember when Jesus was informed that John the Baptist was in jail in Luke 7:18-23? Jesus said "Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me." Jesus was setting a precedence for what it looked like to do the Father's will and show the Kingdom here on earth.

Last Thursday, I was in a meeting room filled with people who had given their time and energy to come and serve as counselors for our Faith and Family Night on Friday. I tried to give them the details of how I would utilize them in the closing of our event and how they could most effectively use the materials provided by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Although the instructions I gave were important, all I could think of was how pleased our Father must be at that very moment. Before one song was sung or one word preached, I felt His pleasure because people from different parts of the Country, who didn't know each other, who were part of different churches, all came together to try to do what Jesus did. With my own sons, I have found this to be true - the greatest joy I receive is when I see them put their selfish desires aside and work together to try and accomplish something for me. With this Albuquerque event, there were nearly 200 volunteers who presented themselves to our Father as co-laborers. On Friday night in Albuquerque at the Ty Murray Invitational - Built Ford Tough event, the gospel of the Kingdom was "preached to the poor." For those of you who bought seats for others to fill, we want you to know that we had 100% redemption and all 1,000 tickets allotted were used.

The two youngest Pierce boys and I spent four days getting home from the event as we camped our way through Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. We rock climbed, discovered fossils, chased jack rabbits, caught lizards and ate doughnuts. We arrived home today (Thursday) and I will leave Saturday for Kansas City, MO for ministry at the PBR event being held there.

Soon we will have a video processed for each of you to see what happened at the Faith and Family Night in Albuquerque. Until then, I just want to give you my thanks for believing in us and for helping us accomplish these great events.

All of our love -

The Pierces and the
Riding High Ministries' Team

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