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Evangelist Dan Patterson 2130 North Bend Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45224 513-542-1718
January 1, 2009
We greet you in the Name of the Lord giving God all the Glory, Honor and Praise. Grace be to you and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ. And this is the record that God has given to us, eternal life and this life is in His Son.
We want to thank our brothers and sisters for their love, prayers and financial support in labouring with us in the gospel. Our vision is to go into all the world preaching the gospel, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and those in prison as the Lord leads us. Our prayers are, Lord send forth labourers into your harvest. In Luke 10:2, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
The Lord spoke to me last summer and said, Tarry not, go. In 2008 the Lord sent us into Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia and the Philippines. We preached to thousands, many were fed, clothed and also bibles were given out and to God be all the glory! There are many new doors that have opened and our prayers are send us and labourers with us. I do not know how long these doors will remain open for we can see the signs of the coming of our Lord is near and we have a very short time to reap the harvest. In Jer. 8:20, The harvest is past the summer is ended and we are not saved. I believe this broke the heart of the prophet Jeremiah when he heard these words, we are not saved. In Romans 10:14-15 Paul writes, How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
When we look at the conditions we are living in today the warning signs are clearly seen in Matthew, Mark and Luke and other scriptures that we are in the last days. My question is, would we today send the prophet Isaiah or Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos or Haggai? Would we send one of the Lord's disciples, Matthew, John, James, Paul or Peter? These men were called and sent of the Lord to prophesy and to preach the gospel into all the world. We must do like wise, for we are also His disciples. For we are debtors to this glorious gospel, we owe Christ our all. I believe the Lord has given us the space to go and we must redeem the time. We must not become at ease or unprofitable and unfaithful. When the prophet Isaiah heard the voice of the Lord, saying whom shall I send and who will go for us? His reply was, here am I, send me. When Paul heard the voice of the Lord Paul’s reply was, What wilt thou have me to do? My question is, What would be our reply to the Lord? I pray our answer is, What wilt thou have me to do?
In the Lord’s Harvest, Evangelist Danny and Linda Patterson
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