Today I am excited to be writing again as God is doing a new thing with my wife and I here in Winnipeg as we start our ministry assignment phase on Trek with Multiply https://multiply.net/ our supervising, training and partnering ministry. My assignment on Trek through FireRunnerMusic & Ministries is to come along side Living Word Temple and other churches and ministries the Lord seems to have networked together who have a burden for North End Winnipeg. One of those ministries is Winnipeg Centre Vineyard where my wife began her Trek assignment as Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries and whose building we have been using to live in and train in as Trekkers since August 30th. This week I began singing alongside the worship pastor at Living Word Temple Cherie Bright on their FB page live on Wednesday and had the opportunity to sing a song in advance of the lead pastor Paul Winter’s message on how Jesus brings hope and healing in the midst of despair and depression. FireRunnerMusic & Ministries is the name of our music minstrel record label and ministry. Our vision is to come alongside the local church to be a part of igniting a prairie wide awakening that has a global impact. How do we do that you may ask? By being filled with the Holy Spirit and letting Him lead in the singing of psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to one another and singing to the Lord Jesus and giving thanks to the Father in Jesus name through song. (Ephesians 5:18) The Holy Spirit is the River of Life and where He flows through us life and healing results in those He touches. FireRunnerMusic is about being vessels to be filled with the Holy Spirit to minister to Jesus and to each other the love of God in it’s many forms and manifestations which include inner healing.
One of the things that really has encouraged me lately is I’ve been singing a lot of both pre-written and spontaneous songs that are new this last month on Facebook. One of the things Jesus spoke to me about this minstrel ministry is that He would give me songs that would minister healing to people who were traumatized and in fear and anxiety because of it. One of my younger sisters in Christ said she had listened a song I sang on Facebook live called “I see you” and she shared how God used that song to minister healing to her heart. She was suffering from the fallout of old trauma being stirred up and the anxiety and self-protective fear response had kicked in. As she combined what the Holy Spirit was speaking to her personally and what He was saying to her through His song it was as if, well let me quote what she said, because she says it so well…
I’ve just felt God telling me “I see you. Look into my eyes and let all the trauma from that moment vanish. Let me hold you. Tighter than the trauma and the pain. I’m here. I won’t force myself on you, but I want you to know that I’m here and I love you. And I’m ready when you are.” And when you sang your song tonight I felt seen completely by God and held completely. And for once, I didn’t feel like I was fighting it. It felt safe. Warm. It felt overpowering but in a good way. And for once I felt all the memories from that moment just go dull. They were overpowered by God’s furious love. It just brought me to a place of praying “God I want to be all in. Overcome by passion for you. Overcome by your love. I don’t want to run anymore. I don’t want to hide anymore. I just want to burn for you. Take me back to the place where it was only about you, and all I wanted was just to be with you. Take me back to that wide eyed wonder I used to have before trauma stole my passion and zest. I want to be like a child again, full of unwavering trust; unaffected by the brokenness of this world because I was consumed with you and only you. Take me back to that place.” So thank you. Thank you for being obedient in sharing. Thank you for helping me enter into God’s presence in a new and deeper way tonight.
It is stories like this that make me rejoice for being obedient and singing on Facebook live. Her words encapsulate the effect I pray and dream the Holy Spirit would have on the many who are hurting and suffering from trauma and it’s effects. There are many, many more hurting hearts out there that need to experience the love of Jesus through the Holy Spirit who have experienced trauma and fear. Ok Kelly, I get it, God is doing a new thing and using the songs you sing to minister healing to others but what about fulfilling an old promise. Well in June 1997, the same Holy Spirit who led me to write and the sing this healing song said this to me…
“The coming devastation of the earth will cause many to fear for their lives. It will create a mentality of almost craziness because of the high levels of anxiety and fear. It is to these people many people will throw up their hands in despair because seemingly nothing can be done for them. The trauma these people have experienced has scarred their hearts and nothing short of the healing balm that only Jesus can give will set these prisoners free and heal their wounds. Kelly, I will bring healing through the music I give you to write. People will listen and be brought into My manifest presence where I will heal them and set them back on their feet, ground in the knowledge that I love them and that nothing shall separate them from my love, not even global devastation.
God gave me a new song and he fulfilled an old promise and this 50 year old-man is excited about what obeying Jesus in this new adventure being planted in Winnipeg for this next season. If you want to continue to hear more about this please sign up for our newsletter, and subscribe to this blog. We are sending out a newsletter once a month starting this week and I invite you to opt in to that if you like as well.
Here is the link:
https://mailchi.mp/3760e755754a/firerunner-ministries
As always there will be a link to the Facebook post of the song that Jesus used to minister healing to sister in Christ I hope you too are ministered to by the truth that God sees you and hears you and loves you.
Be blessed to be a blessing. Please take a listen and allow Jesus to sing His love over you!
https://www.facebook.com/718431818/videos/10157920910621819/
P.S. – I’m going through final discernment process to get an EP or a single or two to introduce myself and FireRunnerMusic and Ministries to the bride of Christ. God-willing one song before Christmas!!! We believe in freely sharing what God has given us, trusting God to give back to us through those we serve with the gifts He has given as we believe the worker is worth their keep. Interesting fact it takes approx. $157.00/day to meet my minimum daily needs when coupled with my wife’s 1/2 time salary as youth & children’s ministry director. We are hoping to raise $7000.00 for our initial recording word and initial web presence. Your generous giving will allow us to give what Jesus has asked us to give both “live” and in Spirit-filled recordings to minister healing in Jesus name to many. All gifts over $25 are eligible for tax receipts, and gifts given to FireRunnerMusic&Ministries will be matched up to 15% up to a maximum of $1000/individual donor if given through their website, to donate click. Our ministry operates under another organization called Bridges of Hope International Development Agency (BOHINDA) based in Lethbridge, AB. Their mission is to help people launch, manage, and market their charitable cause. Thus a perfect fit for FireRunner and we are deeply grateful for their adoption of FireRunner into their cause. All receipts for gifts given for FireRunner are given by this organization. Here is our donation page: https://www.bridgesofhope.ca/firerunner or the Alberta Treasury Branch matching donation program (15%) under Bridges of Hope, choose the FireRunnerMusic and Ministries project or simply click on this link: https://atbcares.benevity.org/community/cause/124-863616843RR0001