It is with a growing sense of deep appreciation
and gratitude to our Lord and His obedient servants that I’m
experiencing as I reflect on the wonderful gift our family is enjoying.
The gift I refer to is our interest free loan received in June 2004. Our
loan come earlier than we had expected and was quite a surprise to us
all. We were living in a small rural community
called Bulls when we first heard of the concepts being offered through
Liberty Trust. Both my wife Jacqueline and I were drawn to the long term
benefits being offered to all those involving themselves within this
ministry and it wasn’t log before we too were engaged in setting others
free from the burden of debt. We did not know at the time exactly what
or how we would use the interest free loan but knew that every month
someone in the kingdom of God was directly benefiting from our
contribution to the collective pool. This was not always easy for us as
we experienced a period of significant financial challenge as I
retrained through The Bible College of New Zealand, Manawatu Branch.
Actually we were not able to continue the contributions for a short time
and requested that our contributions be suspended. This was granted and
we were able to resume our contributions after five or so months. This
demonstrates the flexibility within the ministry and the lifestyle
challenges and realities we can all face as we continue in the Kingdom
Of God. Our family has known the continued
protection, provision and guidance offered to those who love the Lord
and live according to His Word. We have gained great comfort in the
knowledge that we are a people of destiny and that destiny is known to
our heavenly Father and revealed to us as necessary to fulfill His
purposes through our lives. Part of our journey has taken us to the City
of Palmerston North where we purchased a lovely home in 1999. Our home
has been used in a variety of ways to further the Kingdom of God and
these have included, home groups, fostering children through the OHF
& CYPFA, housing the administration and counseling services for a
community based Christian offender rehabilitation organization called
Genesis Trust and being a place of hospitality and shelter to all
comers. We have also known times of significant change as God opened up
opportunities to serve Him within a variety of roles under the banner of
offender management and rehabilitation. It was
with much surprise and jubilation that we considered and accepted the
loan offer from Liberty Trust in June 2004. We gain great satisfaction
from the knowledge that every month a portion of our loan is repaid and
in doing so we continue to contribute to setting others free from their
burden of debt. We continue to observe the
fluctuating financial markets and the use of interest rates by the
Reserve Bank to attempt to moderate the inflation rate. This gives us
even more reason to acknowledge God’s sovereign hand over all things and
extend our grateful thanks to our precious Lord for His wisdom in
giving those servants of Liberty Trust the vision, determination and
passion to fulfill their destiny through freeing others from the adverse
impact of accumulating debt. As we look to the
future we do so with the knowledge that in a little over six years we
will be debt free and in a very strong position to financially support
and equip our children through their early adulthood. The money saved
through the combined generosity of Liberty Trust contributors will
enable our family to build upon a sound financial foundation and
position future generations in God’s service. We leave you with the comforting and inspiring words of the ninety first Psalm, NIV. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely
He will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly
pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you
will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You
will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor
the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that
destroys at midday. A thousand
may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not
come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the
punishment of the wicked. If you
make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord, who is my refuge-then
no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For
he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your
ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike
your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. "Because
he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him,
for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer
him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." |
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