Merry Christmas from our home to yours!
We can’t believe this is nearly the end of 2021
and a new year is just around the corner.
Our hearts are full of gratitude for how we have seen God at work this year
and for you, our friends, who have prayed for us, given to this ministry, and hung out with us online or in person.
Here are some of this year’s highlights:
Throughout 2021 we have led in revivals, conferences and concerts in Nashville, Hilton Head Island, Mississippi & Jackson, South Carolina as well as in many churches throughout Georgia.
We’ve seen many come to trust Christ; families restored and lives changed by the power of God’s Word and His Presence.
Many Sundays we divide up and lead in worship at separate churches.
Between the two of us, we were blessed to share in over 120 services in many different churches.
This year we were invited to be a part of 11 funerals; Joe preached in 2 churches and officiated 2 weddings.
Being in full-time ministry, we are totally dependent on God to provide through church love offerings and individual gifts.
Since we are not on staff at any church, we are responsible for our own health insurance and all other ministry expenses.
God has been faithful to provide for our every need and we thank and praise Him every day!!
We are currently serving on the Executive Committees of the Southern Baptist Evangelists as well as the Georgia Baptist Evangelists.
Joe has recently been asked to serve as the vice moderator for our own Fairburn Baptist Association.
Kim continues to lead her “One Thing Worship” women’s ministry which features a time for women to gather, pause and pull away from the rush of life with the intentional purpose of being with Jesus.
She leads worship most weeks for Touching Hearts Women’s Ministries.
Kim also started co-hosting a podcast in October called “A Burst Of Hope” and is planning on writing a book in 2022.
We are a 501 (c) 3 non-profit ministry;
Your gifts are tax deductible.
We thank you for all of your prayers and financial support.
If you feel led to donate financially, please see our “Donate” page on this website.
You can also mail checks payable to:
Joe and Kim Stanley Ministries,
PO Box 142403
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Thank you!!!
This Advent, preparing Him room in my heart, brings a new revelation of love incarnate and me to my knees. Awe and wonder fill my heart in those moments.
And then the next moment, I’m in a whirlwind of a tizzy because I’ve lost my scissors again and the internet isn’t working well, and so many of my plans are yet undone.
Angry at my Scrooge thoughts, I start scolding myself with not so gracious words.
not again….
And then it hits me.
The Word;
The Word made flesh;
His Words of truth hidden in my heart well up and begin to soften the hard places.
Run to the Word, Kim.
What’s real?
These feelings,
or The Truth?
Rescuing Grace comes for me again.
The star led the wisemen,
the angels sent the shepherds to the manger.
Who or what is leading us to the manger?
To rescuing grace?
Our weariness,
our lack,
Trouble,
Grief,
Disappointment,
Fear,
Stress and anxiety
All of it serves to point us to our need for Jesus.
the King, the babe in the manger.
The very worst
Or the very best,
All of if is an opportunity for us to run to Jesus;
to invite Him in.
The mess doesn’t bother him.
His Glory absorbs the lesser;
His Light overcomes the darkness.
My eyes are drawn away from my mess and fixed on the beauty of His Grace,
the Face of Mercy;
the Wondrous Love that came for us,
because we would never be able to make it to Him.
Love that comes to rescue us, to fill us with awe and wonder again.
Love that stays with us.
Love that brings us home.
May you experience His rescuing grace this Christmas.
With all our love and thanks,
Joe and Kim
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