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It is exciting to be entering a new year. We are not looking back and remembering--resting on what God has done. We are giving HIM praise for the miracles of 2023 but we are looking forward. We say with apostle Paul, in Philippians chapter 4,
I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead 4 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4: 13-14
I pray by God's grace that you will come with us and stand with us in prayer as we pray: GOD DO MORE IN 2024! |
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THANK YOU so much to ALL OF YOU who sent birthday wishes. With over 1,000 greetings, it was impossible to say thank you to everyone individually but every message, poem, photo,or scripture was a blessing.
As you can see, seems that I have aged a good bit since the picture on the left. |
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But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24
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We have a tremendous sense of excitement for 2024. We are not getting any younger. Our focus is to finish our course "strong." We are coordinating visits to Africa, Europe, Eurasia, and Latin America as we write. Pray with us as we balance our existing invitations with our financial resources and places of greatest need.
Most importantly, we want to be in the places that God wants us to be. |
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We are so excited to join Gerardo and Stella Pola for an powerful time of ministry, evangelism, and staff training in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica next week. We are delighted to have the opportunity to come alongside such an amazing couple, and family. We are working out details and we will keep you up-to-date as we travel.
In Costa Rica, we will join a team from Minnesota TC, for a street festival and outreach. Pray for us, as Nicaragua is a communist nation, that God will give us favor crossing the border. Pray for TC centers as they deal with opposition from the gangs. But most of all, pray for God's presence and miracles. |
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We will return to the USA February 10 and then on the 14th, leave for Africa for MISSION SOS in Nakuru, Kenya. Our team from 5 African nations, South Africa to Uganda will join Johannes Amritzer and 200 mission SOS missionaries for major street outreach, schools, and nightly festivals. We truly appreciate your prayers. God hears you and you really make a difference. |
LOOK WHAT GOD DID in 2023. YOU WERE A PART! |
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ROLE TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN |
MINISTRY |
Over 150,00 miles traveled in outreach & training. |
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42 OUTREACHS |
Reached over 288,000 people with the Good News. |
| SALVATION |
Over 35,000 first time confessions of faith in
Jesus Christ, in schools, churches, TC Chapels, sober houses, Mission SOS Festivals |
| 4 CONFERENCES |
Ministered in the word and music to leaders
from over 50 nations on 4 continents, |
| 9 Leadership Trainings |
Training staff, student, TC leaders & graduates |
TC Worldwide
Prayer & Praise |
Weekly ministry on Thursday.
48 live-stream outreaches on
FACEBOOK,
You Tube & Instagram reaching more than 500
viewers each week. Praying for hundreds of needs, reaching tens of thousands with prayer,
praise & encouragement |
| SUPERNATURAL MINISTRY |
Space does permit us to
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share all of the healings, deliverance & victory over addiction we saw this year, but our E-nteression archive of 2023 emails will remind you of the miracles.
For a quick video overview, come around the world with us through
"Silent Night 2023" |
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Even though you couldn't get on the plane with us, you can join Bernie & our sons as we look back at a powerful year of ministry in this 2023 installment of Silent Night. See what God did as you sent us with the Good News,
Putting HOPE within reach.
UNTIL ALL LIVE FREE |
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Even as the door has closed on 2023, it does not close the door on the nightmare of addiction for over 273 million people worldwide trapped in the relentless death march of addiction.
Your gifts make a difference as we minister to the broken, hurting and those in desperate need of the hope found in Jesus.
Thank you for your partnership. Because you GIVE, we can GO!
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GOD GIVE US MORE IN 2024 |
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Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4: 13-14
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When I say God, give us more in 2024, please do not misunderstand my intent. I'm not asking for money or a new car or houses or even just blessings.
When I say God I want more, I mean I want more of HIM… More intimacy, more righteousness… More of HIS presence… MORE … ALL OF THEM, but that will require giving God MORE OF ME. For so long I came to God asking, what HE could do for me," but now my prayer is, "God, what do you want to DO in me?
I believe the apostle Paul saw that when he wrote in Philippians, "I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it". With my 70th birthday behind me (and I'm not counting anymore), it is easy to begin to think 'I've arrived,' time to rest, relax, watch old episodes of NCIS and cruise on to glory.
My prayer is, with Caleb, (Joshua 12) - God give us a new mountain to conquer. |
When I realize I haven't arrived, the next thing Paul says is, "forgetting what is behind." We cannot rest on what God did in 2023. As Teen Challenge leaders, we cannot rest on what God has done through our ministry in the last 65 years. David Wilkerson said, "Beware when your memories are greater than your vision." This is a new year with new opportunities! |
Is your prayer,
"God what can you do for me?" Or "God, what can you do in me?" |
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Just as importantly as not resting on past success, we cannot allow ourselves to be paralyzed by past failure. If you failed, get up, give it to Jesus. His sacrifice is enough and since HE he has forgiven you, move up and get on with it. This is your hour of opportunity-God do more in 2024... "forgetting what is behind."
Paul concludes with the challenge, and I love the King James here
 "I press on toward the mark of the high calling of God."
Focus: this "one thing" I do, if you try to do everything you'll never finish anything.
Forget: Remember to forget the past, all of our failures AND victories,
Finish: HE is says that we have to "strain toward that which lies ahead."
One thing that makes the year 2024 particularly unique for me is that my life verse, a verse that God gave to me over 50 years ago, is "Acts 20:24."
I still have not arrived, but by God's grace, I am still pressing on. Will you press on with me? You see, I don't have it all together, but together we have it all.
“But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. Act 20:24 |
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JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY FOR OUR WEEKLY CELEBRATION OF PRAISE & PRAYER!
WITH OUR PARTNERS, FRIENDS, AND TC CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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If you can’t join us, PLEASE share your PRAYER
requests & PRAISE reports.
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ALSO on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bernstuff (click LIVE) Watch live or re-stream for 7 days. |
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| REMEMBERING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
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On the 3rd Monday in January in the US, we commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was a man who dearly loved Jesus Christ and took his burden for equality, liberty and equal opportunity from dream to reality. A Nobel Laureate, he dedicated his life to the nonviolent struggle for civil rights in the United States. Dr. King's leadership played a pivotal role in ending entrenched segregation for African-Americans and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As powerful as his impact here in the United States, in my travels with GTC I have seen that impact across Europe even to apartheid in South Africa. |
Everything changes when we pray. Martin Luther King Jr. turned social injustice into a crusade to liberate a people not only in the United States, but around the world. One man of God with a vision can make a difference, and so can you. (Of course women can too.)
From the LIFE magazine article about the tragic death of Michael Farmer and the trial, David Wilkerson turned a murder trial into a miracle as Teen Challenge was born. Prayer can change it all, from addiction to transformation, bondage to freedom, death to life.
May we see 2024 as an opportunity for each of us to turn tragedy into opportunity, the impossible to the possible and and an occasion for the Good News of the gospel. One person can make a difference. YOU are the ONE PERSON God is looking for. , |
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UPCOMING
2024
INTERNATIONAL
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2024 STATESIDE
SCHEDULE
HOW ABOUT YOU? |
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January 23- Feb 14, 2024
TC COSTA RICA/NICARAGUA/
EL SALVADOR
GERARDO POLA
Central America Regional Director
February 17-27, 2024
MISSION SOS Nakuru
Nakuru, Kenya
Johannes Amritzer
June 2024
TC ALBANIA/ MACEDONIA,
Orges Hysenaj
September 22-28, 2024
The Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation
Seoul, S. Korea
OCTOBER 2024
Côte d'Ivoire
Dr. Emmanuel & Angela Ekezie
details pending
PENDING INVITATIONS
2023-2024
working on logistics now
Sudan, Lebanon, Haiti, Romania, Slovenia, & Belarus
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BOOKING SERVICES FOR 2023
email: Bernstuff@aol.com
call Cathy @ 757.869.2812
MINISTRY. MUSIC .TESTIMONY
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Sunday January 21
CHURCHLAND AG
Portsmouth, VA 10:30 am
Pastor Larry OBrien
March 3-10
VICTORY CHURCH
Winchester, VA
Missions Convention
As you look at all of this blank space, I wonder, would you consider talking to your pastor about hosting us for a power packed service to share the Good News of God's love and the transformational power of Jesus Christ. USA services are a life line to provide funding for these trips but more than that, we want to share this message with our own nation.
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We would like to invite you to a 2024 prayer challenge.
Every day at 20:24 (8:24 EDT) or whatever the time in your region
for the first 24 days of 2024, PAUSE to PRAY. Let's believe God for miracles.
Cathy and I are so grateful to all who are a part of our Global Teen Challenge Mission Family. We rejoice as we reflect on tens of thousands of people that enter 2024 FREE in Jesus Christ because your partnership has sent us around the world.
More than that, in a season of uncertainty, we are grateful for the certainty of His love and His promise. We pray His richest blessings as we walk into the new year. |
PARTNER
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Again I say
unto you,
that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask,
it shall be done
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2023 has been a tremendous year for Global Teen Challenge. We’ve seen God’s power at work in the lives of countless men, women, and teens around the world and we are eagerly looking forward to what He has in store for next year.
The Global Teen Challenge will be end our ministry-wide 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting on January 21, 2024. Perhaps you can join us for a day as we wrap up.
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1) Please pray with us together for Central America Gerardo and Stella Pola are doing a wonderful job and we are believing for God to move. Please pray for:
Costa Rica: pray for chapels, a special Sunday gathering with TC students & families, staff training, outreach at night to the homeless and street festivals with Minnesota TC
El Salvador: chapels, outreach, staff training.
Nicaragua: this is a communist country so please pray for favor as we crossed the border, my KGB dossier has followed me to most of the communist countries from Cuba to Kazakhstan. Pray that God will satisfy the hungry hearts of staff and students as we minister there.
2) Please pray for the upcoming Mission SOS in Nakuru, Kenya. Nakuru is the home of one the largest centers in Kenya and we are looking forward to ministering and working with leaders from South Africa to Uganda Tanzania and Burundi.
Pray for safe travel for team members coming from across Africa and around the world.
Pray for open doors in the schools, open hearts on the streets, and the nightly festivals as TC graduate, and International Evangelist Johannes Amritzer ministers the Word with his amazing team Julia, Miriam, Fernando, and all the rest.
3) Pray for Japan TC as they continue relief efforts to the earthquake devastated as sites in a Japan.
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Please pray for the innocent, wounded, and the families of those who have lost loved ones in Israel and Gaza as well as in the Ukraine. In a time of war, may the Prince of peace send HIS angels, love and grace.
Even as we come to God with our grateful hearts as we enter this new year, join us to pray for the Global Harvest!
Pray with us for the global advance of the gospel. Pray for workers for the Harvest ... Teen Challenge Centers in 132 countries need staff and we currently have invitations to start Teen Challenge in over dozens of nations. They are crying out for help. They need the power of God to meet a pressing social need ... but we know the SPIRITUAL ROOT.
We offer SPIRITUAL RESOURCES to meet PRACTICAL needs.
MATTHEW 9: 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. |
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