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JANUARY 2010

GREETINGS TO YOU ALL IN JESUS' NAME!

May He ever receive our truest Worship
and ALL Glory.
Psalm 57:5,11.

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A WORD OF THANKS:

I have been much encouraged with the correspondence I have received from folk who have been blessed and helped by the articles on this website. May God ever be glorified! I pray that this New Year of 2010 will prove to be a spiritually blessed year. For some people this division of years, and the beginning of a New Year, is somewhat 'artificial,' for life goes on. However, so often it can prove to be a particular point for pausing to reflect on past days, and looking ahead with renewed resolve to fulfil the will of God and glorify Him in life and service. Many of you are serving the Lord in various aspects of ministry. I pray that you will see much fruit for your labours in the Gospel.  

Now, please check the NEWS item in the next column for latest information.

THE LORD RICHLY BLESS YOU!

        Now to update you on some of my itinerary work for the Lord. What a blessed and encouraging time we had on our most recent overseas ministry in the UK - April-May, 2009! I've not deleted this since there are those who have inquired about my ministry, and they are interested in that visit to the UK. It was most enheartening, in these days of apathy and apostasy, to be in churches where pastors are certainly sensing the need to get “back to basics.” First, there was the renewed emphasis on prayer – a welcome sign of good things to come in those churches. To see young people fervently entering in to days of prayer and fasting was so encouraging; and pastors announcing further special times for prayer as a congregation – half-nights of prayer! What a refreshing atmosphere in such churches, fragrant with the aroma of Heaven wafting from the prayer room! Charles Spurgeon unapologetically said, "A prayerless soul is a Christless soul.” If that’s true, then it must also be true that a prayerless Church is a Christless Church! Is it possible for a Church to be ‘Christless’? Well, just look at the Church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22). Where is Christ? Sadly, not on the inside, as the centre of adoring love and reverent worship, but outside (verse 20) - to which church our Lord sends the sternest of His letters. God help us!

      And then, together with that renewed accent on prayer, there was a mindfulness of the importance of expository preaching and teaching of the Word. I would urge those dear servants of God, my dear friends, to remain faithful in these things, for “in due season we shall reap if we faint not (if we don’t give up).” (Galatians 6:9) O, yes, there are times when we are weary IN the work, but may we never become weary OF IT!

      In 2009 it was so good to renew fellowship with many of our ‘old’ friends and colleagues in the Gospel there in the UK. Some have asked me how I found the UK ‘spiritually,’ how things were in the Church! I have to admit, even after a two-month visit, that does not make me an authority on the spiritual state of the nation, for I was only in churches and with pastors whom I know to be sound and uncompromising – and the signs were good. I thank the pastors for receiving us so warmly and for the privilege of inviting me to their pulpits. I want you to know I am praying for you. I mentioned in my last brief news item that I so much enjoyed my visit with dear brother Arthur Gregory, retired pastor and 90 years of age at the time. It was an unforgettable time of personal fellowship and inspired sharing in the Word. Well, just a week or so later he went to be with Christ. Our hearts go out to his dear wife Brenda and the family, but what a comfort to know the parting is only “until HE comes.” I am in touch with Brenda and the family, and it is good to see how the Lord is comforting them.

      Another dear friend was Albert Garner. When I was preaching at Stonehouse AOG (Gloucester) Dinah and I had the opportunity of visiting Albert and Peggy his wife. They have served the Lord faithfully and sacrificially for over 50 years. Albert’s health was evidently not good, but he was still very much ‘alive’ in his life in God, and what an inspiration it was to be with him. Peggy is such a beautiful lady, bright and bubbly as ever, and a joy to be with once again. Dinah and I enjoyed our afternoon with them, not realising that in such a brief while Albert would be called ‘HOME’ to be with Christ, his Lord and Saviour. He truly had fought a good fight and triumphantly completed the course. I have heard that the service commemorating his full and fruitful life was truly a victorious one, and I know many were (and are) praying for dear Peggy and the family at this special time of need. I have been in touch with Peggy since, and the Lord is wonderfully sustaining her.

       Since returning to Australia I have been kept busy, and how grateful I am to the Lord for His kindness and daily provisions. The Bible Conference at Frankston in Victoria (Australia) was so marvellously blessed of the Lord. Pastor Lionel Letcher and his lovely fellowship (Cornerstone Gospel Church) had prayed much, and I thank the many friends around the world who joined with us in prayer for those meetings. What a great sense of GOD in the gatherings, and a sincere hunger for the Word. The theme was – “Looking Unto Jesus,” and all messages focused on HIM. How blessed we were! The messages brought to that Conference are available on CD - just send in the request for them. Check out other CD's available too.

      We had a wonderful Christian Witness Ministries Annual Conference (Co-ordinator: Pastor Philip Powell) in Kingscliffe, New South Wales, in August, which was an awesome time WITH GOD! Again, it was a worthy theme: “We Beheld His Glory.” Every session was inspiring and challenging, and some of them difficult to conclude because we were truly ‘beholding His glory’. I was privileged to share in the Conference ministry, together with Pastors Phil Powell, Bill Randles (Marion, Iowa), Jeff Whittaker (Niles, Michigan), Werner Schultz (Melbourne) and Ian Adkin (Western Australia). What a blessing to have our dear brothers faithfully and powerfully expounding the Word. Also, another guest speaker – and what a precious brother: Justin Peters from the USA, who from birth has suffered with cerebral palsy, but who radiates the grace of God, and has a passion for Christ and truth. He brought three “Discernment” seminar sessions, with excellent content and a further reminder of the days in which we are living and needing to be more and more discerning with the counterfeit and corrupt plaguing us in these end times.

      Well, at last I am pleased to present new articles in this update. I regret the delay, but with being busy and travelling, I know you will understand. I thank you for your patience, and for the many who have written with their encouragements who look forward to the fresh material. I pray the messages will be a means of blessing to you.

      I should mention how blessed I have been with emails and Facebook messages from some of you who have logged on to this   site for the first time, and shared with me your appreciation for the articles. I have been overjoyed to renew contact with some folk whom I have not seen for many years – some who were students at Commonwealth Bible College (AOG) in Australia when I was Principal, as far back as the 1970’s and 1990’s! And some even go back further to my U.K. lecturing days at Kenley Bible College (AOG) and the International Bible Training Institute in Burgess Hill, Sussex – yes, to the 1960’s! I have treasured memories of those days. I would love to hear from more of you when you have the opportunity to write.

While in the UK in April I was saddened by the news that my long-time friend John Wildrianne, a director of the IBTI, was suddenly called home to be with the Lord. Our prayers are for Doreen and the family, and for the IBTI family, who have suffered such a great loss. What an outstanding servant of God! We travelled together on a number of occasions in Europe preaching the Word. He had a tremendous heart for missions, and Heaven has recorded the results of his passionate labours. “Well done, good and faithful servant of Christ and His Church!” God continues to bless the ministry of the IBTI. Please pray for them.

      I must here express thanks to my son Michael, for all the practical help and technical support he gives me to maintain this website, especially with the transition to this new service provider. Please bear with us as we now rebuild this site and replace all the materials that were on the previous site. I trust that very soon all the current articles will be uploaded, with the links restored to take you to those articles. Then, over the coming weeks I expect to have all the archived articles available for browsing. Also, I wish to extend sincere heartfelt thanks to my good friend, Dr. Ray White, who resides in Pueblo, Colorado, USA, for his encouragement as I seek to serve the Lord in this writing ministry, and the invaluable help in editing all materials.

      Now let me introduce this current update’s themes – and remember, there are direct links to each of the articles; just click on the title or series part. If you are new to this site, thus to the themes, you can catch up on past articles by browsing the various 'pages'. The details of all new articles are in the "Notes on Updates" page in the menu – just click here.

 God abundantly bless you!

Aeron Morgan