Meet Mike and Jamie Aldridge

I want to introduce you to Mike and Jamie Aldridge. These are two dynamic people who have just moved from California to plant a church in Macon, Georgia.  These two people are truly disciples of Jesus and because of that have become friends of ours. 

I can say that after spending time with them, their love for Jesus is contagious and leaves you wanting to know and worship the Lord.

For those of you who are apart of VC2 (Victory Central Church), our heart and vision has always been to plant life giving churches in Central Georgia. We would be foolish though to think that as a church we can take Central Georgia ourselves, which is why we fully believe that God is sending church planters and ministers to Central Georgia to accomplish the will of God in our region. 

I'm asking if you would join me in praying for this couple as they venture out to be obedient to the Lord and seek to establish His kingdom in Macon.

If you have ever thought of joining or supporting a church plant in the Macon area you can connect with Pastor Mike Aldridge on Facebook.

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November Update - Leaning on Promise!

We are settling into month two of our time in Macon. This last month we as a family have encountered many trying situations both emotionally, financially and socially. In the midst of such circumstances though one thing has become apparent. 

We have an enemy, but there is a Savior. 

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The worst thing you can do is go into a battle not prepared or worst not knowing there is a battle. Our battle so far as been an attack on the mind to undermine the plans and promises of God. The enemy likes to use the age old trick he used in the beginning "Did God really say?". 

I look at the vastness of this place the Lord has called us to and feel so ineffective, inadequate, so unprepared, but I hear the Holy Spirit urging me to lean upon promise and not strength. If I lean upon my own strength, that limits the realm of my influence, but when I lean upon promise my possibilities are unlimited. Jesus promised that He would build his church and that He would give us power through the Holy Spirit to be His witnesses.

Ephesians 3:20 "Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us."

Jesus has plans for Macon and Middle Georgia that are far bigger than I can imagine or accomplish. Which is why my most powerful tools now are not strategies and tactics but rather scripture, prayer and the Holy Spirit. As I write this I am reminded of Paul's words to Timothy in 1 Timothy 1:18 "This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare..".

Words of advice I would give any aspiring missionary/church planter, either domestic or abroad, do not naively step out being unaware of the tactics of your enemy. You have one and he wages war against your soul. But meet him on the offensive because he is a defeated foe! 

As a church we believe that the battle is always won in prayer. Ephesians tells us that we battle not against flesh and blood but spirits in the heavenly places. So everyday do battle in the place of prayer by declaring what Jesus has promised us.

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