FRESH START & THE PERSECUTED CHURCH

God has invited Fresh Start to serve the “Persecuted Church” in multiple regions of the world. He has established Fresh Start Ambassadors in East Asia, South Asia and the Holy Land.

EAST ASIA – Our Ambassadors have a network of leaders who serve and support the underground church. Fresh Start has been invited to share the message of forgiveness to the leaders who have contacts throughout East Asia. This includes Sports Ministry, University Educators, Business Leaders and the Underground Church Leaders. Through our Ambassadors, and our Fresh Start teams, thousands are becoming “Forgiven, Forgiving and Free!”

 

HOLY LAND – Our Ambassadors have incredible favor with Arab Evangelical Leaders who have the ability to impact the entire geographic region with the forgiveness message. This includes a private school of 1000 Arab K-12th grade students, including 250 Muslims, where Christian precepts are taught daily. Our Ambassadors also have the opportunity to reach all ethnic, religious and refugee groups throughout the Middle East.

 

SOUTH ASIA – Our Ambassadors recently video recorded 2 of our team members sharing 7 hours of the Fresh Start process and an additional 7 hours on how to lead the Fresh Start process. They plan on taking these 14 hours and sharing it with their extensive network of over 1000 pastors. Our partners are also working with 12 other separate ministries in the region and want our team to return and share the Fresh Start Forgiveness process with them.

Once this has been accomplished, these 12 ministries can spread forgiveness to the people they serve, expanding the reach of Fresh Start in South Asia.

There is always MORE with the Lord, as He has invited us back to all three regions in the second half of 2019 and 2020. God is on the move within the “Persecuted Church” and He has invited Fresh Start to join Him. If you feel God inviting you to join us through prayer and/or finance for future trips to these regions, please visit the rest of our site and our Donate page to learn more.

 

2019 MATCH CAMPAIGN UPDATE

THANK YOU for your generous response to the 2019 Match Campaign!

We are thrilled to be able to report that the goal of $25,000 was reached for a total amount raised of $50,000.

Your donations toward the Fresh Start mission are a strategic investment in seeing men, women and young people all over the world,“FORGIVEN, FORGIVING and FREE!”

Your ongoing support of Fresh Start will ensure continuing impact for others!Thank you for being an invaluable part of our mission!

 

FEATURED RESOURCE: PROCESSING THE ISSUES OF YOUR HEART

The core issue of life, according to God’s word… Your heart!

Have you ever been OFFENDED, experienced a HURT, or suffered a LOSS?

Our hearts are affected by all of these things, and if not resolved on God’s terms, can lead to our hearts becoming infected.

The good news is that “It’s NEVER too late… for a FRESH START!”

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GIRI’S STORY

“I always felt that I had been used…”

The condition of my heart before I had a Fresh Start was not at peace.

My brother was paralyzed from when he was 5 years old. But sometimes he would take advantage of his situation and I felt like he was using me…

The condition of my heart today after my process is that I am FREE!

Read and download our complete May 2019 update below…

 

 

Read and download our November 2018 Year-End Giving update below…

 

When I consider the state of the world today, I see so much hopelessness. Whatever people have gone through or
are going through, they have lost hope through:

• The outcome that they were hoping for and hasn’t been realized
• The dream or desire that has gone unfulfilled
• The ongoing injustice that they are facing
• The pain that seems to have no end or escape

We do not see this as a crisis as much as we see it as a great opportunity- to invite men, women and young people into allowing The Lord to care for their hearts. And in seeing them set free from the debilitating effects of offense, hurt and loss, they experience something truly wonderful: REAL HOPE. Not the counterfeit that they were once seeking in the approval or opinion of another person… or in the falsely defining power of the past… or in anything or anyone other than JESUS.

Some of our present and projected financial needs for 2019 include:

• INTERNATIONAL TRIPS
•  Translating, Printing and Mass Distribution of Fresh Start Resources
• Filming and Production of New Fresh Start Stories and Resources
• Leadership Development and Investment

Read and download our January 2018 Year-End Giving update below…

2017 is past, and we have entered a new year, a “fresh start”…

At times like this it is common to REFLECT on that which was experienced in the prior year.
You may REFLECT on memories; both good and bad. Or you may recall goals; achieved or unachieved, accomplishments and significant life events. As you think about these things and others, how does it a affect you? Perhaps there is some joy – maybe some bright spots and a few fond memories?

But do you also find yourself discouraged by the unmet goals that you set out to accomplish? Do you feel any anger or frustrated over someone else’s choices and how they have affected you? Is there any depression linked to an unmet desire or a dream that you did not see realized. Or can you identify with a vague uneasiness and overall lack of peace and sense of purpose as you head into another year?

In Proverbs 27:19, God’s Word says:
As water reflects the face, so one’s life refects the heart.

We cannot REFLECT something that we are not aligned with. You will not see your face in a mirror – unless you are facing it and focusing on it…
The world is filled with people who are allowing themselves to REFLECT what has been done to them, or what they themselves have done, or not done. They have chosen to ALIGN themselves with these things and their lives now REFLECT them… And whatever we ALIGN ourselves with will either DEFINE or REFINE us.

As Proverbs 27:19 clearly states, our lives will be a direct REFLECTION of the condition of our hearts. And that reflection will reveal either INFECTION or AFFECTION:

The INFECTION of not fully participating in allowing the Lord to take care of our hearts; allowing unforgiveness or ungratefulness to occupy any part of our hearts, and looking to anyone or anything to satisfy us – when only Jesus can, will, and wants to!

Or, will our hearts be a REFLECTION of AFFECTION?
A love-motivated life that is lived-out with others as a response to the love that we ourselves have experienced – in being first FORGIVEN and LOVED by The LORD!

What do you want your life to REFLECT this year, and in the years to come?
Are you allowing what you have done or experienced in the past, to DEFINE you in the present?
Do you want to be free from the effects of those offenses, hurts and losses – and to invite Jesus to use it all to REFINE you MORE and MORE into HIS IMAGE?
Will you ALIGN yourself with HIM so that your life might REFLECT more of HIM?

You can, and it all starts with YOUR HEART.
And remember, “It’s NEVER too late… for a FRESH START”!

-David Anderson on behalf of the Fresh Start Team