April 18, 2024
Pastors and Spouses, Prayer Partners and Friends,
Greetings from Wisconsin!
After three days of traveling, we arrived back in Wisconsin (our northern "home base") for eight and a half months. The trip home went smoothly and was uneventful. The weather was great, the traffic flowed smoothly, and the car ran great.
We thank God for all He did during our three-and half-month Florida Tour of services and through your prayers you had a part in all of it.
Now let me tell you about what God did at our last church in Florida and where we'll be this coming Sunday and this coming week.
SEBRING, FL - This past Sunday, Beth and I ministered at Christ Fellowship Church (Assemblies of God) in Sebring, FL, located about 90 miles southeast of Tampa. This was our fifth time to minister at Christ Fellowship. Our message dealt with how preparation precedes revival. The gist of the message was how times of turmoil, unrest and challenging times have again and again through history prepared the church and the world for a move of God. It happened in the Bible. It happened in history. And it can be happening today in the midst of all that is happening in our world. More about this in our CLOSING THOUGHTS. After the first altar call there were people who responded to either commit their life to Christ, recommit their life to Christ or to make things right with God. After the second altar call, the people filled the altar desiring to be people open to and hungry for revival; in their life, in the church, in their community and throughout their area. It was a great service with a great group of people. Thank you for praying! God heard and God answered.
BEAVER DAM, WI - This coming Sunday, Beth and I will be ministering at Praise Assembly of God in Beaver Dam, WI (located about 40 miles northeast of Madison, WI); pastored by Randy Carey. This will be our fourth time to minister at Praise Assembly. Please join us in praying that God will pour out His Holy Spirit. We need Him again this week!
WISCONSIN/NORTHERN MICHIGAN MINISTRY NETWORK SUMMIT - This coming Sunday night through Tuesday afternoon, Beth and I will be attending our Network Summit in Appleton, WI. It's a time when all the ministers and their spouses come together to attend inspiring services, conduct business and enjoy fellowship. It's also a time when we make contacts for future services.
2024 SCHEDULE - Our 2024 schedule through the middle of October is now posted on our website. You can view it by clicking here.
2024 SCHEDULING - Since last week's emailing, we have scheduled ministry in Jefferson, WI and in Madison, WI. Pastors: if you want to schedule something in 2024 (or 2025), feel free to contact us by sending us an email at: billjuoni@gmail.com or call/text us at: 920.723.1024.
INFO AFTER CLOSING THOUGHTS - At the very end of the emailing please read the paragraphs about - MINISTRY CAR FUNDRAISER, BILL'S BOOKS, and FACEBOOK.
CLOSING THOUGHTS - As we mentioned earlier, our message this past Sunday dealt with being hungry for revival and how preparation precedes revival. We find in history that turbulent, chaotic and even hard times ushered in revival. One author said, "things have to get bad before people get hungry for God". We find examples in the Bible. In the Old Testament we find a well-known tremendous promise in II Chronicles 7:14, "If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land". But the question is - how does God get people to doing that? Look at the verse prior to that. II Chronicles 7:13 says, "When I (God) shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people," (and they will then do verse 14). Then a move of God will happen. In the New Testament, when persecution came, then the Early Church spread throughout the known world preaching the gospel. In American history both the first and second Great Awakenings happened around times of turmoil. In Assemblies of God history, some of the greatest years happened during and around the years of the Great Depression. More recently the move of God called "The Jesus Revolution" happened during the late 60's and early 70's. Remember those years of riots, demonstrations and protests, etc. The things we see happening in our world today can be the things that can usher in another move of God as we hunger for God and revival. One of the things I pray each morning is, "God use the things happening in our country to spark revival".
Please join us in praying that God will pour out His Holy Spirit this Sunday in Beaver Dam, WI. Also, please pray for divine appointments as we attend our Network (District) Summit (Council).
Thank you so much for being our partners in ministry!
Together in His Service with You,
Bill & Beth
MINISTRY CAR FUNDRAISER - If you would like to donate to our "car fund" using your credit card you can click here. It's simple, safe and secure. If you would prefer to donate using a check - please make the check out to "Fresh Fire Ministries", mark it "car fund", and send it to: Fresh Fire Ministries, P.O. Box 372, Whitewater, WI 53190.
BILL'S BOOKS– Both books I have written, “More Power – Supersizing the Working of the Holy Spirit for Life and Ministry” (a guide to the baptism in the Holy Spirit) and "God's Power Tools for Life and Ministry" (a guide to the gifts of the Holy Spirit) are available through Amazon. People have been ordering them and buying them in our services! The paperback versions are available for $12.99 at Amazon and the eBook versions on Kindle are available for $3.99. You can order either book by clicking here. [The third book, 'Helping Others Receive the Gift' is a compilation with several other authors published in 2008.] If you enjoy the books, go to Amazon and write reviews. The reviews will inspire others to read the books.
FACEBOOK – Each week Beth continues to make new friends on Facebook. If you are new to our emailing and would like to connect with her on Facebook, create an account, and make a friend request to “Beth Ann Murray Juoni”. It's been incredible to see the people she has connected with from across the country and even overseas. We have found former parishioners, pastor friends, evangelist friends and many new friends.
rekindling and fueling the fire