Wishing All of you a Blessed New Year & may we Begin this new year Putting Jesus First. God Bless you All Eileen Kevin Lydia Rebekah & Rachel.
John 3:16
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
November 2010
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
(Proverbs 30:12)
Dear Praying Churches, Pastors, and Friends,
Thank you for your prayers and love offerings that we have received as we have travelled on deputation! It is very humbling to realise just how much Christians do care about the Irish. I believe, God is calling Irish men to stand in the gap for the sake of the winning the lost people in this land. I firmly believe, that if Irish men don’t start preaching and pastoring, Ireland will never be impacted by the gospel to the effect that it should be. The Gospel has got to come to our own people, from our own people. God has given me a burden for my own people, kind of like Nehemiah’s burden to restore and rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. And I can’t thank all of our supporters and praying friends enough for standing with me for souls in Cork City!
Growing Bible Study: My deepest prayer of my heart is that there would be revival in this land. Ireland is dark, but as a Christian, I have the opportunity to shine a bright light into that darkness.
I have a growing Bible Study in my house every Wednesday night. We are going through the Book of John; verse by verse, it has been great! It started off with two people and we have now about five people coming most weeks. It takes time; it is a slow process of change. But, it is all worth it when you see people changed into Christ’s image.
Door Knocking Weekly: You begin to see how dark, and how in bondage to sin, and how ultimately lost the Irish people are when you go knocking on doors. I have developed many contacts over the months and there are many open doors that I go back to. The most important lesson I have learned is that people need to know that you genuinely care. That involves a lot of follow up and plenty of patience.
Planning for the Future: It is never easy to do what the Lord wants you to do. My confidence is firmly placed upon JESUS. At the present time I have FOUR confirmed churches that have taken me on for financial and prayer support! They are, my sending church, the Bible Baptist Church of Ballincollig, Cork; the Bible Baptist Church of Dundee, Scotland; the Anchor Baptist Church of Waterford, and the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Swords, Dublin!!! I am so grateful for these Pastors and loving congregations that also have taken a step of faith with me! If you or your church would like to support me, please contact my Sending Church at the address below! It is the greatest desire of my heart for us to see another Bible believing Baptist church started in Cork, in the very near future. I am presently looking for a suitable building that I can rent so that I can begin this glorious endeavour.
Please Pray... It all begins with prayer. God takes weak vessels who will wholly lean on JESUS. God takes the foolish things of this world to confound the mighty. So that, no flesh can glory in his presence. Please pray specifically for the following people to get saved: Carrol, Mags, and Bill, who are regularly coming to the Bible study, but as of yet, have no understanding of Salvation.
Sending Church:
Bible Baptist Church of Ballincollig
Pastor Craig Ledbetter
Unit B, Enterprise Park
Inishmore, Ballincollig, Cork
Tel: 021-4871234
Email: biblebc@gmail.com
Web: www.biblebc.com Contact Information:
Kevin O'Keeffe
38 Droim An Oir
Kilmoney Road
Carrigaline, Cork
Tel: 087-9443022
Email: kevok@ymail.com
All support should be made payable to the Bible Baptist Church Mission’s Account, with Kevin O’Keeffe noted as the recipient, at the above Church Address. Receipts are available upon request.
Testimony of Eileen O’Keeffe
I grew up in the north side of cork city. I always had a great relationship with my Granddad who was one of the first people who had a love for Jesus that was not like any other that I’ve seen before. My Granddad died on 16th of January, 1999. His death was a great loss to me.
I was 19 years old when I began to experiment with the night life, and the parties, and alcohol. I was seeking the high from it all, and a confidence that seemed to go with it, but I kept experiencing hurt and emptiness.
At the age of 22 years, after getting hurt, I realized that I had enough of this painful dark life; I began to pray to Jesus to help me. I had gone through nine months of a very hard pregnancy with only my family to help me out. During that time my mum, Lily and Brother Weston, asked me to come to church with them. I didn’t go at that time because I thought I would be meeting a judgmental type of people.
But then in April of 2002, after the birth of my beautiful daughter Lydia I began to attending church, where I was greeted with Love and respect. Each week in that church of Blarney Baptist church I heard the word of God preached, and as I listened I realised that Jesus loves me and died for my sins, then one Sunday morning on the 23rd of June during the Lord’s Supper, with the fear of God, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour. Not only was I saved from hell, Jesus Christ healed me from all past hurts.
Since that wonderful day my life has changed. I have gained a new appreciation of life. The Lord blessed me with a wonderful husband named Kevin O’Keeffe, who has helped me to keep strong in the Lord. We got married on the 3rd of September 2003 and have now three blessed girls, Lydia, Rebekah, and, Rachel.
The Lord has called us now as a family to do His work. He has Blessed Kevin greatly with the knowledge of his Word. He teaches us as a family to keep strong in Christ. We now want to devote our lives to help others to know Christ as their own personal Saviour.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Amen.
I grew up in the north side of cork city. I always had a great relationship with my Granddad who was one of the first people who had a love for Jesus that was not like any other that I’ve seen before. My Granddad died on 16th of January, 1999. His death was a great loss to me.
I was 19 years old when I began to experiment with the night life, and the parties, and alcohol. I was seeking the high from it all, and a confidence that seemed to go with it, but I kept experiencing hurt and emptiness.
At the age of 22 years, after getting hurt, I realized that I had enough of this painful dark life; I began to pray to Jesus to help me. I had gone through nine months of a very hard pregnancy with only my family to help me out. During that time my mum, Lily and Brother Weston, asked me to come to church with them. I didn’t go at that time because I thought I would be meeting a judgmental type of people.
But then in April of 2002, after the birth of my beautiful daughter Lydia I began to attending church, where I was greeted with Love and respect. Each week in that church of Blarney Baptist church I heard the word of God preached, and as I listened I realised that Jesus loves me and died for my sins, then one Sunday morning on the 23rd of June during the Lord’s Supper, with the fear of God, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour. Not only was I saved from hell, Jesus Christ healed me from all past hurts.
Since that wonderful day my life has changed. I have gained a new appreciation of life. The Lord blessed me with a wonderful husband named Kevin O’Keeffe, who has helped me to keep strong in the Lord. We got married on the 3rd of September 2003 and have now three blessed girls, Lydia, Rebekah, and, Rachel.
The Lord has called us now as a family to do His work. He has Blessed Kevin greatly with the knowledge of his Word. He teaches us as a family to keep strong in Christ. We now want to devote our lives to help others to know Christ as their own personal Saviour.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Amen.
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