“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” (Isaiah 1:18)
During this time of the year, we need to realize that Jesus Christ is the reason we celebrate Christmas.
Over 2000 years ago, God’s love came down from Heaven to earth and the world was blessed with a miracle of love.
With a guiding star and a choir of angels rejoicing from Heaven, they pointed to a tiny babe within the manger, a Savior bringing peace to earth, the greatest gift of all.
Jesus did not come to a throne, but a manger; He lived not as a king, but as a servant. He chose not an earthly kingdom, but a cross. He gave not just a little, but He gave us everything.
As we look at the snow that covers much of our nation right now, we are reminded of what Jesus did for us and what Isaiah wrote about over 600 years before the Messiah was born: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.” (Isaiah 1:18)
Jesus came to the earth as a baby, grew in favor and wisdom, died on the cross for all of us and rose again and sits at the right hand of the Father in Heaven. One day He will come for those who have made Him the Lord of their lives, those who obey Him and have accepted Him as their Savior.
Yes, Jesus came to be a glorious light in a darkened world; He came to bring hope to everyone. Jesus is the light of the world and a gift to us from God. He was sent to the world to save us from sin and eternal damnation. He was sent to us, as the most amazing gift from God. “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)
Of all the gifts you will ever receive, the gift of salvation that Jesus Christ offers us is by far the most precious gift you will ever receive because it is one that will last for all eternity.
In honor to our Savior let us love Him and obey His commandments, therefore, we should give tribute to Jesus in everything that we say, think and do, today and every day of our life.
Remember, true salvation always results in a holy life ready to serve our gracious God who has granted us deliverance from the bondage of sin.
If you have family members that have never trusted in Christ as their Savior, they are in darkness and the shadow of death. The good news, however, is that God is merciful to all sinners. That is why Jesus came to earth as a baby. Continually pray for your unsaved family and friends to ask Him to guide them into the way of peace. Pray fervently, believing God for them to repent of their sins and trust in Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. As they submit to Christ they will know His tender mercy that forgives them of all their sins just as He has forgiven you of your sins. Then, they will know the real meaning of Christmas.
Celebrating the humble birth of our glorious Savior, we wish you a Season with overflowing peace and joy. Merry Christmas!
REVIVAL FIRES INTERNATIONAL
MINISTRY REPORT FOR 2018
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15
We have witnessed tremendous Kingdom results with a powerful move of the Holy Ghost in all of our ministry outreach across America and around the world during 2018.
As 2018 comes to a close, Angie, myself and Revival Fires International would like to say a big thank you to our ministry partners for supporting us prayerfully and financially. You have been a great blessing to us and you have been used mightily of God to inspire, encourage and support God’s work through this vital ministry. I would like to take this opportunity to reflect and share with you the exciting things that happened in 2018 and look forward to even more exciting things that are to come in 2019 if the Lord doesn’t return first!
REVIVAL FIRES REVIVAL SERVICES
In 2018 we were blessed with the privilege to preach in 321 services in 47 churches here in the United States in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas resulting in hundreds of people being saved, filled with the Spirit, healed, delivered and SET ON FIRE FOR GOD!!!
In a revival service at CT Church in Houston, TX where Don Nordin is pastor, a young man who had never been to church and had never had a Bible, came forward and gloriously gave his heart to the Lord as his personal Savior!!! He saw the services advertised on Facebook and said he just felt compelled to come. No doubt the Holy Spirit was preparing him to surrender his life to the Lord!
God alone knows the impact that these revival services have had in the lives of these people and in the church congregations. The Lord willing, He has many exciting revivals in store for the coming year as well.
PROVIDING TRUTH FOR YOUTH BIBLES
TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA
So thankful for all of the young people who are giving their hearts to the Lord as a result of receiving the Truth for Youth Bible. We were so blessed to give away thousands of TFY Bibles again this year during our 18th Annual National Truth for Youth Bible Week on American Family Radio and in revival services across the nation.
Earlier this year we were in special revival services at TAG Church in Little Rock, AR where Dwayne Maynard is pastor. Pastor Dwayne’s daughter, Haven, gave a Truth for Youth Bible to a friend in school. That night, this precious young lady came to the revival, gave her heart to the Lord and was filled with the Holy Spirit!!! The powerful testimonies from 2018 of young people being saved and filled with the Spirit are many!
PROVIDING TRUTH FOR YOUTH BIBLES TO ADULTS AND YOUTH
INCARCERATED IN AMERICA’S PRISONS AND JAILS
We have been providing Truth for Youth Bibles for prison inmates across America at a higher level in 2018 than in any previous year. There are approximately 6.6 million inmates in adult correctional facilities and more than 70,800 young people incarcerated in juvenile facilities. Each year there are approximately 500,000 youth brought to detention centers! The Lord has given us an inroad to provide a Truth for Youth Bible for the youth that are coming in and out of these juvenile detention centers across America!
One of many testimonies from this year… In September we were blessed to provide Truth for Youth Bibles for Pastor Mike Howell, New Destiny Church in Monroe, LA, to give away to all of the inmates in a prison in South Arkansas where the death row population is housed. Many of the inmates gave their heart to the Lord!
The only way for an incarcerated young person to truly turn from their life of crime is through the power and grace of God! The Truth for Youth Bible, with the graphic novels that deal with the very issues these incarcerated youth are facing, is being used mightily of God to bring life in Jesus Christ to each one of them.
Since the conception of the Truth for Youth Bible in 1994 we have GIVEN AWAY more than 2.5 million Truth for Youth Bibles and have received Decision Coupons from more than 25,000 young people that have given their hearts to Christ. We will continue to continue to distribute thousands of Truth for Youth Bibles to teenagers in America and bring in a harvest of souls through these efforts.
REVIVAL FIRES EVANGELISTIC CRUSADE
AND BIBLE DISTRIBUTION IN CUBA
What an awesome move of the Holy Spirit took place during our third evangelistic crusade in Cuba. With the permission of the Cuban government, we were honored to give away thousands of full Bibles to the people of Cuba who have never had a Bible and witness thousands come to the Lord.
In one of our crusade services, one of the highest ranking Cuban government attorneys sat on the front row with tears streaming down her cheeks as I preached the Gospel. When I gave the altar call she came forward and surrendered her heart to the Lord Jesus Christ for the very first time. It was such and honor to be able to present her with her very first Bible!
In another service, a teenage young man trapped in the bondage of homosexuality was saved and gloriously set free by the power of the Holy Spirit!!! I was so thankful to be able to present him with a copy of the Truth for Youth Bible. As you may know, the Truth for Youth Bible consists of the entire New Testament along with 100 pages of full color graphic novels in the front section that deal with the truth about things that young people are facing every day. One of the graphic novels deals with the truth about homosexual perversion. This was very helpful to this young man coming out of the perverted lifestyle of homosexuality.
Cuba’s Department of Religious Affairs, the Cuban Bible Council and the Cuban Council of Churches have all given their approval for Revival Fires to distribute one million FULL Bibles to the people in Cuba that have never had a Bible! In addition, we have also been given permission to give away our BRAND NEW CUBAN SPANISH Truth for Youth Bible to the 1.4 million teenagers in Cuba! Please continue to pray that God will give us wisdom as He strategically positions us to complete this vitally important mission as we will be back in Cuba for evangelistic crusades and Bible distribution in 2019!
The FULL Bibles cost our ministry only $5 each to print. With God’s help, we plan to provide 50,000 Bibles for the people of Cuba this coming year. It will cost a total of $250,000 to print and deliver these Bibles. To help us provide 50,000 full Bibles for the people of Cuba that have never had a Bible in 2019 you may use the enclosed envelope.
UPCOMING EVANGELISTIC
MINISTRY IN AUSTRALIA
In January 2019, the Lord willing, we will be privileged to preach the Gospel in an evangelistic crusade just outside of Melbourne, Australia for the third time. In our two previous Australia Crusades, we have witnessed a tremendous outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The altars have been full in every service as people gave their hearts to Christ and receiving victory in every way possible. We distributed Truth for Youth Bibles to all young people in attendance.
Angie preached to a large group of ladies in special services and prayed for, and ministered to them in very special altar services.
Australia is a very secular country and they are in desperate need of a sovereign move of the Holy Spirit. Your prayers for these special evangelistic services in January are greatly appreciated!
2019 will bring a massive harvest of souls and many great things for the Kingdom of God through Revival Fires International! We are praying that our God will bless you and your family as you serve Him. Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! For helping us take the whole Gospel to the whole world before Jesus comes!
In just a few short days we will celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a shame that we have only one day set aside each year to give thanks to God as a nation. We should have some time set aside each day, to give our praise to Him who has blessed us so richly.
As God’s people, we should focus our thoughts, not only now but often, on the goodness of God and offer our gratitude to Him for who He is and for all He has done for us.
This is a prayer of nothing but praise to God. There is no supplication, no request, no petition or plea in this prayer. It is pure unadulterated praise to God. David was awestruck with God’s blessings. We are not told the circumstances in which David received this Psalm, but it is not difficult to imagine how it happened. Looking at his life, counting his blessings instead of complaining about his burdens, it dawned on David just how much God had done for him. He realized how good God had been and how undeserving he was of all these blessings. Springing up from the depths of his heart and gushing out onto his parchment came this prayer of praise, expressing his gratitude toward the Lord.
These words were not dry and stale when David sang them. They were full of life and energy. They were part of his worship. You remember that David danced when he worshiped God. Remember that one of his wives, Michal, did not approve and criticized him, and God made her barren for her criticism. Now a guy who dances when he worships God, would not be dry as he sang this song. It would not be sung like he was at a funeral. This was a song of praise. David sang it with joy and with a deep desire to let God and everyone who could hear, know just how much he really wanted God to receive praise and glory. The psalms are filled with these kinds of praise songs.
Psalm 66:1 – 4: “Shout joyfully to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. Say to God, ‘How awe-inspiring are Your works! Your enemies will cringe before you because of your great strength. All the earth will worship You and sing praise to You. They will sing praise to Your name.'”
One of the names of the devil is the accuser of the brethren. In Job we see him going before God to accuse Job. We have every reason to believe that he goes before God even now to accuse us. He says, “Look at what he said. Look at what she did. These people of yours are sinners. How can they say they really love you and continue to act like they do?” He does not have to lie about us when he comes before the Lord, for God would not permit it. No, there are enough faults in all of our lives that the devil simply has to point out the obvious.
Verse 3b – who heals all your diseases – remember that he is addressing his soul. So what kind of healing is he speaking of here?
How many people waste the years of their lives on things that, in the long run, really don’t count? They spend their days in pursuit of the temporal passing things, and wake up one day, empty, tired and feeling like there is no use going on. In fact, they end up feeling betrayed because the things they worked so hard to obtain failed to bring them the satisfaction for which they longed. The world does not offer any hope for meaningful living. Money, material, power, position, things, won’t do it.
Clearly, the need of the hour is Holy Ghost Revival Fire! We need the real thing – a spiritual awakening to sweep through our slumbering congregations and put us back on our knees before the living Lord. The word revival conjures up different pictures to different people. If you have lived in the South as I do, a revival means a week-long series of meetings at the church held by a powerful evangelist wearing a three-piece suit. Each of these “revival” meetings is primarily designed to reach unbelievers for Christ. I personally have been on the evangelistic field preach revival services for over 31 years and we have witnessed thousands of people surrender their heart and life to Christ.
Charles Finney, the revivalist of the early nineteenth century, defined revival as “a new beginning of obedience.” Simply put, it is a new humility. A new closeness to God. A new passion for Christ. A new love for God. A new desire for holiness. A fresh new baptism in the Holy Ghost! That’s what real revival is! It is a sovereign and mysterious work of God, just as the new birth is. It cannot be coerced, nor manipulated. It is a supernatural work of God in His church that restores her lost purity, devotion, and power. Revival restores to full health the spiritual life that is already present in the church. It is the renewing, purifying, replenishing work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church.
How can we wake up? How can we have revival in the church and in our lives? How can we stop playing church and have the real thing? Revival begins with the ministry of the Word of God. It begins with the preaching of the Word of God to the church under the anointing of the Holy Ghost! Why is that so important? Because the Scriptures are full of the life of God (! Peter 1:23; John 6:63). And if we are to have God’s life within the church revived, then God’s Word – which is “living” and “active” (Hebrews 4:12) – must invade our lives. Like produces like. The Word of God revives the life of God in His people.
It is the Word of God – preached, heard, applied, and obeyed – that brings Revival Fire to the hearts of God’s people. That’s exactly what Psalm 119 tells us. Revival comes when the Word of God invades our lives, searches our hearts, and produces holiness. The psalmist says, “Revive me according to Thy word” (verse 25). He pleaded, “Revival me in Thy ways” (verse 37). “Thy ways” is a synonym for the Word of God because it points out the way we are to take. Again he says, “Revive me through Thy righteousness” (verse 40). “Thy righteousness” is another synonym for God’s Word because it defines right and wrong. Also, “I will never forget Thy precepts, for by them Thou hast revived me” (verse 93). Finally, “Revive me according to Thy word” (verse 154).
Many things today have been offered to replace biblical preaching. Some of them – musicals, Christian talk shows, movies, and drama – have a place in the church. But they should never be allowed to replace the preaching of the Word of God. The need of the hour is for the powerful, Holy Ghost anointed preaching of the Word of God! Think about this, God only had one son, and He made Him a preacher (Mark 1:14).
Cuba’s churches may still be restricted, but that’s not stopping a spiritual Revival Fire in the communist nation. The churches in Cuba are thriving right now. All of them are growing, not just in the number of members but in their capacity to lead and act in society.
For many years the Cuban government has not allowed churches or other religious groups to build houses of worship or other structures. This has inadvertently sparked the growth of house churches which Cuban believers have multiplied with great success. However, recently, because of a close connection with Pastor Hernandez Salazar in Havana, Cuba, Revival Fires has been granted permission to help build large facilities for the purpose of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ all over the country of Cuba!
Pastor Salazar now oversees more than 250 on fire for God churches that are making an eternal, spiritual impact in the entire nation of Cuba! We have already helped Pastor Salazar build a church in Santa Clara and a church in Cein Fuegos.
Across the country, we have experienced, and are currently experiencing, miraculous moves of God. Currently, revival fires are sweeping across America in our revival services!
We are seeing more miracles happen by accident than we ever used to have on purpose. When the glory of God begins to come into the room, I’m not going to stop that to preach. I don’t have anything that important to say. The preaching of the Word of God under the anointing of the Holy Ghost is extremely important, however, to me, it’s all about His presence.
Cuba is being shaken by the Gospel! Angie, our daughter Mikalen, and I were privileged to be used by the Lord in an epic outreach for His Glory and the advancement of the Kingdom of God in Cuba.
Mikalen learned songs in Spanish and ministered in each service. God used her to change the lives of so many young people as she sang, prayed in the altars and spent quality time just getting to know them.
In route to Cein Fuegos the Holy Spirit began to deal with me about preaching on the subject of the Holy Fire of God. Cein Fuegos means, “One Hundred Fires”! As I was going over my message with my interpreter we passed a large field, ON FIRE, just off of the highway. In all of my traveling through Cuba I had never seen a large field on fire. Our daughter Mikalen leaned up and let me know that the Lord had given her a dream the night before that she was in a room that was 100 degrees and completely surrounded by fire. “When you walk through the fire you will not be burned up. The flames will not consume you.” Isaiah 43:2
We were blessed to be able to give Bibles to many of the people in attendance in each service. What a glorious sight to witness people receiving their very first Bible! Our plan was to massively distribute the brand new Cuban Spanish Truth for Youth Bible we publish while we were there. However, the 60,000 Truth for Youth Bibles did not arrive in time for us to actually be the ones to give them away. The TFY Bibles will arrive in Cuba in just a few days.
Revival Fires International and American Family Association partnered to reach America’s youth with the Word of God for our 18th Annual National Truth for Youth Bible Week on American Family Radio!
AFR President Tim Wildmon said, “American Family Radio is always excited about our vital partnership with Dr. Tim Todd and Revival Fires International to get the living and powerful Word of God into the hands of young people who desire to share Christ with their friends at school. Thousands of teenagers have been saved through these efforts.”
I am convinced that introducing young people to Jesus Christ is the only real solution to the senseless violence in our schools! When Bibles were in school bullets were not! Giving 2.5 million Truth for Youth Bibles to America’s youth has resulted in our ministry receiving more than 25,000 decision cards from young people giving their hearts to Christ!
Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, “Upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” What will America look like in the very near future? Where is our culture heading? Where are we headed as a society? What will our lifestyle be?
We the church have found ourselves ministering in an increasing godless society. We are now living at hell’s headquarters. We have set up church at the gates of hell. How should we live? What should be the church’s strategy in the midst of such culture wars?
Doesn’t this sound like the church in America today? While Satan and his legions are pushing a cultural revolution all across the land, we are deliberating behind cloistered walls, where we trivialize the essentials and debate the unimportant. If we are to be the church, we must be faithful to Christ and so penetrate our world.
Those who believe in a great God are those who desire to do great things for God. He delights in taking ordinary people and doing extraordinary things through them. That way, the greatness belongs to Him. There is one holy passion that beats in the heart of every Spirit filled believer. It is an ambition to know God and to do something great for Him. Whether it be a pastor or evangelist toward his ministry, a business person toward his career, or a parent toward his or her child, every Christian wants their life to count for eternity. The key for making one’s life strategically count for Jesus is to be gripped with a high view of God!
God opened doors are seen only through the eyes of faith. Natural eyes see only the impossibilities. Physical eyes see only the obstacles. Only spiritual eyes can see God’s doors opening before us. Only faith can see God-given opportunities. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen’ (Hebrews 11:1). An open door requires our step of faith. It’s not enough just to see and admire an open door. We must take a step of faith and move forward. God’s part is to open the door, but our part is to go through it.
In the meantime God supernaturally opened doors for evangelistic crusades and Bible distribution in Cuba. While we were there we were granted permission to give 1.4 million Bibles to the young people of Cuba!!! With the permission of the Cuban Department of Religious Affairs, the Cuban Council of Churches, and the Cuban Bible Council, we received the approval, endorsement and encouragement from Cuban government officials to publicly hand out the Truth for youth Bible to over a million young people that have never had a Bible! This is a huge breakthrough and God has allowed us to be on the ground floor of this incredible effort! The first 60,000 Truth for Youth Bibles will be delivered to Cuba in time for out GIANT OPEN-AIR TRUTH RALLY that will take place August 12-19. God opened the door and we stepped out in faith! What door has God opened for you? Step out by faith and enter it. 
When I was in high school, I played football. After we had warmed up before the game, we would return to the locker room for final instructions. Then we would come back onto the field together. We would gather together behind the goalposts, and the cheerleaders would put up a big banner across the goalposts. The band would play our school fight song, and we would run and bust through the banner together. That’s the way God wants the church to be united. Running through the door of opportunity together into the assignments He has given us!
Please pray for our soldiers defending America in the war on terror. Every 12-18 months the U.S. rotates our troops in and out of the Middle East region. Revival Fires has made it a top priority to provide a Bible for all of our soldiers, especially in harms way. We have given more than 250,000 Bibles to our soldiers up to this point.
Please pray for our revival services as we travel across America. We are seeing more people give their hearts to Christ, being filled with the Spirit, healed, delivered and set of fire for God, than in 30 years of full time evangelistic ministry. God is doing everything but making the decision for people. Thank you for praying for anointing. Pray for spiritual, physical, emotional and financial strength. Pray for open doors.
