Each generation will have prophetic words spoken over them from the
fathers and mothers of faith who represent a previous generation. Jan and I
have had those kinds of words spoken over us by people like Dick Mills and Jean
Darnall and others with a similar heart. 
They spoke hope-filled words about our future while our future was still
a distant and unexplored place. When challenging times crossed our path we
revisited those words to find our way forward. 

When Jan and I began our ministry, now almost four decades ago, we were
walking into the uncharted landscape of our future.  There were times when we wanted to give up
and times where we missed the mark. Along the way we discovered two things were
always waiting for us as we walked forward into the unknown.  We discovered the presence of God was present
in our future waiting for us to arrive. We also experienced the fulfillment of
the words of hope spoken prophetically over our lives by the seasoned saints
who had walked this path before us. Their encouragement became our invitation
to come and taste the goodness of God.  These words of hope have no expiration
date.  They reside in our future waiting
to be grasped in faith and lived out.