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~ Summary Index ~ 
1. Godly Christian Ministries Updates 
2. New Audio Books
2. Godly Christian Music Updates 
3. Prayer Requests 
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1. Godly Christian Ministries Updates

Some of you are getting this newsletter for the first time after signing up for it a couple months ago, but I hope that you all will find it useful and that it will aid you in praying for this ministry.

What a year this has been for GCM!  So much has gone on behind the scenes, but the biggest thing that you have come to see is the amount of music that has been added to www.GodlyChristianMusic.com.  This site has tripled in size in less than a year and a half.  Even in the month of December several new artist and many new songs got added to the site.  Before the year finished GodlyChristianMusic.com broke 1,500 songs on the site. The size of the site has not been the only amazing thing.  Over the course of the last year Google has been changing its search algorithms and it has proved beneficial to GodlyChristianMusic.com in that it has been hanging right at the top of popular searches such as “free Christian music” and “free Christian Songs”.  This page ranking has brought in tens of thousands of visitors every month and has significantly increased the amount of music being downloaded.  The increased load overwhelmed the site’s previous hosting company and it was forced to be placed on a much more robust high end server.  This nicer server has had the power to accommodate some of the many features that were added to the site this last year including the download all link, play all link, and music juke box.  Overall, 2011 was a big year for GodlyChristianMusic.com and the site should continue to be a blessing to many in 2012.

This year has also been a big step forward for www.GodlyChristianMinistries.com.  Several new articles have been written and other new content has been added.  Just within the last couple days, I posted two new articles as well.  One article is entitled “Understanding the Gospel”.  This Article lays out the foundational principles of repentance, faith, and love as they work together to transform us.  It is loaded with illuminating analogies that will undoubtedly bring insights in the Gospel that even seasoned Christian’s will benefit from (though it is written simply enough for new converts).  In addition, another article was written to help people to understand where true assurance comes from.  Some people try to find assurance based on a doctrine and others based on works, but the bible points us to another way.  By reading this article you will learn how to find the deep peace that you are a child of God.  Both of these articles can be easily found by going The Godly Christian Blog

Godly Christian Ministries is pressing into the new year with hope and excitement to see what the Lord will do with this work!  (to learn why the news updates have not been sent out regularly please read the prayer request section below).

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2. New Audio Books

Four new audio books have been added to GodlyChristianMinistries.com.  These books were professionally recorded and provided courtesy of ForsakeAll.com.  All of the books were written by an older brother named Zac Poonen.  For those not familiar with Zac, he is from India and travels around teaching people how to overcome bondages in their life and how to walk in fellowship with God.  Zac has many great illustrations that are insightful both for the new believer and the mature.  You can find these audio books by going to the following link: Zac Poonen Audio Books

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3. Godly Christian Music - Updates

In the past, I would post the number of updates per musician since the last newsletter, but due to the sheer number of new songs and musicians, I will encourage you to simply go to:
http://www.godlychristianmusic.com/New_Updates_Artists.aspx

Nevertheless, I did want to specifically inform you that the featured songs list and featured artists list on the home page just got updated.  Many of the songs that are featured were recently added to the site within the last month.  Listening to the new featured songs will help you find some of the best music that has recently been added.

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4. Prayer Requests

This last season has been one of the busiest for me in a long time and doesn’t look like it is going to slow down any time soon.  I am currently in the transition of starting my own business doing photography, graphic design, and web development (www.FinestStudios.net).  At the present time, I am supporting myself by working the night shift at a children’s home.  Most of my time and money has been going toward making the necessary investments to get the business going.  I am guessing it will take me about a year to get all the photography equipment and become stable.  As a result, my time has been and will likely continue to be severely limited.  It is a constant struggle to find the balance between work/business and serving through GCM.  My goal is that eventually the business will be able to support me and yet, still provide me with time to continue the work through GCM. Please pray for me as I try to juggle a lot of things in life.