IRC Ministries

05/14/2026

LEAP in San Clemente!

05/14/2026

JoshGen Murrieta, CA!

05/06/2026

I was reading through my journal yesterday and felt the Lord say to post this.
This is just my freebase thoughts in the middle of the hardest thing Rod and I have experienced.

In a world where sudden change and calamity have become the norm, we need to guard our time with the Lord even when we see nothing on the horizon.

While sleeping in the recliner beside Rod's hospital bed the Lord woke me up and said, " Seek me while I can be found".

People always say we only cry out to the Lord when we are in trouble. In those times we are often just begging Him to save us from a situation but not really seeking Him.
In times of extreme hardship like pain, sleeplessness or hardship it is very hard to seek Him.
One of the things the Lord showed me about seeking Him while He may be found is just that. When I am in a place of rest I need to seek Him and know Him so that when I am in a desperate situation I will know Him in every way. I will know His presence,His wisdom,His heart for me. I will be able to turn to Him in great fullness because I have been seeking Him when I could find Him.
I Kings 19
At the end of a victory sometimes comes a battle. When the onslaught of the enemy is strong sometimes it feels almost impossible to find the Lord. Not impossible to pray, read my Bible or even sing praise but just to simply find Him.

This is where I have found myself a few times over the last few weeks. Me laying under that tree desperately wanting just to sleep.

In these times the people God has put in our lives have been the ones to find the Lord for us. They have lifted up prayers on our behalf
They have called and sent encouraging words and scriptures.

When in our desperation we did not have the strength to find His rest others lifted us up to Him.

Seek the Lord when you can easily find Him so that when you fall on the floor in a heap of despair He will rise up in you and carry you through. He will make you stronger.

Isaiah 55:6 NASB95
Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

04/27/2026

One of the most important things for a healthy church is to RECEIVE those that The Lord sends to be a strength and encouragement. Matthew 10:40-41 NASB:

"He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. [41] He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

We do this by allowing what God says through them to change the course of our lives.

In this video you see a gift to The Body in Anna-Billy Bohannon Billy Bohannon Missions Free Life Missions getting personal in the lives of The Philippino Church. I pray more parts of The Body will recognize this principle and be open to servant hearts like Kevin Cracknell and Billy and Anna Bohanon.

04/22/2026

This is the missionary that Anna-Billy Bohannon is working with in The Philippines. Kevin Cracknell is an amazing evangelist and it is a definite God connection that Free Life Missions is encouraging his work. Stay tuned for more to come on this adventure and please say a prayer for their time over the next 9 days!

04/20/2026

There is no more important couple to Trina and I and IRC Ministries than Billy and Anna Bohanon.

Billy will be gone for the next ten days to encourage a missionary in The Philippines. It is a very taxing trip physically and there are many spiritual issues that he'll encounter.

Please pray for he and Anna-Billy Bohannon during this time for safe travel and The Anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Free Life Missions

03/19/2026

We are so blessed to have a daddy in the Lord who encourages us and prays for us! We love you Ron Wilken RT Kirk

02/20/2026

This is where we spend our mornings three days a week. The process of rehabilitation is not really fun. Many days feel like we take one step forward and two steps back. Throughout this time we are learning to look at life more as an opportunity to choose worship. I know the saying is choose joy but that one is not always a choice. We can always choose to glorify God through the trails. We pray that on the other side of this we will be more humble and a lot less selfish. I think we are learning how to love more deeply and appreciate every moment God gives us on this earth.
We have been overwhelmed with the love and support so many of you have given during this process. Please continue to pray for God to complete the healing in Rodney.

02/03/2026

Memorial for Cynthia Wilken on Monday @ Bethesda. The time is 10:30 not 10!

01/13/2026

https://ircministries.org/an-open-letter-from-the-irc-team/

Dear friends, we are reaching out with an urgent need for Rodney and Trina Kirkpatrick, the founders of IRC Ministries and parents to three adult children. For decades, they have dedicated themselves to pouring into others. Their passion is to participate in God’s redemptive process, since this is...