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WE NEED:
Prayer Warriors
Work Parties
Volunteer workers for one year
Fund raisers
Speaking Appointments
$'s to keep the work going
India pastor support, $30 each.
Bridges make it possible to cross impassable places. We can build a bridge over road blocks, or retreat in defeat. Let's build bridges.
"And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of water in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall."
Is. 30:25 KJ
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WE ARE HOME AGAIN
"The best laid plans of mice and men," you know the saying. Yes all our plans went awry as we set out to spend the month of June speaking.
Dorothea got very sick with kidney stones and we had to return home after our first meeting.
We cancelled our scheduled appointments until fall when we will go out again.
It was a disappointment, but we knew God was taking care of us. We are using our time here at home to write and catch up on book work.
We, like other Christian ministries, are feeling the pressure of the bad economy. What do we do?
We move on, knowing that God will find those faithful servants who will give and increase their giving to His works.
We cut back where we can. But the hard part is not being able to keep up with our India and Mexico pastors as we know they have need.
We are thankful for our India administrator, Madhi, and for the pastors who have kept on with their congregations (many have four or five), even though they do not get paid since we have lost support of 20 pastors.
We ask your prayers & when you can, $30 for the support of one India pastor & family.
Please pray for Mexico & their vacation Bible School. Jose & Connie work hard to make it a good learning program for children with & without church.
Some years they have up to 200 children.
WE REJOICE!
We must go out into the highways & by-ways of ife with the message of our Savior, Jesus.
Our grandson, Andrew Frank, has come to help us through the month of July. We are so thankful for this help.
Andrew is today on the sun deck fixing it so it won't leak into our office. He will be painting the outside of our house.
Andrew works in a cabinet shop, so he has refinished all our kitchen cabinets. Beautiful!
We enjoy the times we have together in Bible study and prayer, or an evening Christian movie.
It is always a blessing when workers volunteer. Special when it is our grandson.
AMERICA'S BRIDGES NEED REPAIR
What are the bridges we must build?
1. We must build bridges back to our constitution.
2. We must build bridges back to true history.
3. We must build bridges over fear to get beyond to faith. God has no problem with the economy. We do.
4. We must build bridges into a trust of God's Word, and believe it so much that nothing can sway us.
5. We must build a bridge over our lack of knowledge and insecurity of the Word of God, by daily study of the Bible.
That is the way we will become peaceful in times like these.
In this we will build a wall of protection around our faith to carry us through all situations.
God has a plan for us as individuals, and for our nation.
Right now He has stirred the pot that we might see the dirt and the corruption in our land, in our government and in individuals.
In His mercy He has shown us this at this time to give us all another chance to live according to His Word. He is the way.
Jesus is the bridge from evil to right; from sin to righteousness.
THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE
PRAISE is an essential ingredient in the Christian life. God inhabits our praise. We know this, yet many times we find it hard to praise.
That is when we must offer that "sacrifice of praise".
Oh yes, there are so many things to praise our great and wonderful Lord for. When we read the Psalms we see that.
Even Job, with all his troubles finds praise of God. Yet when we are deeply troubled, when we have exhausted our joy, and the shadow of doubt or weariness overcomes us, it is truly a sacrifice to praise.
At those times we break through the barrier by sheer obedience, knowing God is worthy of praise. Knowing that if He inhabits our praise; when we praise, He will meet us there.
We find when we begin to praise, little by little our spirit lifts and we experience the comfort of the Holy Spirit filling our soul, our mind, and our body.
Try it! Experience the joy in the "sacrifice of praise".
"THE DAY THE TOWERS FALL"
Spoken to a rebellious people, hope springs forth, "when the Lord binds up the bruises of His people and heals the wounds He inflicted." (NIV)
After the towers fell churches were full. Once again, in a time of trouble, people turned toward God and to help their fellow man.
It didn't last long, but for a brief moment many were turned around. We didn't know what would happen next.
Since then we have experienced hard and unbelievable things. People lost their homes, their savings, their jobs and many freedoms.
So unbelievably swift it all has happened. What do we do now? If the pot had not been shaken we may not have seen the corruption that existed at every turn.
We may not have recognized what was happening to us. We may have remained the sleeping giant.
But now let us awake & return to our very foundations. God said, "I will never leave thee or forsake thee." Let's believe it!
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