It looks like the Lord has smiled on Bro. Smith and his family this week!! One blessing was sitting out front of the church on Sunday morning: namely, a church VAN! And at a great price (I am told). Bro. Alan took it home to check it out mechanically, and looks like we have a driver already, Bro. Ronnie. Please pray for this outreach ministry for our church, that many more people will be able to attend services. Awesome!!!
Bro. Smith has been in need of a little extra spending money, and seems the Lord worked on behalf of a member to be the source for this need. God be praised. Not only that, but just recently, our Pastor was out to eat a meal and when they were through, the owner told them that someone had already paid the bill!!! WOW When the Lord puts His mighty hand to bless His children, you can see Him at work, and it is wondrous to behold.
Another blessing and something Bro. Smith has wanted for a long time, is a clear pulpit to preach from, and the Lord moved on a lady to GIVE it to him. He did give us the apprearance that he was a happy man Sunday.
If you have not been coming to church on Sunday nights at 5, you have been missing a blessing. We have great singing and even better preaching. This Sunday, two men gave testimonies that were similar. Bro. Todd told of being in a place of having to make a work decision. He had a prospect of making really, really good money, but would have to first borrow alot of money upfront. He said he'd prayed about this and just couldn't get peace from God to go ahead, so he didn't launch out when it didn't seem right. Turns out, the company offering the work has now closed, so Todd would have been in a really tough position if he had not sought the Lord's direction on this.
Also, Bro. Ronnie has been praying for a long time about his job, long-haul trucking, and has had to stay out for up to three weeks at a time. He had an opportunity to go with another company for better pay and better hours, but like Todd, he would have had to invest and borrow more money to make the change. He continued to pray and seek the Lord's will and finally, the answer came to him in God's time, and it has worked out that he has been able to be home on the weekend so that he could be there to get to church. That was the main prayer request. We are rejoicing with these two men as they praise the Lord for His leadership. God is good-all the time.
We need to keep Jesus first in our lives, in the bad times as well as the good times. God has our best interests in mind regardless of the circumstances. This is easy to say, but something different when things go wrong in our lives. I am reminded of our precious Ms. Rosa, and how she always encouraged others to 'never, ever give up on God, no matter what happens in life, He knows what is best. He is our Strength, our Rock and our Fortress. ' Ms. Rosa told me to just put my trust in the Lord, because bad things do happen to good people. I miss that sweet lady so much, but I know we will see her again. She made the effort to get a very precious book to me personally, when I shared some heartache with her. What a prayer warrior she was and don't you know she is basking in the presence of Jesus? Yes, we will see her and many other loved ones in Heaven soon.
