September 1, 2006
Dear Lord where do we begin to tell how awesome You are?
Sunday, when missionaries went to see the Lord’s lost lambs inviting them to church, one lamb has lost so many of her material strongholds; her dog was stolen, her van was taken, and her belongings have been removed piece by piece. She has been living under a patio umbrella for several weeks. An area church offered her a room for 6 months a couple of months ago which she refused because of her worldly belongings. Missionaries spoke with a sister in Christ that day. She was the “persistent widow” bringing His lamb to the late afternoon church service. The Lord cast out demons from His lamb Sunday. The joy of the Lord beams from His lamb now. The church now only has the money for a week to week commitment. His lamb went to a pulmonary doctor yesterday. She has been going every 4 weeks for treatment. The Lord has done such a healing in her she now doesn’t need to return for 6 months. Praise you Jesus! She wants to attend Sunday morning church as well as Sunday afternoon church.
The men from the Raleigh Rescue Mission continue to bring more friends. Perhaps a second van is needed. RRM has offered to allow missionaries to use one of their vans but the Lord needs to provide a driver. He will in His perfect timing. A couple of these lambs want to be baptized in an area church 9/10. Praise the Lord!
Please keep a lamb in prayers as she decides whether she is ready for the commitment to be baptized. She realizes she needs to allow the Lord to make her a new creation in Him. Pray that she is ready to be His new creation
Please keep driving angels in your prayers. Missionaries can only bring 6 people to church each week and the Lord’s Harvest is becoming ripe.
One of the Lord’s lambs has moved into a temporary rooming house at Cornerstone waiting for his apartment to be completed. He is part of a hearing impaired program and has been asked to raise funds for a walk for the hearing impaired. He is wondering how he can ask people to donate for his cause. The Lord has changed this man. He use to panhandle asking for money to survive daily and now he is unsure whether he can ask his church family for money for this cause. He stills sees himself as the old person, a bum, not the new creation the Lord has made. Please pray the Lord will provide a comforter, mop, bucket, broom, dust pan, sheets, and towels for the room he is renting.
In February the Lord’s lambs lost the shower facility due to new management at an area motel. Missionaries have been praying for the Lord to provide showers and haircuts again. A missionary was called this week asking if a Garner church could offer showers, lunch and transportation every Saturday. The church has vans to transport His lambs and showers on site. The lambs were asked last night and all said, “Thank you Jesus!” The Lord is even supplying the volunteers through the church and the missionaries shouted, “THANK YOU JESUS!” Please keep this new outreach in your prayers.
A church approached Church in the Woods ministry asking how they can serve more than once a year. The fifth Saturday of every month, neither the brown bag ministry nor the hot dog ministry feed at Moore Square. A church is committed to serve a hot meal, but a “take home lunch ministry” is needed those four Saturdays a year. This church is asking the Lord if they should begin a sandwich ministry September 30th.
One of the Lord’s lambs is still substance free but has mismanaged his finances, returning to the streets. The need for a faith-based support circle is great. A support circle will empower His lambs to acquire the skills necessary for finding long-term, self-supporting income, housing, and enhancing and improving their quality of life, as well as bring a spiritual hub into their lives. Please pray for the Lord to provide a faith-based support circle for so many lambs, especially those moving back into society and apartments. So many lambs need the Lord’s guidance with money management.
Keep one of the Lord’s lambs in prayer today as he goes to court for charges prior to accepting Jesus into his life. He is so frightened. Pray that the Lord comfort him no matter the outcome. Remind the lamb that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those called according to His purpose. Also pray for the peace of God that passes all understanding, guarding his heart and his mind in Jesus. And pray for protection for this lamb's girlfriend and dog.
Please continue to pray for a lamb who is nursing an injured shoulder. He has received pain medication that requires him to stop drinking alcohol (praise God). We are praying the Lord will continue to work on him and help him to minister to his best friend, who is suffering from alcohol abuse and the recent loss of his rented room and job.
What a leap of faith for all who participated last night, so many took huge steps out of their comfort zones! The medical team met the Lord’s lambs in an environment substandard to any office where they have practiced. The lambs who have been outcasts of society willingly met a large group of new people who might judge them, due to their medical conditions, their standards of living, their substance abuse, their shame… They have been cut off from society so long and so unsure how to interact, but came so trusting and willing to try.
Father, You are so good! What a blessing to witness Your seed planted and growing. Having the Medical unit at the outreach last night reminded missionaries how fragile and frightened Your social outcasts are. We want to thank You for building that relationship of trust and love, as only You can build. Please forgive us for taking for granted the love and trust You bring every week.
We are thanking you for bringing Your Spirit to the forefront week after week. We want to thank you for holding off the storm enabling so many to attend last night, a half a dozen nurses and a doctor and so many lambs - the doctor was busy until 8:30. Father, you provided toiletry bags and first aid kits for all who came. Father, after breaking bread together, by the end of the evening, Your lambs forgot their fears and read aloud Your precious Word in front of Your new missionaries. They were still too timid to discuss much, You know their hearts.
We are thanking You Lord for the reading from Nehemiah 7 and how doors and gates are put in place to keep people in and sometimes form barriers to our hearts. This message was evident as missionaries witnessed one of Your precious lost lambs come into Your presence, get some food, and medical attention, yet he felt unworthy to stay and join the group to eat, much less read Your precious word. Instead he stood outside the “wall” listening. Missionaries went outside in the drizzling rain to pray with him. His eyes welled with tears as he was told how loved he is by the faith community and Jesus. Please keep him in prayer as he comes closer to You, Lord. In Nehemiah 7, the group was reminded how You are the provider for all of us, especially those in need. Your feast last night was bountiful. It was all loved especially the salad and tomato salad. Thank you Jesus for meeting all of our needs! When His lambs were asked if they needed rides home, one lambs said, “We are at peace among ourselves tonight.” Thank you Jesus!
Sunday, when missionaries went to see the Lord’s lost lambs inviting them to church, one lamb has lost so many of her material strongholds; her dog was stolen, her van was taken, and her belongings have been removed piece by piece. She has been living under a patio umbrella for several weeks. An area church offered her a room for 6 months a couple of months ago which she refused because of her worldly belongings. Missionaries spoke with a sister in Christ that day. She was the “persistent widow” bringing His lamb to the late afternoon church service. The Lord cast out demons from His lamb Sunday. The joy of the Lord beams from His lamb now. The church now only has the money for a week to week commitment. His lamb went to a pulmonary doctor yesterday. She has been going every 4 weeks for treatment. The Lord has done such a healing in her she now doesn’t need to return for 6 months. Praise you Jesus! She wants to attend Sunday morning church as well as Sunday afternoon church.
The men from the Raleigh Rescue Mission continue to bring more friends. Perhaps a second van is needed. RRM has offered to allow missionaries to use one of their vans but the Lord needs to provide a driver. He will in His perfect timing. A couple of these lambs want to be baptized in an area church 9/10. Praise the Lord!
Please keep a lamb in prayers as she decides whether she is ready for the commitment to be baptized. She realizes she needs to allow the Lord to make her a new creation in Him. Pray that she is ready to be His new creation
Please keep driving angels in your prayers. Missionaries can only bring 6 people to church each week and the Lord’s Harvest is becoming ripe.
One of the Lord’s lambs has moved into a temporary rooming house at Cornerstone waiting for his apartment to be completed. He is part of a hearing impaired program and has been asked to raise funds for a walk for the hearing impaired. He is wondering how he can ask people to donate for his cause. The Lord has changed this man. He use to panhandle asking for money to survive daily and now he is unsure whether he can ask his church family for money for this cause. He stills sees himself as the old person, a bum, not the new creation the Lord has made. Please pray the Lord will provide a comforter, mop, bucket, broom, dust pan, sheets, and towels for the room he is renting.
In February the Lord’s lambs lost the shower facility due to new management at an area motel. Missionaries have been praying for the Lord to provide showers and haircuts again. A missionary was called this week asking if a Garner church could offer showers, lunch and transportation every Saturday. The church has vans to transport His lambs and showers on site. The lambs were asked last night and all said, “Thank you Jesus!” The Lord is even supplying the volunteers through the church and the missionaries shouted, “THANK YOU JESUS!” Please keep this new outreach in your prayers.
A church approached Church in the Woods ministry asking how they can serve more than once a year. The fifth Saturday of every month, neither the brown bag ministry nor the hot dog ministry feed at Moore Square. A church is committed to serve a hot meal, but a “take home lunch ministry” is needed those four Saturdays a year. This church is asking the Lord if they should begin a sandwich ministry September 30th.
One of the Lord’s lambs is still substance free but has mismanaged his finances, returning to the streets. The need for a faith-based support circle is great. A support circle will empower His lambs to acquire the skills necessary for finding long-term, self-supporting income, housing, and enhancing and improving their quality of life, as well as bring a spiritual hub into their lives. Please pray for the Lord to provide a faith-based support circle for so many lambs, especially those moving back into society and apartments. So many lambs need the Lord’s guidance with money management.
Keep one of the Lord’s lambs in prayer today as he goes to court for charges prior to accepting Jesus into his life. He is so frightened. Pray that the Lord comfort him no matter the outcome. Remind the lamb that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those called according to His purpose. Also pray for the peace of God that passes all understanding, guarding his heart and his mind in Jesus. And pray for protection for this lamb's girlfriend and dog.
Please continue to pray for a lamb who is nursing an injured shoulder. He has received pain medication that requires him to stop drinking alcohol (praise God). We are praying the Lord will continue to work on him and help him to minister to his best friend, who is suffering from alcohol abuse and the recent loss of his rented room and job.
What a leap of faith for all who participated last night, so many took huge steps out of their comfort zones! The medical team met the Lord’s lambs in an environment substandard to any office where they have practiced. The lambs who have been outcasts of society willingly met a large group of new people who might judge them, due to their medical conditions, their standards of living, their substance abuse, their shame… They have been cut off from society so long and so unsure how to interact, but came so trusting and willing to try.
Father, You are so good! What a blessing to witness Your seed planted and growing. Having the Medical unit at the outreach last night reminded missionaries how fragile and frightened Your social outcasts are. We want to thank You for building that relationship of trust and love, as only You can build. Please forgive us for taking for granted the love and trust You bring every week.
We are thanking you for bringing Your Spirit to the forefront week after week. We want to thank you for holding off the storm enabling so many to attend last night, a half a dozen nurses and a doctor and so many lambs - the doctor was busy until 8:30. Father, you provided toiletry bags and first aid kits for all who came. Father, after breaking bread together, by the end of the evening, Your lambs forgot their fears and read aloud Your precious Word in front of Your new missionaries. They were still too timid to discuss much, You know their hearts.
We are thanking You Lord for the reading from Nehemiah 7 and how doors and gates are put in place to keep people in and sometimes form barriers to our hearts. This message was evident as missionaries witnessed one of Your precious lost lambs come into Your presence, get some food, and medical attention, yet he felt unworthy to stay and join the group to eat, much less read Your precious word. Instead he stood outside the “wall” listening. Missionaries went outside in the drizzling rain to pray with him. His eyes welled with tears as he was told how loved he is by the faith community and Jesus. Please keep him in prayer as he comes closer to You, Lord. In Nehemiah 7, the group was reminded how You are the provider for all of us, especially those in need. Your feast last night was bountiful. It was all loved especially the salad and tomato salad. Thank you Jesus for meeting all of our needs! When His lambs were asked if they needed rides home, one lambs said, “We are at peace among ourselves tonight.” Thank you Jesus!
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