June 22, 2007
We are thanking you for your prayers and support as the Lord continues to provide abundantly for this ministry! More and more people are being drawn into communion with one another through the least of these, whether homeless, poverty stricken, prostitutes, drug dealers, or gang members, and so many blessings are being shared!
Community Awareness – Meetings and missions
· http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/1517661/ “Tennessee Candidates Go Homeless for Night” By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II Associated Press Writer Posted: Jun. 20, 2007
· CitW Volunteer Information Meeting concerning the ministry Church in the Woods, has been scheduled. This meeting will be held on June 25th at 7:00 pm. The location is 4701 Forestdale Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603, Alice McGee's home.
Prayer and Praise!
Apex
· Thank you Jesus for Your Almighty provisions twice a week
· Many of the single moms were blessed with food this week.
· But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” Luke 18:16-17 NKJV. The children brought families to the table of Jesus Sunday. Thank you Jesus for the mighty provision of food, spiritual and physical.
· Praise the Lord the single mother with chickenpox really had poison ivy. Missionaries were talking with her at the Sunday mission and asked if she knew her hammock was in the middle of poison ivy. She returned to the doctor on Monday to have the chickenpox diagnosis removed. She was able to return to work Tuesday.
· The Brown Bag director joined the Apex mission. She was able to pray with people as she and other missionaries went door-to-door handing out brown bags.
· Missionaries’ neighbor 13 year old son, wants to spend a few hours a week, delivering food with Missionaries this summer in Cary and Apex. The Lord gave this young man a bold, serving heart to ring doorbells and talk with the Lord’s lambs. Praise God!
· Keep one lamb in your prayers as he recovers from surgery today.
Cary
· Please keep a lamb in prayer as he continues with substance abuse treatment. It is more challenging to live in his old destructive wineskin than the new wineskin of Christ.
· Other Cary lambs have contacted missionaries to check on their friend in treatment. Keep them in prayer as they don’t understand the change in this lamb.
· The Lord’s abundance gave many lambs living in efficiency apartments provisions this week.
Garner
· Please keep a lamb in prayer as she visits a transitional home in Carrboro on Monday.
· Please continue to pray for the lamb with the broken wrist (since December). The doctor has given missionaries the protocol for her wrist surgery. Please pray she will now take the necessary steps for surgery. She has asked for prayer from narcotic addiction. She has been taking too many pain pills for her wrist.
· Please continue to pray for a lamb who is trying to decide whether to return to Arkansas. He owns some land there and is hoping he can live off it and the timber on it.
· Please pray for the lamb who was hospitalized last week for cirrhosis of the liver. He has pain medication and is continuing to drink alcohol against doctors’ orders.
· We were blessed to see two lambs who have not been coming regularly to the Bible study. One helped read and discuss Acts 9.
· Two lambs were circling the Bible study, trying to determine whether there was a “disruptive” influence there – a lamb who had become verbally abusive two weeks ago. When they decided there was nothing to disturb the peace, they came and ate. One of them read the Spanish translation of the study for everyone and gave a lengthy explanation of what it meant to him.
· A lamb who has been refusing to eat (getting most of his calories from beer) at a hot dog Thursday. Praise God! Please pray he continues to eat and look after his health.
· Two lambs and their brother are struggling to find enough work to keep them going. They are going to the Greg Laurie evangelism event this weekend with some missionaries. Please pray they are touched by God and receive His blessings for their continuing walk with Jesus.
· Please pray for a lamb who is in jail. Please ask that the Lord speak with Him and remind him that he is loved. He has been transferred to a jail in Goldsboro.
· Please pray for a place for the Garner Thursday mission to meet out of the weather, maybe a church on South Saunders St, 401 or Wilmington St will open their doors one night a week, especially when the days become shorter in the fall. The Lord knows the perfect meeting location.
· Please pray for a hair stylist to serve the Lord one Saturday a month at the Garner showers.
General
· Please keep lambs in prayer as they are asked to make decisions of walking away from their addictions and walking toward Jesus.
· Thank you Jesus for a lamb who is continuing to be substance free and involved with a support group through AA.
· Please continue to pray for support circles as these lambs readjust to society and are welcomed into the Body of Christ.
· Praise God for the existing support circle as the Body of Christ encircles a lamb with the love of Jesus!
· Thank you Lord for being scheduler of all Christians’ time.
Missionary Testimonials
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers" (Ephesians 4:29).
The above verse was in a missionary’s devotional and perfectly summed up a week in which there seemed to be so many negative words spoken – even among Christian brothers and sisters. Please pray that we all remember we are to glorify God in what we say as well as in what we do. Help us not use prayer as a way to vent anger or frustration, for that implies that God is incapable of correcting these injustices; that Jesus is not sufficient atonement for us.
God’s Provision – Donations of Time & Finances
· Thank the Lord for the showers each week from the Garner church Thank You Jesus for serving hearts!
· Thank you Jesus for all the food donated by area grocery stores, churches, individuals, and caterers! Thank you Lord for all the donations of clothing, storage places, and toiletries donated this week.
· We thank you, Jesus, for those who have donated time showing the love of Jesus through relationships and support circles, especially as new ones are developing across Cary and Apex. Praise God!
· Praise God for the local chiropractor who has been collecting first aid items and socks pick-up Monday.
· Praise God for the church hosting a dinner where first aid items and socks are the admission ticket.
Community Awareness – Meetings and missions
· http://www.wral.com/news/national_world/national/story/1517661/ “Tennessee Candidates Go Homeless for Night” By LUCAS L. JOHNSON II Associated Press Writer Posted: Jun. 20, 2007
· CitW Volunteer Information Meeting concerning the ministry Church in the Woods, has been scheduled. This meeting will be held on June 25th at 7:00 pm. The location is 4701 Forestdale Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603, Alice McGee's home.
Prayer and Praise!
Apex
· Thank you Jesus for Your Almighty provisions twice a week
· Many of the single moms were blessed with food this week.
· But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” Luke 18:16-17 NKJV. The children brought families to the table of Jesus Sunday. Thank you Jesus for the mighty provision of food, spiritual and physical.
· Praise the Lord the single mother with chickenpox really had poison ivy. Missionaries were talking with her at the Sunday mission and asked if she knew her hammock was in the middle of poison ivy. She returned to the doctor on Monday to have the chickenpox diagnosis removed. She was able to return to work Tuesday.
· The Brown Bag director joined the Apex mission. She was able to pray with people as she and other missionaries went door-to-door handing out brown bags.
· Missionaries’ neighbor 13 year old son, wants to spend a few hours a week, delivering food with Missionaries this summer in Cary and Apex. The Lord gave this young man a bold, serving heart to ring doorbells and talk with the Lord’s lambs. Praise God!
· Keep one lamb in your prayers as he recovers from surgery today.
Cary
· Please keep a lamb in prayer as he continues with substance abuse treatment. It is more challenging to live in his old destructive wineskin than the new wineskin of Christ.
· Other Cary lambs have contacted missionaries to check on their friend in treatment. Keep them in prayer as they don’t understand the change in this lamb.
· The Lord’s abundance gave many lambs living in efficiency apartments provisions this week.
Garner
· Please keep a lamb in prayer as she visits a transitional home in Carrboro on Monday.
· Please continue to pray for the lamb with the broken wrist (since December). The doctor has given missionaries the protocol for her wrist surgery. Please pray she will now take the necessary steps for surgery. She has asked for prayer from narcotic addiction. She has been taking too many pain pills for her wrist.
· Please continue to pray for a lamb who is trying to decide whether to return to Arkansas. He owns some land there and is hoping he can live off it and the timber on it.
· Please pray for the lamb who was hospitalized last week for cirrhosis of the liver. He has pain medication and is continuing to drink alcohol against doctors’ orders.
· We were blessed to see two lambs who have not been coming regularly to the Bible study. One helped read and discuss Acts 9.
· Two lambs were circling the Bible study, trying to determine whether there was a “disruptive” influence there – a lamb who had become verbally abusive two weeks ago. When they decided there was nothing to disturb the peace, they came and ate. One of them read the Spanish translation of the study for everyone and gave a lengthy explanation of what it meant to him.
· A lamb who has been refusing to eat (getting most of his calories from beer) at a hot dog Thursday. Praise God! Please pray he continues to eat and look after his health.
· Two lambs and their brother are struggling to find enough work to keep them going. They are going to the Greg Laurie evangelism event this weekend with some missionaries. Please pray they are touched by God and receive His blessings for their continuing walk with Jesus.
· Please pray for a lamb who is in jail. Please ask that the Lord speak with Him and remind him that he is loved. He has been transferred to a jail in Goldsboro.
· Please pray for a place for the Garner Thursday mission to meet out of the weather, maybe a church on South Saunders St, 401 or Wilmington St will open their doors one night a week, especially when the days become shorter in the fall. The Lord knows the perfect meeting location.
· Please pray for a hair stylist to serve the Lord one Saturday a month at the Garner showers.
General
· Please keep lambs in prayer as they are asked to make decisions of walking away from their addictions and walking toward Jesus.
· Thank you Jesus for a lamb who is continuing to be substance free and involved with a support group through AA.
· Please continue to pray for support circles as these lambs readjust to society and are welcomed into the Body of Christ.
· Praise God for the existing support circle as the Body of Christ encircles a lamb with the love of Jesus!
· Thank you Lord for being scheduler of all Christians’ time.
Missionary Testimonials
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers" (Ephesians 4:29).
The above verse was in a missionary’s devotional and perfectly summed up a week in which there seemed to be so many negative words spoken – even among Christian brothers and sisters. Please pray that we all remember we are to glorify God in what we say as well as in what we do. Help us not use prayer as a way to vent anger or frustration, for that implies that God is incapable of correcting these injustices; that Jesus is not sufficient atonement for us.
God’s Provision – Donations of Time & Finances
· Thank the Lord for the showers each week from the Garner church Thank You Jesus for serving hearts!
· Thank you Jesus for all the food donated by area grocery stores, churches, individuals, and caterers! Thank you Lord for all the donations of clothing, storage places, and toiletries donated this week.
· We thank you, Jesus, for those who have donated time showing the love of Jesus through relationships and support circles, especially as new ones are developing across Cary and Apex. Praise God!
· Praise God for the local chiropractor who has been collecting first aid items and socks pick-up Monday.
· Praise God for the church hosting a dinner where first aid items and socks are the admission ticket.
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