Sunday's Coming

Good morning,

I pray this finds you doing OK. LaVon and I are doing fine.

Ministry here in Coffeyville is a little different than we normally have, but God is good. People are either working or sleeping, but we have had an opportunity to share with several. LaVon hands out the mail and their checks, so we get to visit with about everyone.

Last friday it was cold so we put on a pot of apple cider and gave a cup to each visitor. Sunday I prayed God would use that and bring new faces to church, PTL, He did.

We ask you to keep us in your prayers and thoughts. We can always use your encouraging words either by phone, email and a big thank you to those that send money for us to continue this work.

We love you, have a great day, pass it on,
Don.

Do Unto Others

One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night.

"Could you possibly give us a room here?" the husband asked.

The clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and explained that there were three conventions in town.

"All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said. "But I can't send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It's not exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night."

When the couple declined, the young man pressed on.

"Don't worry about me; I'll make out just fine," the clerk told them.

So the couple agreed.

As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk,

"You are the kind of manager who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I'll build one for you."

The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.

As they drove away, the elderly couple agreed that the helpful clerk was indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both friendly and helpful isn't easy.

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night and enclosed a round-trip ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit.

The old man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a palace of reddish stone, with turrets and watchtowers thrusting up to the sky.

"That," said the older man, "is the hotel I have just built for you to manage."

"You must be joking," the young man said.

"I can assure you I am not," said the older man, a sly smile playing around his mouth.

The older man's name was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent structure was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

The young clerk who became its first manager was George C. Boldt. This young clerk never foresaw the turn of events that would lead him to become the manager of one of the world's most glamorous hotels.

The Bible says that we are not to turn our backs on those who are in need, for we might be entertaining angels.

Life is more accurately measured by the lives you touch than the things you acquire... ~Author Unknown

Sunday's Coming

Good morning from Coffeyville,Kansas



We are at work and had our first service last Sunday; had about mid twenty in servcice. It was a great day.



The Lord has already used us. One family just returned from burying their son. We have loved on them.



I urge you to keep us in your prayers. There are a lot of lost (folks who don't know Jesus as their Lord and Savior) in this park. Our prayer is that God will use us mightly. God promises to answer, He just wants us to be faithful.



We are trusting him for everything: for souls, to encourage believers, the work in this community and for our personal needs.

I read a devotional this morning from David Jeremiah talking about the promises of God. I pray these words touch your heart.

Have a great day, love you, pass it on,

Don

The Plain Promises


"For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and to Him Amen, to the glory of God through us." 2 Corinthians 1:20


Recommended Reading 2 Peter 1:1-4



When the great pastor and hymnist, Isaac Watts, grew aged and sick, he had a visit from a friend. As they conversed, Watts spoke of once hearing a minister preach about "the plain promises of the Gospel." It was a phrase Watts liked. "And so I find it," he told his friend. "They are the plain promises of the Gospel that are my support, and I bless God they are plain promises, which do not require much labor or pains to understand them, for I can do nothing now but look into my Bible for some promise to support me, and live upon that."


God has given us His promises to use as a shepherd uses his rod and staff to support himself, as a house uses its foundation to remain solid, as weary Jacob used a rock for a pillow and had dreams of heaven.


The Lord does not forget His promises. We can cling to them, but even better—we can rest in them. They will never fail.


I'll read the histories of Thy love,

And keep Thy laws in sight,

While through the promises I rove,

With ever fresh delight.

--Isaac Watts