Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

This has been a good week. I spoke to a group of pastors Monday. I told them of our ministry and then preached about encouragement. You see everyone of us needs to be encouraged at times. Sometimes I feel that I am not doing anything or what I am doing is for naught. Then I hear from one of you; oh, what that does for me I will never be able to tell you.

Let me share this story:
“The Story of Robert Moffit: One Convert”

I’m sure you’ve heard the classic story about the faithful pastor who was told by his superior that something was wrong with his work. The supervisor told him, “Only one person has been added to your church this year, and he is only a boy.” Later that day, heavy of heart, the pastor was praying when someone walked up behind him. Turning around, he saw the same boy—his only convert that year. The boy said, “Pastor, do you think I could become a preacher or missionary some day?” The pastor encouraged him to pray and seek God about it. 
The lad was Robert Moffit who was destined to open Africa to the Gospel of Christ. 
Years later when Moffit spoke in London, a young doctor heard him say, “I have seen in the morning sun the smoke of a thousand villages where no missionary has ever been.” The young doctor, deeply moved by Moffit’s message, was none other than David Livingstone. In 1840, he sailed for Africa where he labored for Jesus for more than three decades—all of this happened because a faithful pastor encouraged his “one convert.”

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Let me ask you a question: What are some ways we can encourage one another?

Your reply will show me if anyone is reading this and if I should continue, also I can learn, from you, ways to encourage others that I can share.

LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.

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

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Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

We hear from some of you daily and you encourage us with your words. Thank you for loving us, praying for us and helping us to continue in our ministry. Last Sunday I had the opportunity to speak in a local church, Praise The Lord. Monday I preach to a group of Pastors in this area, again Praise The Lord.
 
Let me say thanks for your prayers:

THE LIMITS OF PRAYER

Young Eddie was saying grace before the family had dinner in a local restaurant. Heads were bowed and hands united around the table when he said, “Lord, thank You for the food that is coming. And Lord, I’ll really thank You a lot more if Mom would get us some ice cream!”
A woman sitting at the next table was heard to say, “Shame on that child. Kids just don’t know how to pray anymore. Asking God for ice cream is a disgrace.”
Someone in a booth overheard the woman and said, “Asking God for ice cream is a great prayer. Ice cream is good for the soul.”
When the ice cream was served, young Eddie took his bowl to the woman and said, “Here, ma’am. This is for you. Sometimes ice cream is good for the soul.”

Paul said, “Pray about everything!” Nothing is beyond everything – not even ice cream. As believers we need not worry about anything because we have a loving Heavenly Father Who knows about and
cares for our every need and want.

Here’s a great reminder from Peter: “Give all your worries and wants to God, for He cares for you.” If only we would accept the reality of God’s power and His unlimited concern for us, our prayers would be vastly different and even include “ice cream” sometimes.

What are you praying for today? Let me know so we can pray with you.

Scripture for Today:
1 Peter 5:7 - "Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."
What a great prayer for us to offer to God each day!

LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.

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

Sunday's Coming

Good Morning

We hear from some of you daily and you encourage us with your words. Thank you for loving us and helping us to continue in our ministry. Monday, I met with a group of Pastors here in Georgia. The sermon was encouraging and they also asked me to come back and preach to them in two weeks.  Praise the Lord, I'll be in the pulpit again.

Let me say:

SOMEONE IS ALWAYS LISTENING

It was a luncheon designed to impress her friends from the neighborhood. Wanting to impress them she asked her five year old son, Jamie, to return thanks.
“Jamie,” she said politely, “will you please say grace?”
“Mommy, please, I don’t really know what to say,” he replied cautiously.
“Well, dear,” she said encouragingly, “just say what you heard Mommy say this morning.”
Bowing his head and folding his hands he began, “Good Lord, why did I invite all these dumb people to lunch today.”
Words can be a sword or a solace or even a weapon that leaves a wound. Words once spoken can never be retrieved or marked “Void.” Words take on a life of their own and will leave another person better or bruised, helped or hurt,encouraged or emptied.

King David wrote, Ps. 19:14 “May the words of my mouth...be pleasing to you, O Lord...” “may...the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you.”

David is asking God to approve his words and thoughts as though they were offerings brought to God’s very own altar and came from the depths of his soul.

What a great prayer for us to offer to God each day!

LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.

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

Sunday Is Coming

Good Morning,


This is a trying time. Mama Trudy seems to get weaker daily but her faith continues to be strong. She reads her Bible and prays, I'm sure, for the Lord to come and take her home. This has consumed my thoughts, as well, so as I was reading yesterday, I read the following and had to share.

Going HomeBy Michael Youssef, Ph.D.
As the Bible tells us, God has "set eternity in the hearts of men" (Ecclesiastes 3:11). You and I were made for heaven. Down through history, God has sometimes allowed His followers to see a glimpse of heaven while they were still alive on earth. 
In the New Testament, we read the story of Stephen, who was stoned to death as the first Christian martyr. The account tells us that as the enraged mob picked up stones and closed in around him, "Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 'Look,' he said, 'I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God'" (Acts 7:55-56). As Stephen said this, the people rushed at him and stoned him to death. 
Another follower of Christ who was granted a glimpse of heaven before he died was the popular and well-known preacher Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899). After preaching a sermon on November 16, 1899, he collapsed. Though doctors didn't know what caused the illness, Moody suffered from congestive heart failure. Sensing death approaching, Moody confided to his closest friends, "Soon you will read in the newspaper that I am dead. Don't believe it for a moment. I will be more alive than ever before."Three days before Christmas, Moody lay on his deathbed. Though he struggled to breathe, Moody had no fear of death. Those who were with him said that he seemed to see things no one else could see. His last words were, "Earth recedes...heaven opens before me!"If you have placed your trust in Christ, when your earthly life is over, you will have the indescribable experience of going home to be with your Father in heaven. There, you will experience life as it was meant to be lived when God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 
Prayer: Lord, I look forward to the day when I can come home to be with You in heaven. Thank You that I do not have to fear death. In the name of Jesus. Amen.

"We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:8).


LaVon and I are truly thankful to God for each of you. Thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by investing yourself in many ways as partners with us: by prayer, e-mails, phone calls and your financial gifts. Without any of these we could not continue what God has called us to do and that is to share the living water with the world through the RV ministry.


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