Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

We continue in prayer as to what the Lord wants us to do. There are many workers in the park.  Many are pipeline welders. Pray for us as we meet and that we will be an example for them. 

I have met one of the park owners and she seems very interested in us having Bible study and a Sunday worship service here. Several things must come together to have a worship service, so we appreciate your prayers.

I’ve learned as a pastor that there is a heartache every where we go.. We all have storms and trials, if not now, later.

How do you find peace in the midst of your storm? Peace is not the subtraction of problems from life; peace is the addition of power to meet those problems. That’s God’s peace.

This week, commit to memory John 14:27: 

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

We want to thank you for your support through your prayers, calls, e-mails and finances.

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

Don

Sunday's Coming - Valentine's Day Edition

Good Morning,

We are settling in here in Magnolia, Texas. We continue in prayer as to what the Lord wants us to do. The weather is finally turning around so next step is to meet people and see if we can stir an interest in a Bible Study.

This is the Love week when we celebrate with that someone who is special to us. In my reading I had to share this from The Simple Truth:

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
—1 Corinthians 13:13

Some scripture is so clear it needs no interpretation or comment! Enjoy the famous "love chapter" from the Apostle Paul:

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

—1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Dear God, thank You for all the talents and gifts You have given me. But thank You most of all for love. Help love to grow in me every day. Amen.

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone—we find it with another.” —Thomas Merton

There's an old saying that "love makes the world go around." But, as most of us know, sometimes, that road can be a bumpy one. We have the best intentions of being a loving spouse, parent and friend, but our actions often get in the way of our intentions.

 We want to thank you for your support through your prayers, calls, e-mails and finances.

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

Sunday's Coming

Good Morning,

We have made it to Magnolia, Texas. We continue in prayer as to what the Lord wants us to do. I asked the manager if we could do a Bible Study in the club house and he was very supportive. So next step is to meet the people and see if we can stir an interest.
I know the weather is bad in many places and we have heard from several who are hurting one way or another, but as I always say we have a choice.

My reading today:

Grumbling or Grateful? by Adrian Rogers

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” - Psalm 100:4

One day a preacher was riding on a train. He saw a well-dressed man and magnificently dressed woman with expensive jewelry. The woman was complaining about everything – the train ride, the weather, the news, the food, the service.
The preacher decided to engage this couple in a conversation. He asked the man what kind of business he was in and the man told him. Then he asked, “And what does your wife do?”
The man replied, “Oh, she’s in the manufacturing business. She manufactures her own unhappiness.”
You know, there are a lot of people like that today. They manufacture their own misery because they fail to be grateful. Only Christ can turn our lives around and stir up a grateful heart within us.

Action for today:
Go through the alphabet and thank the Lord for something beginning with each letter and choose to be grateful.

We to thank you for your support through your prayers, calls, e-mails and finances. 

Winston Churchill wisely said, "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give."

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