Sunday's Coming

Good morning from Michigan,

We are visiting RV parks, checking for opprotunities for summer preaching cites. We are also visiting friends we have met these past three years. We made a hospital visit yesterday with Jack Gordon as he had a procedure done; all went well and he will probably get to go home today.

Today's Bible Thought:

Your actions will speak much louder than any words you will ever say:

Shortly after World War II came to a close, Europe began picking up the pieces. Much of the Old Country had been ravaged by war and was in ruins. Perhaps the saddest sight of all was that of little orphaned children starving in the streets of those war-torn cities.

Early one chilly morning an American soldier was making his way back to the barracks in London. As he turned the corner in his jeep, he spotted a little lad with his nose pressed to the window of a pastry shop. Inside the cook was kneading dough for a fresh batch of doughnuts. The hungry boy stared in silence, watching every move. The soldier pulled his jeep to the curb, stopped, got out, and walked quietly over to where the little fellow was standing. Through the steamed-up window he could see the mouth-watering morsels as they were being pulled from the oven, piping hot. The boy salivated and released a slight groan as he watched the cook place them onto the glass-enclosed counter ever so carefully.

The soldier's heart went out to the nameless orphan as he stood beside him. "Son...would you like some of those?" The boy was startled.

"Oh, yeah...I would!"

The American stepped inside and bought a dozen, put them in a bag, and walked back to where the lad was standing in the foggy cold of the London morning. He smiled, held out the bag, and said simply: "Here you are." As he turned to walk away he felt a tug on his coat. He looked back and heard the child ask quietly:

"Mister. . . are you God?"

We are never more like God than when we give.

1 John 3:18 -" Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."

As always, on behalf of LaVon and I, thank you for your continual support and interest in our ministry by giving in many ways: 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.  You are an encouragement to us.

Each of us should know what God wants us to do Paul said, "This one thing I do!" Know what it is that God wants you to do and do it with all your strength for His glory.

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

Sunday's Coming

Good morning,

And it is, after many days of fever, chills and upset stomach, I am feeling better. Thanks for your prayers! 

Through the Holy Spirit, believers can access an endless well of supernatural power to triumph in any trial.


Our weakness frees God to make His greatest triumphs. His power is loosed when His children admit they are not in control and can do nothing to help themselves.  Only then do we find the energy, courage, and peace we need to go on living for His glory.


This our last week in Arizona.  Monday we will be on the road back to Texas first, then to Oklahoma for a while, then on to Georgia. I thank you so much for all your prayers, your emails and words of encouragement and a special thanks to each of you that give to our ministry that keeps us going to tell the good news. May God Bless You!


Speaking of giving I came across this story and wanted to share with you:


I Wish I Could Be Like That

It was the Christmas season and Paul had received a special pre-Christmas gift from his brother. It was a beautiful brand new automobile.


On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street kid was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. When Paul went to get into the car the kid asked him, "Mister, is this your car?"


When Paul replied that it was, and that his brother had given it to him for Christmas, the boy said, "You mean your brother gave it to you, and it didn’t cost you anything? Free, for nothing? Gosh, I wish..."


The boy hesitated, and Paul knew what he was about to say. He had heard it many times over the past few days. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said jarred Paul all the way down to his toes. "I wish..." the boy went on, "...that I could be a brother like that."


"...remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35


Which do you wish you could be?


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


Don