Special Prayer Requests-
Hi Dewey…I am writing u to ler u know I appreciate und let u know how I am doing. I will be giving my new presentation on Meth in Los Lunas The School of Dreams. I have interviews from young former users warning other kids. I can only ask for prayer to provide me with protection of the attacks that will surely come. I know I will get through it.
Also want u to know the sweet father that asked for prayer nov 10 had to deal w a continuance but a court administrator scheduled the continuance miracally for two weeks later which is unheard of typically more like several months…so on November 22nd he is asking for a good outcome ..reunion of his three children with him. How refreshing to see a father so focused on fighting for seeing his children.
Thanks Dewey. U r precious Patti
Hi Dewey Sharon and all you wonderful followers,
I have been reading everyday, Dewey’s cup’s and also on my facebook to always be in the most right now and up to date on the info. Well my friends, I have an urgent prayer request. My brother in law, who I spoke about a couple of months ago, having to have his hip replacement removed because of a sever infection in his hip joint where the replacement had been put in 2 years ago. Finding it was a staph infection made it worse. He was at Stanford for a week after the surgery and had been on IV’s of powerful antibiotics and also heavy pain meds. He was moved to a rehab for the last 2 and half months where they continued to treat him. He was sent home last Friday to wait for the ok to have a new replacement put in. Since last Friday he has not been able to eat, terrible depression and has a hopeless attitude, as my Sister is overwhelmed trying to take care of him and work at the same time. PLEASE keep Ron Adair in your prayers and pray for his heart to be full of the Spirit of our Lord. Also Christine who is beside herself in fear of losing him. He has declined terribly in the last few days.
Thank you all and God bless,
Nicole
And now a word from our Guest Barista!!
Awaiting Change Comforted by Faith
May God’s grace and peace be with you on this day that the Lord has made!
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13
There is something amazing going on in my back yard –it is that time of the year that presses hope in my heart! Watching God change the dial on the Season fills me with faith, hope and yes even love, because autumn is my favorite season of all! I suppose that whether a spring, summer or autumn breeze, it can feel like a kiss from God, but there is something special about that just right temperature and no sticky humidity in the air.
Today is rainy and cold, but yesterday was warm, dry and perfect! Both days the leaves are falling, but when the sun was warm, it was a pleasure to experience! A warm dry breeze scattering the leaves made me take notice of the abundant color! We live on 8 ½ acres with some large Oak trees, Maples and Carolina long needle pine trees –and yes [to us] even the cursed ‘Gumball tree’. The maples have shed to the ground, the oaks hang on to their leaves and the Crape Myrtles are still brilliant yellow! As the wind blows through, nature seems to be raining leaves and decorating the ground like a new fallen snow. Yesterday, walking home from our neighbors, I gazed through the board fence and across the pasture with my eyes drawn to see the orange glow beneath the trees.
As fast as fall has come, the colors seemed to appear –and as fast as fall leaves, the trees seem to go bare! Soon, it will seem like a long wait for the spring buds and bulbs to appear, but whether waiting or not, by faith I know it will be. However, before that long wait comes, there is a new inspiration filling the air –the first time the furnace comes on and warms the room; that first snowflake that falls on your nose. An excitement fills the air, with cravings for Hot Chocolate and dreaming under a soft cozy blanket, but it won’t be long –until we long for spring to be here once again.
Many times, our life seems to model the reality of Ecclesiastes, because many times we rush through life and miss the simple things –clinging to what might have been or what is to come; instead of just simply resting in a place of being content with who we really are. Kind of like those large Oak trees; they wait patiently for their branches to reveal that life that is waiting and alive on the inside –to burst out from what is already there within!
God made us even more special than he did an Oak tree and there is a beauty in Jesus alive in us when we first believe. The trees together create a harmony; as do you and I, whether we are alike or different in the way we are made. We are each wonderfully made by God; and we each have a purpose in the church!
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
This is one of those books in the Bible that to be honest I don’t completely understand, but this book has proven to be good understanding, with instructions in our life today. To me, it has taught me that others [meaning someone in Bible times] has experienced being blessed by God [just like us], but still experienced a lack in understanding of how to enjoy the gifts that God has given –just like my husband and I have at times. Many times, our life is not that different; and this author experienced an honest human learning lesson that he went through and came through with God’s Wisdom.
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap (i.e., if you want perfection, you won’t do anything.).” (Ecclesiastes 11:4).
In closing, as far as me, it is really hard to think about failing! “(If you want perfection, you won’t do anything –Ecc 11:4)” I love to dream, but find it hard completing details in the major lines of decisions, for fear of failing the permanent … However, we cannot fail the permanent, because our future is set in Christ. Our focus needs to be on Him! We can learn to find a balance in life to enjoy our blessed life and remain in service to God and enjoy our blessings fully by learning how to appreciate the art of sharing what God has done.
Times like yesterday, when I share a super D duper long writing, it doesn’t take long to feel bad about it, for fear that someone didn’t like it. However, I serve God and I know it pleases Him when I get up and study His Word and share. What I am trying to say is that just as Jesus asked Peter to push the boat out so that He could preach the message –it was Peter who heard the message. So did the crowd hear the message, but the one who serves is blessed by what they hear as we spend time in God’s Word still today through the power of the Holy Spirit.
My encouragement here is do not let fear of failure in serving God hold you back for doing what God places on your heart to do –and definitely not a fear of a lack of money, when God calls you to serve [God will always provide when it is for the good and the good of His Kingdom]. We serve God and we serve people, but we can’t rely on pleasing people in our service to God. God may just want to reach one person??? … And from my experience when I serve, I am the first to learn. I get so excited to share; I can’t pick apart what is important –because to me, as I learn, it is all important. So I end up sharing it all LOL J I am working on becoming a better writer for God and one day, Lord willing I will, but as far as today, please let me encourage you in this Scripture:
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that you labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Love in Christ,
Karen Rowe
I invite you to visit my website(s) and learn more of my testimony of what God has done for me. Hope in Today | The Train Whistle; Sounding the Call of God’s Love [Avail Soon]. I would love to hear from you! I invite you to talk with me about the things that you are going through –things that you would like me to pray about and/or address on the show Hope in Today. I am very excited about all that God is doing!
www.hopeintoday.com
www.thetrainwhistle.com
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