Happy Thanksgiving To All Who Read The Blog!
Just a quick note to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who so faithfully read my blog. Thanks for your prayers, support and love during these past almost 8 months at Life House. We are blessed as a new mission. Cindy and I feel blessed to be a part of a mission work that is multi-racial, open to all, simple church. We’ve served in many great churches but this is a first for us. We stepped out on faith last April and the mission began in May and God has been faithful to provide for us personally and for the needs of the mission. souls have been saved, a building renovated, land purchased and much, much more. We are thankful.
I am thankful today for a wife (of almost 29 years) who loves the Lord, loves me and loves our family. She is my “right arm” in the ministry. I am thankful for good kids who love the Lord, serve Him and seek to be upstanding moral citizens of this great nation. I am thankful for my family and for Cindy’s family too. We have been blessed with great parents – who love the Lord and are serving Him. We are thankful for our friends and our church family. Friends will be friends no matter where you are. We’ve seen people through the years “say” that they are your friends but when you stop serving at their church just seemily “forget” you ever existed. Thank God for those through the years who are REAL friends – that love, pray and keep in contact. We’ve been blessed with many through the years. I am thankful for our new church family. We are a diverse group. Many colors, backgrounds, income levels – but all who love the Lord and want to grow a church where everyone is welcome.
I am also thankful for God’s provision for us. When we left our last church we were well taken care of in every way. When we stepped out in faith we believed that if it was God’s will for us to be involved in this new mission work that He would provide for our every need. HE HAS! We’ve not missed one bill payment (even been paying extra on the house and ect.), we’ve not missed one meal, we’ve slept in good house, our beds are still comfortable, had running water (hot and cold too!), clean clothes, gas in the tanks of our cars, good health, and much much more. WE ARE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE! THANK YOU JESUS FOR IT ALL!
If you are reading this blog today – we thank God for you too. Keep praying for us and for the new work. Thank God for people who love souls and want to see them saved. You are a blessing to us.
SOOOOO…..from our house to yours — HAPPY THANKSGIVING….
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?…. Why not post your response today and tell us? Pastor James
November 29th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know that I’m a coupld of days late, but I am thankful above all, for God’s mercy and grace in my life and in the lives of his people. I’m thankful for a wonderful loving family and two sons to pass on a heritage. I’m thankful that God still puts a passion for missions in the hearts of his people to seek to meet needs and make disciples of all the nations.