Somebody’s Praying!
My post yesterday must have stirred somebody to pray! Just today God has already begun answering some prayer items for us!! This morning I went to the post office and there were two checks in the mail. One from a partner church and one from a lady who attends a church of a different denomination. The total of the two checks was almost $3000.00. WOW! GOD IS SO AMAZING!!!! Now we only like $9,995.oo to go to be able to buy the van that we recently saw. 
You say “NO WAY” – I say – WAYYYYYY with GOD!!!! With God all things are possible! PRAY!!!
Our church family totally enjoyed being able to give out Thanksgiving boxes to 60 needy people this year and doing that only made us want to do it more! We were praying and hoping for a way to have another opportunity to give out some food to the needy in our area for the Christmas season and it looks God is making that possible. A preacher that attends Weight Watchers saw me this morning ( I dropped by the Center to do our staff Weigh In) and when he started to leave he asked me about our new ministry and said, “COULD YOU USE SOME CHICKEN”? DUH – I’m a Baptist aren’t I? LOL Well, come to find out he had some “connections” to a pastor and church that had been given a huge (12,000 pounds) of frozen chicken from a major chicken producer. They had already received 10,000 pounds of chicken and with the help of several churches gave it out to the needy. The man gave our names to the pastor and the pastor contacted me this morning asking if we would be willing to take some chicken “off of his hands” and I said YES! There were only two requirements: 1. That it be given to people that need it or will use it. 2. That Jesus be given the credit for it. We can give it through our ministry but in the name of Jesus. Anyone see anything wrong with that? I DON’T!!!! So it looks like we will be the recipients of some chicken in the near future. Glad it’s not cooked already or I might think I had died and gone to heaven!!! (Just joking for those of you with no sense of humor!! LOL) . Praise the Lord for His provision. Praise Him for another chance to reach the community. Praise Him for it all!
Lastly – we praise Him for the service tonight. We had a great crowd of children, youth and adults at Life Group tonight. Thanks to those who are stepping up to work and minister. Thank the Lord that we are seeing the children who once acted like they had never been in church or a structured environment begin to act like they have been in church now! Many of the children, youth and adults bless my heart to hear them say, “my church”, “my pastor”, “our church” and such. There is a sense that they have now accepted the ministry and it’s in their heart. We thank God for those who have been reached and pray that MANY MANY more can be reached in 2009. God has been so good to us! To Him be glory! My heart is full and excited about all that God is doing at Life House in our lives. It’s a blessing to serve Him. Please continue to pray for us and contact us when you get a chance. Also, if you want – post a comment or two. It’s always a blessing to “HEAR” from those who are reading the web site and blog. We know that more and more people are reading from the web stats that our webmaster is getting. THANKS and post a comment if you will. Take care and MERRY CHRISTmas to you! Pastor James