Standing Amazed At God’s Blessings & His Timing!
Through the past year we’ve seen God do “things that only He could take credit for” in the life of Life House Church. He is still doing those kinda things and it’s still just as amazing as ever. Let me share what He’s been doing…
Recently a pastor friend called and asked if we needed a group to come for a mission trip this summer and help us. Of course I said a huge YES, YES, YES!!! He put me in touch with a youth pastor in Morton, MS who had a group of students that were searching for a mission trip. They had originally scheduled a trip to Alabama but that trip “fell through”. After he and I talked for some time I asked what the dates were that he wanted to make this trip to see what we had scheduled. The dates on their calendar for their mission trip were the very same dates of our Vacation Bible School in July!! The timing of their trip couldn’t have been better! Jesus provided extra workers for us – ONE MORE TIME! AMEN, AMEN & AMEN!!!!!
Then we had the blessing Sunday of meeting a couple that had origionally lived in Mena, AR and had attended one of our partner churches until the Lord moved them (job change) to New Boston, Texas. New Boston (for those who don’t know it) is just down the road on interstate 30 from Texarkana about 25 miles. This couple called and wanted to drop some Bibles by for us to give away in our ministry. While touring our church building and asking questions about Life House and what we were doing they became convinced that this type ministry is the type church they felt called to be a part of. They are supposed to come visit with us in the near future and explore God’s possibilities for their lives. Pray for them as they seek God’s will.
Then Sunday night late – a local pastor sent me a simple note on facebook that asked the question: “If you had $500.00 to spend for Life House, how would you spend it?” I thought that was a wild question but I quickly sent an answer back to him. Since there are so many needs in the church it wasn’t hard to think of something that we could do or use. I simply told him that we would love to be able to provide the funds for some of our faithful youth to be able to make the mission trip to Jackson, Mississippi with us in June. Several wanted to go but don’t have the funds to do so. Then I shared that if there was money left over from the $500.00 we needed/wanted a color outreach pamphlet to be able to give out to the community, visitor, prospects and anyone else that might want to know more about Life House, her ministries, her vision and etc. There are many more needs and things that Life House needs or could use to further the ministry here but those are two of the “biggies” I could think of at that moment. So, I pressed the “SEND” button and wasn’t sure what kind of response I was going to get. I had never played the “If you had $500.00 game” before!! LOL In a few moments a note appeared that read, “Consider both of those things DONE.” – I was overwhelmed! Cindy and I both couldn’t believe that ONE MORE TIME God had provided!!! AMEN AND AMEN!!! AMEN and AMEN and AMEN – 100 times over!!!!!
Then it happens again — yesterday while at the church office a youth pastor from the local area that we’ve known for several years dropped by Life House. He was working on the local “Mission Texarkana” planning and wanted to know if we needed any volunteers to help us this summer for one week. Of course the answer was, is and always shall be — YES YES YES!!! So I asked what date he was looking at and he shared a date with me in June. Just “so happens” that the date is the very week of our first scheduled 7-12th Grade “DAY CAMP”!! It couldn’t have happened any better!!!!! YEA! God did it again!!! WOW! What a mighty God we serve!!!!!!!!
These are just SOME OF THE THINGS that God has been doing at Life House in recent days. Pray for us and know that we are excited to be your North American Mission Board missionaries in the Texarkana area. Pray for souls, pray for provision and pray that God will be glorified in the lives of the members of Life House Church. It’s a blessing to serve the Lord and watch Him work. Can’t wait to see what God is going to do today! Pastor James
P.S. One of our “biggies” which would help Life House immensely now and in the future is for us to be able to “pay off” our building. We are purchasing the building for $140,000.00 and our payments right now are set at $1,000.00 a month (and God has provided above and beyond every month for us to make that payment). If we could pay off the building it would open up that $1,000.00 per month to help us do more ministry in the local area. We are PRAYING and BELIEVING that God is going to send that $140,000.00 to pay off the building. HE CAN, HE WILL and We are just waiting to see Him do it. It might not all come in one lump sum – might be lots of little gifts or several larger ones or who knows could even come in one check but God can and will supply our needs. He’s promised, we are trusting and watching the mailbox and offering box every week! Pray for that miracle to happen! (BTW – our building has been valued at up to 9 times that amount and the owner is selling it to us at the reduced rate to help us reach and minister to College Hill. He isn’t making money from us – simply helping us as a church. He’s a great man who attends a local church near College Hill and wants to be a blessing to the community. “Ain’t God good?” YES!!!!! Trust me – we will let you know when we reach the day of paying off the building – so STAY TUNED – it’s on it’s way!!!!