How God Meets Us In Crisis: I recently purchased “The Praying Wife” book which was recommended because I was losing all hope of being able to keep our house of 17 years. The mortgage company that took over our loan 13 months ago said we couldn’t afford it, though we disagreed. They started foreclosing on our house and we were losing hope. So I turned to God and this book and prayed a lot every day. It changed my life. I had blamed my husband for our financial woes and it caused a lot of fights. After reading this book and praying a lot, the stress of everything was lifted from my shoulders. I felt God was telling me to leave it all in his hands and what will be will be. So I did that and was so happy and I began to work with my husband to save our house. I showed him a ton of love and support. We wrote an “appeal” letter. This week we got a call from the mortgage company saying they were wrong and would work with us to keep our house. My husband and I cried. God is amazing, and praying does work! (an anonymous message to our prayer ministry, one of the best we’ve ever received) ** My note – don’t ever give up when life is hard. Pray, show love, and put your trust fully in God.
Prayer Focus This Week is the High School Guatemala Trip (leaders in red)
Samuel Cooper Ellis
Taylor Locke Shipley
Kevin Carr
Logan Motzinger
Aubrey Spurlin
Dominque Willette
Robert Clemons
Ryah Sky Arthur
Ellie Miller
Nathaniel Ellis
Lura Hills
George Vardakostas
Aria Arthur
Morea Arthur
Gabriel Ruel Tacklind
Vickymar Erazo
Claire Elise Knill
Bruce Wesley Knill
Peter Conway Weiland
Lalia Garcia
Sidney Rae Williams-Goldberg
Thomas Joseph Gregory
Frank Pasquale Cotinola
Aiden K. Greengard
Olivia Ashton Visser
Hunter Charles Johnson
Caleb James Hardy
Skye Allen Wilson
Hunter Wenk
Maya June Clemons
Anna Kunkel
Nathan Anthony Madigan
Dylan Petway
Matthew Alexander Blunk
Sarah Lila Thurin
Cole Hawkins
Dario Amini
Alexandria Catherine Hinmon
Natalie Tien Bush
Rachel Elizabeth McCarthy
Emily Landaverde
Medoria Embury
Grace Wellsfry
Christian Maron
Keilani Norman
Addie Briggs
Eliana Arthur
Cesar Jacques Ibarra
Note – take a few names each day and try and cover all of them. They leave this Friday, February 17, returning on Sunday, the 26th.
Dave and Sophia Tosti styling at Friday’s Father/Daughter Dance
Bill and Lily Kelso fully entering into the 70’s theme of the dance
Final Thought: When you forgive, you don’t change the past, you change the future
Pastor Jay