Answering prayers

One of our prayer requests that we have asked many people to lift up in the past month has been the opportunity to share our story. God has answered that one specifically in an incredible way, and I’m looking forward to what other ways he is going to provide.

This past weekend we had the opportunity to share our store at all three services of our church. A bit overwhelming at first, but still such an amazing feeling to be able to connect to a community of people who are excited to hear about us and what God is doing in our lives. We’ll tell you more about how the sharing went later on.

On Monday afternoon we sat down and chatted with the Mission’s Pastor at Myers Park Methodist, Kevin Wright. His genuine interest and excitement for what we were doing was a real boost to our spirits. It wasn’t even that we were feeling down or low in spirits. Not only did the church give us an incredible blessing financially, but I could see that this relationship with Kevin and Myers Park Methodist will be a lasting one.

Hey…I almost forgot, one of our other prayer requests had been to build up a solid group of churches to send us out. God is so faithful.

I’ve been reading through 1 Corinthians, the part were Paul kept telling the church body to stop bickering and creating divisions. Although I know denominations have great significance, it was a breath of fresh air to simply talk with a brother in Christ. Seeing both our and Kevin’s passion for the bringing of the Kingdom of God triumph over the typical divisions and walls of denominations was beautiful.

I think Paul had something right with that thought of unity. Think of how much the Church could do if we just stop cutting each other down, but instead focused on unity under Christ.

Last night we met and spoke with two combined small groups from our Church; Keith and Jennifer’s as well as Dusty’s groups. We had a mouth watering potluck and really got to meet and know some more wonderful people of our congregation. They gave us the floor to share our story and prayed over us, strengthening the thought that we will be leaving with a strong community of prayer warriors at home.

Thank you all for your prayers. As you can see God is still in the business of answering them in mighty ways!