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WHO ARE
WE
AMERICA?
READ
THE BOOK!
INDIA
URGENT NEED
The financial problems are hitting most everyone, even churches and ministries. One church supporting 20 India pastors, has had to drop their support ($600). We are praying that 20 people or churches will decide to support 1 pastor with $30 per month so we can continue supporting these faithful men. We thank you! India pastors thank you!
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| CUTTING THROUGH SATAN'S HURDLES |
It is not easy waiting for the Lord's time, & the victory He brings, if we endure to the end.
Most of us who claim the name of Christian, know that the enemy is always throwing road blocks in our way. He puts hurdles so close together that it takes more than ourselves to jump over them. It takes the strength and power of the Holy Spirit to bring the victory. Maybe it takes the fighting spirit of the angel Michael to do warfare for us.
You have perhaps had such experiences. When we determine to follow Christ we are going to meet the devil. Going down the same road he doesn't bother us much. But when we make that commitment to follow Jesus in all He asks us to do, we are Satan's target. But God has given us tools to fight against the wiles of Satan. On the cross, Jesus overcame every power of His enemy and ours. It was a complete victory. As He said, "It is finished."
Now Jesus has given us the power, and the authority, in His name to be victorious too. We learn as we grow to do this. In our Missionary Training School, we teach a class called, "Enemy Tactics." Learning how to deal with the Devil is essential, if we are to see the victories in our life. Jesus conquered Satan on the cross. Jesus tells us by the word of our testimony he will flee. That is true. The more we practice that testimony, the more we will see Satan run from that word of truth. God has not left us defenseless against our greatest adversary. Read what the scripture has to say about overcoming Satan.
Our hurdles have been many. When we saw the clouds parting and the sunshine coming through, Satan sat up a roadblock. It is then that we have to persevere. We must not let down our guard. We must believe what God has spoken and keep on keeping on. Endurance is so much a part of the victory. Where do we get the strength to endure? From the Holy Spirit whom Jesus sent into the world when He left. That and believing all the Word of God.
We should know the Book from cover to cover, for then the Holy Spirit can recall it to us in our time of need. When we are called to a task we need to understand that if God gives a work to do He will see it through to the end if we will not give up.
We must know God will not fail us. He is on our side. There comes a day when we KNOW that the victory is being won. Don't give up! If you can believe in the work God has given you to do, He will bring it to pass.
Many times people have asked us how we could keep on believing for the Rancho for a Missionary Training School, after 40 + years.
We heard God speak to us, "This is the land I have given you." We believed what we heard. And are seeing it come to pass. In just a little more time we will all see what a Wonderful, Mighty, and Faithful God we have!
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What a beautiful song came my way. It came into my mind while I was
thinking of other things. I heard it over and over again when I woke
in the morning. It would be running through my mind before I even
realized it was there. Finally I knew God was giving me a message.
We were trying to get a motor home to go out speaking. It seemed an
impossible thing since we had no credit, good or bad, and we had no
salary other than our small Social Security. But the song kept coming
and we began to realize that God was going to make this needed tool
possible. The manager at the Credit Union was very helpful. We could
tell she wanted to see us get the motor horne.
We decided to start paying ourselves (Lou & I), a salary, knowing we could give that back
to the Mission, just as we have done for years with our Social Security
checks. We still had to come up with $4,000 down. In two days we had
that money, though some of it needed to be repaid. We also had to
come up with full coverage insurance policy, with no more than $500
deductible. And there was the license plates that needed to be paid
now. We were thankful the owner had filled up the 100 gallon diesel
tank.
One week from the day we started the application, we left the
Credit Union with papers in hand. The motor home was ours. We began
praising God. That song was running through my mind again, as it had
almost every day, many times a day, telling us God was going to do
it. He did. And while we were thanking Him, he said, "You haven't
seen anything yet, this is just the beginning."
What that song has done for us is build faith that now is the time when we are
going to get the money for the Rancho land, and the building of the Missionary
Training School.
The song is still coming. We thank God for the faith & the
fact He is taking care of us, and there is more coming. Please thank God with
us.
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