Marcella Williams So thankful to our God who is faithful, caring and generous. He goes above and beyond what I can ask, think or comprehend. I applied for a good job (thank you prayer team, for praying with me every step of the way). God heard the specific prayers and Read more…
Colleen Biermann In the fall of 2015, I did the design work for the GiveLife campaign as a gift to the church. I believe in giving a ‘tithe’ on your abilities to the Kingdom and didn’t expect anything in return, but God had different ideas. At the time I had a Read more…
Shawn Guggenheimer, 2016 Here are some amazing blessings that have happened to me since give life started back in March this year. We all have our personal amount we’ve committed to giving to the building project. When the campaign was launched, God made known an amount he wanted me to Read more…
“How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel! Like valleys they spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters. Numbers 24:5-6 NIVWhat a beautiful picture this passage of scripture depicts. To hear the writer describe it, one would think it was a vacation destination in the tropics. Let’s go!
The truth is a little less exciting to our short sighted natures. This was the picture of Israel wandering in the wilderness for 40 years after they had sinned against God by refusing to believe and obey His commands. They were in a hot, barren wilderness waiting for all of those 20 years and over to die before God would give them another opportunity to enter into His promise. It sounds pretty bleak, but that’s not how God viewed it. Let’s consider three points of interest. (more…)
This week I came across a song I heard about a year ago and it rang true. It is a Psalm which was written by King David in a time of distress.
“Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, there is no help for him in God. Selah.”
Psalms 3:1-2 KJV
It was a time in his life where David was against the ‘sword and the wall,’ as a saying goes … a circumstance in life that I’m sure not many of us have had to face although from time to time I’m sure it may have seemed that way. In David’s trial it seemed hopeless and at that the moment, I’m sure, in the eyes of his enemies he was done for. There was not he could do.
