Pastor

[David]

My prayer request today is for strength. I am asking God for wisdom. I am at a lost as to how to work out what God has put in my heart.... our Ministry which a little over a year old. My struggle is with rejection. When people leave the ministry for one reason or another, I have not learned how to not let it bother me. I can not share how I feel with my congregation..... I don't want to burden them because I know it will affect them as well. Although I know God has already shown me what is in store for our new ministry. We know that the foundation has to be strong and God will add and subtract as he sees fit. When we started we had 45 people we are down to maybe 30 and 18 of those are children. I have prayed and prayed..... and ask God to show us what to do. My wife have started a hair salon afriend gave hey the items to start and when it started to pick up the lady came for the item..... I know that he will but it still hurt sometimes. Then I tell myself to be Thankful and move on. It is a trick of Satan to try and discourage us. Ministry is very hard and starting a church from scratch is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life! But I give God the Glory he has been with us and blessed us tremendously that we we can have our daily bread and our bills. I just need strength to carry on no matter who is left just carry on. Please pray for me today.

Pastor David

 

[Christine]

I prayed for you today, asking our Lord to give you strength and confidence, to help you to preach only the Truth, to build up those who continue attending. I asked Him to protect your heart, and help you to know He is the only one you need to please. I prayed He continue to provide for your needs as you lay your life before Him and proceed in obedience to the calling He has placed on your life. Don't worry about who is not there, focus on building up those who remain faithful, especially those 18 children (they are tomorrow's leaders)! God does not require great numbers, only dedicated hearts. Don't worry about numbers or falling away of those who are not serious about knowing God. I pray the Holy Spirit will give you the encouragement, guidance and wisdom you need to continue to teach the Truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In Christ Jesus.