Looking up! Thank you and ditto on letting me know how we can pray for you, as you too continue to serve. The saddest thing for my husband and myself has been to watch the growing coldness of hearts. We have been actively serving in full time ministry (pastorate or missionary) for greater than 30 yrs, teaching and preaching (I teach only :mdrmdr: although my kids may disagree :mdrmdr: ), yet even as the coldness has been growing, 2020 put the dividing lines up front and center. Continue to pray, we have such a heart to reach others and the doors just keep slamming shut .... it looks like we will again bury yet another church. God allowed us to gift our last church to a vibrant growing ministry and we are working to merge this one with another vibrant work, it puts my husband out of a job but he feels the need to meet kingdom needs more than his ... keep him in prayer for wisdom and strength. He has had opportunity with his solar job to pray with those he meets and discuss Christ, while I have maintained my ability to speak about Christ to those I work with in the hospital because of the level of administration God placed me. We thank him for the opportunity to serve! May God continue to grant you strength to persevere for His glory! Bring them in! :prayer-hands: Hi Tammie, I will be praying for you and your husband as you navigate these hard decisions with your church! May the Lord richly provide for you both. I know He smiles upon you! My cry to the Lord is for wisdom to pastor in the current climate, and faithfulness to obey no matter what. I need great grace for both! Thank you so very much for your prayers. Last week I preached from 2 Timothy 3 - "In the last days perilous times will come" and was very pleasantly surprised at the positive response. Praise the Lord! Many, many blessings! :prayer-hands: :bible Absolutely! Canada (as Arthur can speak too) is already out of control with arrests of pastors. We pray, watch, and seek wisdom! God’s Will be done ... 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” 2 Timothy 3 is indeed an eye opener and predictive of what has gone on thru the church age and still going on for the “free world”. The Corinthian verse has taken on new meaning for me now ..... :prayer-hands: Our heavenly home is going to be totally awesome! My granddaughter and I are going planet hopping after a few 1000 years, she’s nine and my 10th grandchild, we’re very close and she asks me often if we are going to fly this month, I just smile and say, possible :prayer-hands: Tammie, I pray often for my brothers and sisters in Canada. Now we will add you to our regular prayers in our family. Your faithfulness and that of other saints in Canada is inspiring to your neighbors to the south. No, sorry you misunderstood, I’m not in Canada....I’m a true Southern Belle :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: Not according to my brothers! :mdrmdr: I have traveled to almost every state in the union and to about 7 countries, excluding Canada (passed through on my way to Alaska once). Arthur is from Canada :good:
