Announcement

Don't forget: Next week is Fellowship time! Bring goodies to share.

Praise and Prayers

• James gives praise to God. He's been waiting a long, long time to enter Teen Challenge, and he finally got the call. Keep him in your prayers as he goes through this growth time.
• Debbie's coworker's grandson was sick for a week before the doctors diagnosed him with gangrene in his leg. This could have spelled the end of that leg, and maybe even of his life. But praise God, prayers went up and now the doctors say there is no gangrene.
• Sue Hickman praises God for safe travels for Bill, who drove to New York to visit his 85-year-old mother. Keep him in your prayers this week, for none of his relatives know the Lord. Also pray for his safe return.
• Remember Gloria's son Craig in prayer.
• Theresa's car engine blew up after she put over $800 into it. Pray that she finds an inexpensive, running vehicle.
• Ruth is a lady who had visited our class once. Now she has been diagnosed with cancer, which seems to be everywhere in her body but primarily in her brain. She is also diabetic and currently has a high blood sugar level. The doctors are trying to build her up nutritionally before beginning chemo. Keep her in your prayers.
• Pray for Janette, a 3-year-old who was diagnosed with leukemia.

Trust God!

According to Scripture, we have been given the Spirit of God and the mind of Christ. That means we ought to have the ability to understand God's will. We should pray for Him to show us His way, and we should be able to hear and understand His answer.

Don't give God any "Yeah, but..."s. That's what Abraham and Sarah did when God promised He would give them a son. "Yeah, but we're too old." Trust God and take Him at His word! There will come a testing of your faith, as with Abraham. Old Abe waited 25 years from the time that God first gave him the promise to the time when Isaac was born. Keep holding on to that promise that God has given you. Don't give up! Believe that God will keep His word given to you.

Satan will try to dissuade you. From the very beginning, he has been putting his lies into the minds of God's people. He said to Eve, "Did God REALLY say...?" Our answer is YES! God has really said such-and-such, and I believe Him!

If you've been waiting for God to keep a promise He has given you, don't fall short! Don't be impatient! Your faith is being tested. Does God keep His word, or is He a liar? His word is always true. Hold fast to it and don't give up!