Saturday, August 14, 2010

A Much Needed Update!

I don't have to much time but I wanted to post a quick update...

As many of you know, last week a pretty crazy but I am doing much better! Work is amazing...I absolutely love these girls and I am blessed beyond words to work with them. A few weeks ago the staff at Purse of Hope began meeting every Monday morning to pray and intercede for the girls...and we are already seeing huge breakthroughs in their lives. It amazes me how we will pray for things, and literally that same day, those things will already come into fruition. The Lord is incredibly faithful and I know that these visible changes in the girls, are only possible in and through HIM!!

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8

But as we rejoice in God's faithfulness, I ask that you all continue to pray for these girls! I know the Lord has big plans in store for Purse of Hope and that this is just the beginning! Thank you all for your prayers and support!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Assurance of the Lord's Help

“But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
The descendants of Abraham My friend.
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its farthest regions,
And said to you,

‘You are My servant,
I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you,
Yes, I will help you,
I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

“Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
You shall seek them and not find them—
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’

“Fear not, you worm Jacob,
You men of Israel!
I will help you,” says the LORD
And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
“Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff.
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them;
You shall rejoice in the LORD,
And glory in the Holy One of Israel.

"The poor and needy seek water, but there is none,
Their tongues fail for thirst.
I, the LORD, will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
I will open rivers in desolate heights,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water.
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree,
The myrtle and the oil tree;
I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine
And the box tree together,
That they may see and know,
And consider and understand together,
That the hand of the LORD has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it."

-Isaiah 41:8-20