January 2015 to April 2015

 
January 2015
Oh how I have lost my self-discipline to record the ways God blesses His servant, to read His word and to pray diligently. The support for our ministry continues to grow as the Lord entrusts us with more of His resources. With my requests and needs only going vertical to God and never horizontal to man, our needs were met beyond our expectations. Not to say that I didn't believe they would be met, just not to the extent that they were.

We received a donation or $3,000 from a brother in Christ, $250 from someone I have neither seen nor spoken to in over a year and support from our church in Pennsylvania. I say, do not bring your needs to man, but first go to your Father in Heaven, for He alone can move the hearts of man!

As for previous prayers:
Our van is still being worked on but the Lord blessed us abundantly with two borrowed vehicles. Our biggest boast is not the support that is increasing from every unknown direction that the Lord sees desires, but the opportunities to share the Gospel. Our Buddhist friends have heard the Good News of Jesus Christ! After nearly a year of missed opportunities, due to the fear of man that grips me at times, a fear that can only be of the devil as it prevents the spreading of God's word, we were able to invite then over for dinner and spent four hours discussing the truth of the Bible. This happened one day before they left town. I can happily state that this was God's work and not my own. Praise God!

January 11
"I lay down and slept, I awoke again for the Lord sustained me." (Psalm 3:5)

The Lord has sustained us for nearly two years while in His service. When we moved out of our house in Texas He provided a tenant and an RV to purchase. When our tenant broke lease He provided a new tenant paying a higher rent. When we left Texas He provided extra support to get us on the road. In Arkansas He sustained us as the five of us lived out of a tent for one week and provided open ears to His word. In Alabama He sent us brothers in Christ to raise our spirits and support us. When we were out of money and fuel God provided the precise funds needed to leave Alabama and drive to Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania the Lord Jesus Christ provided a home to stay in, food to sustain us and a job to work with my hands. When we decided to leave Pennsylvania, a decision we made without having the money to go more than one day's worth of travel, the Lord provided fuel and finances to travel to Texas. When we encountered an ice storm in Louisiana the Lord protected us on the road. Our towed vehicle acquired damage to its tire but God kept it safe to tow on the road. He even guided a man to offer us a fair price at a salvage yard. The money from the sale of that vehicle sustained us for another week. When we ran out of money in Texas the Lord sustained us for two whole weeks until we left on faith alone that He would provide for our further travel needs. And, when we left with only the money to travel one day God provided the money to go farther. While traveling through the Rocky Mountains the Lord our God gave us two days of no snow and clear roads through the mountain pass. When we arrived in Bishop and had no where to park our home He gave us a position as camp host at the most popular climber campground. He has graciously sustained us in Bishop with faithful supporters and brothers and sisters in Christ. Month after month we depleted all of our money and food, and month after month the Lord provided them to us again. When the Pit closed for the summer God gave us another camp host position. When that campground closed for winter God increased our support and gave me a part-time job. When our van broke down the good Lord moved a brother in Christ to fix it at no cost to us. When we set up breakfast events to spread the Gospel God provided other devoted brothers and sisters to aid in the task and He provided open ears to hear His word.

God will provide a building for a hostel to spread His word, and the money to sustain it. God keeps His promises and is not a hard master. He has done nothing but answer prayers and provide for us every step of the way. I have faith and believe that He will continue to do so I have no reason to believe otherwise.

"For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith" (1 John 5:4)

January 21
It is now two days after hitchhiking to spread the Gospel. I am physically tired. I only slept two hours Monday night and either stood in one spot or walked for six to eight hours each day. I am mentally tired. I spoke with strangers for three to six hours at a time. I did not enjoy myself, being in constant fellowship with the ungodly and out of fellowship with my brothers and sisters in Christ. Speaking to a fellow believer and agreeing on the things of God is much more enjoyable. Alas, I would do it again. I have obeyed God. I have spread the Gospel in an effort to turn the lost towards Him and glorify Him.

February 1
Many ask why God does not answer their prayers. Proverbs 15:29 tells us Yahweh hears the prayers of the righteous. In Jeramiah 11:12 God sttes, the unrighteous will go cry to the gods to whom they make offerings, false gods and idols. Many people cry out to "god" in their distress but not to Yahweh, the one true God. They may call out to a god who they've created and therefore lacks the perfect righteousness, judgment, love and grace that the one true God Yahweh has.

March 17 
In Exodus chapters 35 through 39 Yahweh gives specific commands for all to obey to the finest detail. Some may ask, "Why don't we see this command to fine detail today?" Well, we do. It is just overlooked, ignored or labeled as "legalism" if we do obey. Jesus' spoken commands are specific and simple to understand, many just choose not to obey them. Many choose to justify themselves out of obedience instead of into obedience. Moses and the Israelites obeyed God's precise commands without question. Our good Lord's commands are not burdensome, we must obey them.

Our obedience today is a mockery to the one true God, creator of heaven and earth, the One who gave us life and Who's knowledge and wisdom far surpasses our own. Yahweh knows what is in our best interest, you do not, yet you disobey and profess that you do. Jesus commands us not to lay up treasures on earth, but you show your lack of faith when you build stores of treasure for the future. Jesus commands us not to be anxious, yet you are nothing but anxiety over food, shelter and other provisions. Jesus commands us to take the log out of our own eye so that we can see clearly the speck in our brother's eye, yet you profess to know God but deny Him by your works. Jesus commands us to enter by the narrow gate which is hard, yet you walk the easy path to the wide gate with the masses. Jesus commands us to deny ourselves if we are to come after Him. Have you denied yourself? Is God worth that much to you?

April 1
Oh Lord please grant repentance to those that heard the Gospel. Grant repentance that leads to the knowledge of truth to those who believe that Hell is not eternal, that Heaven is on earth and that you, a perfect and all knowing God, would give us a message that cannot be understood.

April 11
(Galatians 6:12)
"It is those who want ot make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ."

What do I do to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ?

April 14
There is a plot of land in Chalfant that is perfect for a hostel. It would need a well drilled though. There is a young man in a Bible study that works for his dad's drilling company. I prayed today that the Lord would move him to drill our well for free if we acquired the land. Please Lord, guide me.