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Good Evening Church Family! God is able and faithful! We have had an exciting, breakthrough week with Dare to Believe! On Tuesday, we went to look at a smaller stage that a local church had offered for us to use. It is going to work!! When we asked if they were ok with us cleaning it up and possibly painting it, he smiled and said, "Well, it's yours so you can do whatever you want to it." Hallelujah! They just gave the stage to us!! Luke and I were so excited! This will help open our budget and allow us time to see if we need another stage or just want to add to what we have. God is so faithful! We are also praying God blesses Hockinson Community Church for sowing the stage!!! Most of you also know that we have been believing for the right worship team for this next event. We had a last minute change with the other group we had worked with and were needing to finalize who would be on this new team. Luke just got the last confirmation and the worship team is complete! Another breakthrough! God is so faithful. We are shouting praises at our house today! We have also been visiting churches and youth outreaches this week handing out posters, fliers and business cards. The excitement that is building is contagious! We still have several prayer needs but God is moving as we are praising Him in advance. We can't wait to see what happens next.
I just love when you have a dream or a plan and it comes together quickly and smoothly, but that isn't always how things work with faith. Sometimes, like this time for us, it is a stand... and stand some more... and you stand a little longer and then finally it comes to pass. Or you stand and one thing comes to pass but you have to keep standing for each of the other steps of the process. The Bible says that we "walk by faith and not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7) and we "fight the good fight of faith" (1 Timothy 6:12) and we "stand firm in the faith". (1 Corinthians 16:13) Faith is an action and therefore we will be required to do certain actions with faith. Sometimes it is walking through a situation. Other times faith is a literal fight where you are warring against the enemy. And then there are times when faith requires you to dig in your heels and just refuse to budge and just stand! No matter what action of faith we are doing it is all the same thing... it's the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Our faith is based on God's Word and the faithfulness of that Word to come to pass in our lives. That is the substance we have to hold on to! That's what helps us to go through seasons when it feels like we are in a battle or that we have been standing forever. It's the evidence that even though I haven't seen it yet, I can know it is still going to come to pass because of God's faithfulness. Living a life of faith can be the greatest adventure if we choose to persevere until the end.
We are living in a day when we know time is short and Jesus is returning soon. And guess what? The enemy knows it as well. He is not just going to lie down and let us believe for lives to be saved and set free. He isn't going to just let young people go. So, we are not wrestling with flesh and blood. We need to remember this because we don't want to become offended when someone does something. We have to be on guard against the plans and strategies of the enemy. He is looking to divide the family of God and offense is a great tool to use. We want to stay in a place of forgiveness and walking in love. We are in a battle and lives are at stake and we want to be united! There is a wave of young people coming to the Lord right now. God is pouring out His Spirit and young people are hungry for something real. Dare to Believe is one of the ways God is bringing His message of truth, salvation, freedom and healing to this young generation. When we come into agreement for this event and for the lives of those that will be there, we are literally fighting a battle for them. Let's not grow weary and let's not give in. As you walk through your day, walk in faith! As you battle in prayer, fight in faith! And as you stand and refuse to give the enemy an inch, stand in faith! Faith's battle cry is praise. And what do we know about praise, Church Family? Powers Released After I Start Expecting! We are going to see the power of God released on March 13th because we are all in expectation as we praise Him for what He is doing and will be doing in those young people's lives! Thank you for taking a stand with us for the lives of the young people in this area. You may never see the faces that your prayers and financial seeds touch here on earth. But I believe there will be a long line of young people you will meet in heaven that will be there because YOU Dared to Believe for them! Have a blessed rest of your day, Church Family and let's keep the faith!! Blessings, Pastors Sheli and Steve
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