Thursday, February 19, 2015

January-February Prayer Letter


Dear Pastor and Praying friends,

 

Praise the Lord for this winter season!  Usually this time of year our numbers are pretty consistent and this year is no different.  One thing different is that  a few visitors have  come through with solid independent Baptist backgrounds.  One has expressed interest in joining.  He had been attending another Baptist church in town and said he was disappointed because the Bible wasn't being preached.  We look forward to seeing what the Lord will do if he does join and decide to be an active member.

Recently at Wal-mart I ran into one family that had been visiting, but missed the past two Sundays.  The wife said they missed the first Sunday because they attended a birthday party for a cousin.  She said her son looked at her and asked, "Mom isn't church more important than birthday parties?"  She told him yes, but they still attended the party.  He became seriously  ill a day or so after  and he and the family continue to battle with sickness.  We are praying for them to get well and the whole family to return to church next week.

 

Children's Church

Matthew 10:42 - "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward."

 

The children in our church have become more excited about church since I decided to have my wife teach them during the regular church hour.  We attempted to have a Sunday School hour before church for years, but there was very little attendance in the three years we held it.  Teaching them at this time seems to be working for us a lot better and the children are able to learn skits and songs that they can perform in church  on special occasions.

Family News

Our family is doing well.  We have seen the Lord do some wonderful things and answer so many prayers on our behalf it is amazing.  One that I'll share with you is concerning our plumbing problem.  This has been on the prayer list for the past two years.  Our kitchen sink would not drain no matter what I did to it.  I even spoiled two snakes trying to fix it.  We had to call in a professional.  He fixed it, but it took him two days.  Praise God he charged us  less than half of his quote!  Thank you all for joining us in prayer about that.

 

Please continue to pray with us about:

 

1. Our family’s health and wellbeing. Praise the Lord that everyone is doing well.

 

2. Praise the Lord for the church’s parsonage- our home; but it does have one other serious plumbing problem.

 

3. Souls, souls, souls! Please pray with us that we will see more souls saved and become active in church.

 

In His Service,

 

Pastor Raymond Beckles

 

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