November-December Prayer Letter

 

Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.”  Isaiah 9:6

 We are praising and thanking God for this Christmas season.  My family and our church family  both have seen many blessing this year and are looking forward to what next year will bring.  In the last month and a half we have seen eleven souls saved and one gentleman baptized!  The gentleman who was saved and baptized is a friend and former co-worker of one of the young men who was saved and baptized at Lighthouse Baptist Church this past summer.  Both men have been attending faithfully since June.  Two weeks before this particular gentleman was saved he lingered after the church service (which is very unusual for him); but I was attending to the needs of another family and wasn’t able to speak with him.  I went by his home, but he wasn’t there.  I sensed that he was under great conviction so I prayed all week for an opportunity to meet with him the next Sunday .  Sure enough he came back the next week and I made a point to meet with him directly after the service.  He prayed to receive the Lord that very day and was baptized two weeks later.

We have one family who seems to have a gift for bringing others to church with them.  The young man I mentioned above and several of the people who have received the Lord recently are folks whom they have invited; but we covet your prayers for them because it seems that the devil has targeted them.  I have counseled them both to increase their Bible reading and prayer time because several situations have recently occurred in their lives and they really need the Lord to intervene on their behalf.

In fact, we truly do covet your prayers for this coming year because we have seen the devil show his ugly face in several of our members’ lives recently. We believe this is because we have been praying for growth both numerically and spiritually and we have seen it start to happen.  We trust God that growth will continue in spite of our adversary as we are faithful to Him.  Thank you again for your faithful prayers and financial support!

 In His Service,

Pastor Raymond Beckles

 Special prayer requests and needs:

1.    Numerical and Spiritual growth in our church.  We are asking God to double our number by next Fall.

2.    Wisdom and provision as we continue to adjust to living in the Parsonage.  We praise God for His provision thus far and thank all of you who have had a part!

       3.    Good health for myself and my family.