Another basket delivered

This is a picture of Mr. and Mrs. White, one of the first couples that Vicki Morrison and I delivered a basket to for the tornado victims. Trisha Pace and her girls have also had the privilege of delivering baskets, which was a real blessing to them.

For a couple of days I had a basket ready to deliver in my van. I wasn't sure who I was going to give it to. I knew that a family had moved back into their home on Sheila Blvd., so one day I decided to go ahead and stop at their house. When I knocked on the door a young girl about 14 or 15 years old came to the door. I told her that I was so excited to see that her family had moved back and that I was from Fountain of Grace church, there to deliver them a basket. Then I looked at her face and I very solemnly said, "I remember you. I remember you sitting in front of your house with a look of despair. Your house was gone. I was walking down the street and I saw your face. I'm so glad you're back home." What a blessing to me to be able to deliver that basket to that girl and her family.

Keep bringing in some goodies for these families. And thanks to all who have contributed to the baskets.

Prayer? With my hectic schedule?

Here is a lesson learned by one of our new couples at Fountain of Grace. Their names are Eric and Sheila Reid. They have two daughters in the youth group - Sarah and Kim and one son named Ethan, who is almost 3 years old. The article was submitted by Sheila on September 24, 2008

Prayer? With My Hecktic Schedule? Today I realized just how much the evil one can take away from not only us, but from others as we go through our days with our crazy schedules. I've been on a "Jesus high" for a while now and the day before yesterday I just felt sooooooo down. Even more than usual. I choked it up to hormones, cried it out, and thought it was gone. Then the next day, with my schedule, my kids, and the cares of the world, I couldn't seem to organize my life, my surroundings, my mind. I even let the evil one use my tongue to strike at my husband,(I felt just terrible) My anger at myself grew, and I thought, "What is wrong with me?"

My husband just prayed and prayed and I just melted into Jesus that night and just repented. I didn't know why I was sooo depressed, there was absolutely no reason. Everything in my life is going well. I praised God that night and started praying for other people. Then I fell asleep utterly exhausted.

The next morning I woke up with no depression, no weight on my shoulders, just loving Jesus again.....Then I contemplated the two days before and begin praying for understanding. The lord shared with me that I was just under attack. Plain and simple. It shouldn't be a shock. I know that it happens. Why didn't I recognize it? Because I did just what Paster Tony said can happen. I was caught up in my "Jesus high" and that's when he attacked the hardest. My best defense at the time was my husband. He prayed for me intensly.

Then the next day, he came under attack. I saw it a mile away! And this time, I wasn't caught up in myself, I was praying for God to work in me to help my husband. And on the phone I prayed for him, rebuking the evil one. Instantly, he was released.

It may not happen that way all the time, but in this instance we did away with it quickly by totally submitting ourselved to God again. I tell ya, Satan has a way of making life twist and turn to try to take our focus off of God and look left and right at what's going on around us, then we feel we need to control situations....as soon as we take our eyes and focus off of Jesus, we jump back into ourselved, then Jesus is not in the equation anymore, then we ask ourselves, "Jesus, why is this happening?" Because we took the stool back from him. How easy it is to do. I also realized, by me not being disciplined enough to stay focused on God, I lost two days of very important intercessory praying for a couple I truly want to come to the full understanding of spiritual warfare. I have been praying for them constantly, then I didn't pray for them for two whole days. What if that was the time they needed the prayers the most? I felt terrible about the mistake I made, but was thankful for the lesson.

You see, its not about us, its about what we can do for our Father in Heaven, at all times. His Glory will be seen anyway, we just need to constantly remind ourselved that we are his servant living in this world, but not a part of this world. We need to pray that we can be a part of his great work, its an honor.It is my prayer that we discipline ourselves to think of him all the time, to live in the spirit. I think we all need that encouragement and also pray for each other and our individual hardships.( Or shall I say Lessons:)

Tornado Victim Baskets

We continue to send out tornado victim baskets to those who lost their homes last February. As of the end of August we have sent out 8 baskets to those who have moved back into their newly built homes. Darlene Leistner, Vicki Morrison, and Trisha Pace and her children have delivered the different baskets. It has been a real blessing being able to do this. The people are very appreciative of our visits to them. We still need items to place in the baskets and also some medium sized baskets that we can use to fill. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this ministry. We also include a church bulletin, a CMA flyer, and a personal card welcoming them home.

How to Submit a WOG Blog

To submit your blog for our church website/Women of Grace blog, just email your blog to Darlene Leistner at darlinglistener@yahoo.com. I will then put your blog on the website. Anyone can get to this blog by going to our church website, which is www.fountainofgrace.us. Go to MINISTRIES and then down to Women of Grace. This page is for encouragement to the women of our church. It is not for posting prayer requests. Please send prayer requests to Vivian for church wide email distribution. The blogs are for WOG news, personal testimonies of how God is at work in your life, your home, your marriage, and for sharing the Word of God that has ministered to you in your personal everyday life. We are to encourage one another daily - we all need to know that others are faced with difficulties and that God shows Himself faithful when we call upon Him in earnestness.