__...there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -- Proverb__s 18:24__
Living 4 Jesus 4 Life: #14 August 25, 2011
__...there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -- Proverb__s 18:24__
In this issue... strong in the LORD!
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15 Happy Birthday Lindsay!
Lindsay turned 15 last week. She likes Peanut Butter Panic Ice Cream and riding horses. Her favorite song is "Almighty Unchangeable God," and she is a PK (Pastor's Kid!)
Have fun Lindsay!
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13 ...and Rebekah!!!
Rebekah's birthday is tomorrow and she will be thirteen years old! She likes strawberry ice cream, gardening, playing her violin or piano, and cats. Rebekah once had eleven cats at one time!
Happy birthday Rebekah!
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14 ...and Georgia!!!
Georgia's birthday is next week and she will be 14! Her favorite color is bright green. Georgia enjoys swimming, riding horses, playing with her dog Zoey, and hanging out with friends and family. Her favorite song is Love Story by Taylor Swift. Happy birthday Georgia!
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{Prayer Requests}
⦁ Pray for all the people who dont know christ that they will come to know him and be saved - Rachel
⦁ Please pray for Rebekah's new neighbors, that they will come to know God and that they will have a great friendship with her family!
⦁ Please pray for a lady in our church who has breast cancer. Erin has 3 kids: 4, 3, and 18 months. You can read about her at erinfray.blogspot.com. - Artiss
⦁ Please continue to pray for Rebekah's cousin Karen, who has Breast Cancer. She has five children, and her husband is in the military! Thank you!
⦁ Please continue to be in prayer for some friends of mine. They have ten kids and they lost their home about two weeks ago in a fire. Everything they own, except for their vehicles and the clothes on their backs were lost in the fire. Please pray for them as they face this huge struggle. thanks! ~Sarah Elisabeth
⦁ Pray that God will show Himself to a girl in Elly's gym class this summer and He will change her heart!
Don't forget to send us your prayer requests and we can publish them or just keep a secret!
"Joshua 1:9- Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
When this verse is saying, "Be strong and courageous and not terrified" it's not just talking about not being scared when someone is holding a gun to your head about to kill you. It's also talking about how God wants us to be strong and courageous in the little things like our little day-to-day struggles. He wants us to depend on Him, and to trust in Him.
"Do not be discouraged." Don't be easily put down. No matter what anybody says, you are important. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13. You can do anything! God will give you strength like nobody else can. It doesn't matter what other people say. Some people might say mean or hurtful things and try to discourage you, but you have to remember that God has a great plan for your life so "Do not be discouraged".
"For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go," God is ALWAYS gonna be with you. He says "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). Through your hardest times and through your easiest times, He is always gonna be right there beside you. Holding your hand and sometimes even carrying you. Some of us will face a great many struggles and trials, but we don't have to be afraid because we can know for sure that God will be here with us.
For me this past week this verse has been pretty much what I've had to be doing. I've had to be strong and courageous. Last week I went out to the Beaumont area and did 5-day Bible clubs. We went to a children's home in the morning, and in the atternoon we went to a YMCA and 2 apartment complexes. The YMCA and the childrens home were by far the safest places that me and my team went to. The apartment complexes were the most dangerous places I've ever been to. It is unbelievable how many times we had to pray super hard for God's protection. There were a few times when I honestly was so scared. But, I knew that I was doing something for the Lord and that He would protect me so it wouldn't matter what happened to me because I was in God's hands.
It doesn't matter how big or small you are, how old you are, what you look like, what you've done, God's still gonna give you strength. He will still be right there beside you. He's never gonna leave. He is never gonna bring you a trial so big that you can't get through it. "If He brings you to it, He'll bring you through it," that's one of my favorite quotes. And ya' know what? It is absolutely true! Not one single time has God brought me to a trial that He didn't bring me through. He will do the same for you. :) God bless!
<3Sarah Elisabeth
<3Sarah Elisabeth
Sorry this is so late girls! We got caught up in our weeks and didn't remember to send it out. so sorry its 2 weeks late!
<3Autumn&&Sarah
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Autumn Posey & Sarah Stephens living 4 jesus 4 life
Philippians 1:20,21 - "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Philippians 1:20,21 - "According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
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