Psalms 89:14-16 ~ Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. 16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. KJV
As a Christian the safest place for me to be is in the presence of my Lord. When I keep myself near to Him in every aspect of my life, I only ensure the fact that He is right there to cheer me on in hard times, bless me with His presence in and by the Holy Spirit which indwells me always; lead, guard, guide and protect me from the devil's bombardment. Each day I walk closer to Him, He gets closer to me. If I could describe in words what that means to me, I would call it "almost heaven".
We are still looking for a home and we have 24 more days. A daunting task for folks who live day by day in a world that has gone crazy financially. The economy is causing everything to go up in prices and that includes housing. Rentals in this area are way beyond our budget, BUT GOD. At the end of this journey, we know that He will receive all honor, praise and glory for He is our Great Provider. May we always remember it is He that is in control, not the world. This story of recovery in a hard time will be one that we will thankfully share as a testimony of His goodness to us. What this world may mean as evil or bad towards God's people, is only a training ground to grow us spiritually, help us to stay in the presence of God in prayer longer, and serve Him with more zeal than ever before.
He truly is the "Light of the World", and we know that through our faithfulness His righteousness will SHINE. Are you struggling? Single Mom are you at your wits end with no help? Sick Christian are you ready to go home, or do you know you are on this journey to meet people you can share the Gospel with? One of our precious volunteers, Mrs. Cora Kern broke her hip, had surgery and has been in a nursing home for rehab for quite a while now. As we visited her the other day, she could have complained the entire time we were there. But shortly after we hugged each other up and she wept for a while because of pain, she began to praise the Lord. When she is at her home she doesn't get out much other than to go to church and it is rare she gets to meet folks that are not already saved. But she shared this wonderful story of how thankful she was that she broke her hip and was in a place surrounded by people that she has been able to share the Gospel to. Through her testimony, she has shared the Gospel with almost all of her caregivers. Praise the Lord!
Folks, that sad weepy face we walked in to, began to change as she talked of the "goodness of God," and you could truly see the light of the Saviour on her face! After her tears dried up and we began to talk and listen, she began to weep again. Thanking God that He allowed her to be somewhere she could share the Gospel with lost people. May God burn within our hearts the deep desire that Mrs. Cora has to win souls. So many are lost and dying without God. Their destination sadly is HELL. It is just a plain fact, people who reject Jesus as their Saviour are on a one-way trip to hell. Christian unless we get a burden for these folks as Mrs. Cora has, there will be no hope for them. I can't wait to go back and visit this dear precious soul and see how God has used her in her journey called life. Please pray for her, that God will give her souls for her labor, and soon bring her back to her home.
Please continue to pray for our new Mission Dwelling! God knows and will provide.
The Light of the World is Jesus
The whole world was lost in the darkness of sin,
The Light of the world is Jesus!
Like sunshine at noonday, His glory shone in.
The Light of the world is Jesus!
Come to the light, 'tis shining for thee;
Sweetly the light has dawned upon me.
Once I was blind, but now I can see:
The Light of the world is Jesus!
If you don't know Him, come to Him today!
Tom & Linda Milam
Lord, help us to be worthy of your sacrifice, securing our souls with the Light of your life and sacrifice. May Your light shine in and through us as our reasonable service to You. Save the lost, encourage the saints please. And help us to be wise, studied up, aware, and faithful to You, giving YOU all of our best with an open loving heart for the ministry and people. Help us Lord, to be wise in our homelife and all that is going on with that. Thank you in advance, Lord, for working out our situation for a home in FL. I pray for those who can give financially to be a help to us in this time of need. We know you are our great Provider, and we can't thank you enough. We thank you Lord for your wonderful mercy in Tom's eyes and ask that you would heal him completely or at least allow the drug to work. We love you Lord and thank you for first loving us. Amen.
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