Good Evening, Family!๐๐ฝ
๐TODAY'S MIRACULOUS UPDATE FROM CAROLE!...
"Good afternoon, God is great!!!
My husband is coming home today on oxygen. Thank you Lord.
I want to thank everyone for your prayers but we still need them it is going to be a long recovery due to him being asthmatic. Love to all. God Bless each and everyone of you.
Stay safe!!๐๐๐"
This week, we praise God for:
๐We are praising God that Stacey's son, who had tested positive for Covid twice last week has tested NEGATIVE! We thank God for his healing and protection!
๐ Marรญa thanks God for the beautiful surprise of having her son, Jordan, home for Mother's Day! May God grant him traveling mercies as he rotors back to work!
๐ All of the young people at the Lighthouse. Their willingness to help, to serve and to lead are an inspiration to everyone. We are so very BLESSED to have each of them! ๐ค
We are also praying for:
๐ Zully, Sue's sister in law, who is being treated for a serious infection after surgery for cancer. Please pray for healing, as she is a mother of two, and beloved by her husband and entire family!
๐ The UPDATE on our brother, John Vega. His results came back and there WAS cancer within his tumor. John will be beginning radiation immediately because the doctors believe that will be enough to get rid of any residual cancer left behind. We are praising God for that good news and will keep him in prayer! Please also pray for our sisters, Pat and Angelica, as they support John through this journey!
๐ Nelly, and for answers to her health questions. May God grant her team of doctors the wisdom they need to figure out this mystery.
๐ Diana, Leianaโs mother, as she grieves this unimaginable loss. Pray for strength as she has to endure the prosecution phase of this nightmare.
๐ Bianca, Vishal and Sebastian Suri. May the Lord shower their beautiful family with blessings from above.
๐ Our sister, Evelyn, as continues to recover from her surgery. May she experience less pain with each passing day towards a full recovery.
๐ Vasthi's friend, Rosa and her family.
๐ Micharen's aunt, uncle, and cousins, Ralph and Jr. May the Lord work out miracles on their behalf.
๐ Doris' friend's daughter, Ari, who was exposed after visiting a friend's home m the friend's dad, who is a police officer, had Covid and was not aware. Ari was informed once he tested positive and she is now positive as well. Pray for taking for them both and for protection for Ari's family.
๐ Maria, who has been suffering from Tinnitus in her ear. Sheโs asking for prayer as she is going to see a specialist. Letโs ask for wisdom and for the doctor to offer her much-needed relief and healing.
๐ Angelica, as she has been given new and exciting opportunities at work, and in her educational career as she pursues her Master's degree.
๐ Doris, and her daughters, Jackie, Amanda and their children, Skylar, Heaven Lee, Dorian, Zaire and Amir. May God keep working miracles in their lives.
๐ Seth...that God would continue to shower him with His goodness, grace and love. May God work out the NEXT MIRACLE in his life! Pray for his MRI, that Seth would handle it well and that the results would be favorable, knowing that God has always come through.
๐ Anna Ortiz. Kristina provided us with this update: They found another lump behind her neck and she's now receiving treatment for that as well. Despite it all she's in good spirits and thankful for the prayers.
Tonight's Devotional was shared by Carmen. I knew there was more than one reason that I didn't like treadmills! ๐๐ปโโ๏ธThis lesson is one I won't easily forget! Thanks,Carmen!๐
Ephesians 2:8-10 tells us: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Godโs grace is meant to be our catalyst to living passionate lives that bear fruit of eternal value. You arenโt meant to go through the motions. You werenโt created to live a normal life whose impact only lasts for this life. God in his grace and love has called you to more. You were made for a life of deep and lasting impact. You were made to share Godโs heart with the world.
It can be difficult to understand Godโs heart in wanting to use us. For some, we write ourselves off as too sinful, weak, selfish, or inept to be used by God. For others, we view God as a taskmaster who wants to use us solely for his motives. Still others of us believe that serving God is less fun, less fulfilling, and far stranger than anything weโd like to do. Weโre fine with a God who would give us a โget out of hell free card,โ but thatโs about as far as weโd like him to go in relationship with him.
The truth is that your life will never be fulfilling until you allow God to use you. Ephesians 2:10 is clear that you were โcreated in Christ Jesus for good works.โ You wonโt find fulfillment in anything besides the work of God because itโs not what you were made for. Material possessions apart from the provision of God become more like weights tying us down to the cares and ways of the world than sources of satisfaction. Spending your life working to become successful, appreciated, and loved in the worldโs eyes is more like a treadmill than a path to abundant life. If you want to live an abundant life you have to allow God to use you.
God longs to use you because he loves you. Heโs not selfish. He doesnโt need your help. He wants to work with you. He wants your life to matter. He wants you to have eternal reward for the things you do here on earth because heโs a good Father who longs to give good gifts to his children. He wants you to stop segregating your life into โGod timeโ and โme timeโ and start living in continual communion with him. He wants your time at work, with friends, at church, driving, resting, relaxing, and having fun to be filled with the fullness of life that comes from doing life with him.