Answers to Ministry and Financial Prayers

Answers to Ministry Prayers

We are thankful for encouraging signs of God’s blessing. The people who return again and again to the website are one testimony to His blessing. Only about 25 percent of our readers come from a search engine such as Google. They are usually looking for a particular insight into an issue. A healthy 900 of our present 1,200 daily readers come directly to the website.

We are also thankful for encouragements sent from around the world:

Dear Brethren, greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior. Just a note of gratitude and thanksgiving to God for your work available to His children for restoration of so key an institution as marriage. Thanks for making such powerful tools and teaching available on the internet for all to access. God bless you all.

—Pastor M. from Uganda

May we keep praying! This pastor mentions exactly the kind of fruit we want to bear: powerful tools and teaching on the internet for all to access. We want God to build up the faith of His people around the world. Our desire is to see them experience the power of His Word at work in practical areas of life.

We receive many thank-yous for help found through the site, whether through Overcoming Anxiety, Devotions, Romans Bible studies, marriage, or parenting. Only by God’s abounding grace could we write about so many topics. We are very aware of this.

Answers to Financial Prayers

As we review this year’s finances, we are amazed by how God has seen us through. We were probably very close to the edge for about half the year, meaning we had little or no extra money. The wonderful thing is that God always provides enough.

If giving is low one month, He might provide more through sales. It is never much, but it is always a miracle to see how He balances the books. Day by day our children see how God provides for all our needs. Our ministry has now run on faith in our living God for four years. This is long enough to silence those who might call it coincidence. It is a living testimony to God’s provision—not only of money, but also of peace of heart.

We also want to report how the Lord brought in abundant gifts for our missionary trip to India and Singapore. An incredible $12,660 came in before the trip in just a few short weeks. We spent $11,940, with $9,071 of that spent in India.

You provided for about 180 pastors during 11 days of ministry, including books, housing, food, and some travel expenses for those who needed help. We want to thank you again for your faithfulness. The pastors were delighted with the meetings. The remaining money stays in the short-term ministry fund for future trips.

Thanks to God

• Many encouraging responses came from the special message at the leaders’ retreat on reviving personal devotions.
• Thank the Lord for His wonderful care for us and the ministry throughout the past year.
• We were able to have a picnic at the zoo on one of the warm late-fall days.
• Paul has made good progress in editing and in the multimedia project.
• We are thankful for some guidance for ministry in the coming year.
• Pastor M. from Uganda and many other readers would appreciate prayer for their marriages and families.

Requests to God

• Pray for freedom from oppression for Christians facing Hindu activism in Orissa State. It was not safe to invite us back at that time.
• Pray for healing for a pastor’s daughter whose wrist recently had a tumor removed.
• Please keep praying for the multimedia production in digital-library format. Paul has much to learn, and learning takes valuable time.
• Pray for persistence as Paul continues rough editing of a new book.
• May the Lord continue to provide for our needs.
• Pray for wisdom as plans are made for seminars during the next year, both locally and overseas.

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