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D e a r

riends

a n d p r ay e r p a r t n e r s .

Her e

s

a n

update

o n

Emily

Joy

n

h e r

a t h e r ' s

own

ords.

We re

h o m e .

The r. e t N a n c y a n d b a b y come

home

oday

a f t e r

2pm.

N a n c y s

doing

a s e l l a s

c a n

b e expected

a f t e r

a

- s e c t i o n .

S h e s on

p a i n m e d i c a t i o n a nd a n t i b i o t i c s t o take care o f

a n y

p o s s i b l e i n f e c t i o n s

( s i n c e

s h e

seems rone o p o s t - o p e r a t i v e i n f e c t i o n ) . S h e

l s o

h ad a

t u b a l l i t i g a t i o n (sp?) o n e ,

n d

they s a y

h a t ' s a s

a i n f u l a s

he

c - s e c t i o n i t s e l f .

Emily Joy s a b e a u t i f u l 6.5 pou nd,

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b a b y i t h dark grey e y e s

and

l i g h t

b row n

h a i r . S h e

s

f a i r skinned

( so

a r ) , a n d h a s he r a d i t i o n a l

red

b i r t h m a r k s l l of o u r

other

c h i l d r e n

h a d .

H e r s

a r e on

b oth e y e

l i d s a n d

a small m a r k on

her

b a c k .

Of o use,

l l of he

a m i l y

h e r e a r e

overjoyed

a bo u t

he

l i g h f

c o l o r e d e y e s , ince

h a t

i s

s o

r a r e

i n

L a t i n

c u l t u r e .

We

re h a n k i n g

God o r

h i s wonderful

b l e s s i n g . We l s o

are

praying

f o r b a b y E m i l y ,

a n d

a s k you o pray o o . Her o c t o r s a i d s h e had a

sound

n h e r h e a r t

t h a t would

need o be observed n

h e r

second i s i t i n

a bo u t

en

days.

d o n ' t

k n o w the

e n g l i s h

t e r m f o r

w h a t

he Doctor

a i d

h e

was e a r i n g . We r e

p r a y i n g

f o r c o m p l e t e

h e a l i n g , a n d

b e l i e v e th e

Lord i s going o respond w i t h i n

these ten

days

We s k you

to

add Emily Joy h i l l i p s

to

your churches' r a y e r

l i s t s

so


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t h i s

Sunday

we

can

have

thousands

o f v o i c e s

r a i s e d

b e f o r e t h e

t h r o n e

o f

God n Emily's b e h a l f .

W e ' l l

be sure

o

keep

you i n f o r m e d

o f

Nancy

and b a b y ' s

h e a l t h .

Thanks

f o r

c a r i n g

T V

PS. Please forward h i s , o r p o r t i o n s o f t

t o o t h e r s

who ould be

i n t e r e s t e d

i n

p r a y i n g f o r our b a b y . f

you

r e c e i v e d t h i s as a forwarded

message,

and

f you are

p r a y i n g ,

please l e t us know, as

h i s

i s v e r y

encgutagiug

f o r us, i i U i l U i i i i y s g l e r v -t a t h e Lord.

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News

from the Phillips family

Januaiy

-

March

F i r s t Qua rter Report

1998

B a p t i s m s

i n t h e C e n t r al

C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h , b a g u d , C o l o m b i a P h o t o A r c h i v e

P r e l i m e n a r y Plans o r

Future Bible n s t i t u t e

D i s c i p ie s h i p i n A c t i o n

Inside

This

Is

Site

Bible

Students

Pg.

A f t e r

h r e e y e a r s

o f

p r a y e r

c a l l i n g

on the

Lord

t o lead

young

men

t o be prepared

f o r

t h e m i n i s t i y ,

t h e L o r d

h a s b e g u n t o

answer Two

oimg

men

have

decided

t o

s t e p out on a i t h , move o

Ibague, n d

train for i i l l - t i m e Christian service.

L a s t

y e a r

we began

h e

groundwode

f o r e s t a b l i s h i n g a B i b l e

I n s t i t u t e

i n

C o l o m b i a . We egan a S a t u r d a y n i g h t

B i b l e

I n s t i t u t e o f i T e r i n g c l a s s e s

t o

a l l

members f he

church.

We ffered

two

t r i m e s t e r s of t u d i e s , with two themes of

s t u c f y

p r e s e n t e d

e a c h

t i m e .

T h i s

y e a r

we

re continuing with h e c o u r s e .

A l s o , I am e d i c a t i n g

more

time

o

t h e two

who

a v e

moved e r e .

They r e

stu^ng

number

of o o k s ,

as

w e l l

as

t a k i n g

an

a c t i v e

r o l l i n t h e

m i n i s t i y .

T h i s

g i v e s them

o n - h a n d s

e x p e r i e n c e

while

h e y

t r a i n .

Our

i s i o n i s

t o

one day p u r c h a s e

property and s t a b l i s h an o f f i c i a l Bible

Institute.

The

o r d s

w o i k s c o n s t a n t l y

on

the

move and

ever

changing. I t must

be

flexible to meet the needs of the

community, w i t h o u t v i o l a t i n g t h e

p r i n c i p l e s i t t e a c h e s .

The

work in

Ibagu^

pronounced ee-bah-gay)

s

a l s o

on the move.

1997 was

a time

of

r e p a r a t i o n

and d i f i c a t i o n

for

the members of the

church. Many ere new

o

the a i t h . I t

was n e c e s s a i y to d i s c i p l e them an d

est^lish

f u - m l y

t h e

foundation

of h e i r

(Conanued

on page 2)

P e s e n t i n g . . .

Emily Joy h i l l i p s

Personal

Commentary

Pg.3

S p e c i a l

Photo e c t i o n

Pg.4

C o n t a c t i n g Us

Pg.4

Making

New ontacts

for Christ.

Evangelism n A c t i o n

God

a s

t r u l y

b l e s s e d o u r

f a m i l } ' a g a i n We r a i s e

Him

or this i t t l e hindle

of

j o y ' , b r o u g h t

i n t o

our

i v e s

J a n u a r y

6 t h .

She weighed . 5 pounds and was

20

i n .

l o n g , w i t h l i g h t h a i r and

g r e y

eyes.

Her brother and sisters ar e

very

hap{^

about her a r r i v a l

t o o .

They

l o v e t o

look

t and l a y w i t h h e r . Th^

a l s o

jump

t

t h e chance

t o

hold her

whenever mom's around

t o

h e l p them

with that

i t t l e

chore.

We re thankful

to

the brothers

and

sisters at the

Town

ountrv

C h r i s t i a n Church.

h e l b y v i l l e ,

I n d i a n a ,

for their generous

Christinas love

o f f e r i n g which

helped

u s

cover the

o s t s

i n v o l v a i w i t h t h e

d e l i v e r y

and l a t e r

t r e a t m e n t of mily o y .

Through t h i s love o f f e r i n g we

were able to cover

ALL

edical

costs

i n v o l v e d , as

well

as apply what

was e f t

towanis

o b t a i n i n g

h e a l t h i n s u r a n c e f o r

our

amily

h i s

y e a r .

Emily Joy

t

seven weeks


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'T y Vi ;

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Page

2

I b a g u e ,

Colombia

Studying

piritual Laws

( C o n t i n u e d

rom page I)

new

ound

a i t h .

With t h e beginning of a ne w

y e a r , the

church i s

now ready

f o r

new

growth.

Many

of h e

b e l i e v e r s

of h e

f ir s t y e a r s of

h i s m i n i s t i y

a r e r e a t f y t o

p a r t i c i p a t e

i n

t h e

w o r i c of

v a n g e l i s m

t o

which the

Lord

has

alled

a l l b e l i e v e r s .

The Lord led the leaders of he

church

to

iaks

a serious look at what

could

be done

o

c o n t i n u e

t h e p r o c e s s of

e v a n g e l i s m ,

w h i l e s t i l l a t t e n d i n g t o

t h e

needs

of the

flock.

Here's

what

was

decided

Sunday evening s e r v i c e s

were

a l o p .

Sad o

s^ t , b u t

as

much

as we

l e a d e r s had h e d e s i r e

t o

l e a d t h e p e o p l e

in

worship

and

o

a l o s e r walk with t h e

Lord, hey u s t d i d n ' t

want

o c o m e out

f o r

evening e r v i c e . (Sound

a u n i l i a r ? )

So

we at down and asked

o u r s e l v e s a v e r y i m p o r t a n t

q u e s t i o n . . .

What

shall

we do? We saw three

p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n s . I ) Continue as

always

and

e e no

g r o w t h . 2)

Change

t h e s e r v i c e and s e e

i f

more

people

would be i n t e r e s t e d

i n

coming. 3)

Carry out

the

Lord's

command to

evangeliz e the o s t .

Here's

what we

considered.

We

o f f e r Sunday morning

worship

s e r v i c e ,

Tuesday

afternoon

bdies'

m e e t i n g , Wednesday n i g h t BiUe t u d y ,

Thursday

night men's meeting,

Saturd^

morning youth s e r v i c e and

Saturday

night B i b l e

I n s t i m t e . We

re

educating h e people in

God's

word and

e d i f y i n g

them

in

t h e &ith, ut where s

t h e

time

o r evangelism?

Guess which of

the three

p o s s i b i l i t i e s we chose?

That's

r i g h t

We

chose

t o

go out and e v a n g e l i z e .

P r a i s e the

Lord f o r h i s l e a d i n g . Here's

Continued n age 3)

P r e s e n t i n g . . . two Bible n s t i t u t e Students

t

i s

n ^

p l e s u r e t o p r e s e n t

two young

men who have

s t e p p e d

out n

a i t h t o

m o v e

to

Ibagud and

prqsare

themselves

f o r

fulNtime Christian service

in

the

m i n i s t r y .

GAMALIEL OA:

Male,

s i n g l e ,

bom

February

26, 1976 (22

y e a r s

o l d ) .

B a p t i z e d

March 26,

1994.

Since becoming

a

C h r i s t i a n , Gamaliel has sought ways o

grow in h i s

&ith

and s e r v e the Lord.

He worked

with u < ) in

Ibagu^

f o r 10

months n 1995 when

we

i r s t

arrived.

He was

t u d y i n g

then f o r

the

m i n i s t r y

t o o , but due o l a c k

of ncome

accepted

a

ob t h a t has

kept

hi m awa y f o r two

years.

Books studied include ''Hand

Me Another Brick b y Charles

Swindoll, h e f int

bx)k

in the two y e a r

s t u ( f y in

AFLET, and The Seven

Promises of

a

r o m i . s e Keeper. He's

also read

boolci

on Christian

c o u n s e l l i n g .

When

asked

why he wants t o

be

s t u c f y i n g

f o r t h e

m i n i s t r y ,

Gamaliel

answered, I want

t o

be w e l l

prepared

t o share h e

g o s p e l ,

and o

be

100 u r e

of what I'm t e a c l i i n g f i^om t h e word of

God.

Above t h e r

a r e a s , 1 want

o

bring

young people

t o

C h r i s t . I

a l s o

want

o

be e l l p r e p a r e d t o h e l p

i n

t h e c h u r c h . '

FREDY RTETO:

Male, sin^e, bom September

6,

1978

19

y e a r s o l d ) . B ^ ) t i z e d

O c t o b e r

6,

1 9 9 6 .

S i n c e

b e i n g

b a p t i z e d , Fre^ a s had

a desire to become a minister for Jesus

C h r i s t .

He h a s

d i r e c t e d

a s m a l l g r o u p of

y o u t h and

a r t i c i p a t e d

i n a r a i s e m i n i s t r y

i n

h i s

church, p l a y i n g g u i t a r and

s u p p o r t i n g t h e m i n i s t r y

w i t h

h i s

lime and

talents.

F r e c f y

a l s o i s s t u d y i n g AFLET nd

i s

i n

h i s

s e c o n d b o o k .

F r e < f y

l e a r n e d of h e

g o s p e l t h r o u g h t h e e v a n g e l i s t i c s t u d y , Th e

Five

S p i r i t u a l

Laws, and

has

had

e . \ p e r i e n c e p r e s e n t i n g t h e

same

s t u d y t o

o t h e r s .

He

s

h i g h l y recommended by

h e

el(krs

of is

church-

When s k e d

why he

wants t o

be

s t u t f y i n g f o r

t h e m i n i s t r y ,

F r e d y a n s w e r e d ,

I

ove

the

Lord,

nd

because

of h a t I have

a desire to l e t

others

know about th e

g o s p e l . I f e e l c a l l e d by

t h e

Lord

t o

missions.

We

ask

you to consider

s u p p o r t i n g t h e s e young

men

i n

y o u r

p r a y e r s .

We

l s o ask you t o c o n s i d e r

how

you

m a y

s u p p o r t them f i

n a n c i a l l y .

Th^'ve c o m m i t t e d

t o

stuping

o r

s i x

t o

n i n e m o n t h s . Due o t h e i r h e a v y t u t f y and

p r a c t i c a l m i n i s t r y

work l o a d , t h e y have

l i t t l e time to f ind outside woik to cover

Ga m a l i e l Roa Fredy r i e t o


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( C o n t i n u e d

r

om age 2)

how e're

doing

t .

With t h r e e l e a d e r s and t h r e e

l o c a t i o n s

i n t h e

c i t y

where

t h e r e

a r e

homes of b e l i e v e r s , we ecided t o

a c t

on t h e

g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e g i n

n e i g h b o r h o o d B i b l e

s t u d i e s

i n

t h e s e

homes, n v i t i n g f r i e n d s and n e i g h b o r s

t o h e a r t h e g o o d news of e s u s . The

r e s p o n s e has been x c e l l e n t

Nancy

and

a r e w o r k i n g

w i t l i

a

n c w f y

e l e c t e d

e l d e r

and h i s

w i f e ,

r e a c h i n g o u t t o t h e i r n e i g h b o r s w i t h

t h e

g o s p e l o f

e s u s

C h r i s t Ten e o p l e

h a v e

tegun s t u c t y i n g an e v a n g e l i s t i c s e r i e s

c a l l e d The

ive

S p i r i t u a l Laws.

Where

Sunday

v e n i n g

s e r v i c e

saw

a a j o r i t y of 15 e o p l e p r e s e n t we

a r e s e e i n g an v e r a g e a t t e n d a n c e o f 15

or

more

in each of the t h r e e meetings

( n o t c o u n t i n g c h i l dr e n ) . At

e a s t

h a l f

o f

t h o s e

p r e s e n t

a r e new t o

t h e

f a i t h ,

and r e b e i n g e v a n g e l i z e d .

We a r e

p r a i s i n g

God

f o r

h i s

l e a d i n g

t o

b e g i n t h e s e e v a n g e l i s t i c s t u d i e s .

We n v i t e y o u t o j o i n w i t h u s i n p r a y e r

f o r t h o s e w h o a r e j u s t

b e g i n n i n g

t h e i r

journey toward h r i s t .

Sunday

i g h t E v a n g e l i s t i c

S t u c f y

Saturday

night

Bible

n s t i t u t e

We r e

p r e s e n t l y

s t u d y i n g t h e Book

Jewels o f iblical Doctrine

DenverSizemore

Personal Commenta r y:

I n t e r n e t Ready

Steve h i l l i p s

One

t h e

t h i n g s

t h t

doesn't casc to amaze mc

is the advances in

science

and t e c h n o l o g y w e e e

e v e i y

d a y :

T l i e

most v i s i b l e of which i s t h e i n l e m e l .

When before a l e t t e r to a missionary

c o u l d be

d e l a y e d

weeks o r months i n

a r r i v i n g ,

now w i t h i n

m i n u t e s

i t c a n b e

i n th e m i s s i o n a r y ' s

h a n d s .

Being

on t h e

i n t e r n e t and

h a v i n g a m a i l a c c o u n t h a s made

communication

with

ir i e n d s and a m i l y

a s i m p l e p r o c e d u r e , a s

w e l l

a s a f a s t

o n e .

A l l t h a t

a r e needed i s a p e r s o n a l

home

c o m p u t e r , a

modem,

and an

i n t e r n e t c o n n e c t i o n

through

a l o c a l

T h i s makes

for

e t t e r

a n d

a s t e r prayer support

i n

times

o f

e e d . . .

p r o v i d e r .

Why

am 1

b r i n g i n g u p

t h i s

i s s u e ?

Because

many t i m e s w e

f e e l

alone out h e r e . Often h e r e i s a eed o r

w i s e

s p i r i t u a l c o u n s e l , and

s o m e t i m e s

i t s

j u s t

n i c e

t o k e e p up w i t h t h o s e we

care about in the

t a t e s .

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c o n n e c t i o n , p l e a s e c o n t a c t us a t t h e

f o l l o w i n g a d d r e s s :

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m i s s i o n , and of t h o s e wh o

r e c e i v e

o u r

n e w s l e t t e r ,

w e

w i s h

t o e x p r e s s t h a n k s t o

two

f a m i l i e s w h o have d o n a t e d equipment

t o t h e m i s . s o n . The a i t h e r f a m i l y

d o n a t e d

a S o n y

D i g i t a l

C a m e r a ,

a n d

t h e

P h i l l i p s

f a m i l y

d o n a t e d

a L o g i t e c h P a g e S c a n C o l o r

S c a n n e r . Both t e m s have

b e e n v e r y

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l e s s o n s

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C o n t a c t i n g your

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Dear artners i n

reaching

Colombiafor C h r i s t ,

H e l l o

from

Colombia How r e you? We

hope

you r e w e l l

and

e i n g b l e s s e d

by

our o r d . We r e a n x i o u s

t o

meet w i t h

yo u again

and

share t h e wonderful t h i n g s t h e Lord

has

been doing am o n g

h e

Colombian

p e o p l e .

Soon

w e

w i l l

be

a r r i v i n g

t o

begin

our

work

term

i n

t h e

United

t a t e s ( f u r l o u g h ) .

Colombia s a o u n t r y a t war, where t h e peop le are c r y i n g out or peace;a ountry

where

i n n o c e n t v i c t i m s

d i e

at

h e

hands of v i o l e n t

o f f e n d e r s

e v e r y day,and

h e peop le are c r y i n g

outfor

u s t i c e . Never have

w e een

such

a

e s i r e i n t h e p e o p l e

for

c h a n g e .

We

know

t h a t o n l y

J e s u s can

b r i n g t r u e peace

and u s t i c e

t h a t

w i l l

c a u s e

l a s t i n g change i n t h e

l i v e s

of h e Colombian p e o p l e .

We

r e p l a n n i n g

t o be

n

t h e

S t a t e s

around T h a n k s g i v i n g

of

h i s y e a r .

A s

you can w e l l i m a g i n e ,

t h e r e

i s

q u i t e

a

o t t o

p r e p a r e

b e f o r e

t h e n .

Even

t h o u g h

t h e

t a s k seems

^eat,

w i t h t h e

h e l p

ofour

God

w e i l l a c c o m p l i s h

all we must

o.

T h a t s

where

you

come n t o t h e

p i c t u r e . We w r i t e t h i s t t r t o

a s k f o r your

r a y e r s , which

s

n a t u r a l or u s .

But

w e

must

a l s o

ask

or your

i n a n c i a l

s u p p o r t .

The

s i m p l e

fact

i s

t h a t

w i t h o u t

your

r a y e r s

and

your

f i n a n c i a l

h e l p , our

r i p

home

w i l l

n o t

be

o s s i b l e .

T h e r e f o r e , w e

are

i n c l u d i n g

w i t h t h i s l e t t e r

a a l l t o p r a y e r s u p p o r t l i k e we've n e v e r askedfor b e f o r e . We

are a l s o making known our u r g e n t i n a n c i al burdenfor you t o pray

about and s e e k

t h e L o r d s h e l p

i n

m e e t i n g t h e s e

n e e d s .

We have h e g r e a t r i v i l e g e

of

s h a r i n g J e s u s C h r i s t

w i t h

t h e Colombian people i n need

of ood e w s .

The

Lord has b l e s s e d us

w i t h

t h i s

m i n i s t r y . O t h e r s ,

he has b l e s s e d

by

a l l o w i n g t o

i n a n c i a l l y

c o v e r t h e

c o s t s

i n v o l v e d i n c a r r y i n g

o u t

t h i s w o r k . To

t h o s e

w h o g i v e , i t i s a g r e a t p r i v i l e g e ,

b e c a u s e

t h e y

a r e b e i n g

f i n a n c i a l

a r t n e r s w i t h u s i n

c a r r y i n g

t h e

gospel

o t h e n a t i o n s .

Thank

you so much or t a k i n g t h e t i m e t o read

h i s

l t t r and pray or u s . We n v i t e you

t o

c o n s i d e r t h e

s p e c i f i c n e e d s

oft h i s work n d ,

b y

f a i t h , h e l p

i n

any

way

you

c a n . You a r e i m p o r t a n t

t o

u s and

o

t h e work

w e r e

d o i n g

w i t h t h e L o r d . He as r e a t

t h i n g s p r e p a r e d f o r

Colombia

and e s

i n v i t e d you

and

u s t o o i n

w i t h

Him

Y o i t r p a r t n e r s i n m i n i s t r y t o Colombia,

Steve a n c y h i l l i p s

Missionaries to Colombia,

South

Ameri ca

P s .

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mily

Thank you o r p r a y i n g a b o u t t h e s e n e e d s

2 o r i n t h i a n s

9 : 6 , 7

s a y s : Remember

h i s : W h o e v e r

sows p a r i n g l y

w i l l

a l s o

r e a p

s p a r i n g l y , a n d

w h o e v e r

sows

g e n e r o u s l y

w i l l

a l s o

r e a p

g e n e r o u s l y .

E a c h

m a n

s h o u l d

g i v e

w h a t

h e

h a s

d e c i d e d

i n

h i s

h e a r t

t o

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n o t

r e l u c

t a n t l y

o r u n d e r

c o m p u l s i o n , o r God o v e s

a h e e r f u l g i v e r . "

We

r e

c o n f i d e n t h a t God i l l s u p p l y

a l l o u r

n e e d s .

H e

a s

d o n e

s o

f o r

t h e

p a s t e i g h t

y e a r s , n o t

a i l i n g e v e n

o n c e

What

w e o u l d l i k e

y o u

t o a s k

y o u r s e l f s

t h e q u e s t i o n : I s God g o i n g t o u s e ME o m e e t t h e n e e d s of

t h i s m i s s i o n a r y

f a m i l y ? "

C o n s i d e r t h e many a y s t h e L o r d

h a s

b l e s s e d y o u . . . g i v i n g

h i s

v e r y

Son o p a y t h e

p r i c e

o f o u r s i n s o n

t h e

c r o s s . A s k

y o u r s e l f

n l i g h t

o f h e

e t e r n a l b l e s s i n g

w e ' v e

r e c e i v e d i n J e s u s , " W h a t i f t

c a n

I

g i v e

i n t h e

l o v e o f

C h r i s t

t o

h e l p ? " R e m e m b e r . . . " i f h e w i l l i n g n e s s i s t h e r e , t h e g i f t i s

a c c e p t a b l e

a c c o r d i n g

t o

w h a t o n e a s , n o t

a c c o r d i n g t o w h a t h e d o e s n o t h a v e . "(2 o r i n t h i a n s 8 : 1 2 ) .

T h i s s e r v i c e t h a t

y o u

p e r f o r m i s n o t o n l y

s u p p l y i n g

t h e n e e d s o f G o d ' s p e o p l e b u t s a l s o o v e r f l o w i n g n m a n y

e x p r e s s i o n s o f h a n k s t o

G o d . T h a n k s b e

t o God o r h i s

i n d e s c r i b a b l e g i f t "

(2 o r i n t h i a n s

9 : 1 2 , 1 5 ) .

Above l l e l s e , p r a y f o r

u s

a n d f o r t h e

L o r d

t o m e e t o u r n e e d s .

T h e n

c o n s i d e r o n e o f h e f o l l o w i n g

w a y s

n

w h i c h y o u c a n b e

u s e d o f o u r God

o

h e l p .

Mark

o u r d e c i s i o n b a s e d

o n

t h e

a i t h

t h a t t h e L o r d

w i l l

h e l p

y o u

c o m p l e t e y o u r p r o m i s e ,

t h e n

d e t a c h a n d r e t u r n . T h a n k y o u n a d v a n c e

f o r

y o u r s u p p o r t

P l e a s e d e t a c h h e r e

a n d r e t u r n

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n e e d s a r e o

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b e r e m i n d e d o

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